The snow-family my neighbours up the street have been nurturing is still going strong…
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All posts by “Eugene Knapik”
Strangers on a Train
We watched this Hitchcock classic tonight. I had seen it before, a couple times in fact, but it was so many years ago, my memory had Robert Vaughan rather than Robert Walker playing the scheming Bruno Anthony opposite Farley Granger as tennis ace Guy Haines.… Read More
Progress on the new oil can banjo
I’m down to the fine work on the neck I’m building for the new oil can banjo. Once the shaping is just right and the sanding is done, the next step is to make and glue in the nut (I’m using a piece of ebony)… Read More
Angelina Baker vs Angeline the Baker
Angelina Baker is a Stephen Foster song written for the Christy Minstrals and published in 1850. Here’s a taste… Angeline the Baker is a fiddle tune that has similarities to the Foster tune, but has evolved quite differently. Here are some versions of Angeline the… Read More
I’ll Twine mid the Ringlets
I’ll Twine mid the Ringlets is an American song written in 1860, lyrics by Maud Irving and music by Joseph Philbrick Webster. Hardly anyone has heard of it. However, in 1928 the Carter family recorded the tune under a new title, Wildwood Flower. I’ve heard… Read More
Lake 27th Street
Yikes
You never change your socks
Tonight I’d like to offer up a Daily Dose of Big Rock Candy Mountain… Here’s The Katfish Four If you have never heard Baby Gramps this version will be an eye-opener for you…this gets cut off at the end but by then you’ll have the… Read More
Magic Slim dead at 75
I heard today that Chicago bluesman Magic Slim died. RIP
Tuffy P visits Baltimore and Washington
Tuffy P and her friend from Halifax Suzanne, spent a week visiting Baltimore and Washington. I just looked at 281 photos from their trip! In their travels they met a fellow named Homer Butler, who helped them find the right bus to get to the… Read More
Flying Solo + messing around on the canjo
I’ve been flying solo this last week, as Tuffy P and her friend Suzanne have been in Baltimore and Washington having an adventure. Me and the dogs and cats have done OK on our own, but I miss Tuffy P and I’m glad she’ll be… Read More
27th Street 