Music in my Life

Here Is a version or "Over The Waterfall "on Terry Bell's 25.5"string length Brawley style banjo (A Civil War style banjo with a shortened neck ) .As you can see this banjo is a lot of fun to play .

As a child I had the great fortune to play conga drums as my parents and their friends discovered the dance rhythms of the Samba, dancing late into the night and so, opened my life up to the joys of playing music. As a teenager I spent my "summer job" playing in rock bands on Cape Cod . What a wonderful way to make some money and meet other kids!

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I found, as my path headed me towards a life in traditional pottery the people I socialized with played all sorts of traditional music. In 1969 I went to North Carolina to work for a short time at Jugtown Pottery. There I was introduced to the music of the likes of Clarence Ashley and more importantly what it meant to make "home made music". In Wales while working in the pottery village of Ewenny I heard the most amazing acapella singing. Later while visiting Weatheriggs Pottery in the Lake District I just fell in love with English folk music and interestingly enough early American Blues .

When I came home from Britain in the early 70's I started playing in square dance bands and what one might call "Bar Bands". In the later 70's I helped my close friend Lui Collens with her first record and found myself hooked on recording . I have made three personal Cds. The first in 1997 was "Music From Wolff Pottery" and in 1999 "Back Porch and Blues": both are out of print at the moment and will be re-released as money allows .

Out And About

"Out And About" is my third c.d. made in 2002 and is a combination of traditional Appalachian, English and rural American Blues.

Song list :

  • Over the Hills and Far Away
  • East Virginia
  • Sally Anne/The Old Plank Road
  • Darcy Farrow
  • Ruben's Train
  • Hazel Dell /The Americans
  • Shady Groves
  • Lovely Joan
  • The Great Silky
  • Belle Rose
  • John Barleycorn
  • Banish Misfortune
  • Come In My Kitchen
  • Burden Made My shoulders Tired
  • The Love Sick Blues
  • They're Red Hot

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Home Recordings

Song list:

  1. Staten Island
  2. Cluck Old Hen
  3. Sally Anne (with Dan Gardella)
  4. My Home's across the blue ridge Mts.
  5. Old Joe Clark
  6. My Dearest Dear
  7. Man of Constant Sorrow
  8. The Blackest Crow
  9. Pretty Little Dog / Gold & Frosty Morn
  10. Soldier's Joy (with Dan Gardella)
  11. Little Sadie
  12. Saucy Sailor Lad
  13. The Dreadnaught
  14. Scarborough Fair
  15. Crazy Man Michael    Richard Thompson
  16. Sweet Home Chicago    Robert Johnson