The initial ideas for the Magnolia Bench started to come together when we made our first visit out to HGH Granite in Dundas to look at stone and try to imagine how we might make it into a bench. The initial ideas Ruth, Sheila and… Read More
The Magnolia Bench is a recently installed commission we worked on with Ruth Arnold, who is a great wood carver. Sheila, Ruth and I designed the bench together, and worked with the folks at HGH Granite to get the stonework executed and installed. Ruth created… Read More
Last night I was polled for the 6th time this municipal campaign. #outofcontrol
When chemists die, they barium.
I’ve been playing clawhammer banjo for close to two years and I’ve been working on learning new tunes and at the same time improving my technical skills. I find that some songs are much easier to remember than others, even though they are require a… Read More
When we were Married is a J.B. Priestly play from 1938, a version of which is playing at the Shaw Festival. We drove down to Niagara-on-the-Lake yesterday to check it out. The play is about three couples who are celebrating their Silver anniversary together –… Read More
Here’s Cathy Barton and Dave Para. I had a chance to hear them play quite a bit at Midwest Banjo Camp last June. They sound great together, and I really enjoy Cathy’s banjo style on that wonderful old Ode resinator banjo of hers.
Swedish tunes on the Nyckelharpa…posted by gabimaas
As a friend of mine once said, “I like both kinds of music, Country AND Western”. Somewhere along the way the music powerbrokers tried to nudge the western part of it into the ditch, but it’s still out there. I mentioned Don Walser in my… Read More
A Fool Such as I is a country tune written by Bill Trader in 1952. It was a hit for Hank Snow the following year. Here’s Hank and the Rainbow Ranch Boys. This tune has been very well recorded, and why not. It’s fabulous! Lefty… Read More
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