Musician and Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer Maker
Posted in Dulcimer, Friends, Fun, Hammered Dulcimer on Jul 23rd, 2009
I’m starting to pack for a road trip. I’ll be setting up a booth and showing my dulcimers at The Cranberry Dulcimer and Autoharp Gathering near Syracuse, NY. I’ll also be offering a hammered dulcimer workshop. The last time I played at this festival was in the late 1980′s or the early 1990′s. Should be [...]
I would like to encourage you to vote regardless of your opinion about who or what will be best for the United States and the influence the United States has over the rest of the world. I know many people who are discouraged from voting because they feel their vote won’t count or because of [...]
I did not know Phil Wintermute very well but I considered him a friend. Sometimes that just happens. We didn’t spend a lot of time together but I always enjoyed his company and his music. I met Phil a few years ago when I was managing the showroom at Elderly Intruments. He applied for a [...]
My wife and I spent several days at Clifftop in West Virginia. It was a chance to play a lot of clawhammer banjo and hang out with old and new friends. Wayne Rogers of Gold Tone and I spent some time playing banjo duets and that was lots of fun. I played fretless and he [...]
Posted in Friends on Jul 13th, 2008
Last night I returned from my trip to Colorado. The trip started with a retreat and then I played a concert and visit some old friends. I had lived in Boulder for 12 years before moving to Michigan. I have now lived here as long as I had lived there. Many local businesses have been [...]
I leave tomorrow for St. Louis. I’ll be doing a house concert with my dear old friend Robert Fishbone. Robert’s talents are many and sometimes not easy to define. He is a musician, story teller, performance artist, keynote performer and speaker and entrepreneur but in essence his talents are something more than the sum of [...]
I first heard Margaret MacArthur perform when I was a teenager. I had just begun learning to play the dulcimer and she was one of the first players I had the chance to hear. She performed at The South Street Seaport Museum in New York City. I was probably 17 at the time. Margaret demonstrated [...]
