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Cell Phone Diary
Published on 2011-07-09 15:08:00
Even if I can't remember what I've been doing, my cell phone has always been ready and willing to record moments in time. Of course, any time low lighting or movement of your subjects is involved, the pictures look almost as hazy as my memory. Spring and summer have found me busy with all the normal tasks that seem to fill one's time when the warm weather comes, but I have managed to kick back a bit and relax. To that end, my cell phone relates this brief recollection of events.To the left, an i
Fiddle Rescue Results
Published on 2011-04-27 20:00:00
Some of you may remember that last October I posted about my then recent acquisition - a very old fiddle in need of some serious help. Paul Strelau from the Student String Shop in Fairport, New York took on the challenge (giving me plenty of time to change my mind if I came to my senses) and here are the surprising results. (Interior photos courtesy of Paul Strelau.)Isn't she pretty? I have to say that it cleaned up really well. Cosmetically speaking, there was a lot of built up rosin on there a
Old Yella Dog
Published on 2011-03-13 20:44:00
Woof! Another favorite tune of mine (well, come to think of it, I wouldn't really be posting tunes I didn't like would I? lol.), Old Yella Dog, is a great cross-tuned tune.According to Charlie Acuff, (check out the YouTube video below) Old Yella Dog is a civil war era tune. You might even recognize his version of the tune as it follows the same melody as the childhood song, The Old Grey Mare.The version I have written up is closer to Rayna Gellert's version from her Ways of the World CD. I say '
