So, I mentioned Richard Fariña in an earlier post without considering that some readers who might visit this Blog might also not know who...

When I first started the research two years, one of my goals was to find as much of David's published music as possible to listen to in...

If you're unfamiliar with the mountain dulcimer, a bit of explanation about fret numbers, and more specifically, the title of this post....

One of the joys of this project has been the opportunity to meet so many kind people who were friends of David's and/or admirers who...

Rick shot me an email today in which he commented on the Jack Master's track from the "Merry Christmas from David" post; "As I listened...

What can I tell you about Rick Freimuth? Well, first of all, he was (and still is) a gift of the Muse. He makes his 1971 appearance in...

Thanks to Jack Masters and Vanderbilt University/Special Collections and Archives, take a listen to this track to mark today, Christmas...

I learned a lot from doing the research for this bio, and probably the most significant thing I learned was that--starting in his...

Well, there it is: the Pluck e-Book is now live on Amazon. Print book coming very soon. It's a very strange feeling to see it on the...

Recently David's old friend Jack sent me some photos and correspondence from David that he had saved from the mid-seventies. I've always...

Bonnie Carol and Max Krimmel in their Colorado workshop

Okay, so a big part of Pluck is the biography of David and a bit of historical context for both David and the dulcimer for those who are...

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...

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...

If you've never heard of the Lomax family, you're in for a world of discovery and wonder as was I when I started this project. But, I get...

His mother's gift of a Barlow knife from when he was a child ensured that David Schnaufer would play the fiddle tune on a dulcimer.

Since joining the dulcimer community I’ve heard several people say that mountain dulcimer players are some of the nicest people you’d...

I first heard his name when I joined the Nashville Grand Old Dulcimer Club. We live in south central Kentucky, a short hop to Nashville...