150 - John McCutcheon
in episode 150 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with guitarist and multi-instrumentalist John McCutcheon. In their conversation John talks a little about the Hammered Dulcimer one of the many instruments John plays. He talks about its tuning, its construction, its history and how he moves it around to gigs. John tells us about his new album “A Field of Stars” and the musicians he works with on his albums, Steuart Smith (from the Eagles) and Stuart Duncan and how he encourages them to collaborate. John talks gear including his Huss and Dalton acoustic guitars and the Silvertone guitar he started on. John discusses one of his mentors, Pete Seeger. John describes the instruments he plays and what he would take to a gig. He also talks about the venues he’s playing and his touring and songwriting camp schedule. He also tells us about a musical cruise down the Danube he’s planning for 2026. John tells us about his plans for the future: an album celebrating 100 years since the Bristol sessions apart from the cruise down the Danube. John describes his role in the musicians union and how he made changes to suit the traveling musician. Finally John tells us about his pastimes… taking a 500 mile walk in Europe and baseball, major, minor and little league baseball as well as his family, gardening and bee keeping. You can find out all you want to know about John at his website: folkmusic.com Please subscribe, like, comment, share and review this podcast! #VintageGuitarMagazine #JohnMcCutcheon #AFieldofStars #HussandDalton #steuartsmith #stuartduncan #FolkMusic #SilvertoneGuitar #theDeadlies #haveguitarwilltravelpodcast #hgwt #HGWT . . . .
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