Episode 77
Longtime Listener, First-time Caller
July 28th, 2020
1 hr 5 mins 47 secs
About this Episode
This week on #SlapperCast, we welcome our longtime fiddler, the incomparable Jeff Duncan! Jeff has been performing and recording with us since 2008, and will be prominently featured on our forthcoming new album.
Topics include:
- How we first met Jeff
- The influence Jeff's parents had on his musicianship
- Jeff's talent for playing songs he's never heard before
- What music we're listening to in our cars right now
- What bands would we like to play in given the opportunity
- Sight-reading or play by ear?
- Audience members trying to insert themselve into your gig
- How did Jeff choose fiddle as an instrument?
- The importance of teaching music to kids
- Challenges in teaching music remotely during the pandemic
- Current Blaggards projects in rehearsal and the recording studio
- The value of arrangement skills (including praise for our original fiddler Turi Hoiseth)
Watch on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/WOW-TDCtx2U
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