Album Notes

Neal Walters has been playing and performing for more than 30 years. He loves to sing and typically accompanies himself on the mountain dulcimer, guitar and autoharp but he also plays fiddle, banjo, mandolin, and bass. He was a member of the Mill Run Dulcimer Band for over 20 years and recorded eight albums with that band. Currently he is a member of Doofus joining his wife, Coleen, and Connecticut residents John and Heidi Cerrigione. Doofus has released four albums. Neal and Heidi have also collaborated on a repertoire book for dulcimer and autoharp called 30 Old Time Songs and Tunes which features a companion cassette tape, as well as a number of repertoire books in their "occasional" series.

Neal is also the editor of Music Hound Folk: the Essential Album Guide to Folk Music, published by Visible Ink Press, which is currently in its second printing. He is an experienced teacher who has taught dulcimer, autoharp, banjo and guitar for nearly twenty years in and around Washington and at camps and festivals like Boone, Augusta, Kentucky Music Week, Black Swamp, Autumn Hills, Cranberry, String-A-Long, Housatonic, Dulcimer Daze, Swannanoa and others.

Coleen Walters is a nationally known artist in her own right. She has been a quilter for over 30 years and was most recently a member of Fiberworks, a cooperative studio located at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, VA. Her teaching credits include the International Quilt Festival, Quilt Surface Design Symposium, NQA Annual Shows, and Quilter's Heritage Celebration, as well as numerous guilds and stores. Her work has been featured in several national quilt magazines and her quilts and clothing have been in exhibits in many states and countries. She plays bass and sings harmony.

Neal and Coleen recently released "Snowbirds", their first album as a couple.