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Thread #164720 Message #3945097
Posted By: GUEST,Grahame Hood
20-Aug-18 - 04:48 AM
Thread Name: Did Marc Bolan play mountain dulcimer?
Subject: RE: Did Marc Bolan play mountain dulcimer?
Already been in touch with the Bolan experts and no reply. Have also put out a thread on the US-based "Freinds Of The Mountain Dulcimer" site also to no avail. Mind you, Bolan never meant diddley squat in the USA so they maybe don't know who he is. We don't know how long he worked with Nick Odell so that connection may well date from his pre-electric days. Only thing is that my impression of Marc is that he was never shy of a little self-publicity and would have been be very keen to show how instrumentally eclelctic he was and would have been photographed with it or maybe even mentioned it in interviews. A dulcimer is pretty easy to play and good to noodle on and could have served as a useful songwriting tool.