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Posted: Thursday August 14 2014, 5:07 PM
By: @John Shaw
By: @John Shaw
John, thank you for your music and for your encouragement. May you rest in peace.
Rest in Peace to our friend John Shaw.
Much appreciated, John, thank you.
John I'm sitting listening to your wonderful singing and dulcimer playing. I'm always amazed.There are a lot of new members who have never heard your music. Don't think it would be any harm to re-post some of those wonderful tracks. The Dulcimer community needs to hear plenty of your music. My opinion John.
Nice to meet you at Novia Scotia on Sunday John. Do you have a recording of that Rakhover tune we were playing. I would love to lisen to it to help me play it in the right timeing
John, I'd be most honored if you played Little Scioto!It just so happens that I was born and raised in the Scioto River Valley in Southcentral Ohio and have crossed the Scioto River many times. From where I live now, in traveling to Gary Sager's Prussia Valley Dulcimers & Music Shop, we cross the Little Scioto. I told Mark the Little Scioto deserves a tune, too.Many thanks for the kind words! I'd love to hear you play Little Scioto!Warmest wishes from my home to yours!
Cheers John. Prior to my retirement I have come up to date with an iPad ! You missed a great day at the American museum but I hear you were actually in America dulcimering. See you at Launde ?
John, I know it's not for a few weeks yet but the best of luck to you and Amanda on your American trip, they are in for some musical treat. Went into Amanda's page to remind myself of her beautiful voice, she is one fine singer and she is so lucky to have you accompany her, the dulcimer playing is incredible. Best wishes Val.
Thank you John.
Hi John - interesting, but of course there have always been movements of tunes across borders. I got Dydd Gwyl Ddewi from a facsimile edition of Davidsons musical miracles - 250 Welsh airs, 1859. Though that's no indication really that it's a Welsh tune originally. There's a well known trad. song first published in the 1850s & collected from the Neath valley with a very catchy tune (Ffoles Llantrisant), but I've found versions of the tune from earlier published in England some nearly identical, one in the minor rather than the major. and both with Irish connotations.There's even a version from the island of Malta!
Hi John - I got Sheela O'Gara from the Darley & McCall collection of Trad. irish Music, which is a reprint of `The Feis Ceoil Association collection of Irish Airs'. Not sure of the date but early 1900s I think.
John
It's good to know another player. This time last year I was convinced nobody in the UK bothered with the dulcimer anymore.
Hey John,
I've just spotted the 3 tunes you have recently posted. Beautifully played. Really great work!
Robin
Even diverse !!!
JH
As usual, a superb set John, in particular elevating what is often played as a tired standard into something special !!! ( tho' I have often been described as 'Rugged', it's hard to be 'Cross' with that rendition!)
Sorry, I divverse! Thanks for posting
JH
Of course I agree John. It's great to know that there some of us on each side of the pond who have great taste! LOL
Rob
Thanks for posting John! Now I know what it should sound like !!!
John
Wonderful playing John, certainly gave that one a good workout, some lovely passages in there.
Something you can sit back and get lost in is what I mostly look for in a tune nowadays.
john p
John, your Pretty Saro is beautiful. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Hi John,
Re your profile - <My website: http://www.hotwellshowlers.com >- is there a problem with this - no mention of dulcimers!
BW
John