Steven Stubblefield

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...

Mar 27, 20223 min read

The Villager Notebooks

The first time I visited the Schnaufer archive at Vanderbilt University was several years before I ever had an inkling I would plunge...

Feb 27, 20221 min read

Hey Little Birdie, 2022 Redux

In a recent blog post on a different topic, I shared a video of two of David's young students/collaborators performing "Hey Little...

Feb 25, 20222 min read

FOD: Guest post by Steven Stubblefield

When I started the Pluck Blog, I envisioned putting up posts that followed the chronology of Pluck, but I've made an executive decision...

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...