Thank you Salt.  I had to listen to it again to see if it was really me!  Might have to use a noter a little more.

Wow!  Just found this video and I think everyone who plays noter and drone should watch you blow that tune out of the water............two thumbs up and a a double finger snap!!

Thank you, Foggers. That Jim Good archtop is indeed a keeper. He's not making them any more; only making his "standard" instruments. I think Uncle Dave Macon was really a white blues singer as much as anything. His banjo playing (early recordings) is thumped in a manner much as the old black string band banjo players did. I suspect they all had the same influences. It's a shame that only in recent years has the proto-blues music, both black & white, been seen as legitimate in itself. Hope to do some more in the same genre really soon.

I am a real fan of early blues music; your playing and singing really emphasised the bluesy influences on this song. Great RH rhythm picking too, and the sound of the dulcimer is delightful; that one is a keeper!

More thank yous

Robin, I don't remember which woods those were made from. I think I remember one being light like this. Maybe Sam's memory is better than mine.

John H, Sometimes I get going and don't know when to stop. LOL. Thank you

Brian, Yes, I got the instrument Saturday. I've played it a lot since then.

Jim, Glad you liked it!

Carrie, tuners and a flat head LOL. Thank you for your kind comments

Cheryl, so glad you liked it. I used mostly the Uncle Dave Macon words. The Chocolate Drops use the Mississippi words about a rabbit in a log. I like these better for this song.

Lisa, Wonderful means a lot coming from you! Yes it's in G. Jim Good uses the tuning bG D dd. I lowered the high b to g to make the bass like a 12 string guitar. Thank you so much

Jeff, you better have Santa get one now and put it back for you. Jim only has 2 left and he's not making any more archtops. Thank you

Patty, Thank you for your lovely comment!

Thank you every one for your kind comments.

John, Couldn't be happier with this one. I think it and the Keith Young will be my "go to" instruments now.

Karen, you are welcome. Music certainly can transport, can't it!

Sam, I am so glad you liked it.

Kim, It's a great instrument. Hope to do more with it soon

Dave, Yes, it's extremely loud, and extremely heavy. I don't know how it keeps such a light tone in such a heavy instrument. I don't know about the "master" part though.

Kevin, Thanks for your kind words. I can't wait to play that on the Prichard!

This is great Rob! Dulcimer sounds great. I love your singing too!

Wonderful! Love the singing, love the dulcimer, love you you play it.

You are playing it in the key of G.

I wrote a simple basic tab for this song on my noter blog a few years ago...my tab is in EAe tuning, key of A. But! -folks can tune one step lower to key of G by tuning to DGd , and play the tab the exact same way it's written. They'd be playing in G, just like you do on your video.See my free tab here . This song is fairly easy to pick up by ear , too ...for those willing to give it a try.

Rob, that dulcimer (and you ) sound wonderful!!! Love that song too!

CJ

Like it , Rob...

Excellent, RN! I gather from Wayne and John's comments that that's a new dulcimer for you? It sounds great.

Loved it Rob, particularly as it had some 'length' (I wonder if Dana Mc had some bacon on standby, lol)

John

Oh, yeah, I love this, Rob!

Hey, do you think the JG carved dulcimers that were for sale at Vandalia were made of butternut?

Rob as allways great song, done with style.

I cannot believe the volume and tone.

Wonderful!

A Master on a Mastertone perhaps????

Rob;

...my overall, all around favorite by you ... so far.

Love the new dulcimer and you've been holding out on me. You sing very well. You took me on a trip to New Orleans. I was sippin' on my mint julip, eating pralines, and digging in to a huge po-boy all while listening to some wonderful bluesy music. Thanks for the vacation!! Awesome!

That dulcimer sounds great! Nice snag! Great job yourself as well!