A *very* Nice Surprise ...
... popped into my mailbox, thanks to dulcimer maestro Tull Glazener. I have been on a summer hiatus from this blog, but what arrived...
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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
- Jan 18
- 1 min
Another Blast from the Past
In an earlier post on David's partnership with the great Alan Freeman I included the tune "Whiskey Before Breakfast" from their cassette,...
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Linda Paulus
- Apr 5, 2022
- 2 min
David and the value of passing on tradition (with a twist)
One of David's most endearing songs is "Sarah", based on a real person named Sarah Melton. He loved the 1911 backstory so much that he...
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Linda Paulus
- Mar 9, 2022
- 3 min
Jan Pulsford & the Twanging Dude
Jan Pulsford was one of the biggest surprises of all the people who informed the research for Pluck. She is Welsh-born, but lives and...
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Linda Paulus
- Mar 6, 2022
- 1 min
FOD: David & Butch Baldassari
Toward the end of Pluck, you'll read about David and Butch Baldassari's interview and performance on the 2005 radio program, "Wood Songs...
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Linda Paulus
- Feb 27, 2022
- 1 min
Hey Little Birdie, 2022 Redux
In a recent blog post on a different topic, I shared a video of two of David's young students/collaborators performing "Hey Little...
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Linda Paulus
- Feb 22, 2022
- 3 min
Dulcimer Boomers: Bob Force (and Al d'Oscché)
I am struck as I type this how easy it is to fall into the trap of thinking everything is awful after reading the news. How easy it would...
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Linda Paulus
- Feb 19, 2022
- 2 min
Emmylou and David
Emmylou Harris and David Schnaufer perform Hank Williams's "May You Never Be Alone".
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Linda Paulus
- Feb 16, 2022
- 1 min
Chet Atkins
Why him? Why did David Schnaufer spend years writing to Chet Atkins during the seventies--out of all the important music movers and...
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Linda Paulus
- Feb 12, 2022
- 2 min
Yes, the dulcimer evolves, but always in full circle
A few days ago, David Beede posted a clip of Cyndi Lauper on Everything Dulcimer. The video is from her 2008 appearance on the Howard...
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Linda Paulus
- Feb 2, 2022
- 3 min
The "Good-spooky" stuff
I mentioned earlier that there have been all kinds of events related to this project that I call "good-spooky" kinds of stuff. I usually...
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Linda Paulus
- Jan 29, 2022
- 2 min
Then and Now: The Dulcimer Evolves (part 2)
If the dulcimer and/or its music is new to you, then this post is for you. It is the second of three posts where I will make the case...
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Linda Paulus
- Jan 26, 2022
- 1 min
Then and Now: The Dulcimer Evolves
There are two main characters in Pluck; one is David Schnaufer, the other is the mountain dulcimer. If the dulcimer or traditional music...
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Linda Paulus
- Jan 19, 2022
- 2 min
Can a modest fiddle tune change the world?
If David were alive today, I believe he would have been great friends with Jamie Laval--they would have had much to talk about. During...
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Linda Paulus
- Dec 25, 2021
- 1 min
Merry Christmas from David
Thanks to Jack Masters and Vanderbilt University/Special Collections and Archives, take a listen to this track to mark today, Christmas...
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Linda Paulus
- Dec 5, 2021
- 1 min
Early music from David (with Alan Freeman): Hogfiddler's Fancy
This is not *the* earliest music David made; that happened when he was five years old and learned to play the jaw harp. But this is the...
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Linda Paulus
- Dec 2, 2021
- 2 min
Get to Know David Schnaufer: Fisher's Hornpipe
Still not sure who David Schnaufer was, or what he did that was so amazing? Alright, first return to this and this post about Jean...
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Linda Paulus
- Nov 7, 2021
- 1 min
If you have never heard of David Schnaufer, then it's time to meet him
In 1990, Atlantic Records released a music video that featured Arkansas musician Martin Delray performing his cover of Johnny Cash’s “Get...
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