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Got
lots of new things for you this month in the ways
of recording, aside from my other CDs that are
carried on Collecting Dust . . . "Dulcimer
Player Deluxe",
"Dulcimer
Sessions"
and "Tennessee
Music Box".
. . What we thought we'd do is bring you a new
record or two every month of me playing on
somebody's record, probably one of my friends or
so, that I think highlights the dulcimer very
well. First
off we have "A
Celebration of the American
Farm"…
traditional and contemporary music inspired by the
spirit of the family farm. This is a record I did
last year with my buddy Stephen Seifert. We did a
duet of "In the Bleak Mid Winter" with a recitation
and the music box , as well as the harmony
dulcimers. There's lots of great artists on this
record from Maura O'Connell to Nanci Griffith, Glen
Yarborough, Tim O'Brien, John Cowan, The Nashville
Chamber Orchestra, Jay Yungar and Molly Mason of "
A - - farewell" fame. This is a great record from
beginning to end and Steve and I are right in the
middle of it. If you like our dulcimer music you'll
probably like this whole record. It really
showcases how the dulcimer compares with the rest
of the American orchestra. Very Proud of it . . .
"A
Celebration of the American
farm" Also
we have from my buddy Sam
Sistler,
who is a young Nashville Dulcimer Artist, 27 years
old, who lives in my neighborhood. Sam started
playing dulcimer some years ago when he'd walk his
dogs past my buddy Moses' house where we were
making dulcimers and listen to us play and stuff
and two years ago he put out a record that is
unlike any other dulcimer record. It's called
Reality
Weeping
and it's all original music except for the Irish
Song "the Morning Dew" . He plays mainly on a solid
body electric dulcimer patterned after the one that
many of you all have seen me play and it is sweet,
it is powerful and extremely original. It's nearly
all done with the sweet sounding electric dulcimer
along with upright bass and drums. Sam and I are
playing a duet on the first cut "Polar Bear" and I
think you will enjoy this whole album. It 's quite
unique and I recommend it to any of my dulcimer
friends out there. So
that's what we have new for this month . . The
farmer's Almanac record and Sam Sistler's reality
Weeping. They're both available from collecting
Dust so if you're interested punch a
button. Also
we've got "Looking
Back".
Every month I'm going to take a look back at some
of the music and good times I've had. Photos and
tablature and stuff and so this month I want to go
all the way back to about 1991 to San Antonio Texas
in August and a wonderful day and night with my
friend Santiago
Hermanes.
We recorded one of his tunes together with a
cujunto down in San Antonio that day and later on
that night we shared a bill on the other side of
town in a beer garden dance hall Texas style and it
was just about one of the most magic days of my
life. I recorded the song for my Dulcimer
Sessions
CD which is available on Collecting Dust and here's
the dulcimer transcription and tablature along with
a picture of me and Santiago. Hope
you punch us up every now and then and every month
we'll try to have new things for you. Thanks, David
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