Episode 77: Longtime Listener, First-time Caller
Summary: <p>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.</p> <p>Topics include:</p> <ul> <li>How we first met Jeff</li> <li>The influence Jeff's parents had on his musicianship</li> <li>Jeff's talent for playing songs he's never heard before</li> <li>What music we're listening to in our cars right now</li> <li>What bands would we like to play in given the opportunity</li> <li>Sight-reading or play by ear?</li> <li>Audience members trying to insert themselve into your gig</li> <li>How did Jeff choose fiddle as an instrument?</li> <li>The importance of teaching music to kids</li> <li>Challenges in teaching music remotely during the pandemic</li> <li>Current Blaggards projects in rehearsal and the recording studio</li> <li>The value of arrangement skills (including praise for our original fiddler Turi Hoiseth)</li> </ul> <p>Watch on YouTube:<br> <a href="https://youtu.be/WOW-TDCtx2U" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/WOW-TDCtx2U</a></p> <h2>Show notes</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://echdrumlessons.com" rel="nofollow">Drum lessons with Eric C. Hughes</a></li> </ul> <h3>Join us in IRELAND Fall 2021</h3> <ul> <li> <a href="https://blaggards.com/ireland/" rel="nofollow">Ireland 2021</a> — Sign up to learn more about our next Ireland tour</li> </ul> <h3>Show dates</h3> <ul> <li> <a href="https://blaggards.com/shows/" rel="nofollow">Blaggards.com</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/blaggards/events/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.bandsintown.com/a/3808" rel="nofollow">Bandsintown</a></li> </ul> <h3>Follow us on social media</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/blaggards" rel="nofollow">YouTube</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/blaggards/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/blaggards" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/blaggards/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a></li> </ul> <h3>Become a Patron</h3> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/blaggards" rel="nofollow">Join Blaggards on Patreon</a> for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives.</li> </ul> <h3>Rate us</h3> <ul> <li> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slappercast-a-weekly-talk-show-with-blaggards/id1452061331" rel="nofollow">Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes</a> </li> </ul> <h3>Questions?</h3> <p>If you have questions for a future Q&A episode, </p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/blaggards" rel="nofollow">leave a comment on Patreon</a>, or </li> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/blaggards" rel="nofollow">tweet them to us</a> with the hashtag <strong>#slappercast</strong>.</li> </ul><p>Special Guest: Jeff Duncan.</p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/blaggards" rel="payment">Support SlapperCast</a></p>
