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Linda Paulus
Oct 10, 20223 min read
Diana Redux Part 2 What Happened to Diana White?
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,...
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Linda Paulus
Oct 2, 20224 min read
Diana White Redux Part 1
During the course of research for Pluck, a very few, small references to David’s friend Diana White popped up from disparate sources....
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Linda Paulus
Sep 17, 20223 min read
John Lomax III, Part 3
So, why, you might ask, might Pluck never have been written without John Lomax's participation? Well, first, he's a walking encyclopedia...
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Linda Paulus
Sep 6, 20222 min read
John Lomax III Part 2
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...
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Linda Paulus
Aug 28, 20222 min read
John Lomax III Part 1
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...
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Linda Paulus
Aug 13, 20221 min read
Where Was He in 1990?
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...
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Linda Paulus
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...
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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 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...
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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
May 19, 20222 min read
Some Very Special Instruments at a Very Special Party (Part 1)
Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music recently held its 75th Anniversary Party, and I felt fortunate to be invited. It was a most...
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Linda Paulus
May 7, 20222 min read
Did you catch it? David Schnaufer and that famous Gram Parsons suit
If you're not sure what a "Nudie suit" is in the context of country music, you might want to read here before you start reading this...
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Linda Paulus
Apr 30, 20222 min read
A Most Revealing Portrait
There was hardly a piece of research for Pluck that didn't yield useful information for telling David's story. Ironically, one of the...
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Linda Paulus
Apr 24, 20224 min read
Nancy Barker and Jean Ritchie
Today I want to write to you about this lovely woman, Nancy Barker. She is one of the reasons that the subtitle for Pluck reads, "The...
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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
Apr 5, 20222 min read
David and the value of passing on tradition (with a twist)
One of David's most endearing songs is "Sarah", based on a real person named Sarah Melton. He loved the 1911 backstory so much that he...
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Linda Paulus
Apr 2, 20221 min read
Like things vibrate alike
In my last post, I wrote about "The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood". I heard it for the very first time earlier this week. Bob Force had...
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Linda Paulus
Mar 30, 20222 min read
Fariña pops in again
The researching and writing for Pluck was a gargantuan learning experience on a number of levels. And the learning continues, thanks to...
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