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Ridin' The Zigzag & Wobble Railroad on lap dulcimer played in noter/drone style and guitar

Robin Thompson » Videos » Ridin' The Zigzag & Wobble Railroad on lap dulcimer played in noter/drone style and guitar

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Decades ago, the Zanesville & Wheeling Railroad ran into our part of Perry County. Local folks nicknamed it "The Zigzag and Wobble". We've come up with this little tune and named it after the rail line.I'm playing a Timbre Hill lap dulcimer tuned to DAG and Mark is playing a Larrivee 000-60 in Drop D tuning.
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Robin Thompson
02/15/14 07:49:37PM @robin-thompson:
Hi, Helen--Please feel free to play the tune! We're happy you like it well enough to want to play it. :)
Robin Thompson
12/11/13 10:02:53AM @robin-thompson:
Helen, :)It's a tune we still play and enjoy.Thank you for liking our little tune enough to listen again!
Robin Thompson
01/11/13 08:25:55PM @robin-thompson:

Helen, please feel free to play any of our tunes in Australia! Smile.gif We'd be honored!

PS-Notes on my YouTube page indicate the little tunes we came up with have been placed in the public domain.


Robin Thompson
01/11/13 06:31:51PM @robin-thompson:

Hey, Nila and Helen, we appreciate your taking the time to listen to our little tune and comment! It is fun making up a tune and putting together the duet.


Robin Thompson
11/24/12 07:45:09PM @robin-thompson:

Thanks a bunch, Scott, we have fun playing this tune!


Robin Thompson
11/23/12 08:17:20PM @robin-thompson:

Thank you, train fans Lois & Gayle! Smile.gif Lois, if you happen to learn where CSandburg came up with the name, please share it here!


Lois Sprengnether Keel
11/23/12 11:17:30AM @lois-sprengnether-keel:

Hey Robin,

I'm a railfan, too. Even got married on a train. I understand this is the local nickname, but it made me think of the Carl Sandburg story that opens Rootabaga Stories about the Zigzag Railroad. Can't help but wonder where he picked up the name.
Robin Thompson
11/23/12 11:04:18AM @robin-thompson:

John P, Mark and I got a good laugh from those railway nicknames! And thank you for your kind comment about the tune.
john p
11/23/12 11:00:25AM @john-p:

Great little tune Robin and some lovely smooth noter work there.

Good title too, I like these old nicknames for local railways. I've lived near a couple, the Canterbury and Whitstable (C&W) line, always known as the Crab & Winkle and the Somerset & Dorset (S&D) line known as the Slow & Dirty Smile.gif

john
Robin Thompson
11/23/12 10:24:30AM @robin-thompson:
Patty, we're tickled if anybody finds our tunes fun to listen to! :)
Patty from Virginia
11/23/12 09:20:57AM @patty-from-virginia:

I had to come back and listen to this againSmile.gif . Wonderful tune.
Robin Thompson
11/22/12 08:32:14PM @robin-thompson:

Thanks, friends!

I've got to tell you it's a fun to be running the noter along and hear Mark playing that nice low back-up! (You all understand the joy of making music at home.)

Randy, it's trial and error to learn what tunes we really mesh on and what ones we don't. As you might imagine, it's easier for Mark to work around what I do than it is for me to work around what he does. When he retired he wanted to be a guitar bum-- and he's getting really good at being a guitar bum. LOL I'm a lucky girl. :)


Randy Adams
11/22/12 04:22:08PM @randy-adams:

Another good tune Robin. You're on a roll! Likeitlotsnlots. Mark sure does know how to play the guitar with a n/d dulcimer. Love them chords & partial chords he uses on your tunes. You've mentioned he's your fav guitar player....he's fast becoming my fav too! Glad you made a vid of this one ...I must be a visual kind of guy....
Karen Keane
11/22/12 01:19:37PM @karen-keane:

You guys rocked! Loved it!!!Grin.gif


Rob N Lackey
11/22/12 04:32:48AM @rob-n-lackey:

Y'all just keep comin' up with good uns! Sounded great!
John Henry
11/22/12 01:30:05AM @john-henry:

41.gif 41.gif 41.gif Sounds as if that tune has been around for ever !!! Loved it you two, thanks for sharing !

John
Patty from Virginia
11/21/12 10:44:10PM @patty-from-virginia:

Robin, that's a good oneSmile.gif . I love it113.gif ! By the way, I don't like train wrecks either.
Robin Thompson
11/21/12 10:40:12PM @robin-thompson:

Hey, thank you, friends, we had a good time putting the tune together!

I came up with the melody then Mark worked on the back-up. The "train stuff" came later, after Mark mentioned something along the line of how the tune had a train feel to it.

We had a beautiful warm November day here in SEOhio so it was great for playing outdoors!
Kevin Messenger
11/21/12 08:30:53PM @kevin-messenger:

Great song Robin. Really enjoyed it.
John Keane
11/21/12 07:24:06PM @john-keane:

Saw this on facebook, but it wouldn't let me comment. Y'all tore this up! 113.gif