Big Top Jig from Way Up North: Tom Draughon

Tom Draughon

Tom Draughon has written & performed music for more than half a century, on his own, on all kinds of stringed and keyboard instruments, and as part of a wide variety of groups, including Wild OatsSecond WindIndian SummerTake 3TrueGrass Trio, and Duck for the Oyster. and as part of the Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua. Tom's palate for music spans all kinds of folk, bluegrass, classical, world music, and more. His found home is Ashland, far-north Wisconsin.

Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Baptist, Transcendental Meditation, Eastern, New Age, Unitarian Universalist, Non-affiliated

All featured music is written by Tom Draughon & performed by Tom & the groups listed below:

Solstice - from Second Wind

Big Top Jig - from Way Up North

Without You - from & with Indian Summer

Back to that Time - from & with Indian Summer

The Cuckoo/Maple Leaf - from & with Take 3

All the Time - from & with Take 3

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SOS-000628

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Big Top Jig from Way Up North: Tom Draughon

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Full, uncut interview with Tom Draughon

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History & importance of the banjolele!
Tom talks about his early environmental activism.
A bit of the history and wonderfulness that is the Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua.
Tom got a lot of music from his family, but what are they doing now?
Tom is really being hit by the aging and passing of the musical greats of his lifetime.

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