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Stream of Time is our newest recording, again featuring mountain and hammered dulcimer, autoharp, guitar, mandolin, banjomer, banjo, fiddle, piano concertina, and bass combined with our unique vocal blend. Titles include: “Cheerful Songs”, “The Greatest Gift", “Llegada”, “May My Heart Find Rest in Thee”, “Sow It on the Mountain", “I'll Not Be a Stranger”, “Spirit Song”, “Old Gospel Ship”, “Gently Down the Stream of Time”, “When I Get Home”, “Never Grow Old”, and 9 more. Available in CD only. Order form . Sound Clips for all songs are available at CD-Baby.

Relatively Serious again features mountain and hammered dulcimer, autoharp, guitar, mandolin, banjomer, banjo, fiddle, concertina, and bass combined with plenty of 4-part vocal harmony. The material ranges from traditional material to contemporary and original compositions. Titles include: “Love Beyond”, “Mermaid of Ontario, “Mercer Island”, “Clarinet Polka”, “Greencastle Medley, “Highlands of Heaven”, “Sunshine in the Shadows”, “Going Down to Cairo”, “My Old Home on the Green Mountain Side”, “High Atmosphere”, “Greenleaf Fancy”, and 8 more. Available in CD only. Order form . Sound Clips for all songs are available at CD-Baby.

Handful of Songs, the Doofs second CD release, is another collection of old time and sentimental songs and tunes featuring mountain and hammered dulcimer, autoharp, guitar, banjo, and lots of vocals. The 17 selections include "Bye and Bye", "Cheat River", "Fishin’ Blues", "Fine as Fine Can Be", "Who’ll Rock the Cradle", "Alpine Medley", "Friend for Life", "Hick’s Farewell", "I Will", "Rustic Dance", "Who Will Sing for Me", "If I Could Be the Rain", "Little Birdie", "Loch Tay Boat Song", "Sweet Dreams", "Simply Fly", and "Handful of Songs". Running time is just over 62 minutes. Available in CD or Cassette. Order Form . Sound Clips for all songs are available at CD-Baby.

What Did We Leave Behind? is the first recording of all four Doofs and is the result of a friendship that has grown around a mutual love for old time tunes, traditional and sentimental songs. Accompanying the vocal harmonies are guitar, banjo, mountain & hammered dulcimer, autoharp, acoustic bass, concertina and percussion egg. Titles include: "Silver & Gold Two-Step", "I Think of You", "You Are My Flower", "Fair & Tender Ladies", "Maple Sugar", "New Harmony", "Jubilee", "Pinedale/Nancy's", "Remember Me", "Elisabeth's Waltz" plus 10 more for a 70 minute recording! Available on CD only. Order Form. Sound clips for all songs are available at CD-Baby.

Wood Stoves and Bread Loaves is John & Heidi's first duet recording . Like "warm clothes and bread loaves and a fire in the wood stove", these songs and tunes are some of their favorites. Each one "brings back a face or a place that they've been"; they do "love the old songs the best". The selections include 10 instrumentals and 10 vocals. Most are traditional, a few are contemporary, and one is an original composition. All feature a variety of acoustic instruments. The 20 selections include Rose of My Heart, I Know That My Redeemer Lives, Hold Fast to the Right, He Leadeth Me, Angelina Baker, Knole Park, Wood Stoves & Bread Loaves, Köbeli-Walzer, The Prettiest Flowers Will Be Blooming, Peeler Creek, Weggiser Lied, Shepherd's Wife, A Mothers Last Words To Her Daughter, Old Grey Cat, Will You Love Me When I'm Old, Valley Center, Big Eyed Rabbit, The Clayhole, Black Bottom Strut, Slumber My Darling. Listen to sound clips and/or order this directly from John & Heidi. Sound clips are also available at CD Baby.

Winter's Turning is a relaxing selection of family favorites along with songs John & Heidi wanted to share. Ten are instrumental and 10 have vocals. The 20 tunes include: Winter's Turning, Old Log Cabin For Sale, Bunessan, The Unclouded Day, Luegid vo Berg und Tal, Angry Words, The Crow in the Sun, Eastbound Train, Italian Waltz, Featherbed, Beautiful Isle, Where No One Stands Alone, Bin chlinne Fochsli, Breton Fisherman's Prayer, Isle de Madeleine, I See the Moon, In the Bleak Midwinter, A Prayer, The Home of the Soul, Sleep Baby Sleep. Listen to sound clips and/or order this directly from John & Heidi. Sound clips are also available at CD Baby.

Snowbirds features Neal & Coleen playing and singing the kind of material they would be likely to play in your living room at a house concert or at one of the many dulcimer or autoharp gatherings they've managed to attend as they hone their "snowbirding" skills in retirement. The 20 tunes include Elk River Blues/Pear Tree, Back Roads, Police Dog Blues, Jack's Waltz, I Remember Loving You, Could I Have this Dance?, Sitting on Top of the World, Aloha Oe, No Telling, Doof's Moan, Tennessee Blues, Snowbird, Mountain Ivory, Just a Little While to Stay Here, Kathy's Ann Arbor Waltz, She Lived Down by the Firehouse, Cornflower Blues, Sister Kate, In My Life, and Homesick for Heaven. Don't let the cover fool you, this is HOT stuff! Order directly from Neal & Coleen. Sound Clips for all songs are available at CD-Baby.

My Pathway Leads to Pennsylvania again features Neal & Coleen playing and singing just like it would sound in your living room but with fewer mistakes! The 19 tunes include Carter's Blues, Georgia Buck, Golden Years, Gulf Coast Highway, Sundown, Late in the Day, Curtains of Night, Meaning of Home, Shoe Heels Crackin' on the Floor, My Pathway Leads to Pennsylvania, The Whole World Round, Too Old to Die Young, Pack Up Your Sorrows, Saving Me a Place, The Metro Song, Come By the Hills, Golden River, and Family Reunion. Order directly from Neal and Coleen. Sound Clips for all songs will be available soon at CD-Baby.

Although Neal & Coleen have been involved in the recording business in one way or another for almost 30 years, it is only over the past six years that they have actively sought to record other musicians. This Sampler is a selection of one tune from the major projects they'v erecorded in Basement Studios. If you enjoy one or more of these cuts, be sure to contact the artist and order their CD. Tell them that we sent you! Artists featured include: Pop's Orchestra, Patsy Stoneman, Doofus, The Stewarts, Ivan Stiles, The Langley's, Dick Ward, Ginny Mannina, Katseye, Adam Miller, Mill Run Dulcimer Band, Mike Fenton & June Maugery, The New Southern Cowtipppers, Sam Stone, Eileen Kozloff, Deb Justice & Rachel Sprinkle, Karla Armstrong, and Neal & Coleen Walters. Order directly from Neal & Coleen.

30 Old Time Songs & Tunes is a book available with tablature for Mountain Dulcimer (unfortunately now out of stock) or Chorded for Autoharp. There is a companion cassette tape available - good for listening and not just intended to be a teaching tape. We also now have an enhanced CD that contains all the audio files from the cassette as well as printable PDF files of both the dulcimer and autoharp books. Each selection is printed in each book in two keys - mostly D and F - one being more dulcimer friendly and the other being more autoharp friendly. Titles include "Kiowa Special", "The Water is Wide", "Oklahoma Waltz", "Sail Away Ladies", "Ginny Get Around", "Jack Wilson", "Goin' to the West", "Green Green Rocky Road", "Across the Blue Mountains" and many more! Order Form. Sound Clips: Jack of Diamonds , John Brown's March , Coleman's March

Occasional #1 - 18 Traditional Songs & Tunes for Mountain Dulcimer includes titles such as "Calico", "Sandy River Belle", "Spotted Pony", "The Blackest Crow", "The End of the Lane" and "Sugar Baby". Order Form.

Occasional #3 - 18 Waltzes and Old Time Songs in 3/4 Time for Mountain Dulcimer includes titles such as "Come Dearest", "Far Away in Australia", "Kansas Waltz", "Peekaboo Waltz", "Pretty Saro", and "Boulavogue". Order Form.

Occasional #4 - 18 Favorite Waltzes for Autoharp includes titles such as "Country Waltz", "La Llorona", "My Own Home", "Tombigbee", "The White Rose", "Peeler Creek", "Cabri Waltz" and "Shepherd's Wife". Order Form.

Cheat River Waltz - original tune arranged for 3 and 4-string mountain dulcimer, guitar, bass, fiddle, autoharp, and hammered dulcimer. Order Form .

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