DavisJames

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Location: St.Catharines
Country: Canada

My Latest Followers:

Bvmaestro Beth T StudentofRhythm Nate glowhazel dulcidom granto Banjostray mrdougg leslie Jim Phillips Salt Springs Leo Kretzner Cynthia Wigington Gregg Schneeman John W. McKinstry Christine Shoemaker Martin Oesterle Gordon Hardy Pierre-Yves Donnio Rob N Lackey Mark Filler John C. Knopf Maddie Myers Cristian Huet Dusty Turtle Ethan Chastain Tom McDonald Mary Z. Cox Randy Adams Robin Thompson Strumelia

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youtube videos: 4
audio tracks: 37

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Latest Activity

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DavisJames
@davisjames • 19 hours ago • comments: 0
Liked a music item created by @sam-searls: Bill Grogan's Goat
DavisJames
@davisjames • 5 days ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on The Rosebud of Allenvale:
"I'm curious about the mountain dulcimer/autoharp combo I used here,they both being popular in Appalachian music.I haven't found any precedents.They sound so..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 5 days ago • comments: 6
Liked a music item created by @robin-thompson: Drifting off - a lullaby
DavisJames
@davisjames • one week ago • comments: 10
Posted a new Comment on Reynardine.:
"Hi Mark,thanks for the link,I really enjoyed Margaret MacArthur's version.Amazing,the story stays the same but the details get changed."
DavisJames
@davisjames • one week ago • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Abandoned 1928:
"Love this.The family farm was/is in "the land in between" where the Canadian shield meets the Laurentian lowlands.There are little patches of arable land..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • one week ago • comments: 1
Posted a new Comment on Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill:
"What a great song!The Irish emigration of the 1800's led to some wonderful music."
DavisJames
@davisjames • one week ago • comments: 8
Liked a youtube item created by @beth-t: Y Gwyliau (The Holidays)
DavisJames
@davisjames • one week ago • comments: 2
Liked a youtube item created by @carol-h: Hymn
DavisJames
@davisjames • one week ago • comments: 2
Liked a music item created by @macaodha: Port an Deorai (slip jig)
DavisJames
@davisjames • one week ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Leprauchan.:
"Thanks Robin.I really enjoy trying out stuff on the dulcimer(not all of it works!),figuring out the balance of drone, harmony and chords,etc.Keeps my brain..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 2 weeks ago • comments: 2
Created a new Audio File:
Leprauchan.
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 9
Posted a new Comment on Peace:
"Hi Damon.Thanks for your reply regarding the gear you were using...looks so interesting and if your recording is any indication,the sounds are really good.I..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 10
Liked a music item created by @john-shaw: De Schvartse Khasene
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 2
Liked a music item created by @rob-n-lackey: Little Rosewood Casket
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Myfanwy:
"There's a scene in the movie "How Green Was my Valley" where the whole village shows up to sing outside of the home of the woman whose man just died in the..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 3
Liked a music item created by @robin-thompson: Flying Two Kites
DavisJames
@davisjames • 4 weeks ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Come In From the Cold :
"That just sparked a good memory!Playing hockey on a pond,it got dark,but we couldn't stop.My father (we lived just a bit down the road) came looking for..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @mark-gilston: Ding dong ding dong Bell (round)
DavisJames
@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 7
Liked a music item created by @robin-thompson: Abandoned 1928
DavisJames
@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on Hector the Hero (trio):
"One of my favourite Scott Skinner melodies.It sounds good anytime but is often played at funerals in Cape Breton,Nova Scotia.Great to hear it!"
DavisJames
@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 4
Liked a music item created by @phil-myers: Bucketman Blues
DavisJames
@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 14
Liked a music item created by @steve-battarbee: Sussex Carol
DavisJames
@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 15
Liked a music item created by @ariane: Road to Lisdoonvarna
DavisJames
@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 1
Created a new Audio File:
Mary Ann MacDougall's march.
DavisJames
@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 2
Liked a youtube item created by @jack-ferguson: Electric Standard/Bass Scheitholt
DavisJames
@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 10
Posted a new Comment on Reynardine.:
"I neglected to say: the D a dd dulcimer is capoed at the 4th. fret...it gives you what I call the "Sweet Home Alabama" chords,A,G,D."
DavisJames
@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Seven Years.:
"Love this song but it also makes me smile.It sounds so much like the old folks singing hymns in the Methodist church of my youth."
DavisJames
@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Port an Deorai (slip jig):
"That's a twisty one.Much enjoyed."
DavisJames
@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 12
Posted a new Comment on A Skift of Snow:
"I'd love to add pedal steel if I could play one.My imagination outruns my capabilities!Nevertheless it would sound great.I suppose it's the similarity..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 17
Posted a new Comment on In Knee-Deep Snow :
"One of my favourites of yours.Currently in an "Arctic Vortex"...cold and lots of snow,hard to get around...Fact of life in the Northern part of the..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 10
Posted a new Comment on Reynardine.:
"Thanks all for the positive comments.Dusty-I can see the "werefox" notion,nevertheless I see Reynardine as more of a vampire-Svengali figure..a bit closer to..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 12
Posted a new Comment on A Skift of Snow:
"I played in and also arranged for many trad/folk bands in the past.Your music always gets my imagination going re arrangements.I like the fact that you keep..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Back to Blackberry Creek:
"I really enjoyed this.I used to stay with my grandparents in the summer in a remote area of Ontario.I have similar memories."
DavisJames
@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Dance to your Daddy:
"Great to hear that.I once played in a folk band with a "Geordie".. he had words for this melody."
DavisJames
@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 10
Liked a youtube item created by @leo-kretzner: Frazier's Jig on mountain dulcimer

Latest Group Discussions

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Latest Audio

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Leprauchan.

Leprauchan.


@DavisJames
2 weeks ago - Comments: 2
Mary Ann MacDougall's march.

Mary Ann MacDougall's march.


@DavisJames
one month ago - Comments: 1
Reynardine.

Reynardine.


@DavisJames
2 months ago - Comments: 10
Slippery Jigs.

Slippery Jigs.


@DavisJames
2 months ago - Comments: 2
The Siege of Mariupol

The Siege of Mariupol


@DavisJames
2 months ago - Comments: 1
The Rosebud of Allenvale

The Rosebud of Allenvale


@DavisJames
3 months ago - Comments: 5
"Drunk" with a pseudo pump organ.

"Drunk" with a pseudo pump...


@DavisJames
3 months ago - Comments: 2
drunk at night and dry in the morning

drunk at night and dry in the...


@DavisJames
3 months ago - Comments: 4
The wandering fiddler.

The wandering fiddler.


@DavisJames
3 months ago - Comments: 4
Tiptoe Hornpipe.

Tiptoe Hornpipe.


@DavisJames
3 months ago - Comments: 3
Little Red Lark

Little Red Lark


@DavisJames
4 months ago - Comments: 5
Ramblin' Round.

Ramblin' Round.


@DavisJames
6 months ago - Comments: 4
 Sharbot's Waltz.

Sharbot's Waltz.


@DavisJames
7 months ago - Comments: 1
Seven Years.

Seven Years.


@DavisJames
7 months ago - Comments: 6
Headin' South

Headin' South


@DavisJames
8 months ago - Comments: 5

Latest Videos

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Gilbert Anderson's Duck Dance.

Gilbert Anderson's Duck Dance.


@DavisJames
2 years ago - Comments: 3
Bending the strings

Bending the strings


@DavisJames
2 years ago - Comments: 5
asheville girls

asheville girls


@DavisJames
4 years ago - Comments: 3
Cherry Dulcimer Song

Cherry Dulcimer Song


@DavisJames
5 years ago - Comments: 9

Comments

MacAodha
01/12/26 05:34:54AM @macaodha:

Jamie I think you would find this programme very interesting if you can find it. It was on our only all Irish language TV channel during the week. It can be found on the TG4 player and the title of programme is Ceol na gCoillte (music of the forest). 


Strumelia
12/31/25 03:52:41PM @strumelia:

Davis, thank you again for helping support this site !!
HUG


Ken Longfield
12/29/23 11:13:30PM @ken-longfield:

I grew up not far from the Hudson River on the western side of the Palisades in north eastern NJ. We spent many delightful days traveling up the western side of the river up to Kingston and back.

Ken

"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."


Ken Longfield
12/28/23 06:36:34PM @ken-longfield:

I, too, have ancestors that came over from the Palitinate. Perhaps it is that and the fact that I live in central Pennsylvania that peaked my interest in the the Pennsylvania German zitter, a relative of the German hummel. I have two instruments for the last quarter of 19th century that I've restored plus I have examined instruments in the Mercer Museum, Landis Valley Farm and Museum, and the Smithsonian Institution.

Ken

"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."


Strumelia
12/01/23 03:55:50PM @strumelia:

James you are so kind and thoughtful to support FOTMD as you do. Thank You!  🎄🙋🏼‍♀️


Strumelia
12/27/21 05:10:38PM @strumelia:

@davisjames, thank you so much for your thoughtful site donation to FOTMD. It is so very appreciated. 🥰


Salt Springs
12/10/21 04:48:22AM @salt-springs:

June Apple Dulcimers in Maryland builds Scheitholts.  I have one.... it is an outstanding instrument.


DavisJames
12/08/21 05:46:45PM @davisjames:

Thanks again for the welcoming words.


Jim Fawcett
11/25/21 07:12:22PM @jim-fawcett:

Hey Davis, welcome aboard. Glad ya found us.


Ben Barr Jr
11/25/21 05:44:41AM @benjamin-w-barr-jr:

Hi Davis, and welcome to the wonderful world of the Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer.  It's a good place to come, spend some time, learn about the dulcimer, and to meet some good people.

Ben


Ken Longfield
11/24/21 12:36:59PM @ken-longfield:

Welcome to FOTMD, DavisJames. It is good to have you aboard. I look forward to your participation in these discussions. Let us know if we can help you in any way along your dulcimer journey.

Ken

"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."


Richard Streib
11/23/21 07:53:28PM @richard-streib:

Welcome Davisjames to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. Glad you joined. This is a great community of dulcimer folks. Join the discussions. Ask questions. Make lots of dulcimer friends. Best wishes on your dulcimer journey.