This is the first part of a two-part interview with America Patton & David Duncan regarding the life, philosophy, and music of Rufus Harley.

Tune into this episode to hear some of Rufus' bagpipe music, some of his singing, and some of his saxophone work as well - and to hear some lovely insights from his son, America and what I think we can safely call his, "artistic heir," David Duncan.

LINKS:

Learn more about Rufus and the Rufus Harley foundation by following America: https://www.facebook.com/america.patton.52

and by following Rufus' daughter Noah Harmony: https://www.facebook.com/noahharmony.harley/

and by following David, too: https://www.instagram.com/jazz.bagpipes/

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And Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/droning.on.podcast/

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You can write-in to the show with comments, ideas, requests, etc. at TheDroningOnPodcast@gmail.com

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And now, some keywords:

Bagpipes, bagpipe, bag, pipe, pipes, pipe, band, pipeband, Scottish, small, drone, droning, chanter, highland, lowland, uilleann, smallpipes, trad music, jazz, jazz bagpipes

Sam Vogt plays a mean whistle - but that's not all! A skilled guitarist, a capable collaborator, and a delightful conversationalist (and much more, of course).

Tune into this episode to hear Sam tell us the story of how he once, "made (him)self a flute and then realized... "oh... I don't know how to play this...""

Check out Sam's music on BandCamp: https://samvogt.bandcamp.com/album/whistle-tunes

And on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samvogtmusic/

And congrats to Carol for winning the album! I'll get that to you ASAP, thanks so much for your support!

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We're on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DroningOnPodcast

And Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/droning.on.podcast/

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You can write-in to the show with comments, ideas, requests, etc. at TheDroningOnPodcast@gmail.com

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Support the show via Patreon (patreon.com/DroningOnPodcast), or by buying cool stuff at BagpipeSWAG.com

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And now, some keywords:

Whistle, penny, pennywhistle, tin, tinwhistle, irish, folk, trad, session, music, musician

This is kind of messy, friends, but here's the TLDR:

• I would love to hear an audio snapshot of "your journey" toward a competition, recording, composition, performance, etc
• Use this as a model (of what to do or of what not to do) and record yourself prepping for a gig, writing a tune, etc and send it in to be featured on a future episode
• Also, I'm launching Verdant Musical Instruments (in future I'll update these notes so there'll be a link right here) starting with pennywhistles in A, Bb, C, D, and Eb
  • Verdant will benefit Peace Through Music International
    • Here's the episode where PTMI's founder, Liz, came on the show: Ep. #82
    • Here's their website: https://www.peacethroughmusicinternational.org/
    • Here's the album we made to benefit PTMI when we hit 100 episodes: Ep #112

Tune into this episode to hear a whole lot of rambling and the summary of six months' dreams come puttering to a non-conclusion...

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We're on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DroningOnPodcast

And Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/droning.on.podcast/

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You can write-in to the show with comments, ideas, requests, etc. at TheDroningOnPodcast@gmail.com

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Support the show via Patreon (patreon.com/DroningOnPodcast), or by buying cool stuff at BagpipeSWAG.com

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And now, some keywords:

Bagpipes, bagpipe, bag, pipe, pipes, pipe, band, pipeband, Scottish, small, drone, droning, chanter, highland