DavisJames

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Location: St.Catharines
Country: Canada

My Latest Followers:

Bvmaestro Beth T StudentofRhythm Nate glowhazel dulcidom granto 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: 36

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Latest Activity

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DavisJames
@davisjames • 6 days 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 week ago • comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @mark-gilston: Ding dong ding dong Bell (round)
DavisJames
@davisjames • one week ago • comments: 3
Liked a music item created by @robin-thompson: Abandoned 1928
DavisJames
@davisjames • one week 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 week ago • comments: 4
Liked a music item created by @phil-myers: Bucketman Blues
DavisJames
@davisjames • one week ago • comments: 14
Liked a music item created by @steve-battarbee: Sussex Carol
DavisJames
@davisjames • one week ago • comments: 15
Liked a music item created by @ariane: Road to Lisdoonvarna
DavisJames
@davisjames • one week ago • comments: 1
Created a new Audio File:
Mary Ann MacDougall's march.
DavisJames
@davisjames • one week ago • comments: 1
Liked a youtube item created by @jack-ferguson: Electric Standard/Bass Scheitholt
DavisJames
@davisjames • one week ago • comments: 6
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 • 2 weeks 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 • 2 weeks ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Port an Deorai (slip jig):
"That's a twisty one.Much enjoyed."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 2 weeks 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 • 2 weeks 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 • 3 weeks ago • comments: 6
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 • 3 weeks 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 • 3 weeks 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 • 3 weeks 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 • 3 weeks ago • comments: 10
Liked a youtube item created by @leo-kretzner: Frazier's Jig on mountain dulcimer
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 8
Posted a new Comment on Y Gwyliau (The Holidays):
"That's gorgeous,Beth."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 4
Liked a music item created by @robin-thompson: Blue Sky, Pink Clouds, and a Quiet Crow
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 6
Created a new Audio File:
Reynardine.
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 2
Created a new Audio File:
Slippery Jigs.
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 10
Posted a new Comment on Frazier's Jig on mountain dulcimer:
"Can't help but chime in again,this time re melodies that lack a "3rd.".I play quite a few like that and as a fiddler relying on an accompanist I have..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Liked a music item created by @robin-clark: Coleman's March
DavisJames
@davisjames • 4 weeks ago • comments: 9
Liked a youtube item created by @dulcidom: Beauty in Tears
DavisJames
@davisjames • 4 weeks ago • comments: 10
Posted a new Comment on Frazier's Jig on mountain dulcimer:
"Nice playing!I once had a book of Dan Hughie's compositions,probably long out of print now.Good to see his name and music pop up here."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 4 weeks ago • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Simple Gifts on My Latest Cherry Walnut Electric TD:
"Hi Jack.Good to hear you playing on your latest creation.The scheitholt you built for me is the most beautiful instrument I've ever played and I have played..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 4 weeks ago • comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @mark-gilston: Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite
DavisJames
@davisjames • 4 weeks ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Good Morning to Your Nightcap:
"That's delightful.Glad you kept it rolling as long as you did."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 4 weeks ago • comments: 14
Posted a new Comment on Sweet Yellows and Pinks:
"What an interesting melody."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 4 weeks ago • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Brian Boru's March:
"To reiterate.A wonderful melody so well played."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 4 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Let's Bury The Term "Scheitholt"":
"Well,well.I confess I've never heard the word "scheitholt" out loud although I play one...the apparent resemblance in the spelling to examples I cited of..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Let's Bury The Term "Scheitholt"":
"Yep-the Dutch word for "Shite".. Ireland and NL as well.I thought of calling it a Hummel but that seems to be a different beast.I was in Germany 10 years..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 8
Posted a new Comment on Ymbwyllo (Unwinding):
"Hello Beth.I was playing a hornpipe on the dulcimer the other day and thought "that sounds like Beth T!"...a good reference point,More,please.All the best in..."

Latest Group Discussions

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Latest Audio

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Mary Ann MacDougall's march.

Mary Ann MacDougall's march.


@DavisJames
one week ago - Comments: 1
Reynardine.

Reynardine.


@DavisJames
3 weeks ago - Comments: 6
Slippery Jigs.

Slippery Jigs.


@DavisJames
3 weeks ago - Comments: 2
The Siege of Mariupol

The Siege of Mariupol


@DavisJames
one month ago - Comments: 1
The Rosebud of Allenvale

The Rosebud of Allenvale


@DavisJames
2 months ago - Comments: 4
"Drunk" with a pseudo pump organ.

"Drunk" with a pseudo pump...


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

drunk at night and dry in the...


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

The wandering fiddler.


@DavisJames
2 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
5 months ago - Comments: 4
 Sharbot's Waltz.

Sharbot's Waltz.


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

Seven Years.


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

Headin' South


@DavisJames
7 months ago - Comments: 5
Maggie Darling[tearjerker on the teardrop].

Maggie Darling[tearjerker on...


@DavisJames
8 months ago - Comments: 4

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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.