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!
Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Camp - a long-standing festival featuring some of the best acoustic stringed instrumentalists in the country. The dulcimer made its way into this camp in 2009. It's really a great camp, well organized, and welcoming of all instruments and styles of music. Please consider coming to enjoy the music AND support the dulcimer there!
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.
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.
Businesses
that carry Joe's
products
New Harmony Dulcimer Company
in New Harmony, IN is a business with whom I have a special
relationship. We both sell New Harmony dulcimers made by Rick Gooden of
New Harmony Woodworks and make our stock of those dulcimers to each
other's customers. If you get a chance to visit their shop and spend a
day in their historic, little town, it is worth the trip.
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.
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.
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.
Folkcraft Instruments in Woodburn, IN carries a wide array of dulcimer products including some fine instruments.
Other interesting sites of individual dulcimer performers
Michael Shull, a friend and ensemble partner at the Southern Regionals where we placed 2nd twice. We've spent a lot of time traveling together to dulcimer events. He has wonderful gospel music that you can hear samples of on the website. Michael has been to Shelby a couple of times to do workshops.
Larry
Conger
is the 1998 national champion. A great teacher, Larry stays
busy teaching several instruments out of his home and at
festivals. He and his wife Elaine are popular festival
clinicians, and they oversee the Dulcimer U program at Western Carolina
University.
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.
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