All the great mandolin music I've heard lately led me to get my precious baby out of the closet. I am under some kind of delusion that if I practice enough I can get half as good as John Teel, the mandolin player for Chatham County Line.
But I bet he never had 8 strong, long fingernails at the same time. This is rare for me. Now I'm going to have to cut them off. You cannot play mandolin with long fingernails.
Who am I kidding? I can't even play mandolin with short fingernails. The sacrifices a musician must make …
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