Fil
323 posts
Jun 11, 2017
8:38 AM
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A few days ago I picked up an album, Johnny Young "Chicago Blues". Big Walter, Otis Spahn, and James Cotton are among the featured players. It's good traditional Chicago stuff, I think. I hadn't realized Johnny was a mandolin player and he plays a fair amount here. I've heard it before in a blue grass style, but not this way. Sounds pretty good. Johnny 'Man' Young.
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Phil Pennington
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shakeylee
658 posts
Jun 11, 2017
8:41 AM
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There are quite a few blues mandolin players.
Yank Rachel is one of my favorites.fiddlin' joe martin doubled on mando.
A fantastic blues mandolin and guitar player is dan Lange in Portland Oregon.
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Last Edited by shakeylee on Jun 11, 2017 8:42 AM
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The Iceman
3141 posts
Jun 11, 2017
8:45 AM
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Rich DelGrosso, from Detroit, (currently in LA) was a big promoter of blues mandolin - he wrote columns for acoustic music magazines, was head co-ordinater for Blues Week at Augusta Heritage for many years during its Golden Years and is generally a pretty fun guy.
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The Iceman
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tmf714
3032 posts
Jun 11, 2017
8:50 AM
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Billy Flynn -plays with Kim WIlson,and was in Jimmy Dawkins band,The Legendary Blues Band and Mississippi Heat,plays blues mandolin as well.
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1847
4193 posts
Jun 12, 2017
9:36 AM
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check out this mandolin...
all mahogany neck thru the body, looks like bardoline pick ups.
stunningly beautiful, one of two made.
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JTThirty
317 posts
Jun 13, 2017
4:55 PM
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I do love me some Johnny Young. He's recorded quite a few great blues sides in the traditional ChiTown style and always with fabulous sidemen. DelGrosso resides and is tearing up in Houston nowadays and has some fine recent recording. Gerry Hundt is another fine mandolin player getting it done.
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Ricky B
http://www.bushdogblues.blogspot.com
RIVER BOTTOM BLUES--crime novel for blues fans available at Amazon/B&N, iTunes, iBook
THE DEVIL'S BLUES--ditto
THE OAXACAN KID--available now
HOWLING MOUNTAIN BLUES--Ditto too, now available
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chrisjaybecker
7 posts
Jun 14, 2017
12:16 AM
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Listen to John Lee'Sonny Boy' Williamson's many sides with Yank Rachell. Yank is all over SBWI's discography. FYI... in later years, Yank played a custom made solid body electric mandolin which only had 4 single strings instead of the 4 doubled-strings. It's a cool sound, either way.
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Joe_L
2703 posts
Jun 20, 2017
8:34 PM
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Johnny Young also played guitar quite nicely.
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