Posted in banjo, fiddle, hammered dulcimer, traditional music, tagged banjo, Breakin' Up Winter, fiddle, Gainsborough, hammered dulcimer, old time, Snowbird on March 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The first time I heard this tune, Snowbird, I was sitting in the all-purpose room of an elementary school in Gainsborough, England, and the guy playing it was a fiddle/banjo player from Vermont. I had recorded it then, back in 2004 with just me and him playing it, and have loved the tune ever since. [...]
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Another record we listened to at my Victrola party was Arkansas Traveler (as a fox trot)! It’s been one of my favorite old time tunes ever since I heard Rayna Gellert’s rendition. Most people think of Looney Toons or “Picking up my baby bumble bee” when they hear this tune, but I think [...]
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This is a video of Samantha Oberkfell (known for her hammered dulcimer prowess, and quite the fiddler as well!) and three of the four famous Wrights of Kenard, Texas. The missing Wright is Lloyd Wright, who’s in my mountain dulcimer top 10. We stayed up late at the Super 8 playing all kinds [...]
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In October, 2006, Butch and I had yet another chance (lucky us!) to spend a little time in England. One night, our dear friends Christine and Pete drove us out into the middle of nowhere for a good ol’ American old time music session. The venue was a pub called the Cock and [...]
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