Well, like so many others in these hard times, Debby is postponing retirement
for at least two years, and is now available for work full-time. (For
a list of some of the major camps and festivals that have hired Debby
in the past, please see the bottom of this page.)
Debby will be having two new hips done this winter and
will not be able to take any work from Oct 15, 2011 to May 1, 2012.
But watch out for bionic woman after that!
Debby is now hosting a strickly old-time jam the 2nd Sunday of the month
at the Monte Vista Inn (at the Dutch Flat exit off of Highway 80.) Sunday
from 1-4pm. Phone# is 530 389-2333. Starting in Oct. 2011 it
will be the THIRD sunday, not the second.
NEW: Debby has
two vintage banjos for sale, a 1917 Bacon Grand Concert and a 1890s
Washburn Presentation, only serious buyers to respond. Please
see additional details on this page below the tour dates.
2012
July 5-8:
The North Wales Bluegrass Festival at Conwy
July 12: The
Black Swan Folk Club, York
Aug 3-10: Sidmouth
Folk Festival, Devon Debby will be a part of the official festival for
at least two days, but there the whole week to session, busk on the
Esplanade, and eat cream teas
Aug 21-23: Whitby
Folk Festival North Yorkshire including an Americana night on Tuesday
Sept 15: The
Crabshell Inn Kingsbridge South Devon a great gig in a great pub in
a great town
Camps & Festivals
Some of the major camps and festivals that have hired Debby in the past :
Camps:
Banjo Camps:
Maryland Banjo Academy (near Wash DC)
Banjo Camp North (Boston area)
American Banjo Camp (Seattle area)
General Folk and Old-time Camps:
Augusta Heritage (Elkins, WV)
Ashokan Fiddle and Dance (Woodstock, NY)
John C Campbell Folk School (NC)
CDSS Pinewoods Camp (Cape Cod)
Manitoba Camp, Canada
American River Camp (California)
Friends of American Old-Time Music and Dance (England)
Folk Festivals:
Great Britain: Cambridge, Sidmouth, Celtic Connections,
Fylde, Brampton Live, North Wales Bluegrass, etc
Canada: Vancouver, Edmunton, Winnipeg, Mariposa, Toronto, etc
USA: Philadelphia, Old Songs, NY, Old Dominion (VA), Champlain Valley,
Santa Rosa, LA Summer Solstice, etc.
2 banjos for sale:
I am selling two vintage banjos; please only serious inquiries, as they
are valuable:
1917 Bacon Grand Concert: #2081 pot -11inches wooden Bacon semi-resonator
with metal insert 24 brackets fiberskin head totally gorgeous marketry
inlay on sides and binding of pot 20 "F' holes pot and neck flame grain
maple with dark wood inlay on back of neck (26" with 22 frets) abalone
tree of life inlay on peghead various inlays up the neck large leaf
inlay on heel neck refretted and reset by Music Emporium of MA geared
1980s tuner (I also have the original tuners) My main professional
instrument for over 30 years really spectacular old hardshell case RR
spikes at frets 5,6,7,8
1890s Washburn Presentation: presented to the White Chapel Club
of Chicago, a group of Edgar Allen Poe entusiasts raven with quill in
beak abalone inlay on peghead dot, flower, and geometric inlays on neck
skulls and crossbones etched in between each pot braket #387 brass over
metal and wooden pot 11 inch with plastic head 24 brackets newer geared
tuners 23" neck with 19 frets a real unigue gem set up and neck reset
by Bob Smakula RR spikes at 5 and 7 fret older case
I also have a LG1 1960s sweet Gibson guitar, with sunburst.
Not strong enough for oldtime, but perfect for folk or fingerpicking.
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