Memphis visited the vet today to get her staples out and to get a post-surgery check-up. The vet says she is healing up well from her surgery, although watching her limp around the house it’s hard for us to tell. For the next couple weeks,… Read More
Some fiddle tunes go by different names in different places. One I play on clawhammer is Western Country, which is sometimes called Susananna Gal or Fly Around my Pretty Little Miss. Here’s another tune that goes by different names. In this first video, these guys… Read More
I had my first physio session yesterday, and I’ll be going twice each week for the next few weeks. I think as important as these sessions are the exercises I have to do at home. I left the first session thinking this is easy-peasy. I… Read More
Since I was back at the hospital today I wondered if there were any tunes about going to the doctor, or tunes about doctors. The first one that came to my mind is Ramblin’ Jack’s performance of Arthritis Blues. I’m fortunate not to have arthritis,… Read More
We sallied forth early this morning for an appointment at the fracture clinic at Toronto Western, with Dr. Syed, who ably put me back together after my March 9 tumble from our front stairs. There is some excellent news and some somewhat frustrating news as… Read More
Amongst the chaos here at Casa 27th Street, including my injury, Memphis’ surgery and the painting of a few rooms in our house (including bookshelves), we have a house-guest – our friend Toni is in town from Glasgow. It’s always a treat to see Toni!… Read More
Here are the Gillette Brothers performing Cowboy Annie…
I like to celebrate Canadian fiddle music from time to time here at 27th Street. Most people automatically associate “Old Time” music with Appalachia, but up here in Canada, we have a very well developed fiddle tradition. Calvin Vollrath is as good a fiddle player… Read More
John Henry has to be one of the most recorded songs ever. The story is basically an American tall tale. Like so many of these folk tales, I can’t remember not knowing it. I think I knew it before I understood the story. John Henry… Read More
As you know I’ve been limping around the house, and Memphis has recently had surgery so she’s limping around the house. Was that enough chaos for one spring? We decided to have a few rooms of the house painted, to freshen everything up for spring.… Read More
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