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SKU: ROBINB101D From Gebhard We're Headin' to Evart - CD


From Gebhard We're Headin' to Evart - CD
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    Bill Robinson     From Gebhard We're Headin' to Evart - CD

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From Gebhard We're Headin' to Evart

Bill Robinson and Friends

This CD was recorded in 2003, which was Bill's 16th year at the Gebhard Woods Dulcimer Festival.  His favorite jamming spot has been named "Bill's Hill", and he looks forward to seeing you there each year.  At the close of the festival, they pack up and they are Headin' to Evart (Michigan) for the ODPC Funfest.  His many friends at Evart have graciously accepted their music, and he composed a tune for them entitled Headin' to Evart.  (Dulcimer Dancing and Steppin' Out With George composed by Bill Robinson. Tennessee Trip by Greg Ferguson)

1. Headin' To Evart
2. Dulcimer Dancing 
3. Dreamin' In Three-Quarter Time
4. Billy In The Low Ground / Stone's Rag
5, Capri Waltz / Midnight On the Water
6. Off She Goes
7. Where The Mountain Laurel Blooms
8. Remembering Gabby / Pu Vona Hulu   
9. Crazy
10. Hold Fast To The Right
11. McHattie's Waltz
12. Tennessee Trip
13. Rebecca
14. Steppin' Out With George

The hammered dulcimer is a stringed musical instrument, trapezoidal in shape, and the strings are struck with hammers.  It is not to be confused with the Appalachian or Mountain Dulcimer, which is a 3-4 stringed instrument that is plucked with a feather or pick. The earliest dulcimer, a Persian instrument called the santir, developed around A.D. 900.  The dulcimer entered western Europe around A.D. 1100 by way of Spain from North Africa.  It is uncertain how the dulcimer transplanted into western Europe.  The hammered dulcimer once flourished in this country, but by 1930, it was nearly extinct.  It was brought to North America by early colonist from Europe and grew popular during the 1800�s.  Most were built in homes or small shops. 

Traditional players of today are those who chose to learn this instrument.   Bill Robinson's grandmother Emma Van Fossen and his father Ross Robinson played the hammered dulcimer.  He has carried on the tradition and taught his daughter, Monica, as well. The group Bill Robinson & Friends was established in 1980 with, banjo, bass, fiddle, guitar, hammered dulcimer, and mandolin.  The "Friends" seemed appropriate because, in the beginning, Bill wasn't sure who would be available to play.  Fortunately, he has many musical friends who are willing to fill-in when someone is not available to perform. 

The dulcimer adapts well to all types of music ranging from country to classical, jazz, bluegrass, folk and contemporary.  We include a variety of music in our performances.  The band likes up-tempo tunes, and sometimes you have to strap on your seatbelts when we go into over-drive.  To cool things down a little, we throw in a waltz or two. 

Bill's Friends

Ed Cosner, Fiddle
Dan Hoehn, Mandolin
Merle Lawson, Banjo
Bill Robinson, Hammered Dulcimer
Jill Stargardt, Bass Fiddle & Vocal
Helen Wilson, Vocal
Sterling Wilson, Guitar & Vocal

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