Re: the mandolin in bluegrass?
Bill is dead but Bluegrass goes on.
I think of mandolin in Bluegrass as a melody, a lead, a supplier of percussion (through the chop) along with the bass to drive the music. Understand, I don't have a very orthodox view on Bluegrass and am not locked into a strict interpretation of what constitutes a Bluegrass band or instrument line up. The IBMA attempted to define what constitutes a Bluegrass band and was met with a lot of discussion a few years back. Here is the IBMA version of the History of Bluegrass.
Jamie
Jamie
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