Re: Any idea where I can find more music like this?
I enjoyed that piece very much. They really have the old-time sound. Search this site for "old time," and also look back on this thread, "Old-Time, Roots, Early Country, Cajun, Tex-Mex", and you'll find plenty. As well, you can search YouTube for "old time mandolin music." Once you find artists you like, search for their CD's or MP3 links on Google. Unless you're named Disney, copyrights have run out on early 20th-Century stuff, so much of this material can be downloaded free from sites like one I get from my library for no charge. For a fairly sophisticated, enjoyable, and contemporary take on old-time music, check out the Carolina Chocolate Drops and Pokey Lafarge. And, going back a few decades, there's the New Lost City Ramblers. That should give you a start.
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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