Andrew Marlin - "The Hawk Is a Mule" | Fretboard Journal

Andrew Marlin (Mandolin Orange) and his Buried In a Cape recording band (Christian Sedelmyer, Eli West, and Clint Mullican) perform "The Hawk Is a Mule" at the Fretboard Journal offices.
On this track, Marlin is playing his March 31, 1924 Gibson Loar-signed F-5 mandolin. West is playing a 1939 Martin D-18.
Mandolin Orange graced the cover of the Fretboard Journal's 44th issue: www.fretboardjournal.com/feat...

[@dumena]

In 43 years I'll be telling the radio that I grew a hundred years old because I listened to this tune every morning.

[@thereverendsam413]

Eli West is such a great sideman; such beautifully understated playing. Really compliments Andrew's mandolin (my absolute favourite mandolin player)

[@tylerrichman9]

Andrew Marlin is my favorite musician!

[@tylerwilson910]

I think this is the greatest song ever invented

[@musicofcorey]

Lyrics:
The Hawk is a Mule
The Hawk is a Mule
The Hawk is a Mule
The Hawk is a Mule

[@yooahoos]

what a great tune. these guys are amazing

[@JulianaBarberi]

¡Qué hermosura de canción!

[@frettedinstrumentsschool-g280]

This is so good. I love the fiddle and mandolin work...Jack Baker NYC/NJ

[@Possum_J]

Instant classic

[@Time.Space.Heal.]

This is a great album all the way through

[@MrChristianBlackmon]

Just plain brilliant!

[@stewartmilne978]

Jesus that's good

[@klausstehr6271]

Very nice 👏 enjoy listening to this piece👍

[@Roccowschiptune]

I'm on my third repeat of this song and can't seem to shut it off, please send help

[@stlrfan09]

This is excellent! Great groove and melody. The Buried in a Cape stuff has been on repeated listening as of late.

[@ACOUSTIC_4LOVE]

Nice Groove👍. The simplicity makes this one of the best melodic grass tunes I’ve heard in some time.

[@petergoddard1960]

Marvellous!

[@boogpal2728]

Symbiotic relationship. Awesome.

[@yamapenny5960]

Sehr schön❗

[@cheeseheadfiddle]

Super duper spectaculous splendelicious

[@Onyx8Moon]

Best best best best 💫☀️ story behind this song is hilarious btw my folks

[@martinanderson312]

Very nice. This whole double-album-of-sorts of Marlin's ("Fable & Fire", "Witching Hour") is terrific. But what I wanna know is, what does "The Hawk is a Mule" mean??

[@dangreenleaf3698]

I think it means everyone struggles. Hawks are viewed as a predator, catching easy pray and soaring around to no end. Mules are worker animals, traditionally employed on rural farms. Maybe it means even the hawk has it hard. Maybe we all do.

[@lowtone9]

@@dangreenleaf3698 Actually, it's about using a hawk as a mule to transport contraband across the US/Canadian border.

[@richins3]

@@lowtone9 really?? 🤣

[@davemorrison3298]

Great tune! I relate to the guy who can't stop listening to it.. :) Is this a 'composed' tune?

[@cheeseheadfiddle]

Is there a lyric sheet available??
Something about a hawk?

[@Onyx8Moon]

The hawk is a mule.

[@SillyMoustache]

Lovely to see Andrew Marlin and Eli West (didn't know the other chaps) but cameraman , please note, the sort of people that are going to watch this video are (like me) the "finger-starers" - for us the action is watching the fingers on the fretboards, so shooting from a position that obscures the fretboards of the lead player particularly, with the mics, is very frustrating for us. that's why we "watch" musical vids. Thanks

[@tannerevans3056]

Good opportunity to practice being an “ear listener”. 😉

[@Gareth_Muse]

Can't please everyone 😅

[@terrarium25]

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[@terrarium25]

Just trying to learn

[@terrarium25]

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