I never tire of this tune. Here’s a version by a fellow my brother pointed me to, Dave Hum. Very nice indeed…
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The Cigar Box Guitar
For tonight’s Daily Dose, let’s enjoy a taste of the cigar box guitar. This home-made instrument has had a number of names over the years. The single string instrument is usually called a Diddley Bo. A few years ago, we were down in Memphis and… Read More
Fiddle on my Mind
Canada has had some really fantastic fiddle players over the years, and more and more I’ve come to appreciate how special that music is. For tonight’s Daily Dose, I’d like to feature a really great fiddler, Graham Townsend. Here he is demonstrating Canadian fiddle styles.… Read More
The Shovel Garden
At the back of our house, there is a wooded area. It wasn’t always that way. Apparently an earlier resident of the house did a lot of tree planting on the property. Just in front of the wooded area, we have a little woodland garden,… Read More
A polka from Quebec
This is called Polka Raymond Gélinas, uploaded to YouTube and I presume performed by antonincarla. A very fine Daily Dose for a Friday afternoon.
Plant Sale
Attention Toronto Gardeners: This is an excellent plant sale, run by the good folks at the Roselands Horticultural Society. I venture up to Eglinton Flats for this sale every year and load up the car with great deals on fabulous plants. This event gets the… Read More
Ramps!
Look what I found… These are Allium tricoccum, also known as ramps or wild leeks. They’re a perenniel wild onion with a garlic-like smell and quite a strong flavour. The ones in the photo have a lot of soil still around most of the bulbs… Read More
Legacy what Legacy
On October 4, 2009, I stopped posting on my old blog, Mister Anchovy’s, on the Blogger platform and created this chunk of paradise, 27th Street, on WordPress. For some time after that, I continued to make some posts using my Blogger account, as I was… Read More
The Other Hank
When I was growing up, there were two Hanks that you needed to know about: Williams and Snow. I was kind of confused when I realized all the kids at school didn’t know this. I liked both Hanks, but as compelling as Mr. Williams was,… Read More
A taste of Little India
Today we went on a walking tour of Little India, hosted by Preena Chauhan and her mom Arvinda Chauhan, who also run popular cooking classes in Toronto and sell their own specialty masalas. Our meeting place was the Udupi Palace on Gerrard St. where we… Read More
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