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Yank Rachell

Adam “Yank” Rachell was the principal exponent of blues mandolin, although he also played electric guitar, violin, harp and sang expertly good. Born on the farm outdoors Brownsville, Tennessee, Yank Rachell found the mandolin at age eight, generally teaching himself; an early on encounter with “Hambone” Willie Newbern in early …

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