you two make it look so easy......loved this and several more I just listenend to!

I just had a little time to watch several of your videos. They are all excellent. Very nice relaxed tunes. The guitar work is also excellent, and here he even sings.

Hey, Kim, it'd be fun to play it with you! Maybe someday. . .

Thanks, Marian! That DWatson family album is great!

Many thanks, Gary David! Glad you liked it-- it's a fun song to play!

Thank you, Sam.

I'm not quite sure to what type critter the quill originally belonged-- I've got a mix of feathers that I pick-up on walks here in the middle of nowhere. Usually I find turkey and crow feathers. I can tell you that the quill is not one of those big primary feathers from a big bird, though. Apparently the bird no longer needed it. I like a smaller (yet strong) quill for this kind of strumming.

Robin I think you put that quill to almost as good a use as it's original owner. I love the sound from the quills and you did an excellent job here. Is that a goose, turkey or 'other' quill? Enjoyed this one again.

Thanks, BJ! These old-timey songs are fun!

Love me some foot tapp'n music. You guys are great. It's done so freely the way it should be and you make it look like fun. Whoo!

BJ

Thank you, fellas! We love this music.

I'm reminded of something Don Pedi said in the documentary Why Old-Time. Don talks of getting yourself out of the way of the tune. I like that. We're all just joining the stream of all the folks who have played these cool old tunes.

I could listen to you folks play all day. There is such a calm, joyful approach to all your music which mirrors, I believe, your calm, joyful personalities. You sure get my tail a waggin'!

Thank you, Stephanie! Though I don't know if we'll get around to making a cd, maybe someday we'll post free mp3 downloads someplace on the internet. I have no idea how to do such a thing but we could learn.

Thank you, John P & Meg!

We'd have to really think about making a cd. We're awfully lazy. lol

John P, we don't manipulate our sound in any way with the computer so are usually working to get some kind of balance to our sound by how & where we situate ourselves on the porch or inside the house to give us passable sound quality. Maybe I should tell Mark it's been requested that I push myself to the front.

Excellent stuff Robin, good flow going there.

I often found you a bit lost in the background on earlier videos, good to see you pushing up to the front lately

john p

Gee, thanks, friends! We're trying to get ready for an event we're to play at on 19 August. Recording ourselves helps us see where we're at with a song.

Mark and I enjoy the music we're playing and hope it comes through. Although I make plenty of mistakes of different kinds, it's an over-all sound we're after. (What I'm calling mistakes usually have something to do with timing/phrasing, tempo, or angle of plectrum attack. And when I'm in a nit-picking mood I can find the ones that aren't the most obvious and even a few that aren't there. LOL) Mark is a very solid guitar player-- wish everybody could hear him 'live' because he's more relaxed-- and he can run great lines that help a dulcimer shine.

Again, thank you!

Robin, this is great. You all should do a cd. I would buy it. There's a lot a talent on this web site. I do believe FOTMD should do a cd library, FOTMD greatest hits. Thanks for sharing this and thanks for letting us see your buddy

Lovely sound Robin and Mark You two really produce such great old time songs out the bag every time!!!! I love the mix of dulcimer and guitar, and I think you show just how beautifully noter drone works- you make the instrument come alive! I think this video is a wonderful lesson on how to play with another musician and singer. The dulcimer is not playing the melody all the time but just a little backing during the singing and then coming in for a break between verses. It is those types of subtle but vital playing skills that you never see in dulcimer books

If you were playing chord melody with a flat pick then the definition between the dulcimer and guitar would not be there. But noter drone with a bouncy whipped quill is just perfect in terms of both tone and rhythm here.

You and Mark should definately be playing sets and running workshops at festivals - not necessarily dulcimer festivals, but at general old time music festivals where they would be more of an open minded appetite for your playing style

That was absolutely wonderful!