A *very* Nice Surprise ...
... popped into my mailbox, thanks to dulcimer maestro Tull Glazener. I have been on a summer hiatus from this blog, but what arrived...
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Linda Paulus
Apr 24, 20232 min read
Listen: David tells a story ....
... about how he joined a hot rock and roll band in the early nineties from Nashville. If you've read Pluck, you'll recognize immediately...
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Linda Paulus
Apr 11, 20232 min read
Time to Talk Cactus
As I finish the last proofing of David's 1991 week long workshop, I have been relistening to his thoughts on bending notes and, then,...
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Linda Paulus
Feb 19, 20233 min read
Tennessee Valentine, Part 1
Watch David perform "Tennessee Valentine" at the 2001 dual launch party for the Starlings, Tn's album, Leapers Fork and David's Uncle...
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Linda Paulus
Nov 22, 20223 min read
Oh, boy ...
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...
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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
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
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
Feb 16, 20221 min read
Chet Atkins
Why him? Why did David Schnaufer spend years writing to Chet Atkins during the seventies--out of all the important music movers and...
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Linda Paulus
Feb 8, 20223 min read
Brush Arbor part 2: The Hunt for Norman Jordan
As previously described here, David's song "Brush Arbor" was one of those "signs" that kept popping up during the research for Pluck that...
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Linda Paulus
Feb 2, 20223 min read
The "Good-spooky" stuff
I mentioned earlier that there have been all kinds of events related to this project that I call "good-spooky" kinds of stuff. I usually...
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Linda Paulus
Jan 25, 20221 min read
Pluck Chronology Part 2: Crossing Thresholds
1960: Folk Revival begins. Jean Ritchie introduces Richard Fariña to the dulcimer./Nancy Johnson (later, Nancy Barker) gets her first...
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Linda Paulus
Jan 23, 20222 min read
The Pluck Chronology Part 1: Origins
I'm sorry to say this didn't occur to me to include in Pluck prior to publication, but a couple of people suggested I should have...
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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 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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