Fiddle De Dee

That's Judy playing the fiddle. (She is NOT playing violin; I don't care what it looks like!) The group is called the Mountain Strings and they play folk/bluegrass music. Though primarily a dulcimer group, there are violins, guitars, a bass, a dobro, and sometimes even an autoharp.

Most of the dulcimers as well as the dobro are homemade. A dobro is a type of guitar with a metal resonator. It is usually played in a horizontal position and a metal slide is use to change the notes rather than fingering chords. Jim Hoehl (back row, white shirt) is playing his homemade dobro. Doug Linn is standing in the foreground playing lead guitar and Jack Toritto is standing in the rear playing bass. Next to Judy (back row on left) also playing violin - er - fiddle is Arleen Melamed.