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Soundscapes of the People: A Musical Ethnography of Pueblo, Colorado
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Ed and Janet Lynch Interview August 12, 2022
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Ed and Janet Lynch Interview August 12, 2022
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2022-08-12
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1 online resource (1 video file, 1 hour, 39 min., 45 sec.)
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For access to the recordings on YouTube contact the University of Colorado Boulder American Music Research Center.
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Abstract:
Ed is a Pueblo-based instrument maker whose creative instruments have been used by various local and national musicians. He and his wife Janet talk about their family and the special creative spirit of Pueblo and show us the instruments in their wood shop, including many innovative creations.
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Ed is a Pueblo-based instrument maker whose creative instruments have been used by various local and national musicians. He and his wife Janet talk about their family and the special creative spirit of Pueblo and show us the instruments in their wood shop, including many innovative creations.
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00:00:00 Dr. Xóchitl Chávez introduces himself and mentions the location of the interview at interviewee Ed Lynch’s home. Xóchitl asks the other interviewer, Lydia Wagenknecht to introduce herself. Xóchitl and Ed discuss the music he heard at home as a child, including his brothers' rock & roll albums and his parents' jazz and Greek albums. He describes his early teaching career and what brought him to open a woodworking business, including experiences of building musical instruments as a teenager. Once his son started playing music, he experimented more with instrument making in order to build instruments for his son. Additional topics include: The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, industrial arts, banjo, drums, bass, jam block, 1960s--rock & roll, 1970s--rock & roll, Greek diaspora, woodworking, instrument making. 00:08:50 Xóchitl asks Ed if there is a specific type of wood used for instruments. Ed talks about how different woods make different sounds and how he experiments with these different timbres in his instrument making. Much of his traditional instrument-making was drawn from a book on banjo playing and making called Earl Scruggs and the 5-String Banjo. Additional topics include: walnut wood, maple wood, Brazilian rosewood, Earl Scruggs and the 5-String Banjo, instrument making, woodworking. 00:11:39 Lydia asks Ed if there were any people that helped them out when starting this process. Ed mentions the mentorship of his high school shop-class teacher, Charlie Osterfoss. Additional topics include: woodshop class, Charlie Osterfoss, education--high school, woodworking, metalworking. 00:12:51 Xóchitl has another technical question regarding access to resources. Ed talks about environmental considerations related to access to wood for instrument-making. Additional topics include: Brazilian rosewood, environmentalism, instrument-making. 00:15:06 Xóchitl asks, “How do you find the wood's voice, like, what is your process?” Ed describes his experimentation in finding the correct timbre of the wood used in his instrument-making. He sources most of his wood from a company in Denver, but sometimes from dead trees found locally. Additional topics include: cottonwood tree, maplewood, instrument-making. 00:17:55 Xóchitl asks Ed to expand about how his family was involved in the process. Ed talks about the support of his wife, Janet, and his children in assisting his instrument-making business and offering moral and emotional support. Inspired by his daughters, he started making unique instruments for his children' 7th and 8th birthdays. His children sometimes helped with instrument-making and even made their own instruments as teenagers. Additional topics include: electric guitar, Destination Imagination, drums, family traditions, instrument-making. 00:27:06 Xóchitl mentions that it's really nice to hear about intergenerational relationships. Ed talks about the emotional and educational power of music. Additional topics include: music education. 00:28:57 Lydia asks, “Are there specific musicians in the greater community that you've worked with?” Ed talks about showing his instruments to Kevin Prosch, whose music he had heard on an album. Additional topics include: Kevin Prosch, Christian music. 00:33:21 Xóchitl asks, “Who have you built instruments for in addition to your children?” Ed describes how his experience making instruments for Kevin Prosch led to his interest in experimenting further with instrument woods, shapes, and construction processes. Additional topics include: Kevin Prosch, instrument-making. 00:38:23 Xóchitl asks if there is a Pueblo-type instrument that he thought was iconic to the location. Ed once made a "chile pepper guitar" in the shape of a Pueblo chile for Carl Musso that is played every year at the Chile and Frijoles Festival. Additional topics include: Carl Musso, chile pepper guitar, Chile and Frijoles Festival, Pueblo chile. 00:39:52 Ed takes the group to his instrument wood shop to show some of his creations. He starts with "wood-bells," pitched-woodblocks hit with a mallet. Additional topics include: wood-bells, instrument-making, woodworking. 00:44:06 Ed mentions most of the stuff is simpler, like a "slide bass." Ed demonstrates the electric "slide bass," made to accompany a 3-piece bagpipe band. 00:47:44 Xóchitl says Ed keeps mentioning "the boys," and asks about his children and their friends. Janet Lynch responds “Yes, so many people. So, our house was, like, always a place where a lot of the kids came.” Janet talks about jam sessions and house concerts put on by her children and their friends, including many local artists and groups. Additional topics include: Stefan Findley, Nordista Freeze, Glass Heart String Choir, Aavalajn Wiggins, Sarah Findley, The Undercover Heart, Pueblo--live music. 00:52:36 Xóchitl asks Ed if he can show them the "jammer." Ed demonstrates the "jammer" guitar, built for his wife Janet. It's four strings are tuned to open fifths. 00:54:15 Ed shows the instruments he constructed for his childrens' birthdays, including the "Karendola," the "Amandamer," the "Bamandolin," and a humidity-resistant guitar. 01:02:03 Xóchitl asks Ed if he made instruments for other people and shipped them out to places like California and Australia. Ed talks about instruments he made and shipped out to instruments nationally and internationally. Additional topics include: Gary Lunn, bass, Amy Grant, Dolly Parton, instrument-making, marquetry, Christian music. 01:06:02 Xóchitl asks if the theme of faith is a part of his music. Janet and Ed talk about the influence of their Christian faith as an inspiration for his instrument-making. Additional topics include: The Holy Spirit, Derrick Horne, Christian music, Gospel music. 01:10:18 Ed introduces another instrument and mentions that it is cottonwood and it looks like shimmering water. Ed shows a bass made from local cottonwood, meant to transition between fretted and un-fretted playing. 01:14:30 Ed demonstrates the "huggurdy harp" inspired by the hurdy-gurdy and harp pedals. It is color-coded by musical mode, for ease of playing by those not well-versed in Western music theory. 01:20:36 Ed demonstrates a guitar he made for Jason Wilson, a local Pueblo artist. Additional topics include: acoustic guitar, Jason Wilson, Sitka Sprucewood, Spalted Maplewood, instrument-making. 01:24:47 Xóchitl asks what the process is like for that particular wooden instrument. Ed talks about his use of recycled wood or discarded wood found on the side of the road. Additional topics include: Spruce wood, Covid, instrument-making. 01:30:18 Ed mentions that he prefers to use local wood to connect to the ecology of Pueblo. Janet talks about what is so special about Pueblo's music scene and generous creative spirit. Additional topics include: Pueblo Riverwalk, Steel City Band, Pueblo--live music, Pueblo--community life. End of recording.
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00:00:00 Dr. Xóchitl Chávez introduces himself and mentions the location of the interview at interviewee Ed Lynch’s home. Xóchitl asks the other interviewer, Lydia Wagenknecht to introduce herself. Xóchitl and Ed discuss the music he heard at home as a child, including his brothers' rock & roll albums and his parents' jazz and Greek albums. He describes his early teaching career and what brought him to open a woodworking business, including experiences of building musical instruments as a teenager. Once his son started playing music, he experimented more with instrument making in order to build instruments for his son. Additional topics include: The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, industrial arts, banjo, drums, bass, jam block, 1960s--rock & roll, 1970s--rock & roll, Greek diaspora, woodworking, instrument making. 00:08:50 Xóchitl asks Ed if there is a specific type of wood used for instruments. Ed talks about how different woods make different sounds and how he experiments with these different timbres in his instrument making. Much of his traditional instrument-making was drawn from a book on banjo playing and making called Earl Scruggs and the 5-String Banjo. Additional topics include: walnut wood, maple wood, Brazilian rosewood, Earl Scruggs and the 5-String Banjo, instrument making, woodworking. 00:11:39 Lydia asks Ed if there were any people that helped them out when starting this process. Ed mentions the mentorship of his high school shop-class teacher, Charlie Osterfoss. Additional topics include: woodshop class, Charlie Osterfoss, education--high school, woodworking, metalworking. 00:12:51 Xóchitl has another technical question regarding access to resources. Ed talks about environmental considerations related to access to wood for instrument-making. Additional topics include: Brazilian rosewood, environmentalism, instrument-making. 00:15:06 Xóchitl asks, “How do you find the wood's voice, like, what is your process?” Ed describes his experimentation in finding the correct timbre of the wood used in his instrument-making. He sources most of his wood from a company in Denver, but sometimes from dead trees found locally. Additional topics include: cottonwood tree, maplewood, instrument-making. 00:17:55 Xóchitl asks Ed to expand about how his family was involved in the process. Ed talks about the support of his wife, Janet, and his children in assisting his instrument-making business and offering moral and emotional support. Inspired by his daughters, he started making unique instruments for his children' 7th and 8th birthdays. His children sometimes helped with instrument-making and even made their own instruments as teenagers. Additional topics include: electric guitar, Destination Imagination, drums, family traditions, instrument-making. 00:27:06 Xóchitl mentions that it's really nice to hear about intergenerational relationships. Ed talks about the emotional and educational power of music. Additional topics include: music education. 00:28:57 Lydia asks, “Are there specific musicians in the greater community that you've worked with?” Ed talks about showing his instruments to Kevin Prosch, whose music he had heard on an album. Additional topics include: Kevin Prosch, Christian music. 00:33:21 Xóchitl asks, “Who have you built instruments for in addition to your children?” Ed describes how his experience making instruments for Kevin Prosch led to his interest in experimenting further with instrument woods, shapes, and construction processes. Additional topics include: Kevin Prosch, instrument-making. 00:38:23 Xóchitl asks if there is a Pueblo-type instrument that he thought was iconic to the location. Ed once made a "chile pepper guitar" in the shape of a Pueblo chile for Carl Musso that is played every year at the Chile and Frijoles Festival. Additional topics include: Carl Musso, chile pepper guitar, Chile and Frijoles Festival, Pueblo chile. 00:39:52 Ed takes the group to his instrument wood shop to show some of his creations. He starts with "wood-bells," pitched-woodblocks hit with a mallet. Additional topics include: wood-bells, instrument-making, woodworking. 00:44:06 Ed mentions most of the stuff is simpler, like a "slide bass." Ed demonstrates the electric "slide bass," made to accompany a 3-piece bagpipe band. 00:47:44 Xóchitl says Ed keeps mentioning "the boys," and asks about his children and their friends. Janet Lynch responds “Yes, so many people. So, our house was, like, always a place where a lot of the kids came.” Janet talks about jam sessions and house concerts put on by her children and their friends, including many local artists and groups. Additional topics include: Stefan Findley, Nordista Freeze, Glass Heart String Choir, Aavalajn Wiggins, Sarah Findley, The Undercover Heart, Pueblo--live music. 00:52:36 Xóchitl asks Ed if he can show them the "jammer." Ed demonstrates the "jammer" guitar, built for his wife Janet. It's four strings are tuned to open fifths. 00:54:15 Ed shows the instruments he constructed for his childrens' birthdays, including the "Karendola," the "Amandamer," the "Bamandolin," and a humidity-resistant guitar. 01:02:03 Xóchitl asks Ed if he made instruments for other people and shipped them out to places like California and Australia. Ed talks about instruments he made and shipped out to instruments nationally and internationally. Additional topics include: Gary Lunn, bass, Amy Grant, Dolly Parton, instrument-making, marquetry, Christian music. 01:06:02 Xóchitl asks if the theme of faith is a part of his music. Janet and Ed talk about the influence of their Christian faith as an inspiration for his instrument-making. Additional topics include: The Holy Spirit, Derrick Horne, Christian music, Gospel music. 01:10:18 Ed introduces another instrument and mentions that it is cottonwood and it looks like shimmering water. Ed shows a bass made from local cottonwood, meant to transition between fretted and un-fretted playing. 01:14:30 Ed demonstrates the "huggurdy harp" inspired by the hurdy-gurdy and harp pedals. It is color-coded by musical mode, for ease of playing by those not well-versed in Western music theory. 01:20:36 Ed demonstrates a guitar he made for Jason Wilson, a local Pueblo artist. Additional topics include: acoustic guitar, Jason Wilson, Sitka Sprucewood, Spalted Maplewood, instrument-making. 01:24:47 Xóchitl asks what the process is like for that particular wooden instrument. Ed talks about his use of recycled wood or discarded wood found on the side of the road. Additional topics include: Spruce wood, Covid, instrument-making. 01:30:18 Ed mentions that he prefers to use local wood to connect to the ecology of Pueblo. Janet talks about what is so special about Pueblo's music scene and generous creative spirit. Additional topics include: Pueblo Riverwalk, Steel City Band, Pueblo--live music, Pueblo--community life. End of recording.
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Collection is a collaboration between the American Music Research Center (AMRC) and the Colorado State University Pueblo Foundation. For more information contact the AMRC.
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