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Jaw
Harp package with real jaw harp + instructional cassette
tape $12
This is the exact same kit that Dave used to teach himself
to play the jaw harp a few years ago! It’s got everything
you’ll need for years of music-making and fun.
Not
recommended for children under age 7.
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| BOOKS for
those interested in the traditional songs and lore
of New York State. |
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Boots and Britches -
Harold W Thompson $20
The
mother lode of NY State folklore; ballads, songs, tales
and traditions collected all across NY State in the 1930’s
by this Cornell University professor & his graduate
folklore students from Albany Teachers’ College.
Lots of song lyrics, no tunes. Paperback, 532 pages.
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Windjammers:
Songs of the Great Lakes Sailors (with accompanying CD)
Ivan H Walton & Joe Grimm $29
Not
strictly NYS material, but a great collection of song texts
and tunes collected by Walton on his 1930’s & 40’s
trips around the lakes. Walton interviewed old-timers whose
memories went back to the great age of sail, and several
of his "informants" were from New York State
ports such as Buffalo and Oswego. The 59-minute CD contains
over a dozen selections from the book, mostly sung by the
lake sailors themselves. Paperback, 262 pages.
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BRIDGE! Folklore and the Erie Canal
Lionel D Wyld $17
A great read, with one whole chapter devoted to Erie
Canal songs and ballads. Paperback, 212 pages.
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Songs
and Tunes from Wolf Run
Mark Hamilton $16
Mark Hamilton was a rural Southern Tier (Allegany County)
fiddler, dance caller & singer - - a tradition
bearer - - who was recorded by Mitzie Collins and Jim
Kimball in the 1980 & 1990’s. This is the
companion book to the recording (see below), with full
transcriptions of all 58 tracks, background notes on
the songs and tunes and information on the social contexts
in which they were passed down, played and sung. Spiral-bound,
74 pages.
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Folk Songs of Upstate New York
Lynn Arthur Koch $20
Especially for educators! A 110-page collection of songs, resources and great advice for both teacher and student on using these songs in the classroom, put together by this dedicated music educator in the Cortland County area. The book was compiled out of the need for such a resource in elementary & middle school classrooms and music rooms, and has never before been made available to the public. Spiral bound.
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| RECORDINGS for
those interested in the traditional songs and
lore of New York State. |
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Songs
and Tunes from Wolf Run
Mark Hamilton $15
CD $8 cassette
Mark Hamilton was one of the last of the old-time performers
in Western New York. He was what folklorists call a "tradition-bearer".
He learned his dance calls, songs, stories, and fiddle
tunes from his grandparents, parents, friends, and
neighbors in New York State's Southern Tier. This recording
is 71 minutes of pure Mark Hamilton - singing, fiddling,
reciting dance calls and generally carrying on. See
above for the companion book to this recording.
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Adirondack
Woods Singer
Ted Ashlaw - $10
vinyl LP only, just 5 copies left
Ted was a fantastic unaccompanied singer of songs he learned
in the Adirondack lumberwoods from the 1910s - 1940s, when
a strong oral tradition still existed. Recorded by
folklorist Robert Bethke in the 1970's and featured in Bethke's
wonderful book "Adirondack Voices"
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Adirondack
Tall Tales: The Bill Greenfield Stories
Told by Joseph
Bruchac with music by John Kirk $15
CD
Bill Greenfield was the Paul Bunyan of the Adirondacks,
a most colorful figure who liked to stretch the truth
until it "twanged like a banjo string". Here
are 11 tall tales of his exploits, masterfully told by
one of the region's finest contemporary storytellers.
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The
String Brothers - Soft Swing Duets
$14
CD $7 cassette
This is
Dave’s jazz duo from the 1990’s. A relaxing
all-instrumental recording of archtop guitar and acoustic
string bass duets on classic songs from Gershwin, Ellington,
Jobim, Lennon & McCartney and more. Dave Ruch -
archtop electric guitar, Kevin O’Brien - acoustic
string bass.
"Soft Swing Duets mixes old and
new with classic appeal" -Toni Ruberto, The
Buffalo News
"The interaction between the
two musicians is delightful." -John
Metzger, Pause-Record Magazine
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