Have been away too long from my blogging due to the massive amount of farm work that always takes place in the spring, and some travel...

... about how he joined a hot rock and roll band in the early nineties from Nashville. If you've read Pluck, you'll recognize immediately...

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,...

Watch David perform "Tennessee Valentine" at the 2001 dual launch party for the Starlings, Tn's album, Leapers Fork and David's Uncle...

So yesterday the new Dulcimer Players News arrived. I opened up the envelope and began flipping through the magazine, and almost fell off...

David tells students in his 1991 class: The first version I ever heard the tune was the New York Harp Ensemble's. And it was five big...

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...

In an earlier post on David's partnership with the great Alan Freeman I included the tune "Whiskey Before Breakfast" from their cassette,...

One of the tunes David teaches his class to play Galax-style was Old Joe Clark. To get them started, he tells them, Let’s get a little...

So, I'm very behind on the blog because I've been time traveling myself, still transcribing Schnaufer classes from a five day workshop he...

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...

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...

Quite by accident I recently discovered this fascinating 2012 documentary on the folk revival that took place in the fifties, sixties and...

During the course of research for Pluck, a very few, small references to David’s friend Diana White popped up from disparate sources....

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...

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...

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...

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...

One of the best experiences in the research for Pluck happened whenever I found an obscure source that opened many more lines of...