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...

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,...

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

So, why, you might ask, might Pluck never have been written without John Lomax's participation? Well, first, he's a walking encyclopedia...

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...

Another person who helped with the research for Pluck is Texan singer/songwriter Loretta Callens; I first wrote about her last December....

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...

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...

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...

In 1988, Frets magazine, "The Magazine for Acoustic String Musicians" featured a smiling Richard Thompson on its cover. It also...

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

Remember the old Reader's Digest recurring series, "My Most Unforgettable Character"? Well, Neal Hellman is in my Top Ten list of most...