On my 30 Dulcimer-Filled Years Tour this June (2010) in Memphis, Ilace Mears, Carolyn Mason and I head over to Celtic Crossings for dinner and an Irish Session.
While Ilace and I sit outside chatting, up hurries a man with a familiar face. We recognize each other but at first don't place the connection.
Then he puts the pieces together: "You play didjeridoo, don't you?!"
(This is not the usual question I am asked, to tell the truth).
"Yes, I do."
"I saw you play it at the Ozark Folk Center last summer during the Mountain Dulcimer Week," he explains.
"And I have video, too!"
After dinner Ilace and I join the session and have a grand time playing dulcimers with the guitar/mandolin and other hammered dulcimer player, sitting in a tight circle, after the fashion of Irish sessions.
Barry Bianchi promises to forward the video and today it has arrived!
I've invited Judy Klinkhammer, Margaret and Jerry Wright to join me and because my didj is "tuned" to Eb, Margaret has to re-tune (she is a REAL dulcimer player and can do that!). Jerry chooses Rolf Harris's "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" to sing and play while I provide accompaniment on what I jokingly call the "Australian Dulcimer".
Special thanks to my tutor, Paul Taylor (
http://paultaylor.ws) originally from Australia, who now lives in Laramie, Wyoming.
