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...

A brief summation of the Hero's Journey as it relates to the biography, Pluck The Extraordinary Life and Times of David Schnaufer

David Shnaufer in the mid-seventies

High School sophomore David Schnaufer

I've already began writing about some early influences on David's development as a musician starting with Jean Ritchie. Another early...

Three notes I want to tell you about: one came the other day from someone whom has become dear to me through this project; she writes: ...

1. What does it mean to have a “good life," and who should define what a good life entails? In what ways do we making meaning of our own...

The research for David's early dulcimer playing years for Pluck was greatly facilitated by the wonderful Lois Hornbostel. Luckily for me,...

One more from the Fariñas that is just as relevant to today as it was in the sixties. Their powerful song, "Children of Darkness" is...

My sister Cindy texted me this photo (below) with the message: "I'm all choked up---this came in the mail yesterday but I just got it."...

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...

Bonnie Carol and Max Krimmel in their Colorado workshop