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
- Feb 12
- 4 min
Another funny coincidence...
So yesterday the new Dulcimer Players News arrived. I opened up the envelope and began flipping through the magazine, and almost fell off...
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Linda Paulus
- Jan 31
- 4 min
What Goes Around Comes Around
So, I'm on the second-to-the-last tape transcription of the 1991 David Schnaufer workshop. I had not planned to curate and share...
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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
- Dec 24, 2022
- 1 min
Happy Holidays!
As many people know, David had a fan club for a time that started when he was working with John Lomax as his manager. Each fan club...
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Linda Paulus
- Dec 19, 2022
- 2 min
A little bit of Galax (1995)
One of the tunes David teaches his class to play Galax-style was Old Joe Clark. To get them started, he tells them, Letās get a little...
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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 23, 2022
- 2 min
Blackberry Winter
You may wonder why I've titled this post "Blackberry Winter" when the video below starts off with Chopin. Well, it allows me to kill two...
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Linda Paulus
- Oct 15, 2022
- 2 min
Back to the Second/Third Folk Revivals ...
Quite by accident I recently discovered this fascinating 2012 documentary on the folk revival that took place in the fifties, sixties and...
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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
- Oct 2, 2022
- 4 min
Diana White Redux Part 1
During the course of research for Pluck, a very few, small references to Davidās friend Diana White popped up from disparate sources....
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Linda Paulus
- Sep 6, 2022
- 2 min
John Lomax III Part 2
In a city full of legendary figures, John is a bit of a legend himself. He has worked for, with and/or is friends with some of the...
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Linda Paulus
- Aug 29, 2022
- 2 min
John Lomax III Part 1
When I look back on the trajectory of David's life, I often wonder what might have happened after he got to Nashville if John Lomax III...
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Linda Paulus
- Aug 21, 2022
- 2 min
David and T-Roy and Loretta
Another person who helped with the research for Pluck is Texan singer/songwriter Loretta Callens; I first wrote about her last December....
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Linda Paulus
- Aug 13, 2022
- 1 min
Where Was He in 1990?
I'm cheating on this blog post. I have been down an unexpected rabbit hole for the last two weeks, so I thought I would do this quick...
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Linda Paulus
- Jul 31, 2022
- 3 min
FOD: Linda Sack
Linda Sack was not only a close friend of David's, she was hand-selected by him to become one of four members he envisioned as the...
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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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