banjo-mandolin with oak leaf
Minnie Heart of the Ever-Lovin' Jug Band (performance posted on jazz and blues thread) says of her banjo mandolin: "I actually don't know for sure what make the banjolin is! The only marking on it is the little oak leaf inlay in the headstock - there's no name or serial number on it anywhere." Anyone know what brand that might be?
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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