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TUNE LIST:
Tune From St.
Andrews - I learned this one from
Jane. She learned it from one of her
students. None of us know the proper
name for it.
Ken Bloom - bowed dulcimers, guitar
Jason Sypher - bass
Dark Road to Travel - I learned
this from Mike Woods, a fine banjo
player from Colorado I met one year at
Galax.
Ken Bloom - bowed dulcimer, soprano
clarinets, bass clarinet
Tango de Cuevas - I wrote this
for David Cuevas. David was a very
gifted dancer who was taken from us far
too early, one of the early victims of
AIDS. Playing this at his memorial was
one of the toughest things I've ever had
to do. © - Ken Bloom, 1988
Ken Bloom - bowed dulcimers, concert
zither, domra
Dandy Lusk - I learned this from
Brian Sullivan. I love the Swedish intro
we did. I hope to expand on this
approach in future projects.
Ken Bloom - bowed dulcimer
Harry Bolick - fiddle
Gil Sayer - banjo
Vainamoinen's Sorrow - I wrote
this one for the passing of my
Grandfather. He originally came from
Vilno in Lithuania. I wrote this on the
kantele but find it much more satisfying
to play on the dulcimer. ©Ken Bloom,
1990
Ken Bloom - bowed dulcimer
Julian Kytasy - Poltavka bandura (Bondarivna)
Simple Gifts - I arranged this
for the dulcimer orchestra that we have
every year at the Western Carolina
University Mountain Dulcimer Week in
Cullowhee, NC. It was fun to arrange and
I just wanted to hear what all the parts
would sound like bowed! Ken Bloom - four
bowed dulcimers
Sara Armstrong - Harry suggested
this one. It taught me a lot about
moving the bow.
Ken Bloom - bowed dulcimer
Harry Bolick - fiddle
Gil Sayer - banjo
Baym Reben's Sude - literally "At
the Rabbi 's Table." Another great tune
I learned from Jane. This is a good
example of the bowed dulcimer's ability
to play the notes you don't have frets
for.
Ken Bloom - bowed dulcimer, domra,
guitar, zills, vocals
Jason Sypher - bass
Rose of the Mountain - from the
playing of the great Kentucky fiddler,
John Salyer.
Ken Bloom - bowed dulcimers, soprano
clarinets, bass clarinet
Been All Around This World - I
learned this around 1964 but I couldn't
tell you where. It's just been something
I've always played for myself.
Ken Bloom - bowed Dulcimer, vocal
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Waltz for My
Aunt Luba - I wrote this for my
Great Aunt. When I was very young, she
would tell me wonderful stories of what
life was like in Nyeshen, the small town
in Ukraine that my family came from. She
would always mention the waltzes that
were played. I think of her whenever I
play it. © Ken Bloom, 1978
Ken Bloom - bowed dulcimer
Julian Kytasy - Chernihivka bandura
Grasshopper Sittin' on a Sweet Potato
Vine - one my very favorite D tunes.
I never could play it on the fiddle.
Life is so much better now.
Ken Bloom - bowed dulcimer, pony banjo,
guitar
Jason Sypher - bass
Over the Hills and Far Away -
this song dates back to the 1690's. It
is still played as a marching song in
the British Army. These verses are all
18th century ones. I am a sergeant in
the Royal Highland Emmigrants (2nd Bttn.,
7th Coy.). This tunes is spectacularly
popular around the camp fire.
Ken Bloom - bowed dulcimer, Northumbrian
pipes, vocal
Vocal chorus - Ed Pitaro, Colleen Kiel
Texas - I learned this one at
four in the morning from Jim Miller.
Jim, Bill Taylor and I then sat up and
played it for about two hours. This
arrangement is the "Clifftop" approach.
Every time the tune comes around again,
someone else joins in. This one falls
into the category of Progressive
Primitive Old Time Music. The unusual B
part is thanks to Jason. He learned it
from a banjo player and I learned it
from him. We did the regular B part the
last time. Take your choice.
Ken Bloom - bowed dulcimers, domra, pony
banjo
Jason Sypher - bass, bowed bass, "Out
There" bass
Harry Bolick - fiddle
Gallop to
Georgia - a wonderful Mississippi
tune from the playing of Namour and
Smith. Harry is from Mississippi. I was
born and raised in Los Angeles. The tune
starts in Mississippi and gradually
moves west and south.
Ken Bloom - bowed dulcimers, guitar,
bass
Harry Bolick - fiddles
Neil Gow's Lament for his Second Wife
- I was aware of this beautiful tune for
many years but I never had an instrument
I wanted to play it on till now. Ken
Bloom - bowed dulcimer, guitar,
pennywhistle Grey Cat on the Tennessee
Farm - another All Time Country favorite
of mine. One of the very few things I
can play on the fiddle!
Ken Bloom - bowed dulcimer, vocal
Milky "Nuisance" Bolick - monosylabic
vocal
John Aron's
Farewell to Cuyahoga - I wrote this
one for the concert zither. When
Garfield was assassinated, no one ever
wrote a lament for him that I am aware
of. I have tried to fill this void in
American musical history. ©Ken Bloom,
1985
Ken Bloom - concert zither, bowed
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