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Linda Paulus
Jul 17, 20226 min read
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, 20224 min read
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 20, 20223 min read
Dulcimer Boomer: Neal Hellman
Remember the old Reader's Digest recurring series, "My Most Unforgettable Character"? Well, Neal Hellman is in my Top Ten list of most...
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Linda Paulus
Apr 18, 20222 min read
The Elusive Diana White
Crawling back from the misery of a very bad cold, I have been catching up with emails. A few in particular came from Tom Harleman who...
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Linda Paulus
Mar 3, 20224 min read
Madeline MacNeil
Writing on this project has enabled me to get to know and learn from a whole host of remarkable and talented people, some from within the...
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Linda Paulus
Feb 26, 20222 min read
"Harris Picking"
"Harris Picking" was David's first submission to Dulcimer Players News.* It appeared in 1979, and he was twenty-six years old. Allow me...
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Linda Paulus
Jan 4, 20222 min read
FOD Dulcimer Boomer: Lois Hornbostel
The research for David's early dulcimer playing years for Pluck was greatly facilitated by the wonderful Lois Hornbostel. Luckily for me,...
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Linda Paulus
Jan 1, 20222 min read
Richard Fariña and those not-so-gossamer threads
So, I mentioned Richard Fariña in an earlier post without considering that some readers who might visit this Blog might also not know who...
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Linda Paulus
Dec 22, 20212 min read
Kindred Spirits
I learned a lot from doing the research for this bio, and probably the most significant thing I learned was that--starting in his...
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Linda Paulus
Dec 9, 20213 min read
Dulcimer Boomer: Bonnie Carol
Bonnie Carol and Max Krimmel in their Colorado workshop
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Linda Paulus
Nov 29, 20212 min read
Dulcimer Boom Players: A tip of the hat to Doug Berch
Since joining the dulcimer community I’ve heard several people say that mountain dulcimer players are some of the nicest people you’d...
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Linda Paulus
Nov 23, 20212 min read
Get to know David
David Schnaufer's journey from the Gulf Coast of Texas where he was born through his time when he “made it” to and in Nashville forms the...
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