That song has the full extent of my mandolin abilities; I'm not a good mandolin player at all.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The sound of the mandolin is a very curious sound because it's cheerful and melancholy at the same time, and I think it comes from that shadow string, the double strings.
Every demo I do has a mandolin or resonator on it - some element of the bluegrass or classic country world that I grew up listening to and that first drew me in. And then I always try to find somewhere for a bluesy guitar sound, because that's also what I love. Musically, I'm always finding my way home.
See, I'm not a very good musician.
If you can't play it on an acoustic guitar or a grand piano then it's not a song.
I stepped back from being out front to playing bass. So we started switching: I'd play bass on one song, we'd switch on the next song; I'd play piano... we'd play mandolin.
My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.
At a young age I thought, 'Wow, that fiddle thing, that's pretty cool. That mandolin is great. These drums, I like these drums... ' They were Indian drums. And I was saying, 'But that guitar. That guitar. Girls are going to like that guitar.'
I'm not a good guitar player.
I'm a farmer with a mandolin and a high tenor voice.
I learned how to play mandolin for 'A Mighty Wind!'