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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