The Hammered Dulcimer, by Fennig's All-Star String Band (Bill Spence, Tom McCreesh, Joan Pelton, John Pedersen, Toby Stover)

The Hammered Dulcimer

by Fennig's All-Star String Band (Bill Spence, Tom McCreesh, Joan Pelton, John Pedersen, Toby Stover)

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42 country dance tunes...65 minutes of joyous hammered dulcimer music!
CD may also be used as an unconventional compact mirror.

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1.	The Boys of Wexford, Scotland the Brave, Come Dance and Sing 04:27		buy track
2.	Ragtime Annie 03:11		buy track
3.	Sandy River Belle 01:50		buy track
4.	The Black Nag, Childgrove (with Jack Hume, guitar) 02:44		buy track
5.	Smash the Windows, Coleraine, Haste to the Wedding 03:17		buy track
6.	The Flowers of Edinburgh, Temperance Reel 04:32		buy track
7.	Gaspe Reel, Fiddle Head Reel 02:33		buy track
8.	Don Tremaine's Reel, Dubuque (with Jay Ungar, fiddle & Lyn Hardy, guitar) 03:43		buy track
9.	Galway Hornpipe, Rights of Man, Harvest Home, Fisherman's Favorite 02:55		buy track
10.	Colored Aristocracy, Over the Waterfall 04:25		buy track
11.	Prince William, Huntsman's Chorus, Golden Slippers (with Walt Michael, hammered dulcimer) 03:46		buy track
12.	Old Joe Clark, Mississippi Sawyer 03:44		buy track
13.	Cabri Waltz, Midnight on the Water 02:58	info	buy track
14.	Jaybird, Cherokee Shuffle 03:42		buy track
15.	Young Jane, Down the Brae 03:36		buy track
16.	Tobin's Favorite, Swallow Tail Jig, Off She Goes 03:20		buy track
17.	Morgan Megan 03:06		buy track
18.	Gallopede, Rufty Tufty 03:26		buy track
19.	Margaret's Waltz, The Wedding Day, Swinging on a Gate (with Alistair Anderson, concertina) 05:00	info	buy track

about

In 1972 we recorded "The Hammered Dulcimer" hoping that perhaps we'd make our money back someday. The selection of the "Gaspe Reel" as the theme music for the PBS series "Crockett's Victory Garden" and a "Recording of Special Merit" review in Stereo Review magazine helped make this one of the most popular hammered dulcimer recordings ever.

We unearthed the original tapes back in 1990 in order to bring you this compilation of our first two records. 100,000 copies later, with a new generation of hammered dulcimer and country dance fans on the scene, we're still playing and having as much fun as ever.

Note: Tracks 14-19 are from our second LP "Saturday Night in the Provinces" FHR-05

Except as noted, all music herewith is in the public domain. This material was originally released on FHR-01 (1973) and FHR-05 (1975) by Front Hall Records. www.andysfronthall.com

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released January 1, 1973

Bill Spence: Hammered Dulcimer
Tom McCreesh: Fiddle
Joan Pelton: Piano
John Pedersen: Banjo

Tracks 14-19, from "Saturday Night in the Provinces"
Bill Spence: Hammered Dulcimer
Tom McCreesh: Fiddle
Toby Stover: Piano

Produced by Bill Spence
Recorded by Bill Spence with help from Tom Hubbard and Chuck Munson
Production assistance by Andy Spence
Music arranged by Fennig's All-Stars
The original LP covers were designed by Jon Henry and are reproduced in part on this CD.
This revised design is by Bill Spence
Pen & ink drawings by Robert Froese
Tracks 1-13 were recorded in 1972
Tracks 14-19 were recorded in August 1974 and the winter of 1975 by the Bottom Forty Recording Company at the Eldron Fennig Folk Museum of American Ephemera.

Copyright 1990 Front Hall Enterprises, Inc.

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Bill Spence with Fennig's All-Star String Band Voorheesville, New York

Bill Spence (1940-2019) began playing the hammered dulcimer in 1969, after meeting Howie Mitchell at the Fox Hollow Festival in Petersburg, NY. In 1970 he formed Fennig’s All-Star String Band with musicians living in the Albany area. Their debut album "The Hammered Dulcimer" was released in 1973 and became the source of inspiration for a generation of new-found hammered dulcimer enthusiasts. ... more

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