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About Tymes Past Music

We believe that preserving old time music is important to our heritage. 'Tymes Past' presents the music gleaned from the immigrants homeland and altered to a unique lifestyle in the Appalachians of the new world in the 1840's to 1920's, the Root Music of America. Carl began playing a mountain dulcimer back in 1979, which introduced him to these lovely old tunes, and he found many of the old songs sounded great on a banjo. He now plays a long-neck banjo in the traditional claw hammer style, as well as the guitar and dulcimer. Betty plays tunes from the 1850's on a three string homemade rhythm bass and a 'plucked psaltery' or harp. We often interact and involve the audience with toe-tapping, old time music through the sharing of rhythm instruments such as washboards, wood clickers, egg shakers or limber jacks. We'll be performing at Oscar Scherer State Park weekly during January, February & March, offering a Sunday morning Worship Service, performing a Wed. evening performance and hosting an Acoustic Music Jam Gathering each Thursday. .