Like any respectable folkie I sang along with Pete Seeger in concert several times. All that took, of course, was a ticket. The somber news of his passing, and the many well-deserved…
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A Folksong Autobiography, episode 2 (not in chronological order)
I’ve been trying to remember, but I can’t locate the first seeds of my obsession with the fiddle. It must have had something to do with Hoagland’s passion for square dancing (see…
A Folksong Autobiography, episode 1
I must have been about three. My sister was at school. Christmas time was coming and it was cold, so I was playing on the floor under the telephone right next to…
They didn’t know it yet, . . .
. . . but 60 years ago this coming Friday, Mildred Franke Tyler gave birth to Dr. Dosido, the only son and second child of Wade Edward Tyler. They named him Paul…