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Yodeling Fun !

I have always enjoyed yodeling. Like most everyone else, I was self taught. I started listening to German yodelers such as Franzl Lang, but naturally picked it up also by listening to Country and Western infused songs by Hank Williams Sr. Cowboy/Country yodeling is slightly different than German and Swiss and Austrian yodel, but not remarkably. They are more similar in most ways, although there is more tempo changes in Germanic yodeling than in cowboy style. Cowboy yodeling or in Country Music, has more sustained falsetto and not quite as much shift between the chest and head voice. Many of Hank Sr's yodel songs include "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" and, of course "Lovesick Blues". Two of my favorites. When I lived on the farm as a teenager , I used to yodel inside the old Silo in the barn. I used to yodel to my horses as well. They never yodeled back. But it was a neat way to get them inside when it was time to feed them. So basically I started yodeling in my mi...

Loudoun Westward

I really enjoyed a beautiful fall weekend in Loudoun County. Friday night I played at Market Street coffee in Purcellville- one of the coziest coffee shops in the region. I love the acoustics. They got some softwood floors which just seem to bring all the sound to life. Its not a big shop, and usually there aren't a whole lot of people. But I have been a regular there for the past 6 years, and its always a pleasure. I have even composed a few tunes in that place- including "Coffee shop Country"-which I dedicate to struggling small time musicians everywhere. The drive around the area was spectacular. I stayed over night so I could get in an early morning show at The Middleburg Community Market in Middleburg- Loudoun County's horse country hot spot. The market was awe inspiring. The fall foliage was just near its peak, and I could see a backdrop of post rail fencing and the bull run mountains. I made a heaping amount of tips- because those Middleburg folks tip like...