September 2017: Announcing our latest CD, Chocolate Icing. This one features dulcimer, guitar and recorder music. Three of the tunes were composed by Stan including Chocolate Icing, Determined, and Contra Boogie and one was created by Johanna, known as Canyon Reverie.
Chocolate Icing
- Chocolate Icing – dulcimer, guitar
- Hieland Laddie, Determined – two dulcimers
- Skye Boat Song – guitar, alto recorder
- Red Wing – guitar, alto recorder
- Liberty, St. Anne’s Reel – two dulcimers
- John Barleycorn – guitar, alto recorder
- Muss I Denn – two dulcimers
- Evo Banke, Basso – guitar, alto recorder
- Lamplighting Time – guitar, dulcimer
- Parson’s Farewell – guitar, dulcimer
- Contra Boogie – two guitars
- Canyon Reverie – dulcimer
- Korobushka – guitar, alto recorder
- Country Gardens, Girl I Left Behind Me – two dulcimers
- Reuben’s Train – guitar, dulcimer
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May 2017: We’ve finished (and survived) round two of recording! Our new CDs are Rockhound’s Dream II and Lupine Land II. On each, we kept some of the original recordings, moved some of the mandolin pieces to the other CD, then added a few new selections, especially featuring more mountain dulcimer. On Waterbound, vocals accompany the dulcimer. Unless otherwise specified, “mandolin” refers to Stan playing an electric mandolin and “bass” is a bass machine. Note: * denotes original tunes composed by Stan.
Rockhound’s Dream II
- Cherokee Shuffle, Rockhound’s Dream* – mandolin, guitar
- Beautiful Dreamer – two dulcimers
- Tarantella, Dan O’Keefe’s & Ballyfin Slides – mandolin, guitar, bass
- Watercress* – dulcimer solo by Stan
- Reel de Montreal, Spotted Pony – mandolin, guitar, bass
- Shoes and Stockings – two dulcimers
- Load of Hay, Old Grey Cat – mandolin, guitar
- Wildflowers – dulcimer , harmonica
- Connaughtsman’s Rambles, My Darling Asleep – mandolin, guitar
- The Man on the Flying Trapeze – dulcimer, guitar
- Halting March, Ballydesmond Polka #2 – mandolin, guitar
- Little Redwing, Liza Jane – two dulcimers
- Coleman’s March – two guitars
- Turkey in the Straw – guitar, alto recorder
- Butterfly, Coleraine – mandolin, guitar
- Ashgrove, Simple Gifts – two dulcimers
Lupine Land II
- Lupine Land* – guitar solo by Stan (birds tweeting in background)
- Over the Waterfall, Arkansas Traveler – two dulcimers
- Bonaparte Crossing the Rockies, March of the Crows – mandolin, guitar
- America the Beautiful – two dulcimers
- Banjo Aristocracy, Sail Away Ladies – mandolin, guitar, bass
- Liberty, St. Anne’s Reel – two dulcimers
- Paw Paw Patch, Billy in the Lowground – two guitars
- Star of the County Down, Drunken Sailor, Ghost Riders – dulcimer, guitar
- Dennis Murphy’s Polka, Ryan’s Polka, Coleman’s March – mandolin, guitar, bass
- Waterbound – dulcimer, guitar, vocals
- Rights of Man, The Cuckoo – mandolin, guitar
- Rose of San Antone – two dulcimers
- Korobushka (the Peddler’s Box) – guitar, alto recorder
- Tennessee Waltz – dulcimer, guitar
- Seneca Square Dance, Temperance Reel – mandolin, guitar
- Cold Frosty Morning, Devil’s Dream – mandolin, guitar
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May 2016: We have just completed our first CDs, Rockhound’s Dream and Lupine Land. We now understand why musicians take time off from performances for the process – it was a very interesting couple of months!
Rockhound’s Dream is a tune composed by Stan on mandolin, while Lupine Land is one he made up for guitar. The birds in the background on some of the selections were recorded in our backyard one spring morning. Watercress was created by him on the mountain dulcimer. Photos were compiled from hiking trips in Nevada and California.
KEY: [M = Mandolin, G = Guitar, D = Mountain Dulcimer, R = Alto Recorder, Folk = American Folk]
Here’s a breakdown of tunes on Rockhound’s Dream:
- Cherokee Shuffle (Old Time), Rockhound’s Dream (Original) – M, G
- Ashgrove (English Folk), Simple Gifts (Gospel) – Two Ds
- Cold Frosty Morning (Old Time), Devil’s Dream (Bluegrass) – M, G
- Skye Boat Song (Scottish Folk) – G, R
- She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mtn, Camptown Races (Folk) – D, G
- Redwing (Folk) – Two Ds
- I’ve Been Working on the Railroad (Folk) – Two Ds
- Paw Paw Patch (Folk), Billy in the Lowground (Bluegrass) – Two Gs
- Reel de Montreal (Celtic), Spotted Pony (Old Time) – M, G
- Down Yonder – (1920s Pop Song) – Two Ds
- Rights of Man (Celtic), The Cuckoo (Old Time) – M, G
- Sheebeg and Sheemore (Celtic) – Two Ds
- Star of the County Down (Irish Folk) – G, R
- Tarantella (Italian), Dan O’Keefe’s & Ballyfin Slides (Celtic) – M, G
- Evo Banke (Russian Folk), Basso (Gypsy) – G, R
- Dreams of Alwyn (Celtic) – D
- Julianne Johnson, Cindy, Rock the Cradle Joe (Old Time) – D, G
- Connaughtsman’s Rambles, My Darling Asleep (Celtic) – M, G
- Westphalia Waltz , Okeechobee Waltz (Old Time) – Two Ds
Here’s a breakdown of tunes on Lupine Land:
- Lupine Land (original by Stan) – G
- Over the Waterfall, Arkansas Traveler (Old Time) – Two Ds
- Banjo Aristocracy, Sail Away Ladies (Old Time) – M, G
- Star of the County Down (Celtic), Drunken Sailor (Sea Shanty), Ghost Riders in the Sky (Cowboy) – D, G
- Turkey in the Straw (Folk) – G, R
- Waltzing Matilda (Australian Folk) – Two Ds
- Bonaparte Crossing the Rockies (Old Time), March of the Crows(Celtic) – M, G
- Redwing, Liza Jane (Folk) – Two Ds
- Load of Hay, Old Grey Cat (Celtic) – M, G
- Du Du Liegst Mir Im Herzen (German Folk) – Two Ds
- Korabushka a.k.a. the Peddler’s Box (Russian Folk) – G, R
- Watercress (original by Stan) – Dulcimer solo
- Butterfly, Coleraine (Celtic) – M, G
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken (Gospel), I’ll Fly Away (Gospel), Wabash Cannonball (Folk) – D, G
- Coleman’s March (Old Time) – Two Gs
- Sourwood Mountain, June Apple, Kitchen Girl (Old Time) – D, G
- Halting March, Ballydesmond Polka #2 (Celtic) – M, G
- Tennessee Waltz (Country) – D, G
- Seneca Square dance (Old Time), Temperance Reel (Celtic) – M, G
- Man on the Flying Trapeze (1860s Pop) – D, G
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