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Apr 11, 20232 min read

Time to Talk Cactus

As I finish the last proofing of David's 1991 week long workshop, I have been relistening to his thoughts on bending notes and, then,...

Jul 31, 20223 min read

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...

Jun 27, 20221 min read

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...

Feb 2, 20223 min read

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...

Jan 25, 20221 min read

Pluck Chronology Part 2: Crossing Thresholds

1960: Folk Revival begins. Jean Ritchie introduces Richard Fariña to the dulcimer./Nancy Johnson (later, Nancy Barker) gets her first...

Jan 23, 20222 min read

The Pluck Chronology Part 1: Origins

I'm sorry to say this didn't occur to me to include in Pluck prior to publication, but a couple of people suggested I should have...