David, the dulcimer, and Victor Wooten's message
Okay, so a big part of Pluck is the biography of David and a bit of historical context for both David and the dulcimer for those who are...
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Linda Paulus
Dec 7, 20211 min read
FOD: What I See Every Day
This is the view directly across my desk. The painting of David is by a good friend of his who is a multi-media artist, singer-songwriter...
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Linda Paulus
Dec 5, 20211 min read
Early music from David (with Alan Freeman): Hogfiddler's Fancy
This is not *the* earliest music David made; that happened when he was five years old and learned to play the jaw harp. But this is the...
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Linda Paulus
Dec 2, 20212 min read
Get to Know David Schnaufer: Fisher's Hornpipe
Still not sure who David Schnaufer was, or what he did that was so amazing? Alright, first return to this and this post about Jean...
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Linda Paulus
Dec 1, 20211 min read
Alan Lomax and Jean Ritchie
If you've never heard of the Lomax family, you're in for a world of discovery and wonder as was I when I started this project. But, I get...
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Linda Paulus
Nov 30, 20211 min read
David Schnaufer & the Barlow Knife
His mother's gift of a Barlow knife from when he was a child ensured that David Schnaufer would play the fiddle tune on a dulcimer.
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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 28, 20212 min read
What David Schnaufer Had that Everyone Can Learn
David discovered flow via the dulcimer; watch Adam Grant's TED Talk, "How to Stop Languishing & Start Finding Flow" to learn how flow works.
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Linda Paulus
Nov 27, 20213 min read
Thankful (Part 1)
I first heard his name when I joined the Nashville Grand Old Dulcimer Club. We live in south central Kentucky, a short hop to Nashville...
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Linda Paulus
Nov 24, 20212 min read
Red Tailed Hawk
One of the things David and many of his friends throughout his life had in common was a love of nature. David spent much time on the...
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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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Linda Paulus
Nov 15, 20212 min read
David and the Harmonica
One of the first things I learned about David Schnaufer when I started my research was that the dulcimer was not his first instrument;...
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Linda Paulus
Nov 11, 20212 min read
Good-Spooky Stories
Both in David's life as well as during the writing of this project, occasional events took place that were interesting in a "good-spooky"...
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Linda Paulus
Nov 10, 20212 min read
Meet Jean Ritchie
Unless you lived through the folk music times starting in the forties, you may or may not have heard of Jean Ritchie. When I started the...
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Linda Paulus
Nov 8, 20211 min read
The Story Behind the Writing of Pluck (Part 2)
The first time I heard the name “David Schnaufer” was in Chicago in 2007. It barely registered in my mind. My husband is the serious...
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Linda Paulus
Nov 7, 20211 min read
If you have never heard of David Schnaufer, then it's time to meet him
In 1990, Atlantic Records released a music video that featured Arkansas musician Martin Delray performing his cover of Johnny Cash’s “Get...
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Linda Paulus
Nov 7, 20212 min read
Behind the Writing of Pluck (Part 1)
When we moved to southern Kentucky in 2013, a local friend invited me to visit her dulcimer club to hear the members play. The...
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Linda Paulus
Nov 1, 20212 min read
Welcome to the Pluck Blog
Behind-the-Scenes of Pluck: The Extraordinary Life and Times of David Schnaufer
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