You know who writes a good song? Stephen Foster does, and My Old Kentucky Home is my favorite of Mr. Foster’s tunes. I typically combine this with Back Home Again in Indiana, but in this case, it seemed best to … Continue reading
Five Foot Two, also known as Has Anybody Seen My Gal?, was a popular song of the 1920s that has stood the test of time. It’s been recorded and performed by several different artists. I added it to my repertoire … Continue reading
George Washington Johnson was a Canadian schoolteacher who fell in love with one of his pupils, Margaret “Maggie” Clark. They were married in 1864, but she died only a few months after their wedding. He wrote When You and I … Continue reading
When three adorable sheep ask you to sing their favorite song, how can you refuse?
Continue readingThis week’s Thumbpick Thursday tips a hat to fans of The Simpsons with the classic hit from the Be Sharps, Baby on Board. It was a fun arrangement to work out and has me wondering about doing thumbpick arrangements of some other barbershop … Continue reading
Joy to the World and How Great Our Joy round out this year’s Thumbpick Thursday posts with a little more Christmas music. I hope you’ve enjoyed the Thumbpick Thursday posts so far. If you would, please drop in a comment and let me … Continue reading
No, he’s not been hitting the eggnog early; he was born that way. This week’s Thumbpick Thursday features a perennial Christmas favorite, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer. It was fun to work out this thumbpick arrangement of the tune, but I … Continue reading
I Wonder As I Wander has been among my favorite Christmas songs for years now. Composer John Jacob Niles combined a beautiful melody with pensive lyrics, and today the song is one that stands in sharp contrast to what our culture … Continue reading
Play On, Pauline is one of my few original songs. I wrote it for a lady I met in Nashville, Indiana, when I played the Taste of Brown County Festival a couple of years ago. I was playing on the porch … Continue reading
When I was about 16, a friend turned me on to an album by Goose Creek Symphony, Words of Earnest. One of the songs on that album stuck with me. It was a tune by the group’s leader, Charlie Gearheart, called The Gospel. … Continue reading