Re: [scots-l] Shetland geetarr

[Derek Hoy]

Forgot to point out that these old guys were crazy about Eddie Lang etc, who 
played with jazz fiddlers-  Lang and Joe Venuti, Django and Grapelli.  So 
playing with fiddlers was just the natural thing to do.

They also switched to mandolin at times to do some melody stuff. And that 
led to the Shetland banjo style  :)

Derek

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