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Paul Gifford
October 1978. Paul Gifford of Ferndale, when I met him in 1976, was an avid tune collector in his home state of Michigan. I became a tune catcher by following his path in my own home state. Paul is a fine musician, especially on the hammered dulcimer. Recorded at my home in Unionville, Indiana. I'm on guitar. All the mistakes are mine.
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fiddle
- Big Rock Getaway
- Quadrille in Bb & F
- Ellsworth's Quadrille, learned from Ken Ellsworth of Alma, Michigan
- Breakdown in A #1
- Breakdown in A #2, from Frank Stevens of Sand Lake, Michigan
- Breakdown in A #3, from Emma Warner of Charlevoix via Bob Spinner of Elk Rapids, Michigan
- Jumping Toothache
- unnamed tune/ Blackberry Quadrille/ Postun's Jig
- Jumping Toothache in C, learned from Gale McAfee dulcimer
- Saturday Night Waltz
- unnamed breakdown in G & C
- unnamed oberek #1
- unnamed oberek #2
- unnamed waltz
Recordings from the Tyler-Mahaffee Gathering in Saline, Michigan.
1981. Paul Gifford (Ferndale), Michigan) & Wm. T. White (Okemas, Michigan) on hammered dulcimers, with Bob Hubbach (Rochester, Michigan) on piano. Tunes learned from the Van Arsdale brothers of Frewsburg, New York.
- Stampede
- unnamed polka [cf Francis Geels' G&D tune]
- Lancer's Quadrille, 3rd Change
- Pacific Quadrille, 1st Change
- Pacific Quadrille, 2nd Change
- unnamed quadrille, 3rd Change Bob Hubbach - dulcimer
- Farmer's Waltz
- City of Savannah Hornpipe
Recordings from a Michigan Fiddlers Association Jamboree in Hillsdale.
August 1997 - Paul Gifford on fiddle.
- unnamed tune in F & Dm learned from Bill Cameron of Brimley, Michigan
- Decatur Centennial Hornpipe