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Old 07-21-2012, 02:55 AM
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1. How many mandolins do you own? What kind are they?

Just one mandolin right now - an A model made by Mike Vanden in 1984, Gibson snake-head copy - fabulous. From the rest of the Mandolin family I have a bouzouki by Richard Beard (North Carolina), and a Mandocello by Paul Hathway (London)

2. How did you get started playing mandolin?

A forner German prisoner of war named Otto showed me how to play the tremelo, back in the late 60s. Barney McKenna and Mick Moloney inspired me

3. What was your first mandolin? Do you still own it?

Romanian A model - long gone

4. What style (or styles) of music do you play on mandolin? Where do you use it? (In a bluegrass band, at church, in a country band, at home strictly for fun, etc.)

Irish and accompanying my own stuff, e.g.:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Munro-Ba...2860754&sr=8-8

5. Who are your favorite mandolin players? Do you try to play like them, play any of their compositions, or do you just admire one or more aspects of their playing?

Mick Moloney. I copied him but not for years.
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