Roger Nicholson
Rick shot me an email today in which he commented on the Jack Master's track from the "Merry Christmas from David" post; "As I listened...
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Linda Paulus
Dec 26, 20213 min read
FOD: Rick Freimuth
What can I tell you about Rick Freimuth? Well, first of all, he was (and still is) a gift of the Muse. He makes his 1971 appearance in...
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Linda Paulus
Dec 25, 20211 min read
Merry Christmas from David
Thanks to Jack Masters and Vanderbilt University/Special Collections and Archives, take a listen to this track to mark today, Christmas...
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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 18, 20212 min read
Publishing Day
Well, there it is: the Pluck e-Book is now live on Amazon. Print book coming very soon. It's a very strange feeling to see it on the...
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Linda Paulus
Dec 12, 20212 min read
A Postcard from the Past
Recently David's old friend Jack sent me some photos and correspondence from David that he had saved from the mid-seventies. I've always...
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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
Dec 8, 20212 min read
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 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 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 22, 20212 min read
Who, or, rather, What? The Dulcimer
David Schnaufer is not the only main character in Pluck; so is America's first folk instrument, the Mountain Dulcimer. It was not planned...
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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, 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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