Doug Felt
WE MISS YOU, DOUG!
Player, Performer and Entertainer
on Fretted Dulcimer, Penny Whistle and Bodhran
aka .... THE
DEAD TREE TROLL
WE MISS YOU, DOUG!
Doug's Bio
Doug Felt is all about playing music, whether at their festival 'Bag Lady' booth with wife Lee, or under the trees at a campground or onstage performing at a festival. Doug very seldom misses a chance to play music on his mountain dulcimer, pennywhistle or bodhran (if the beat be right). The Felt's have a fun but unique lifestyle. Click here to learn more about them.
Mountain
Dulcimer, 
Irish Pennywhistle &
Bodhran
Doug made his first dulcimer, a
cardboard model, in 1982. Custom made dulcimers soon followed and he has been
playing ever since.
The penny whistle came a
few years later and he received his first bodhran, as a gift, in 1992. He began
teaching pennywhistle workshops in 1990, and presented his first bodhran
workshop in 1994. He was the originator of the Pizza Box Bodhran workshops and
is known sometimes as the instructor for the "Italian Bodhran".
In 1995 he gave his first
fretted dulcimer workshop. He has taught mountain dulcimer, pennywhistle and
bodhran workshops and has performed in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Louisiana, Texas,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida and Alabama. He has enjoyed traveling across
the country entertaining folks with his fretted dulcimer, penny whistle and his
collection of small town stories.
Doug has put workshops behind him, but still enjoys some performing and storytelling.
From the mailbag ...
Dear Doug: I just wanted to tell you how much we enjoyed your music at the dulcimer retreat in White Springs, FL this past weekend. I bought your book there and now I'm ordering your CD. My husband and I are both novice dulcimer players and we look forward to playing along with your songs. Thanks again for your beautiful music!! Wanda ... Lehigh Acres, FL (Fall, 2004)
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Finally... a CD
His
first CD, "A Little of This and A
Little of That", captures Doug's music beautifully as he plays his
favorites. A rousing dulcimer piece may be followed by a 'sweet' whistle
tune.
Doug is joined by friends, Gary Sager and Lee Rowe on several pieces. The
CD is now available at festivals where the Ohio Bag Lady is vendoring or can be ordered from
here.
CD tune list:
End
of the World, Young Jane, Maggie, Southwind, Mississippi Sawyer, Cajun Waltz,
Wild Mountain Thyme, Winds that Shake the Corn,
Wellyn, Suzanna Gal, Celtic Melody, Fiddlers Last Song of the Night,
Crooked Ridge, Down in the Sally Garden,
Boatman, Lee's Song or Magnificient,
and finally, Explanation of song recorded at North Georgia Foothills Dulcimer
Festival by Steve Seifert, 1998.
This CD was produced, recorded, mixed and
mastered by Stephen Seifert, Nashville, TN. 
Cover design by Lee Rowe.
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Doug's CD is available separately or as a set with the companion tablature book.
Click here for a complete order form including all of Thistledew Acres products.
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Contact information: Lee Felt, P. O. Box 134, Marengo, OH 43334-0134
Ph. #419-864-1736 email: click here
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Last updated: December 6, 2017