Vol. 11, No. I
Winter 1985
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In This issue ...
Ann Grimes Yang Chin New Happenings in Greenwich Village Festival Calendar Henry Clark Three Dulcimer Players From Kentucky News, Tunes and More ...
Susie Smith, Sally George, Marcia Burklow
DULCIMER PLA VERS NEWS Vol. 11 ,1\0. 1 Winter, 198:)
rhe I)l L(' [\I Fit PI.A \ EJtS ,~" ~ IS publl"hcd four lUIit') each \cu huK'\ .lfC n!'u!cd (\'a;1 3rd dus) to ~1Ibl.<nbcn til Januiln, Apnl. Juh dud Olluber. ~ub ICriptlOll~ III tht: L. nned StdlCS arc $ 10 IJOtr \car. $ Itl lor t ...., )'car~, (;.;IIIJd ... S [2 per )I'ar. Other COUnlncs (~lIrIJU' lI1':II[); $ 12. {;lIr m;ul}, $ III It~'( .. nt bJd; t~lUl"l arc 1I)"lll, 01\,111011,11'. COliI !,c.-back 1~lIe I~ $3.21 111 the tS.·\ \{herll~UlK mIOlIllJ' lion I' "'OIIIOIbk upon rl'([ue.1
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for Sam's column. As for OIm correspondence. please undtrstand if answc:rs Inc B link lime. h ' $ oflcn Impossible: 10 process mail. aniclc$. problems and quesUOf\$ hllStlly . es-
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Joan Nauer is my indispensable Iotal staff. Without her I wouldn't gel to perform much Dt al l. She finds a few hours a
I·m 500)'. I really tnc:d to gct all the listings together for lhe promised DukimerDrganizatlOn Diltttory m the WinterDllld· fMr Pl/J)'~rs Nt ..·s . But ,,"'C had an early pnntlng deadline this lime. I le ft for • two-wee~ perfonmng tour in Mithlgan and Ohio on No\'Cmber 2hl. Abo. our print shop closocs fOl" a vacation between DlriSlmll1 .nd New Year' s Day. Drgam7.alion information trickled in slowly and [felt we needed morc: time to get the listtogcther. Th is issue will have $OITlc: TlCW dubs listed and the Spring DPN .... ,11 have an up-Io-date dll'tCtory. You'n: possiblYIWlUt tbll'm I full-lIme performer. Sirw;:e I' m 1110 a full -lime editorlpllbli~her and • pan-li me music teacher. I often have: dirrlCUlty ancnding to sllth things as IImwc:ring Ic:ttc:n. Pan of thiS si tuation affctting both Sam Rizzena and me is aJlcvia\W by 'The Amwcr Column In each DPN. Besides being one of the kindc$t people J know. Sam ,s. knowledgeable pcrson 10 contact about bui lding and playmg fn:tted and hammer dulcimers. Your questions are ellCQUl'1Iged
week for us locked in among her houn as !iCCn::lary for a WII'lCMslc:r psychologist. Joan p;cks up !he mail twice a ...-cel: and $!MU the proo;c..:. r(lf yQUr ~ut:rKr;p';""') and ,c:,.,...... b . She: hH three school-age children and does n«dic:worit In her "spare" lime. Each week ... hen I travel \0 Winchester 10 Jel the mail I wish I could bring Joan. bouquet of roses. She's one of the be!:t friends the DPN COI.IId have . Some other area people who jump in when the going gels rough an:: Joan Walker. RO$e AlWood , Ralph Lee Smi th. Julia Ho ...·cll and Scth. of COUI"§C. I ju~ ",anled you to know their nlllleS. Enjoy Ibis issue of Ovld_, P/tJ)'l'fS N~,...s. We ' lI.s« you agai n in Apnl.
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Ads (display and c lassified): Febrvary 15th. Fc:sI;ivai Infomwion: We ncc:d the date. place. sponsoring organizalion. o ne$entente dcsatpllon of map events. contact person 01" organlZltlOl'l. add!'C5S and pMnc numbc:r. Oc-adlinc: February 10th . Dulcimer Orgamlilnons Infl)m1.l.tion: we need the nameoftheclub. I tonlact penon if poMlbIc:. 1Iddn:ss and phone number. Deadline: February ISth . What ', New Listings: "Thc5e lisllngs arc: \IS by providing a 0IlCsentence descriplion of what your album. book or cas!iCltc: contain s and what the featured and acwmpanyinl inst rument!; arc:. Deadline: February 15th.
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Featured In the Spring DU LCIMER PLAYERS NEWS will be lhe FeSlival CaJc:ndar and the 1985 Dulcimer OIJani zalions Dircccory In addition to imerviews. arrangements and otller good read· ing material.
Dear DPN: Every new Instrument IS a tum -on. Attempting co play an unfami liar musicul instrumen t and being rc:warded by t~ se mblance of I so ng hook s me immcdiatc:ly. My thil'$ly car. /lean and 50111 respond to • bar or two of any familiar arpeggio, stale or rhythm . If an ill$lfUment is easy 10 pl.y. I must posseS!! il. In my pocket. under our bed. .RaCked in the living room comcror in the trunk of our car - they arc: all with me in hean if not m facl . While: at The Great Black Swamp Dulcimer mttval. April 19&4. I hit upon (no pun mtended) Ed lret",,·. harnrncrnL <iuLeimcr . A bul<i lap ur the hammer ..... as all thal ..... as required . The quivenng slnngs =pondOO. I hew t/le 1·5 harmony . My eager h~rnb ~iled In amattment . Could it be possiblc:~ I. too. could enjoy the hammered dulcimer? As ..... ith I~ uci tement of a new baby In the house . I'd found .new musical instrument
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to brightc:n our days and nights . How many instruments have I collected and loved in 50 years? Let me count: clarinet. oboe. viol•. french hom. reronler. banjos _ tenor and S-5lnng. Autohatp. mountain dulcimer . MacAnhur hatp. harmonita. je ..'$hatp. piano. dec1rit organ. lllmborine. booc:s. spoons. limber ja.: k and pl.yer piano. I still have: them all Swecl poIiliO. ukele:le:. triangle . bo ..·ed psaltery. the tap·cli(kety-dack of my clogg ing shoes. shuffle of folk dance shoe s.
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Some have: disappe;arc:d from srght . but none from Jly/lean. Sweet memonc:s TUsh back u I remember th e rhythm instruments of kindergarten. brass and winds of high school. Autoharp of rollege days and du lcimer,; of here and ROW . Dlildren are 10 Jove and lei goof. MUSI ' cal instrunW31ts arc: also. Iflhls lalest wants 10 stay ..... ith me - hurrah . I f not. that's <.M:ay tOO. Who knows .... h.t fan!aSlle new love: will tTUSS my path tomorrow Nancy Mu Kappes Ind ianapolis. IN Oc-ar DPN: In t~ Ume Ihal passed bc:1"'"tCn SUbmit· ting my Fh" It 8hruu anicle and liS even tual publicallon in the winter 19&4 DPN. I ran across a tradnionaJ tunc for the set 0(
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words whICh I originally found in an 1888 magazine anicle. In fact, it has been recorded. number oflilJle$ ~ina: then. notably by Silly Wizard. So. for lhe bendlt of Anne MacKay (I...cners. Summer 1984 DPN ). as wdl as any OIher readen ...·110 ~ intel'l:slc:d. there is a '~ar tune for FIri, A Bhara . (Ed. Nou: T/u! lUlle wid Barry", (ufIlnge~'" for frtllw du/dmt'r ,.',11 appf'Ur In ,hI' Sprj,'S J9lll DPN. /,', INing lruns(',iINd ,iglet _ .' Propit IlIftrtlltd in "'" arrlJllg,fIU"" os
pr" 'iowlypublishtd, Itt loa 151h (',tllu,y Fr,"('h lunt , mighl 1I'(l1l/ 10.brow Ihill I f«ord,d if 0tI "'y ('QSltll, albu'" CuriOlU Rhythm . I hope this helps to dear up any
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Serteley, CA Dear DPN: Page one of the Fall issue of Du!rim,r Play'" Nt ..·, conwns the wekorne nore Wit the Evenu Calendar for the Jamnu)' issue will list festiyals, etc. thlOUgh May, 1985. May I suggest that you include In· fonnalOl1 for summer abo. I work for an organization !hat reqUires me \I) select my vllC2lion \I"cckS by (he end of January. Mostofthe lime I am fOf«(! 10 pick bliooly b«ause 50 lillie informallon ISB,·ailable. [ wondeThow manyochcr subscribers are in situations similar 10 mine. Janicr Olyslager Rocl1e!;ler. NY R,ud,r,. 1I'1ttu art ,.."., o";lIi",,,? "" 'III'al organi:,,,. lI'hol art I aln ('"wlIIl, amtll(Jb!t 10 prill/ing Iltt ttllir, ftslil'af roItndor in Januory. ,,';11t allY .pOOll$ and addl,iOtlS in April and July. Thu ....".Id mtan or,oniurs Ihould g" InflKfftOliOtIlo flU' btfo" No •.,mlNr 15th tarh ynlr. I, lhol a prob/,,,,?
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Dear DPN: I'm hoping you mighl carry an aniele on bowed psaltery. I'd like to kllOw how they 1m played, how the strin8s are arranged, Iheir s ize or dimen sion and possible sources of plan! for making one. Henry W. Saoostrom Doylestown, 0.1 If you , .", h,aro flU' play fht bo .....d psall· ''Y, J'O,,' d law... immtdillttly thllt I'm "Of lilt ufNrI nttd,d 10 ..'rll, surh all o"'l:"k Ihough I OM ... a lH-Qulyui irlStrum ..nl , rots andchildl'f'n "'" ",h ..11 thty It,Qf my bo ....ing Itr"hlliqu,! W,'II Iry 10 filld all a''· lhor jrJr OjulUI'f' issu~ . As " ';Ih mall)' ojaUf proj«!" i l " 'iII probably Id~ III a Iilll~
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Dear DPN: Could you or your readcrs tell me of I place \I"here I can onJeran instruction ~ for the :{ilhc-r'I r would like to purchase some shcel music like the samples that came wilh my zithct-. This music slides under the Mring5, Docs anyooc pinl thb kind of mUSK:1 MatnI Ta)IOI' ROUlt I. BoK 15) Roehe~r, IN 46975
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1956 and heuing her play HWI, /0 Ih~ Wtdding, D"'il", D,~om , FlU 011 /ht MOUnlClin, and Alabama iubil..... [ aiM! kne .... a dulcimer playcr from Birmingham. Michigan, FC!I Watkins, whose son·in·law was an executive In the U,sneyorgI IIlZluon. Whenever he VISUed California It Ihat lime (the 1950'5). he tried 10 SlOP II KIIOIt" s Berry Farm, some· times playing her dulcllllC!'. He kept up a COfT'espondcnce with her and her daught('l", I tried. aboul 10 years ago. 10 conlact her daughter, but Without any success. ThcTe is flO quesllOll in my mloothat she gave the Instrumenl more exposure 10 the general public Win anyone elliC al lI'IlIt time. Paul Giffurd Ann Arbor. MI 1' •., h,ard l/ra, /0 'his dn)' ptQplc romc lociing for Ittr al Kllott's 8"ry Fo'm , n.,n Ihough b)' 1101\' sh~ lI'OUld lH- ..·..110.·" 100 Yffl" oId,lJaollY DPN rtad.. ,s ho •., a picture of It.., lhal ..., could run in Ih~ moga:iM ? Till! only pirtur~ /"., ,,..,, is a pitOfOJlal oJ II postrard.
Dear DPN: I was interested in the arliete on Aunt Ncllie McKinney . From lhe type of dulci· ma she had, I had assumed or guessed that she w.! origin:tlly from the Ol.llfk an:a. and I was glad to get confimalion of lhat. llIat dukima WlIs the same make as the one th:u Ruth Tyler, of Joplin, Missouri played. r played on lhe porch of the MUmlY Hotel at Mxkinac Island. Michigan, ev· ery ,ummer from 191!i 10 1984. JuS! about e.'C1)' year there was II least one pel'5Ol'1 who came by aoo mentioned llavmg $Cen
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Dear DPN. III the Fall. 1984. issue. Judi Morningstar urged us 10 label our electronic luners with our name. address. and Social Securily number. in case lhey sprout legs. Fine. but including your SS number could be total ly useless. I wort for the Social Security AdminisITatian (SSA). in the branch that sets privacy policy. Friends. your 55 ~umbcrs are confidential! If the police come to SSA 10 lindout whohas been assigned a par1icular SS number found on relrieved stolen pr0perty. we won't tellltlcm without the wrilten consent of the individual. And we can'l lind you 10 ask you if you mindourdisclos· ill8 that information, bccuusc we hlYe no need 10 maintain curttnt addresses unless you're a cum:nl beneficiary. So if you label your luner a' other val· uables With your 55 number. and something is stolc n. give the invest igating police a wrillen Statement addressed to SSA. consenting for SSA to disclose your name and number 10 the police, or your labeling will all be for naught Pelt Benson. Reslon. Va . DellE DPN: How is itlhal one can write and rewrite and proofread I manuscript and swear il's perfcel- unlil il appears in print. With MNganJOIIt by Mark Biggs. I di5C()vercd that the mc:lody in the last 6Yi measures was not separated from lhe accompani· ment as had been done with the rest of the tunc . For cum pic:
Notices Th e UnlYersity of Massachusell s at Amherst will offer a ten·week Cl)UISC In beginninghammcrdu1cimerfrom Man:h 1 to May 16. 1985. ThccoulSCwillbelaught by Mike Picard . Address inquiries 10 Credit-Free-Workshops. SE Entrance/ University Ltbrary . Universlly of MIISIiIIchusetts. Amherst. MA 01003 . 4IYS4524 14. Sarah Johnson. one of the music \I'IlI1scribers for the DPN, wriles that people who would like to !)hare a lIIbluture need not worry about wming In "Ncanderthal Script". Send in lhe musIc anyway. and our team of devoted slaves, chaioed to desks in the back room, will peruse the material and see what can be salvaged. 1ltc:n they'll spend years turning it into an illuminated manuscript. If the slaves have a question, or fiod it needs more woo. they will send il back 10 the amll1ger for clarifICation . DPN thiUlks 5arah aod Bartl Truex for their transcribing wort . In add,tiQo. wc're gnueful for HrTangen who are also anisl5 and submit their music Cll/llrnl re:ady .
I f you teacll or build inSlruments and would like to have O,,/cimu P/u)'l.'rs Nroo's subscription blanks aod sample issues for your studems or customcn, contacl us . Wc 'lI be glad to se rKI you some. I hate to throw out things that might be useful to someone else. I'm also not panicularly good at describing what I'm offer· ing to share. 1ltc: Iypeselling I do is re· turned to this offICe on 10l1g rolls of shi ny ... hite photographic paper. Since we woo with 14 picas wide columns. there: is usual ly an expanse of this paper left, approximatcly 5- wide and 36" or morc long . If you draw or do layout or perhaps need sturdy paper for sewing or quilting you might have a use for the paper. If so. contaCt me and I'U save it for you .
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23 traditional songs 7 duets Step by step instruct ions 4 8 examples and c harts Over 40 illustrations 74 minute Companion Cassette ..... it h aU songs and exercises.
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Ann Grimes Dulcimer Research Pioneer by Eri k Blomslccll J OIi CI, IL I fil'lil learned about Ann GnnlCs. an authority on M idwC5tern folklofe and pioneer dulcimer raearciler, in I 1966 artide thai highlighted her uniqlM: collection of old dulcime:rli. She is nationally known f~ her research In Ohio and MldwtSkm folk music sira the early 1940's and In the dukimer lince themld 195O·s. Afler~ ~pondence. I made lImIIIgcmc:nlS (O visil her on my way to the Grtat Black Swamp Dulcimer Festival In Lima, OhiO (198) . Mrs. Grimes Ih,ts in the hi storic Yil1.~ of Granville. OH, ",hkh 15 on !he NllllOOaJ RegiMu of Hi stone Plaoo;. It keeps a quaint New England architecturt n::minis«nt of its illCOl'pOl'1lilon In I80S and it is also the home of Oemson University. founded 1831 . [parted by her beaut;· M ""hitt home (built 1834) IIIKl was wel comed by Mrs. Gomes and ushered mto her Study. There OM: talked, SUrTOUJWJcd by p/'KMos, 1:NJob, awards and other II1OII1en101 all 111CSIlng (0 her yeaD of collecting Ohio and MKlweslml rolklOtt and SOIlgs. Many have used her rtnoy,ned CQllection in tMir own raearch 00 the dulcimer , These include L. Allen Smith, Ralph Lte Smilh, John Putnam . HowlW Mitchell. Bob Force uld othcn and dulnma makm soch:u Dennis Dorogl and Boome Carrol , (Mention should be made helt of L. Allen Smllh', Catalogue 01' Pn-Rni u l Appol la(hlan Dulcimers U. ofMo Plns 19SJ. See my ICVieW in DPN Fall 'U p. 19 This book includes descripl10ns and photos of 28 of Ann Grimes ' duldmero .) Ann uylin Gnmes 11'15 born In Columbus. O H, in 1912 to parenlS who wm: gifted IlITUIteur mUSlClan§ an:! lradillonal singers. She ~ived her BA uld BMus. from Ohio Wesleyan and did gradualc: wort at the Ohio State Umvenily . She taught mu~ic: both in private and public sc llools and also served a~ musk arid dance cnllc for the Scnpps-Howard News
In the evly 1940's she gave plano and song recitals over the OSU radiO Malion WOS U. Various muskal Slyles were covered and In a 1941 program she m· formally mcluded some songs sung by her gnnd- mother. This msplred hSleneo to send In songs they had heard In their own homes and commumt1c:s. She traveled e\tensively Ihroughoot OhIO and many states giving fulklOR: Itctu~-recllals and she be· gan recording the songs she heard on hrr trips . Man y people freely shared thelT flllTlily songs and she soon became con· vlnced Ihatthis n:~nted an almost untappc:d par1 of OhlO'S hentage.
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In 1953 slle p.a"ICip3ted In Bascom Lunsford'S Mountain Festival m AsheVille:. NC. The~ she saw an odd Iookmg InSlrume:nt Utal had been found In an old torn cnb. Wade MlUtin. I baseball player who came: from a family ofnddle makc:r:\. made a copy of the dulcuflct for Mrs. Grimes. 11 lias g WIngs. a nllm)W fret· board and is made of sumac wood . This became the firS! instrument in her collection and, as she used 1\ In her programs. 1\ became the *ba,t~ for gening many~ . Often. after her lecture-«MlCCl15, she would ask i udic:ncc:s if they had ~n a dukilTlC'T In theircommunuy , ·'11 Joots 1i~e
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Somc:hmes Mrs. Gnmes fwlld the dul· cllner Ulshlll In rdauve IiIOIaIlOI1 nm _ the case of the "duJc:c:nnc: ~ made of .... hue PIne, hICkory and popI_, by Anlwr T)'1er of Western Frankhn Counl)'. Otno (nea/"Columbus) In 1895. When he was 17 he: ITIC1 I peddler .... ho shov..C'd him I "dlllcc:nnc:" as TllIny Soulhc:ulcm OhIOMI till the: dulcimer. Tyler c:opc:d Ihr: linl", and made five: Inwumc:nts For I UmE be never he:ard of another dulamer but In 1919 he: happened 10 tee I Jlmlla/" IMlI'II· mrnI at I Methodl'" Mounwn MllllOl1 uhibll. Uo..... cver. no one II the elhlbll
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Another flndy crafted dulCimer has mother-of· pearl mlay and rfuncslones 01\ the neck. It was made by Wilham lunsford of Law...:ncc: County, OhIO in 1816• His IOn EdWll'd came 10 sec Mrs. Gnmes· coIi«t1Ol1 on clhlbi\ It the OhIO Histoncal MIISC'Um In 1955, He was ~tpnscd 10 sec 10 nIIny IIIstrumenu IS he thousht the dulCimer to be: ucluSlve: to Uv.--n:ncc: County {he: 1J'O'IOIIncc:d it ~delsmcn . A fmc trwilllonal banJO and guuar pllyer. he: also pllyed hIS fllhc:r·, dlileimer IS. pr0fessional cntel'UlIlICr In the: 18905 Ifter ."hlCh he: became I barber In Columbus, Ue Willed h" Instr\lmenl 10 Mrs. Gnmes but Ifter hiS dellh In 1958 II ~ 84. the family couldn', bt... 10 pan .... uh" Hov, . cvc:r, ..... he:n I Rood limost reached W dill · elmer the followlllg year , they changed Wlr mind, IIkm, thiS 1$' $I,n they had better comply With Edward', .... Ishes! We ~1"C'd funher of people she: had known. Paul Clayton, Edna RilChle, Carl Sandbufl' Joe Hicke:rson (Llbnlryof"Con· gR'Ss) lind otlIC" She: mentll)nc:d I per· formance: 1\ the Vincennes Tncenlcnmal in the m,u· I960·,. John J:acob Niles was liso on the: program and . after heanng Mrs. Gnmes pcrl"orm, procl.. med , '1"he Kmg IS dead, Ionilive the Quccn'- Their Kqllllnlince had stancd m 1"'~2 II I Wuhingtoll Unl'cnlty folklore con· fc:rc:nce RWe .....e...: dinner partnc:fS , .[ ....·el started our ronllnlllni admllauofl and dc· Mte: of hIS Ilte·llke dulelmc:rs and ...:aI trwilllOll " She IS fllntllll" "lilt/! almost c\'· e:ry coolemporary dulcimer pl.yer Ind nllken t/!at I mc:ntlOllcd and orten pro~ klten, phocOl and ot/Ic:r treasures from hc:rfikJ. Sbe IOId me me: . . asthe first 10 pr:rfonn 01\ the: dllicllneT II Roscoe Vii· Iage:, lInglnl canallOngJ In fl'Qllt of W ice Cftatn parlor and me: . . . as a11O, for TllIny
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of okkr dulcHl'len In the UrulCd Slales Over 40 dulc,men an: IIlCludcd of ~hlCh (many rare) are !R. II).I() \,.nlJ.le. 31 hive been dcKnbal m YVlOUS tdIoIarly pubhallOflt The coIlcc,ton aho Inchodes some Penns)'lvania German l.ullers (schtllholt t)'pe) . Three are from Granvil· !c's Lu;lI:mg COIInt)' ~lIcrc the), ~'erc paued down In famollC:ll tlllCC the carl)' 1800s Over 17 OtliO COIInues are reprc· }4
ICntcd In the dlllclll'lucoIlcc1ion 15 wellu KY. WV. VA.PA. TN. NC, CA. CO and NY. Her lHCarch lias led her 10 belle"c Ihat the moontai n dlilcimer was Mf excili' sive to the South and Appalachian regions . She agrttt wllh Charlet Scelu'$ con)CCllire tllat il I)I:mapl ClIme from the Pt-nn· s)'lvania rel,on. developlnl fmm the ~ Dlll ch"
sehcllholt or bol; l.ullers . Pioneer movements then brought It West· ward and, dllC 10 III portability. Ci\'il War IOkhel"l helped 10 d.slnbute "' rllnhc:r . Se\1CRl dlllcimers were known 10 have be· longed 10 Civil Wu \'CtcrvJS Mf5 Gnll1ell has obICrYed man)' d.f· ferenl pll}'"" st}1cs indudin, bovo-ml. and. ,n Gucmlcy Coonl)'. OtllO and Eu!:. em TellllCKC. hammered w,ib umbrella 11.1)'1. AI unliwallCChlliqllc was$hown by Mf5 . .k*n ~Nmln of Jackson Coont)'. Ohio ~110 held the dulcHner. 1)1:' ~ down. II an Inclined posihon her shoulder. That ..-as Ibc WI)' die !lad secn her flther and .,andfaJ.her pll)' II. She be· he'lCd her ,randfaJ.her brougllt the Instrumenl from Wales IOI1lCIime befOR: llSO, I lthou,h Atlen Sm.th Ihlnb il_ made on lIuntlngton. Wnl Vi'1lma . We now wenl Into the loVing room where the Willi are lined with dllkimcf5. I wn intercslcd In Ihe ~K.n llin· ~ Ind learned Ihis was • tcntl ror the 1&rJC bol;· shaped dulcimers oftcn made b)' Ilimber· ....n wOO,na.n C.lIia and Jackson Counlics , Ohio In lhe 1870·s. Ullnl 2J.41.
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Dulcimtr playing ifllUtSIS II'It mort: III<: i/lS""IMf!t's /rodilio" and 1000t calM In· cidtnlal/y /0 my jQlJ:. music r:ti/lu/ilHl and JH!iformallCt. fl J am 11011' ifllrigutd by Iht IMfl·tIOfiS (aad of/tn ~'irluruol CU"tfll ueh"i'l" ..,.... ' ....rt"OSmgly "snJ 141 0,,/"; IMr Days .....,hkh I ht/prd /(}dt\~lop and "'hir:/l / )"f:ar/y t"joy. "0'" OJ a j udgt. Her many yCa/'l of collecting have resulled in i valued folk !>OIIg collcclion. tMn 200 Ovcr I.SOO!>Ollgs represenl _ conlriblllOOl alld many OIher conlrioolors ofrelaled manuscriptS. ~heel music. boob and other materiab. The majority of this collection has been organil.ed by Mrs. Grimes for lhe Archivc of Folk SoIlg at the Ubrary of COIIgrcss. The OhIO HiSloocal Society is duplicating thr:m fer its Colum· bus A,ch,ve. Ohio Stale Unlvcrslty's Folk lore and Engli sll Depanment has IIIpW OV1:r 90 hours of Mrs. Gruncs dis· cussing her coIlcciton and wing iIIustrali~ wngs from her IllpCs. Allhough ~he occasionally gives OOIICcns. her heallll pn:"cnts lhe heavy performance schedules of fonntl' yean (OVC1' SOO lcctutNttllllls in 1954). Ann Gnmes lIali been cqlatcd by L. Allen Smith ..... ilh such dulcimer luminaries as Charles Seeger. Hcnry Mm:er and Jean Ritchie . She has pKSCnted papm al many state folklorc 5OI:lCty conferences (NY. TN . WV) as ..... ell as lhe Amencan
FoIklOf"t SocielY 1U1d lhe American Soci· ety of EthoomusicologiSls. She has Iec· lUred al many uni"crsitics and COIIllnUl!S today in giving kcturcs III Denison Uni · versity on SocIOlogy. Folklore. LlRgUlS' lieS. Music and other subjects. While I have focused on her du]ellner intercsts. Mill . Gnmcs also plays Ihe pilno. psaltery . Autoharp. banjo Dnd guitar. She has pubhshed many articlesOll folklort: and songs and has 5en'ed as offi· cer and edilor for lhe Ohio Folklort: Socl' ety and Nallonal Federnllon of Musie Clubs. She ..... lOIe the lexl booklel and colIcc1cd lhe songs for her albllm. OhioSfUl" Ballads : Hillary thrONgh Fo/bons! [Fulk ..... l)'$ FHS2111. Among lhe lradllional !>OIIgs she sang for me she 11$0 included a contcmporary !lOllS on !he "hIstone" conV1:rslOn 10 co-ed dorms al Deni5Oll. The Visit concluded ..... ilh the cxaminallOll of ITlOft: dulcimers and petting Calpumill. one of the fnelldli . W and most beautiful calico calS I havc cyer met. After leaving. I drove up to the OeniilOll campus Ihat ovcrlooks Granvdle . "There. in the late afternoon su n, I SIll and pllyed my ne ..... Ron E ..... ing (Columbus. Ohio) dulcimer. A good lime: to thmk about !he visit I had jusl enjoyed and lhe instrumentS I had seen. Also. a time 10 rdlttl on peoplc like Ann GrilllC$ ..... ho help us 10 reach back ovcr the dec:adc:l;. tying us together in our love for the dulci· mer. itS music and il$ people.
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Thil is I COOlIl"lOO problem aMI is usual ly limple IOdeal with. Some duldmtn II/"t' de5lgncd With adjustable featum 10 cope: witll weh problems. bul 1'1II5SUfJIC )'OIIf Ira l 15 Il0l.. The problem II thai the IOUnd· boimI upands .. hen /I lakes 01/ mOl§ture and rises aWly from one or I1I1)I'I: of IhoE inlt'mal bnceJ. produc:ma buues .. hen ttrUlm IIOleIII/"t' IUUCk Retluln, the lop 10 ~ brxcs _ 5«\ftly lNIy be .11
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REVIEWS GODDFSSFS Carrie Cromplon. Hepatka Musk:. 8Qll 600 1. SlOIC College. PA 1680 1.
GODDESSES is a lovely tape of delicate. courtly music of the 16ch. 17th and 18th centuries. rcalUli ng the. clean, C~ In:mc:ly musical playing oreame Cromp1011. She has arranged everything with elegance. \aSte and an uO<'mng ear for the best possible h;umonic choicC$. "fhlo title cut and Br(ln/t de 80"'gog"" employs a
fdidlOUs blend of frened dulcimer. recorder and viols. BUlletjly is especially cff«1i ve on fn:ned dulcimer and hurd),gurdy. and OIher combinario'5. such as dukimc:r-guiuIT and dulcimer-percussion. WOtt wcll. 1lIe lively 8rolll~ Char/OIl" that concludes the lape was $jl delightful that [ was sorry it ended so soon. Just over half tile tape is devoted to either frened dulcimer or hammer dulcimer .Ione (thra: CUIlI of !he laner). so that 0fIf can easily hear (and learn from ) the ammiemcnts.
Th is tape is equally fine for just pl'in listening or for study. There is much here for players (0 absorb and emu late. especially Ms. Cromptoo's fine musicianship. tc<:hnique and ~nsitivity . Jocmy Wilson
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Sounds C hristmas Pastltmda Lowe Thompson. 1517 Laun:I"·ood. Den ton,
TX 76201. Here is a cassette of Christmas inSU\lll'I(nt.:lls that is a n:al winner. natunng Linda Lowe Thompwn on hammer dulciIl'I(r. the textures nlnge from ethereal to earthy. the ammgcmems vary from delicate to drumatic. and the performing n:mains always al the highest level. The eleven pieces include e.tpectC{! standards such as SiI~"1 N,gllt and Angt/s Wt IIm'~ lI~ard on High. and unfamiliar IkJighls Ioke Child""" af fht ManSt' and U I All M Orlal Fltsh Kup Siltm . l'hc liveliesltune is lingle Btlls. p;:rformed as • COfltl3dance wl1h Linda double-trodmg 00 piano :md dulClll'l(r. Dana Il amiltoo 00 banjo. and Maria Terres Sandgn:n on fid· die . Soundmg the most like a heavenly mus.c box is the ammgell'l(nl for two dul·
eimers of The SOlliing Song. which is per_ fOfl1lC(l by Linda and Dana. lv/I)' Old Sf. NirholtU llIkes on a completely new quality 8$ a hammer dulcimer solo and Pampan n:cQvers from yem of be ing sung poorly by high school choirs in an effective n:nditlon for guitar and dulcill'l(r. I predict very steady sales for this cas5C'Ite for many yean. Serious dulcimer players will certai nly want t(Jawn it. and it should be "ery popular to the much wider audience of non-dulcilTlCr players because of the pleasing way Li nda Thompwn has presenlC{! these Christmas wngs and the care with whic h she has IIIT1lnged lhe:m M iuie Collins
In,'ocat lolllH olly Tannen. (Kiding Mule Records). S4(l Costlll Costa Avenue. BCTkeley, CA 94707. For best results. this album should be 1;J;tened to by cand~ l igh' T hus we are invited-invoked-by Holly Tannen to parta~e of ber superb first solo album. an eclectic collc-o::tion or child ball ads and adaptations. a RIchard Farina song. Morris dances. Welch tunes. and even a modem AllIb.c poem translated and set 10 music by Richard Thompson. Especially notewonhy for he:r mountain dulcimer playing are the Moms dallCes Bobby and loun!Wi/lillm and N(lnC"j and the waltz medley Slor of Ih~ COllllty Da ...·n! Kt";n K«gon's WallZ because of her hard · drivi ng. mythmic strumming style; and A. Smmgt Affllir by Si Fudul AI·Huwan and Fariiia', A S ....al/o ..' Song for the finger· picked aa:ompaniment. Holly's dulcimer playing is clean and spare. ullClutlered by inappropriately florid hot likcs or monotOOOt.IS bum-diddies. Holly uses hcr ~ t rong allo to grcat effect. varying her stylistic approach to match ,he mood ,,00 ,he period of ,'''' «"'8 she is singing. It is delightfully obvious lhllt she: puts 3S much c.tuberance and can: into her singing as she dQe$ her playing, GeQrge CampINlI. a New Mexico bal. lad from the: singing of BIll Noble. at first !iCCms a little out of place among the other more mysterious or mllgicallyrics of King
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Mara Wasbum lias conlributed a valuable resouroe to the evcr-expanding library of fretted dulcimer instru<:tion manual s wi th her C hi ldr!: n's Dulcimer Mtthod. Ms. Wasbum !.Iught her own young thil· dren to play the du lcimer and was 50 suc<:essful that they have joined her in. flllllily performing group. She now instnK:u OI:her t hildren and also gives workshops for teachers . Her book is very nicely laid out with atlfllCtivt and easy to to ~ad notation_ The goal orthis method seems to be getting the chi ld. with adult guidance, qukkly to the attual playing of the instrument. ThecommcnlS she maKts as a reSl.llt or ller own experience are very helpful. A ftw C~ &mpICll: "I ~ver lise fret "lImbers .... hen I teach ... .,. ". ~lICrall y encoura~ children to begin with the thumb on top, but if the hands keep turning over. [just let them play that way _". "Wonderful! You just played the firstli neof Go Ttl/Aunt Rhody! I am surpriliCd, however, that she didn' t remind teachers 10 have the children sing
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the melodks before attempting to play them _ Thc book's instuetiooal obJecllve. playing in two modes and playing with either a single or a double strum. are quite appropriate for children . Thc song.s are ammged in order of difficulty with the ineviUlblc Aunt Rhody coming first_ 11 is to ~iara Wasbum's credit that this book IS not overburdened With e~traneoos material. but I would have appreciated having every song. instead of JUSt a few. illuminated by Ms, Wasbum's o ...·n expe· riences with her studems. I think her attitude of confidence in (hildren and her joy of sharing music with children. ratherthlln the clear lay-QUt of notes and strum marts. is what makes this book mos.t valuable 10 prospective teachers. While many of the song.s. all givtn ....,ith only one VCI"liC. are familiar. I min tile complete lyric! for the ones I don 't koow. such as W!ttfe Dot$ II l.Lad? and TM JunifH'f Trff . Harmon ies are given for II number of IUnes. but for four of these harmonizations the second pan is I pagetum away from the first patI, makingjoint music-reading trying, 10 say the least_ White I \I-ish Mara Wasburn had shared more of her own success 5tories in this book. I would still recommend Olildren's Dulcimer Method 15 an asSCIto the teacher orpan: nt who wants to open to children the world of f~tted-dulcimer playing. Mitzie Collins
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Haod Duldmtr BandIDan Fraley. Don Dietz.. Hogfiddle Records, 2Q6 Elm Stlttt. Troy. AL 3608 1. What happens ..... hen you get two hotsOOt freltcd-dulcimer players in a studio full of fun clec;lronic gizmos like an E-Mu Em uflllOf Ind Drumulator and a Mini Moog and Idd a creative audio -engineer to the mill ? Don Diell. and Dan Fraley of Mon tgomery, Alabama show us that the results can be very pleuanl indeedon their album Left Hand Dulcimer Band. The singing is mighty nice and mellow. but the best thing about the album is the: easy .... y the natural !lOU nd of mountain dulcimers is ble nded with synt hetically genen-ted myth "", IUId lones, However, 8iven the the limitless possibilities of synthesized sound. I wish that Don and Dan had been more adventuresome with dynamio and textures in thei r songs. Thc most creative of the ten culS of original songs is Hogfidd/e B/uu, the signature tune or tile Left Hand Dulcimer
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Band. Tbe least sl.l«:e5sful seltction is
EW!ry Kna Shall Bow which truly bows undtr the wei,hl of an unbelievably !!'Ctentious aran&emcnl . I imagine that this duo has gone on 10 explore mon: possibilities of combining dulcimers and electronic InstrumenlS in thereoording studios. Foruy pl ByCTinlerc:sted in contemporary poss:bililles for the fretted dulcimer and any fans of dulcimer music who ...,.nt a mcllow album I'd say this record is a good bel. Miltie Collins
Duklmer Jubl lftiLost Valley Du lcimer Band. 8500 West Fru itvale Road. Monta· , ue . Michiglln 49437
A ool1tction of mountain and hammered dulcimer duets " 'ilh vocals on two cuts and • whistler on the titl e tunc. Dulcimer Jubilee evokes the pleasant Images of thrtt ,000 fnends making music on lhe bad. porch. Simple and SponIIntOOS- iIOlIndi ng rather than "produced.- the arrangements art just right for the ~itional material. I found the FIJtritJ Rul a dina: tune from the Isle of Man . and II<'Jltyfidt Rul. I
with children and ~itional music is apparent in every cut. as is horr impressive mu.sicianship . Tbe tunes and games have bc:c:n culled with intelligence: and taste fro m anthologies. fesl ivals and o ther soun;c:s; chi ldren and grownujl5 get equal time perfo rm ing t~m . The accom~ylng bookJc:t C()I1tains words. music. arnn,ements for Orff Instruments and many su,geslions for the: $Ongs' use with children of various ages and abiliues . I especially enjoyed Tcn In The Bcd (the version I recall from childhood wasn't nearly as hilarious as thi s one), jiglime.• fine arratl,cmc:nt (not for children on ly) of thrtt ji,s for hammered d ulcimcr. wh istles. plano and bodhran. the: train medley . the TonglU r,,·i.lIer Smlg and a good unu.suaJ . vcnion of Froggie Would A-Wooin' Go. And a filUll trivia note for MIlZie: Don't wOI'l'}' about the meaning of Froggic'J refrain . GanllnOl1 and spinach is an old Bntish expression meaning foolishneu or non· sense. wh ich is probably jXttisely wluit the: rest of the refrain consists of! High ly recommended for anyone Involved in nununng. education or general enlighte nment of young people. locmy W ilson
British fiddle tune . so inftctious Ihat I picked up my hammers immediatel y. compelled 10 learn them . (They're easy, too: hurray! N .B .. Mickey and Linda· they also sound j)reny as a medJc:y .) Merry Wi.~J beUCT known as the Saturday Night Wult: . 15 especiall y nice as a hammcred dulcimer duet, as is the old ritual dance tun e Abbot'J Bromley 1/orn DUri eI'. HOflNI<'ift'f LDmcnt is a mln'clous not frequently recorded . and it is a pJc:asure to hear it with hammered d ulcimer IICcompanimcnt. The t~·o mountam dulcimer duets on the cassene are played in the: tradit ional style. strummed with plcnty of drone . R«Ot1lrnendcd for fan, oftraditioal music presented simpl y and naturally . Jocmy Wilson
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music using only the. penUltonicscalc . In C that woold be c. d. e. g. a. I wanled one that I could use to play weSlI:m mu~ic as ""ell as oriental. My new friend, Eric Wang. tumed out to be a gold mine. He was a member of the Chinese Symphony of Hong Kong and
Wu profident in 5e\'eral Chinese instruments. his specialty being the: er hu. a k.ind of violin . He was a\tempting 10 learn all map instruments. though. u he intended to become a composer. He studied yang chin with the premier yang chin play· er in the. Symphony. I was tn 11ICk..
pleasant young Chlllesc man pluymg up a storm 01'1 yang chin: a Chin:se lIammcrc:d dllidmer. When he 510ppal and smiled at
me, I l15ked. "Can you speak English?"' I was overjoyed when he answered, "A lillie ," My lieU question a510nished him . "Will you teach mehowlo play thaI instrumentT After. bitofnuslered unccnainly. M]
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Our rtrSl job was that of selecting an inslnlment from the good supply avai lable at the store. We chose a four·bridge yang chin iden tical to the one Rsed by his teacher. 1lIe Mand pictured is one I built myself. The stands a vailab~ were more ornate and traditionally C hinese. but I thought them to be poorly built. I wish oow that I had bou&lll one anyway and intend to do so if [ 5hould ever get back . Eric spent about an hou r gell ing the instrument in tune the first time . Basic tuning is indicaled in thediagramaccornpanying this article . You will notice that the tuning is simil ar to the hammer dulcimer in one respeo::t; bass is on the right and treble to the left . If m y infonnation is CQfTeCI. that feature comes from the fact that both inSlnlmenlS ha ve a common origi n . Hammeri ng is done about an ineh from the peak of the bridge. Strings an: played only on the left side of the thrtt right-hand bridges. but on both sides of the left-hand bridge . You will lIOIiee also that for the I11O'S t pan each bridge is tuned in whole SIC:ps. That still results in a chromatic instrument. ClIcep! for the top octave. but one whe:re the acciden tals (half steps ) are IlOl ncar the main scale tcmt1. ThaI is. C sharp is quitta ways from C . I·djuS! like to see. o;omenne plBY TIlL FiiS'" ""hit BumbIltbu on this inSlnlment! A fascinating ftature of theyang chin is the efrlCient fine tuning provhions. Notice the small roller under each set of strings at either side of the instrument . After the stri ngs are basically tuned. should they become: nat or sharp. one has only to adjust the roller rather Ihan get OUI the luning wre nch . Funhc r . should one wish to change ke)'l quic kly on the upper register to the eJlrtmc: left. the slide devices that Slick up can shifl lhe pitch a half-step almost instantaneously . Finally. the: hammers lire very light. fk ~ ible strips of bamboo. The: most typi cally Ch inc.sc thai I havc an: lipped .... ith rosewood and really give off a twangy sound . Ho",·cver . even Chine>e music uses di fferent tonalities and I have two sets of hammen with rubber face for the produc· lion of a deeper. more resonant sound. The Of'I'OSite end of ~h h~mmer come~ In a poinl and can be u$ed to pick (he strings as ....e ll . Each player must UpI'rimem wi th his hammcn by can:ruJly loCraping the bamboo al the midpoint until it has the: degree of neJlibi lity that is conlfomble for him .
I was IlOl able to take many lessons (actually !ook only seveR) sirocr: my work load at the college increased and shoI1ly thereafter .... e returned to the Sta!es. But Eric did givc me the fundimentals and also instruction s in re ading C hinese mu sic (ilong wi th his own book of inslnlctions and practice songs!) In another 3I1icle I will inc lude some Chinese !unes both in Ch inese notation an4 in tlllditional .... C'S tcm music notation . In the meantime. juS! play Jesus t.o."f'S M t on your dulclmcr . Note in your hymnal that the tune is called ··China·· from the fact that il was an instan! hit .... hen
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The New Folk Scene In Greenwich Village Ralph Lee Smith Reston, VA A new rolk scene hasemc:rged in Greenwich Village in New Yon: Cil)' in the
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1980's. and 111 1(1151 1WO dulcimer players are at lhe heanof the action. On Thursday nights Michae l Dale entertains the patmns of the Comelia Street Cafe. plaYIng his own compositions on a dulClIllcr made in
l1le singers and SOIIg .... mcrs ...·00 are involved in this Kene look back 011 the 1960'511$ an almost mythical time. when the rediscovery of America's tl"\lditlOMl music heriUllle was taktl\S pili«, and when many of the I1lQSI imponant folk petfoon· eD of this century roamed Ma(:OOugal Street in penntlc:ss camaraderie. But the new scene is not tmitallve of the 1960's. TIlt biggtl;t dlfferenee 1$ that the ne .... scene is almost enlln:: ly based 011 original songwnting. r1Ither than 011 the rediscOY ery. adaptatiOl1. ~nd performance oftnlditiOlla] matenal. Additional differences an:: CIted by Jild Hlltdy, a skilled sunansl and SOIlllwnter who is a central figun:: 1M the new move· ment. ·· With today's younger folk musi· cians.- he says. "the .... riting hll$ beromt moreoomplex. Whc:n:: the 60·$ folksmgCD wen:: college dropouts. thc:sc an:: college graduates. If you stay in college. you get pointed in a lot of diffen::nt di~tiOIls that
France. Down on Macdougal Streel. you may be able 10 catch David Massengill playi ng on hIS Edsel Mani" dukimc:r 11 The Speakeasy. Massengill., songwriter of national and perhaps world 51:uure. plays there and al The 1Wt10lTl LillI: on West 4th Street, when he is no! wasillng dishes II • local reStaunull . Michxl Dale and David MassengI ll are virtually unkllOYl'n 10 the dulcimer-playing commumty al 111l'gc. They. in lum. have hnle contact With the dulcnner·playmg
communit), and have been ,-ir1ually uninOueoced by it. The reason i~ tnal neither sees himself primarily as a dulcimer player, bul 115 I songwriler. and a pal1kipMIl in th e so ngw riting movement thai is burgeonmg in Greenwich Village.
l1leComelia Street Cafe. I traditional Village cofftthousc that IS deeply mYoIved 1R the artS . l1le cloth s .... an in the WIndow is JW' of Dn an exhibit. 'The cafe ho!.ts poetry and 11O\·el n::adings. jazz performed by small cornbo$. weekly mcell ngs of the Songwriters.: Exchange. and Michael Dale ·s dulcimer playing. PhOlo by Yoko Nogami
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you can subsequently follow up 011. and the richness shows in the songs:· His opin ion is confirmed by the NEW YORK T IMES in a 1982 article entitled. Village i, Gnu "-galll a Magnet lor foil.: Singer,. ~ Many of the yoongsters seem to be mon:: musically accomplished. mon:: pra cti c.1 and organized. thin the II illustrious pn::dcceuorsofthe 1960's ... the TIM ES said. If a tlnglt key figure In the new mo\·ement had to be identlflCd. Jack Hlltdy would be that person. Jack am\·ed In G reenwich Village f!"(Jm Aspe n. Col· orado, in 1973. hoping to panlclp;lte In the folk n::Yival . He d,sco\·en::d that he was a few yCaJ1 too late - the folk n::vlval of the 6O's had pas.sed a ..... ay. Hc Immediately Sft to woO; cllll1k lng up tlilngs again. composing songs aDd perfonning at vanous Vi llage nighl5]»1s. Ho..... ever. as the 70'5 progresSfd. opportuni ll es for hIS type of acoustic-only performaoce diminished . M os t of tbe clubs d iversified thtlr entertainment. moving largely or Ioolly 10 elec!ric instrumentation and rcxk musIC. [)cspite this. a new mo\·emc:nt ..... lIh Hlltdy at its center, began to take shape. He helped to org:uti;(C the Comella Street Songwriten Exchangt, I weeki) wortshop-dlSClnsion group that stili metlS at the Comelia SII~ct Caft. Pamcipallon Sleadi ly in creased . and a Mus icians' Cooperam·e was formed . In 1981 the Coopcram·e approached Joseph l.bede. the owner of a faltering d isco on Macdoug~1 Street called The Speakeasy. l1le Cooperative offen::d 10 provide a full schedule of performers and entertainment at the club. l\lonc:y frum admission woold go to the performers. and the c lub o ..... ner would n::tain all n::venues from the sale of food and drinks . Ha~ing little to lose - or. pcmaps. bemg much shn::wder thn many disco o .... ners _ Zbcde agreed to give II a try . 'The Cooperati\·e made the Spcakeuy·s stage Iyai lable to memben of the group
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and to ocher performel"li _ By now , the former dl~ is the scene of • el'Ov,ded t"Ikndar of events. On Monda) nIghts thm: IS open mike': on Wedl'lC'$days, poI:t ry rudlng5 PerfOflTlC'I"li on oche:r nights range from velerans of the 6O'~ - Jean Ritchie has played there _ to Icadc:rJ of the new mo."ement such as Hard) and M~ngdl. wnh plenty of ~ lor new talent The enOra~or bas ~ anna.,. elll SUttaJ for the pC'rformen, the CoopC'flIIlve, and Zbcdo:: The: Coop also lauoched IlI(l(her oullet fOl" Its _g ..... oters, • comblnet! monthly malvine and l'e(:ord called Fflll f·'IIA. " II's re.lly done fut. Dav,d Mas.loenglll $a)'$ 1'lIere', nrdy more than one: W.e Recording IS done In a Broold),n atlJt' by Mike Dann. an engilXtt .. oo 1111-"'1 often teen on !he Speakusy sage. Kron\pM) _ Inl perfonncn WIth a mellow ekcuic • . All labor and talent ~ donated, and no roy.leies are paid. A one-year~ubscop' tion -ten I~suesofthe m~G'w1C. with ten IICt'O!l1panylng rerord$ - rosts S40. Won! of Fast Folk has been spmtdlMl. and subImpllOnl are chmblng s ...... ftly . (For. subImpbOn. 5C'nd your check 10 Flt't Folk MUSical M.gume. 178 W Houslon H
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brother. limo Tru!lSlr1. a PanSIIn Instru · ment maker ..1I05C' CUSIomen mclude the Amencan ,UIIan§! TaJ Mahal. The ~n g.~·e Mlduelthe dulcllTler, and Trussart II.e him Jean Rut hlC' l Dul. cimer Boot. h remains the only pubhca· tion on Ihedul'lmerthal he hasevC'rowned or OOIIwttcd Returnln, t\) Ne .. Yon::. Michael became a tucher, and II lI0'II' deOlll of r.m Business College In Brooklyn, .. hlch offers ~ programs. In hIS sp.= time: he has betome IIIC~asingly Invoh'ed with the dulcImer and With !IOIl,wnlln" Trussart provided Michael with an un· usual IlInm,. whICh he continues to U5C' Tbe basi SInn, IS tuned n"e nOIe$ higher tIwl the: l1C'~t close$! sinn,. Michael tool: an e"eMln, COllI'$(' .n music theory. and U$ed the kllO'llledge gamed m thIS rourx 10 .....ort out nllmerous progressIOnS of modem chorttn,. employmg thiS IlInln,. A rouple or years ago. MichllClleamcd that an off. Broadway theatre ..... as J'npM' ing IOStage Shakespeare's r ..-o G""lr_" of VrroNJ . Hundcd up compos'"l musIC (01" the: play. ud playmg II on hIS dulcllTier dllnng the hve perfonnances lie .bo dropped by the Comella Sinel Cafe .
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A roupit' of blocks ......ay. MIChael Dale entertains the patrons of the Comella Street Cafe (M1 Th ursday eVenlMg~ . "Maybe you could call II a sort of Nckground mU$Jt'. ~ MIChael sayl. "'I play only _gs that I haw 1fI nuen People lU"e \II ek:ome to listen If they ..... Ish. 01" to clfT)' on !hell' ()\Oi n conversatIOn, If they wish Often they do both. IUMlng lM and out. MIChael ' , involvement Wllh the dlllelmer reflects the instrument', 5\11 1ft nllgr..• tion from liS App!llllChian root s to the world mllsicll AflC'r taklnlll deJm: from the UniversIty ofCaltfomlII at Santa BIIttan In HispanIC Ci .... hzauon In thc lale I 960's, MIchael traveled around the world, 51opptn, 10 work ~ and lhere In the §eCOnd half of the 1970'5. he tool. two Master' , De,reesln French, one from thc UMl versny of Nancy in Fmnce and one from Queens College in BrooLlyn In 1918, ",h.1e he " 'as al Nancy. he met • French ""(IIlWI1fI ho played the dulcHner Pnor 10 thl$ encounlC'f r.hchac:1 had neH' r or heard anotherdlllcHl'terpiaycr HIS frimd ', IlIYrumenl had bee:n made by her H
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Michael Dale has no wish to beCOfllC' a professional musician . With David Massengill it is differenl . He has felt the breath of success and fC'Cognition. and wants to pursue his vision. '" would love to make a living at songwriting. using beautiful old melodies and usi ng TlCW he says. It's the be$! way in the world to make a living." " Yeats was very envious of songwriters:' he adds. revealing. amoog other
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things, hi s deep knowledge of English poets and poetry, David , a native of BriSlol, TenllC55Ce. grnduatcd from the University uf North Carolina in 1976 wilh a degree in English and a minor in philosophy. After graduatiOl1, he went \u New York 10 try hIS hand at songwriting and perwnal perforrnaocc. He brouglu with him a fine Edsel Manin duldmer. a three-string insl1\lment with its scroll carved in the form of a woman' s head . His ITlUIher had bought il ~t II craft fair in the 1960's for $75. and it had elided up. unused, ullder a bed. "Whoever in Ihis family wants to learn to play it. can have il:' she said. David gOl it. Aspiring performers can lake hean from David's account of his difficuliies in
adjusting 10 lhe demands of public per路 formance in New York . .'[\ took four month s on the &lage before I could keep both knees from shaking as I played." he l>8ys. "Afla foor I1lOnths. only one knee shook. It was eIght months before they both stopped shaking!" When his knee~ finally stopped shaking. he poli shed up hi s voice. All the while he was writing songs. AI about the limc thai his knees scttled down. he gOl D gigat Folk City on We&! 3rt! Street. tile Village showcase where 50 many importanl performen ha ve gOllen their start. He was immediately noticed . Soon he foond himselfbefriended by some orille old-timers from the 1961Ys, llI)\ably the veteran blues performer Dave von Rook. with whom he hasmade twonational tours .
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In 1980. David published Tht GWlI Amtrkan Offal'll. a protest SOIlg. which is one of the more: notable songs Ihal have been produa:d by the ncw movement . "The $oog:' says Ihe NEW YORK TIMES. "addresses America's aspinnion5 and condemns Its failings wilh an ambitious sweep mal has been missing from most recent folk musIC .-
Tilt' Grtal Aml'fkan Ore~ is not a song for Sunday ScMelI OUlings. I believe that the verses and lines vlry in their effectivcnen. with some being much stronger man others. BUI at his bclit. David writes with a power and certainty that are s.c:an:c:ly 5UtpaSSed by any 5QIlgwriler of histime . Hcn:: is the last verse ofTht Grta'
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I'l'IIlht GftUI Wh ilt HOM fid;nl 011 un old Irty maft I'm Iht sad·t')'t'd lifl as )"0l1li1 as 1M tunh I'm Iht mOlht'r I\'ho ditd ,i""" birrh To Iht Gftal Amt'fican Drtam.As he moves iow his thirties. David has IICCepied the hard terms of the lI11iSt"5 life, and has de<:ided not w tum back - at least, not yet. He lives in an apartment on the Lo""er EaSt Side, and earns the small amoootsofn::gular money that he needs by washing dishes in re staurants . "The advantage." hesays, "is that I can leavethc job whenever I have to. to keep out-of· wwn engagements 01" to go on the road . When I corne back. I can go bad to woO: right away ." What is dear enough about the com· poser of Till' Grtal AmN;~an Ortam IS mal America will bentfil if he is able to follow his dreams to the: end.
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Henry Clark by Martha Jean Crain Dolomite, AL Henry Clm was born in Manon CounIy. Alabama aod gre.... up In Hamilion. Alabama. A relired pipe liuer. he has li~ed in Birmingham since 19J2 . When Henry .... as lleenager.he and his yoonger brother. Elmer. had a gUitar Iht)' learned to play by car. They played at box suppers rorschools 10 rJise mone)" square dances. famil)' getlOgethers. and communit)' affairs . Henry sa)'s music was pla),ed for fun aod paslime back then. On Iht weekends .... hen the .... ork was done. friends played music on the front po.:lfCbes and in the yards. In the .... inlCr. e~eryOfK' galhtred inside arouod the IircplllCe. Be· sides pla)'ing old time mUSIc. the)' roasted wild chestnuts aod peanuts. aod popped Friends .... ould vis,t aod each person brought an instrument. Henry says there .... en: guilars. banjos. mandolins. and fiddles. bul no dukimcn . Everyone walked back then. When the banjo players III'Tived during 11M: Winter. the skin beads on the banjos ....ould be cold and sagging and had to be dried OUI b)' the fire before the)' could be pIB),ed. Henry sa),s he had ne~er heard of a dukimcr unlil he read an anicle in the Nalional Orographic Magazine in October 1968. Shanly after. he booght his first dulcimer in Gat linburg. Tennessee. He brought the du lcimer home and hung it on Iht wall . As he did not kn-o .... ho .... to tunc il. it hung on the .... all for three or four )'ears. Then he read an anicle in the Binnj"gllom Nr....$ about a local ~u lcimer dub being formed. He missed the first mcc:!ing. but.ltel'Kled the seoond and h.ls not missed • mcc:ling sill(:e. Thc club he JOined was thc Sout hc r n Appalacllian Dulcimcr Association in Birmingham Alabama. Henry met Pegg)' Donaldson Smith atlht finl mcc:ling he attended . She had jusl
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A "Head" Of Its Time Gary Popc Cha rlo ltc. NC One of !he fi~ tunes any old lime ur bluegrass mUS1C1III lams IS 811, TMIf1 CobbtJJ,Do..;n We' ve all l1canl II . and a Ioc of us na~ pllyed II Id one !mle or IIlOther. Today. "'~ know - BTCO" best from ~ings Ind begLnner)' music boob _ As In the Cale of IOOSI tradlIIonal foil: son". llw been passed !Io\\'n from generalion 10 genenuion fOf hundreds or )eaJ1L .
The modem venion we an: famLiLar "'LIn LS beheved 10 hl~ onllnKted dunng lhe Civil Wu Dunng the spong or 186].
lhe UnlOl1 Army I.UrrouOON the lo.... n of Vicksburg, MIUIUlPPI The ragged I100pS or !he Confederacy .... ere no match fOf"!he oncomlnl army oflhr nonh. VleksburJ 'll'1S1OOII1O fall. As Ihr lO"'nspcople relllzed defeat WIS ne ... they H!lCmbled a COOlmlllee 10 mttllhc IlOI1hrem army. As an offmnJ of peace, !hey would prtpare !heonly food left In the town fOf" the UnIOn toidLerJ.
Heads of tabbqe were phem! and boiled In hUle I:ellic:s . To everyone's amattmcnt, thc ItOINI of boohRJ cabbage made: !he Yankees l«p lhe .. d.t~ fOf" nme .... ec:ks ~BTCO~ soon became the batik cry of VlCbbu'1_ ThIS LS liso ",hy lNIIy of our northern fnclldsdon'l tal cole slaw on thtlr hoi dosl uke many folk tunes, "BTCD" had LI$ origin In E4Lropc. Insh imltjf1Ult$ brousht !he 5011110 Americ. In !he 184()'s TheIr homeland had been devastated by a potato bl ight, foreinlthem 10 leave Ireland, and the potato, behind. A$ they journeyed 10 their new country, they imqined the vast A acres of cabbage they would soon popular fiddle tune of thiS period was
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Evidence of a major a.bba&c culture was dlscov~ In Egypt in 1791 by Napoleon 8onapane. InsKk one of the pyramids .t Gll.I Wtf'e found cabbll&e headshaped ponay. clbbap bIaaom neel-
litts, and anclCnl carved SlOI'IC cabbage palch dolls. OnectwnberoontaLlled 1 panel ofhleroglyphocs depICting f.bnclng IIl('n WLth cabNge leaytli and)'OUIll gLrlS p1ay109 harps. The cabbage plays I p;art 10 other early civilizalLons u well The Gn:cks had IheLr famous legend of the Tro. JIIII Cabbagc, and we all have heard the Stoncs of how Nero boded cabbqe as Rome burned. In 1940, a clve m l...ascau;o;, Francc .... as discovered by Jacqun Marsal. Throu8h· oullhe cave were prehistoric paintings on the ......11. One group of tlrawin" shows I I..,beor men ..... ith spears chil$ing bLson and antelope OIIt of. cabbage palch, A Jems of lines and dots Clll be seen bencllih the drawlngs_ TheIr meaning remlincd a m~lery unlll rttenlly , In 1979, aflel'" see· Ing phocographs of tht clve 10 1 boo!< of French hl~ory, Peter Seeger nlCOIntlW lhe dou md lines IS allbllllln for 5-$l..,nl bulJO. The rune WIS. of coun;c, 8,1, TMIff Cubbage aa...". Man y rC-SCarchers now believe Ihal MBTCO- was the rlr'!ilsong known 10 man As I result of mis faa, the cabba&c commillCe of the Charlooc: INonn Clrollna] foil: Music Society lias spent many Jl'\ICIing hours tracing !he roots of many popular sonlS blck 10 Ihe o rigln l l tune of MBTCDM. FoIlowLng lSI p;artlllliSi ofabbagc 5OIIp. We encoura.ge you to resc:arch otheT clbbage tunes 10 IIdd 10 the list.
Faded Cabbage Cabbase 10 the Stno .... (I l a TUBcy 10 the Cabbage)
Jimmy Bl'Ofin, the Cabbage Boy Gok! WIIC~ Ind Clbbage Wik!wood Clbblge Cabb.age M(MIn..in Breakdown Cabbage on the Run Old RosLn' the Clbbage Chlld rt'n'l Mary Hid I L,ltle Clbbage London Cabbage Is Falhn. Down CabbaAC In The Dell
Setional Ind 1'liricKk SW-Spangled CabballC Rudolph, the Clbbqe-Nosc: Relntker J Lnile Cabbqe Htf'e Comes Cabbqe CIlIU! Deek the Cabbqc Baltle Cabtqc of the RepublIC I'm 1 Yankee. Cabbage Dandy Pr,lIap~
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Marcia: We met througll a mutual friend about five years ago. Before long we had somc two-pa rt arrangement s tha t we slarted using in public performances. Sally is very erealiye and dares 10 use unusual combinalions in her music. Because of Ihis. she provide$ me with a day-Io-day eneourageme nl and e~citemCn l and a sense of accomplishment Ihal is nevtrending . In addition 10 havi ng 3 great musical partner. I haye been blessed with some dear friends in Sally and her fanuly .
hea"enly sound. II was a haunting thing Ihal I just had to know more abou!. II s«rned somehow to be a pan of me. I had never wanted to learn anything so badly in my life. I had never played allOlhcr instru· ment. 50 I was al a loss as how to Ixgin. Although I purchased my firsldul,imcr in 1969. it was eight}'i:~ 'alert/tal J became determined 10 play. With the h/:'Ip of Dul· cimer Pla),ers Ntws aT1icin and c1'ICOUragcmcni rfflm my husband. I slowly succeeded. The excilCnlrnl has !lOt ceased: 1 don', t><.-lieve il ever will. M ~ia: I was inspired by Jean Ritchie and her siSler. Edna. Ho"cver, even though I grew up near where lhey lived. I didn't heir their musk unlillalcr. During the 1976 Bicentennial eelebr.tlions [heard
performaoces by Jelll1 Rilchie and John Jacob Nile~. and I was very proud of ",hat these fellow Kentuckians had done to pn:. 5elVe the music of many generations. From this e~periencc I decided that I was going to learn 10 play my dulcimer, .... hich [ had recently acquired . So, with a Jean Ritchie book and onc of her I«'ords, I began my adventures with the Appa· lachian dulcimer. Susre: [first saw one at my Aunt Becky's (Rebecca Caudill Ayws) house Iwenty years ago and WIIS introduced to playing il by her. [fell in love wilh ils sweet SOIJnd but gOi a 101 of blank stares from fnends and family who:n I tried to tell them about the Appalachian dulcimer, even though wc're from ti>e mountains. I became determined one day to own and play one so thai I could show them " 'hat a beautifu l instrumenl lhe dulcimer is. Man' ia and Sa lly, how did yo u 1" '0
Sally: Immediately I found Murcia to be a \'cry know ledgeable and talented fol k musici!ll1. She is a mi ld-manncred lady and is ellSY to work with. Although we perform singly. we prefe r working together as a duo. I f('('lthat our eomplcte hOllCsty with each OIher has n\ade our partnership very special. SlI.Sie , how did )'uu a nd Ca rul meet and berom e pa rtners:> Susie: Carol Reichenbach and I mel at a ga thering Sl:veral years ago. We discovered through jam sessions thai we liked to play many of the ~me type songs. uter we joined up as a team. pl aying at fC5liyals. eiC. In 1981 we decided 10 reoon:I A" Undoud)' Vay. an album of our favonte tradilional tunes. 'J'he cover reads Susie Petersen and Carol Reichenbach . but r haye since: changed my name \0 Susie Caudill Smilh. My dear friend and panlW.'r diw in May, 1983 . She was a 5wcoet ~od shy person. but could she el"er make that dulcimer s mg! I ' m sure Olhn pl ayfl":!I han innuenced your music, but wha t purt ions ur Jou r slyle would )'OU conside r un iq uely )'our own:>
Susie: I alttmpt to gencnllC: u harp-like qualily in slow songs. yet retain much of thc: tmlilional SOIJnd of the dulcimer by finge r picki~g the melody and drone strings in a slyle thai I transferred from guitar. I tuught myself on thai instrument so I guess you could say the fine point<; of my picking methods are unique . MaKi a: I like to uperiment. such as mimicing o!her instruments. As an alto in chorJI grouP'! for years. I readi ly hear hIlTmonies. and therefore I oflen play harmonics in group play ing. Sally: I simply play the \\"y I feci from within . Wh a l wo, ld yo u , liS p laye r s , ruommend Ihal Ii purchaser lOOk fur wllfo selecti ng 11 dulci mer:> Marcia: If you are a lefly. lIS [am . make: sure lhe fret<; run thc: enlire width of tile frel board so Ihal you can revtrse Ihe IWO outside strings for left-hand plaYing, Susie & Sally: I . Correct fret pl;l«'ment for clear OOlCS . 2. Low action for ease of pl aying . J . Mechanical pegs forquitk luning. 4, Our fricnd. Bob. i\.IYS to sing mto the dulcimer SOIJnd holes to sec how dose its natu ral pitches are \0 lhe notes tu which you will be lun ing it. But. !Ion't fret or be too pic ky: jll5l string along and you'll bridge the gap and eventually hD\-e it pegged! What an' some r ewa r ds Ihat ha\'c come yuur way in yuur experience ..-itll Ihe dulcimer:> S usie: I ha~e been vcry fortun ate 10 win awards in trad itional. instrulTlental, vocal. oou n ing. and duet du lcimer conlpcl!lions. I've also won (for the first lime) a duci championship along with Fred Meyer. Awards and Iroph ies an: nice ego 51rokes.
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but my relll thnll' romt from apprecllllll'e ludierlce$ and the one-tD-Onc: rommcnts I get afteT I performance IS OVC'f. For .n~. C'lIds I'vc ~.Yed IA the" mall say~ I relilly enJOYed y<M ~bum. ~ hlI"c IIIlIde my day! QeI'lC'l'1lHy. dw'111J muslC's • dehJht benUSC' the baWl_ I penon IIYCS tends to be murned m:uI)flMli
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Mar cil. OnC' C'l n 'l for,et thC' friendMllpl , spt't'I.1 mcl1lOl"1eJ. and lAsptralJOM n:cel"cd from to many wonder· ful people: These rewank ~ pricelels, Throu," duklllxr 1IItC"rnU. OM ml,ht even di§(ov« ." unknown rellul'e, as I did in SUSIC We ~ b.Mh Cuill de~ndants_ We own duklmcl'5 bu.lt by ~ Kappes thai contaul .,..ood from the homepllce of Sus.e', Aunt Rehccci CUIII Aym . SUSIC is a 'J)lendcd tndi · tionll du1cunerist and hs pilf1 ici p<ltcd .,..ith S~ly and me In JOrIIC of our per· formances in the past year . S~ly: 8nng.n,smiles IIld brighter days 10 0Ihcr5 through music, tlte &ood fa:lmg inside after performing ""cll. Ind rc<:civing awards m competition L~ I few of lhe rewW' This may sound iOItlC .... hat Kif. centered. but Yo'artn feehnp can't be denied: ,,'hen 'IvC'n. hIJIIIIRC:SI feeds on happux_ the mums I / ( ma"lIflCd
Whit hll c bem _ 01 )'our re«nl .lCthities. and " -hit I re l our pUlft5 fIN" lM future' Sally:
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u.1enIed fnend, Nancy Clm from CillCm· 1Wl, art reoon.bnl an ~,*m . It'$ I hodge. podsc of onlinal, Soomih, losh. and American folk musIC. rm~50 performull With EhUII PI.nner in 1M ApptI/udliQJ1 WO/IIOII , In Ihili prosram, Ms . PIlItl/lCl' enH&hltns lICr audlCn«S .... d\ real hfe S.tUltioN. iii well iii poems and stories authored by Kentucky ApJMlach •." l'I'OmCn . AIonI .... th her on,inal ..'art she \I rompilin, for publication Infonnation about the many contribullonS of the!lc .,..omen to OUf folk lICritlJc. I am honored to provide: the musk: that dtscribe$ the" h;mlsh.p' endun:d and joy, expe rienced by these women In ..idilinn to trachio, t1uknna 1\ the Un.ve~uy of I..outsviJJe. I ... lllllC worl:;ing with the Cultural Ani Pn>&ram fOf the Jcffe!'$On County Elementary So::hooIJ. For the flllure11 .... 111 con\l_ my 51udlCS on the h.wxy and music of appalachia and puBUt the variouS ICCholqllC$ of ptayillJ the duk.mer
SI»IC: I plan to (Qllllnue leaching dulcl ' mer II Adult Educ;atlOO In Loulsl'llI~ and It rC5tlv~S in the ~pnnl of 1985. Also. I am seriously cons.derin, mak.ng lInothcr album In the near flllure . Silly tuned ' MarCil. Sally, and I hope 10 do more dukHl'lCf OI1an.wlOll wort. as 1Oo-e1l as perform.ng M""..: ButdH ~rform"nceI f<lO" the benefits for the arts. folk musIC' festivals. trafts fain. and CIVIC. school. and pnva&c poup programs , l !la'·e ~ dolOg MJIT1f: Itachln, Ln 1I'Ortshops_It IS thnlhng to be pre5Cntly IOvohed .n JlXompa01ment for the rttOnI album lIClO, produced by Sally Be.ng I IIlIl!ve Eastern KentLlC'l.an , my plans for the future ~ SImply 10 do my pan to keep the Appllachlan dulcnnet Illve and ... ell for future genc..-.tJOllS One wi.bk: .... y. onllocll bas,s .•s that lhave I ssisted Sally 10 orSD01zmg I dv.IClmcr ,roup in Louls,·iI1e known iii lhe Ken· tucky Appalachian [)ukllner Fnends.
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P.O. Box 228 C .... nbury Glllhering Sfeks Workshop Lnden And Pal1id pa nts In addillon to Sl.lperb perfOllnaIlCC$ b)' selected playC'fS. the C,.."berry Dukuner Gllhenn, in BlOghamton. NY. IOvoIves all the atltndces (pb)'C'f"Ii of rnountam and Iwnmem:I dukimen and autoharpl, In the JO)'fullCt of nl\lSIoC-malang through mmleontefU, JlII1UI1ing and wortshop5 The worl:;shops are highly par1w:ipiltory and ~ moo:krattd not only by the featured per. fonnen but aI$O by piayer5 and buildC"~ from around thecounuy " '110 art 1OIIIIIn,IO share IQ!UC 5rNJI JCwel of kllOlOo ledSC With the rat of UI. Do you have a plly.nglCChnlqU(' )'OU· YC been wanting to spread the nelO/$ about? This mly be your opportunity! We are p!'esently scarching OUt ne ... workshop topics - and ne ... faces 10 lead them - for this )",ar', Gatheri ng (July 26-21), Send I so.word description with )'our II'OIbhop title (preferably 2 so we can pick pnd COOoK and avoid duphcation) by Fcb. 10 to Tom Baehr. Mountain Dulcimerl Autoharp Worbhop Coordlllalor, 46 Plenant St., Stoneham, MA 02180 or Lucille Reilly, Hammered I)ul c. mcr WOfbhop Coordinator. P.O . Box 112. Moorestown. NJ 08057 . We ' ll consider your ideas and contact you once _'vc made our decisions .
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grooves of dulcimer records alone), This necessitates coming up with lUoes that sound "churchy", in spite of their titles. And if the bride really likes Whiskey Before Breajiftm. JUSt lell her it's called AI~ Old TUlle. Meantime, here's one that I used during a candle-lighting interlude. ""hen I had a flute
player doing harmony. The harmony would won: JUSt as wel l for another hammer dulcimer. guitar. CIC .
I've run across this tunc played by the group Banle, by Finbar Furey on an Irish Pipes record, and on the Chieftains' second album. You lIlay see it called Tht! S{XInish Cloak. as the Chieftai ns cxplained
on their album that'路it is traditionally belicved to be of Spanish origin, having been brought ... to Kerry in the 16th century by some shipwrecked survivor of the Armada." S4rolo'I trrIM<"rlbr~" /", o/",..,kp I~t DPN. JIUI i" nu.. dwu dG'I'S/t., urp Iw~btuy .. _,~. "''''''''~'''''''", "The Kildltn Musician', OttasIOlllJ for lIommu [)Uklmer. Fiddle , eu:
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1985 EVENTS CALENDAR February through mid·May FflIniary' TIlKllIooA. AL The TII~ Dulcllner Club win spon_ _ the 1ST DULCIMER thammer and fmted) CONVENTlON II Iht Nonhpon Commwuly Center Info: 8~1 Ale......... 4920 EaSI 100 h Ave. TIIKIIoou.. AL
ted and hammer dulch"". ~OIItQU. w",*_ ~ and coocens. This yur the conteS(s ..111 be hdd dunng the C"en,ng hours Info: Dulcimer C()I:IVCnlloo. Ourl. Folk
Cen!CT. MOIInlIln VICW. AR 72S6O 5011 269-3851.
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The 6TH ANNUAL CL ... REM ONT
SPRI NG FOLK FESTIVAL ..... 11 hold wort~h0p5 wilh fn:lted and hammer dulc, · mer. lions wlI h Ihose for mhcr In"nllnen ll . SUge concerts wi lh mlny ~ilJ guestS will ~rfo'Tn all l )'pe~ of folk music during the weekend. Info: Folk Music (cnlCl', 220 Vale Ave .• Claremonl , CA 9171 1. 7141624-2928 or 714J981-5701. April 19-2 1 Nllklr. , MA
FOfOurdancc rans, the NE\\ ENGLAND FO LK FES TI VAL ASSOC IAT ION offen I weekend of panlClpaIOfy dana.
inslf1.IClion, dance performanccs. con· "'vrbhops and ~IIIRI Info; S95 MuYdIUJcrui ","C. C.I!IbndCC. MA
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"The: AIa-Mpp! Oulcllner Ali$OCIIUOO II cosponsotofDULCI MER 0 ... Y. "'hoch ""'In be held .t the Tishomingo State Park Tbert will be ldIaIukd prrformarns and Jam unions. Info TlshOllllnlO Slate Park. Route I. BOl 3 10. Dennis. MS 3U38
April 2602.8
Thc 4th ANNUAL BOSTON AREA DULC IM ER (and AlJTOHARP) !-rsrJVA L will fca\Ul1: wtlI'bhops and an cve·
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The 12TH SO UTHERN APPA i.AOII AN DULC IMER FESTIVA L wtll be I gather. inl of dulcimer makcn; and playcrs fClturing janunilli. ~aJeS booths and I C<II1«:rt IlIfo: W. B Banon. 2549 Alladcroa Forest Circk'. Bim1lllg/lam. AL 3UH
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4th LONE STAR STATE DULC I"1 ER CHAMPIONSHI PS felltures ronte$U for mountatn and Iwnmcr dulcTlTICT pl.yen. arts and cnfts f&lr ...-orkshops and ron· CCIU. Info_ Dana Hanulron. 9().& ~. Arlinaton. TX 76012. 8111275·3812. May 18-19 C Cll5hot1on, 011
11111 Annual DULCIM ER DAYS !-'ESTIVA L wi1t be held rteal' H'Moo( R()S«)C ViIIlge . The fcst"-II fcahtf1:$ mUSlcl1 competition for both mounlilln Ind ham· mer dulc,mer playcrs. open stage per-
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formances and exhibitors. Info: Roscoe Village Founl.buon. 38 1 HIll SI • C~ ton. O H 438 12. 6141622·9315
7111 GREAT BLAC K SWA\1 P DULCI· MER FESTIVAL w,1I be hekJ iBdoJorJ at Ohio SUitc Un., L,ma CllIlpll~ C(lnccns, workshops of all k,nds. optn ~llgc and jamm,n•. Info; Sunn L. Ponet. The Oh,o Swc Un •• 4240 Clmpus Dr. Lima. OH 45804. 4 19fZ28·264 1. CAt 254 April 27-2.8
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4th SPRI NG fEST IVAL. spon!lOKd by the Louisville Du lelmer Society. w,1I featun: artS and crans. dulcimer (fn:ned and hammer) workshops. an c'-cnlng C()IICCn and old-llmt d:Inc-c. Info: Louls,",11c Dul· Clmcr Socltly. P.O. BoA 4 134. Lou,svILIe.
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The Ourt FQlIr. CcntCT'5 SPRING DULCIMER CONVENTION w,1l (cattlff: r~·
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Thti Old Road/Solomon ' s Sui. Frolll Hill Rccotds. DrI\I'er A. Voorheavilk, NY 12186: Thl5 l ibum fe~tura vIXllund Instru mentall with frelled dl,lkirner , keyboards, S-w.ng banJO. rldlile and .. llIstle Mcmben of Solomon', Sea.! 11K Rid: and LOfT1111lC Lee. Santa 8 1uhan and Jane Orzechow$k.l .
TUM\lT,tes Ind VarmilJ From lI ome &I ikyondiGrel JO""lsaS, 521 flnst VIC'" Lane. COVlnglOrl. KY 41 015, Thll album falura traditional and oOglnal lU/le$ and _gl . Instruments II't hammer dulcimer. banJO. PIW, ronccruna . AUloIwp. harmonica and Plano.
What's New? The Good Old Cotony In )1IILinda Russell. Pnnnc S~e RCOOflls. 250 W 99Ih 5•. ISC. Ne .... Yorl: , NY lOOll; This album presents frelled and h:imnlCl dulcimers nll OI:hcr InslNlIll'nb MlCh as gUitar, wooden nult, penn)l.hl~lk . rlddk . mandolin and voc:aJs on ' ''*'Ulonal SORes like TM Dt rby RtJm and Til.. Suds
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of '-"'. Som e O .lI n Goldtn l ..... u / Bdl Spmcer. Smoley Lantern ~UCIJ . 1149 Bull Ro..:!. Ntw Lebanon . OH 4SJ;&5; BIll's IX'" has 0'(1" 50 on l ll"i songs, wuli gVllWchonls and lapdukutlcr tablature
Wlkt,,'ood/MW'1Y RodabouJ,h &I WI)"1Ie' Peppe rcorn . Wild ..... ood St ringed Instrulnen lS, 612 N . WhllC\I'omln SI . Coshocton. OH 08 12: Th is album (il so IVlilable 1$' cassCllC tape) fcalufCl; tradi tional !II1d ongi nal I UIle'S and songs with hammer.nd fretted dulcimers. guillir and banjo, TM DuldmiWBox 1052. Williamsburg. K Y 40769: This monthl)" newslettcr. edlled by PM MII5On, oonhlM infonna· uon (pla),IR,. but1d1n8. musIC, Ile'WI , revocws . eec.) ,ono;<'mina ItIC hammer dlllci-
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t tude nammrr duk:nTler, nddte, banjo and C.rol. p'. Cup/Jot",y W, I~ , Darz:uon Mu§lC. 517 S. Gnffith Park Dr , Burbllnk. CA 9 1Xl6: This tlammer dulcimer album is devOIed 10 the music ofTullough o'Car·
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Fffl")'ing Wllh I..uc:y k,-.nd The Mist! RICh BlucJ . 7 Oak 51 . 8ranleboro. VT 05301 : n", bool. COOhlM 26 OIll lnll IU/le$ and 24 onllll~1 dance$ nIll'lIJ from easy 10 chaJlcnllDg
TH E KITCHE..-': MUSICIAN ' S OCCASIONAl... fOR IIAM:-.tCR DULCIMER. fIDDLE . ETC. 8~ltb In standard I'l0l;11I0Il and Sam R,utth 'S dulc imer lab No I . Wll tlt) and A,B , No 2. Mountain
Tunes ( I'll) tab); No. 3. O'Carollll Tulle'~; No 6, Jig' . II PI' each , $ 2.50 po:o;lp;ud or all 4 for $9 00 No 4, FlllcTuneJ _ twn old Mandanh In nOOIliOli and hb. 16 pp. SJ50ptbt~d SanJohnson.449Hllkkn Valley. C,,-.clnnal' , O H 452 15.
SOME OntER GOLDEN LEAVES _ New songbook , Cher 50 on,lnal songs by Blil SpellCCr. U~ dulcm1C'rtab., 8\0'., x I I. 128 pagn. $9,95 plul $ 1.OOIp-h. Smoke)' l...a!'ltem Products. 1149 8ull Road. New l.cbanon. OH 45345.
STRIK EOUT .AND WIN' dunng Lucille Rei ll ), 's lummercd dulcimer .....orbhop in ytJI4r arcl this April ! (I ' ll teach Gil)" body' ) Wnteorclll for IVllllbledllCS and idlCduhl\f: P 0 80.712. MOOI'HImro·n. NJ 08057 ; 609I2J4· 51192 . I STS' !
mer enthu~ ll5l5 . Only $12 .00 yelrl y ThaI·I. bud. month for. great package of dulclmlnLl Phil Mason. editor. PO 801 1052. WllItamSburt. KY 40769
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Classified Ads f OR SA LE: RIZZETTA 1133. 1982.. filII)' chromatiC compact Ilammcr dulcl ' mer, Chmy wuh 3 ehcrrybndses LamlnI ted beech pin block5. 2 ~ hammtl'5, Gary Solow. P.O. Box 551, HillC!iburg, VT 0S46 1; 8021482-2955. HAN DM ADE DULCIMERS. HOURGLASS AND TEA RDROP SHAPE. AIJO origi nal shape with viohn bridge and lal l· ptcce. much IouIkr than tBdnionaJ for group pllyi nS· AI!iO will !iC1l \I'ood and.or kits for maklD, duk lmen. Send SASE for phoI:O$ and pricehSl. Rl tcllff SIIlIIJ InJtruments. 107 N. Wilson. M~hc-', KY
MAKE YOUR OWN INSTRU MENT from I kll We have the finc:51 11:1«11011 IYIII,ble. Send f()f free brochure SI Cmu. K,ts. 42J So. Main St., SlIlh.~cr. MN 55082, 6121439·9120 A NEL Y DES IGNED HAND-CRAFTED fOLK TOYS; Limber JIC~ . Dos. Pony. Bear. f rog, C\Q .... n. and Lamb S10 95 ea inclUlk$ 'h l ~,"& Jean ', Du lcimer Shop, P O Bol 8. CoWl),. TN 37722 TUNE 6 00KS: New Eng land , Jr;) h . Scottish and Cape 8 reton melodies I YIII Ible In our boob fortBdllJonal mUSICians
For FREE cllllos W"te Fiddlccue Boob. P.O . Box '40·0 . Peterborough . NH 03458
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Winter 1985 issue. Help us celebrate our annh"crsary by rcnewing your own subscription andlor by gh'ing someone a gin subscription . Thank you ror being a part or our p~t - and OUf ruture . . 5 10 (I ),r.). S I8 (2 yrs)
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Roots and Branches Music Many Bullerflie!l MaddlnC' Mac."ItU Roots and Brandle Musk 1 101
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TIlls ~ue !ape IS a JOYful celcbr.lhOll of Singing wuh madngals and carols plu$ ;nsuumenlilis "'lIh fn:ued and hammeT dulcimers and pillar Wuh Doug Berch. Jot lIulben. Ruth Anne MtocNell. Clluck Warnlck::and ptulomcla
TIns album (also D\Il;ilable as a n:aI·umc: ca:,sene) 1$ filled wllh ~1I ·llfTIInged. vigorously played r.ngerpic~l"g gunar vefSlOIlli of Amc:ncan fiddlc IUne!! A compallloo book is
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