Links from Joe
Collins
Links from Joe
Collins
Index
(click to go to link category of interest)
Businesses that carry Joe's products
Other players/builders influencing Joe
Foothills Dulcimer Club of Shelby, NC is my home club. This site has our meeting times and places listed. If you're in the area, I hope you'll drop in on us or join us!
The Art of Sound: Foot o' the hills music festival - a regional musical festival in Shelby on October 21, 2006. Two dulcimer performances and a beginner's clinic included. Come on out for a great day!
Sweetwater Folk - an Internet Radio Station where you can hear dulcimer players from all over the country all day long. Great station!
Dulcimer Players News, one of the best sources of information for both mountain and hammer dulcimer enthusiasts.
North Georgia Foothills Dulcimer Association is a great organization of which I am a member. A monthly newsletter and a couple of events make the membership well worth the cost if you live in the Southeast.
Dulcimer Players Workshop at Western Carolina University. Formerly held in Boone at Appalachian State University, this is a premiere dulcimer workshop that I have been attending for the past decade. Held in June, it is a wonderful time for all. Check it out!
Thistledew Acres. Doug and Lee Felt are the friends of countless dulcimer players, and I count it a privilege to be among those players. They make one of the best soft cases available anywhere for the dulcimer.
Everything Dulcimer.com This is a multipurpose website for dulcimer enthusiasts that contains tons of information and links to dulcimer sites across the Internet. Run by Bruce Ford, it is a remarkable resource.
Businesses that carry Joe's products (Deluxe Dulcimers available only from Joe)
Southwind Dulcimer is located in Owensville, IN. Marilyn, my contact there seems very nice, and their product line is online and diverse. Worth a visit to their site!
Song of the Wood in Black Mountain, NC is a wonderful little shop with recordings, books and fine instruments by Jerry Smith.
McSpadden Instruments is well-known for its fine instruments, its great support of musicians, and its friendly people. Located in Mountain View, Arkansas, they have a great shop to visit if you're in the area.
Pigeon River String Instruments is a neat little shop up in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee who carry my books and recordings. Really nice people!
Prussia Valley Dulcimers is run by Gary and Toni Sager in southern Ohio. Gary has a great line of dulcimers and a wide selection of books and recordings. He also makes one of the finest baritone dulcimers I've ever played.
Missigman Music is run by Donna Missigman and her husband Joe out of Laporte, Pennsylvania. I had the pleasure of meeting them at the Dulcimer Days in Coshocton, Ohio.
Wood
'N Strings Dulcimer Shop in Townsend, TN is run by Mike Clemmer who is a
fine builder of a unique 5-string dulcimer and a great player. I met Mike
at the North Georgia Fall Festival in Helen,
GA and had a great time picking a few Christmas tunes together.
GitterPicker String Factory in Twinsburg, OH is owned and operated by Laura & Steve Radcliff. Steve is a great muscian and runs this wonderful little shop. They provide lessons on all kinds of stringed instruments, including the Mountain Dulcimer. See my friend Brett Ridgeway there to purchase and to learn how to play dulcimer (mountain or hammered).
Other players/builders influencing Joe
Michael Shull, a friend and ensemble partner at the Southern Regionals where we placed 2nd twice. Wonderful gospel music that you can hear samples of on the website. Michael has been to Shelby a couple of times to do workshops.
Lee Rowe is a great player and the 1999 national champion. I became familiar with Lee back around '95. Even then, he was as clean and fast as any flatpicker I had ever heard. He did a workshop for us in Shelby in 2001.
Larry Conger is the 1998 national champion. A great teacher, Larry stays busy teaching several instruments out of his home and at festivals. Several of my students use his books of tab, especially after he did a workshop for us in Shelby, NC (2000).
Steve Seifert is busy doing workshops all over the country. In my opinion, he's one of the best players around in regards to technique and adaptability to different musical genres. Steve was our guest instructor in Shelby in 2002.
Jeff Sebens is a builder from Virginia who also does a great job teaching. He and his wife Patricia are the former proprietors of Meadows Music. I've been impressed with his craftsmanship, his playing, and his work with a growing festival at Winston-Salem, NC in May. There's a link on his site for that festival.
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