So, who were the Cactus Brothers in the Eighties? (And some news we all really need to ponder.)
Some background: The Cactus Brothers were a Nashville-based band who released two albums in the 1990s before disbanding. The band...
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Linda Paulus
- Mar 13
- 3 min
Oldies but Really Really Goodies
This post is not so much about David, but how David sparked some thoughts about growing older and the passage of Time with its shifting...
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Linda Paulus
- Mar 2
- 3 min
Tennessee Valentine, part 2
If you are one of the people who have written or asked about what I knew about David's love life, this post will disappoint. By the end,...
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Linda Paulus
- Feb 19
- 3 min
Tennessee Valentine, Part 1
Watch David perform "Tennessee Valentine" at the 2001 dual launch party for the Starlings, Tn's album, Leapers Fork and David's Uncle...
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Linda Paulus
- Nov 22, 2022
- 3 min
Oh, boy ...
One of the many ways researching and writing Pluck has changed me is that it has given me a new appreciation for first-hand diving into...
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Linda Paulus
- Oct 10, 2022
- 3 min
Diana Redux Part 2 What Happened to Diana White?
Back in April, I wrote the following about Diana White in this post when I knew very little about her. In the previous post to this one,...
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Linda Paulus
- Sep 17, 2022
- 3 min
John Lomax III, Part 3
So, why, you might ask, might Pluck never have been written without John Lomax's participation? Well, first, he's a walking encyclopedia...
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Linda Paulus
- Jul 17, 2022
- 6 min
Frets Magazine Interview, Part 3
Several people have asked how I was able to write a biography of someone whom I had never personally met, so this last of three posts...
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Linda Paulus
- Jul 9, 2022
- 4 min
Frets Magazine Interview, Part 2
In 1988, Frets magazine, "The Magazine for Acoustic String Musicians" featured a smiling Richard Thompson on its cover. It also...
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Linda Paulus
- Jun 27, 2022
- 1 min
Frets Magazine Interview, Part 1
One of the best experiences in the research for Pluck happened whenever I found an obscure source that opened many more lines of...
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Linda Paulus
- Jun 20, 2022
- 3 min
Dulcimer Boomer: Neal Hellman
Remember the old Reader's Digest recurring series, "My Most Unforgettable Character"? Well, Neal Hellman is in my Top Ten list of most...
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Linda Paulus
- Mar 30, 2022
- 2 min
Fariña pops in again
The researching and writing for Pluck was a gargantuan learning experience on a number of levels. And the learning continues, thanks to...
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Linda Paulus
- Mar 27, 2022
- 3 min
The Villager Notebooks
The first time I visited the Schnaufer archive at Vanderbilt University was several years before I ever had an inkling I would plunge...
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Linda Paulus
- Mar 3, 2022
- 4 min
Madeline MacNeil
Writing on this project has enabled me to get to know and learn from a whole host of remarkable and talented people, some from within the...
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Linda Paulus
- Feb 26, 2022
- 2 min
"Harris Picking"
"Harris Picking" was David's first submission to Dulcimer Players News.* It appeared in 1979, and he was twenty-six years old. Allow me...
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Linda Paulus
- Feb 10, 2022
- 1 min
A little "good-spooky" story
I know how this is going to sound. I just want you to know that I swear it happened. I was in the middle of some serious burnout. So,...
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Linda Paulus
- Feb 8, 2022
- 3 min
Brush Arbor part 2: The Hunt for Norman Jordan
As previously described here, David's song "Brush Arbor" was one of those "signs" that kept popping up during the research for Pluck that...
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Linda Paulus
- Jan 25, 2022
- 1 min
Pluck Chronology Part 2: Crossing Thresholds
1960: Folk Revival begins. Jean Ritchie introduces Richard Fariña to the dulcimer./Nancy Johnson (later, Nancy Barker) gets her first...
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Linda Paulus
- Jan 23, 2022
- 2 min
The Pluck Chronology Part 1: Origins
I'm sorry to say this didn't occur to me to include in Pluck prior to publication, but a couple of people suggested I should have...
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