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Buck performing "Losing My Religion" on mandolin "Losing My Religion" was released on February 19, 1991, in the United States as the lead single from R.E.M.'s album Out of Time. [14] Their record label, Warner Bros., was wary of the choice of lead single. Steven Baker, then the vice president of product management., said there were "long, drawn ...
Peter Buck (United States), R.E.M., mandolin part of Losing My Religion; Dash Crofts, [152] Seals and Crofts; Rory Gallagher (Ireland), Going to My Hometown; David Gilmour, [citation needed] Pink Floyd "Maestro" Alex Gregory (United Kingdom) (Heavy Metal) [153] David Grisman; mandolin part on Grateful Dead's Friend of the Devil [154] [155 ...
"Losing My Religion", a 2017 essay by Eric T. Hansen; Music. Losing My Religion, a 2015 album by Kirk Franklin "Losing My ...
The article states, "Losing My Religion is probably the largest hit in rock history to have a mandolin as the main instrument," however an obvious counter-example is Rod Stewart's 1971 monster hit Maggie May, which went to #1 in both the US and the UK.
Mandolin awareness in the United States blossomed in the 1880s, as the instrument became part of a fad that continued into the mid-1920s. [14] [15] According to Clarence L. Partee a publisher in the BMG movement (banjo, mandolin and guitar), the first mandolin made in the United States was made in 1883 or 1884 by Joseph Bohmann, who was an established maker of violins in Chicago. [16]
The Mandolin "Estudiantina" of Mayenne, France around 1900 when Mandolin orchestras were at the height of their popularity. A mandolin orchestra is an orchestra consisting primarily of instruments from the mandolin family of instruments, such as the mandolin, mandola, mandocello and mandobass or mandolone. Some mandolin orchestras use guitars ...
Signaling in a ten out of ten review from Cross Rhythms, Tony Cummings called the album "a great comeback". [5] Matt Conner, indicating in a four star review by CCM Magazine, stated "Losing My Religion is every bit the spirited, charismatic and powerful album you’d expect (and hope for) from the seven-time GRAMMY winner."
Most bluegrass mandolin players choose one of two styles. Both have flat or nearly flat backs and arched tops. The so-called a-style mandolin has a teardrop-shaped body; the f-style mandolin is more stylized, with a spiraled wooden cone on the upper side and a couple of points on the lower side.