I’ve been listening to this tune because I’ve been trying to play it in my own beginner way on the oil can banjo. It’s played in sawmill, or mountain modal tuning in the key of A. On a regular banjo that would mean playing with… Read More
Wouldn’t it be great if we all got a Confessing to Oprah card that could be invoked in the event of messing up in a really really big way? Now I know few of us will even have the opportunity to mess up in a… Read More
I was surfin around the YouTube machine and stumbled onto this performance of Tecumseh Valley by Townes Van Zandt with Nancy Griffith. This song stops me in my tracks every time I hear it. Sad. Beautiful. Just about perfect. This is like a desert island… Read More
We had a little basement flooding this morning after loads of rain overnight. Before called an expensive plumber, I decided to call 311 and see if maybe there was a city drain issue causing the problem. Within an hour, there was a City truck at… Read More
We’ve just finished up the blue jay mosaic. It has to set for a while before we’ll be able to move it and get a good clean photo, but you can get the idea of what we’ve been up to here. This mosaic is a… Read More
Mike Seeger and Doc Watson
At first glance I thought these fine lookin’ clean cut kids were eating raw hot dogs and that the blonde girl was dishing out from the supply on the little table. But no. On closer examination, I can see that the brunette girl and the… Read More
Kenojuak Ashevak died Tuesday in Cape Dorset Nunavut at age 85. Perhaps you don’t know her name, but when you visualize what we think of today as Inuit art, the images you’re thinking of may well have been created by her. Kenojuak had all the… Read More
I thought I knew a lot of old time fiddle tunes. After all, I’ve been listening to folk music for a very long time. Lately though, I’ve been listening to the music in a different way, since I’m trying to learn to bash out a… Read More
27th Street 