Episode #042: The Multifaceted Bonnie Carol and Max Krimmel
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Meet Bonnie Carol and Max Krimmel, multi-instrumentalists and the builders of the well-known and loved Bonnie Carol Dulcimers.
Guests:
Bonnie Carol
Max Krimmel
Music:
• Red Haired Boy from Fingerdances for Dulcimer (1980)
• Santa Ana’s Retreat from Fingerdances for Dulcimer (1980)
• Don’t Smoke that Dish - Rag (Track 1) from Zubenelgenubi (Max Krimmel)
• The Cuckoo from Fingerdances for Dulcimer (1980)
• The Tree Song from Fingerdances for Dulcimer (1980)
• Danzón Medley: Juarez/El Chupón from Celtic Caribe (2010)
• Nhemamusasa
• Joellen from Fingerdances for Dulcimer (1980)
Website Resource Links:
Bonnie Carol's website
Max Krimmel's website
You can hear more from Bonnie in Episode 32
Photos
Zubenelgenubi
Building a finish
Bending sides
Leveling a fingerboard
Bonnie and Max performing in the late 1970s
Bonnie with dulcimers she built
Max with a guitar he built in their workshop in Wallstreet, CO
Bass marimba Max built
Bonnie and Max with filmmakers Patricia Delich and Wayne Jiang (2011)