Jimmy Ryan is a
mandolin
A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...
player associated with
Hi-n-Dry
Hi-N-Dry was a Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA-based independent record label and recording studio. Founded by Morphine singer and bassist Mark Sandman, the studio and label became managed by former Morphine bandmates Dana Colley and Billy Conway ...
records and the band
Morphine
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. He was one of the founding members of the band
Blood Oranges
The Blood Oranges were an American alternative country band that formed in the late 1980s.
The founding members were Jim Ryan (acoustic and electric mandolin, guitar, and vocals), Bob Kendall (bass guitar) then replaced by Liz Wood (later Liz ...
.
References
External links
Jimmy Ryan website
Discography
with The Blood Oranges:
*Corn River (1990)
*Lone Green Valley (1992)
*The Crying Tree (1993)
*"Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet" on "The Slaughter Rule" soundtrack (2003)
with The Beacon Hillbillies:
*Duffield Station (1992)
*More Songs Of Love And Murder (1994)
*Better Place (1996)
with Wooden Leg:
*Wooden Leg (1996)
Jimmy Ryan (solo):
*Lost Diamond Angel (2002)
*Gospel Shirt (2005)
*Fun with Music (2007)
*Mandolin (2009)
*Readville (2013)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American mandolinists
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