Author: Martin Delabano

Artist, Luthier, Musician, Teacher, Blogger

Voices in the past: Barney Delabano interviewing Otis and Velma Dozier

October 31, 2015

What a week it’s been……..earlier this week I posted my father’s interview with Vivian Louise Aunspaugh and today its an interview with Otis and Velma Dozier who both passed away in 1987 and 88 respectively.  My mother when she found the wire recording of my father’s interview with Miss Aunspaugh also came across an interview my father … More Voices in the past: Barney Delabano interviewing Otis and Velma Dozier

Voices from the past: Barney Delabano interviewing Vivian Louise Aunspaugh

October 29, 2015

My father passed away back in 1997 and there are times I long to hear his voice again.  He was a  wonderful story teller, which is not something I appreciated when he was alive.  Early on when it became clear to him that I was going to follow in his shoes in the arts, he … More Voices from the past: Barney Delabano interviewing Vivian Louise Aunspaugh

Skip James, Mississippi Delta Blues and the shaping of my musical taste

October 28, 2015

Not sure when I got my first record, but I remember who it was by.  After seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show sing, “I want to hold your hand”, I got the first Beatles album and I played it over and over again on my parent’s phonograph until the record’s grooves were worn … More Skip James, Mississippi Delta Blues and the shaping of my musical taste

On getting older

October 17, 2015

Another day older and deeper in debt.  No really, tell me there is more. Today is my birthday.  I was born 58 years ago back in 1957, 13 days after the Soviets launched Sputnik 1 into a low elliptical orbit around the earth. The space race of my youth, seemed to be the perfect metaphor for … More On getting older

On building string instruments and learning new things

September 22, 2015

Some time ago I picked up building string instruments and have built ten or so instruments so far. People are always amazed by my builds but I certainly see them as being the work of a novice.  In another 20 years I might even become half way decent at it. I have collected string instruments … More On building string instruments and learning new things

Studio Dogs

September 11, 2015

My wife and I have always had dogs as part of our family.  After Jill goes to bed, the dogs will follow me into the studio.  Tonight I’m in the studio and it’s 11:35 pm.  My studio seems to have an empty air about it now that all the artwork has been taken to the … More Studio Dogs

Portrait of Papa, Charles T. Bowling, and Otis Dozier

August 19, 2015

Portrait of Papa Hands down one of my all time favorite paintings and it happens to be by my Father.  It’s his painting of his “Papa”.  At one point the painting reminded me of Andrew Wyeth’s “That Gentleman,” also in the Dallas Museum of Art’s collection.  My father would have scoffed at that notion but … More Portrait of Papa, Charles T. Bowling, and Otis Dozier

It’s like having an old friend suddenly show up

July 26, 2015

I’ve been updating my website here recently and having been googling my name seeing what pops up.  Today I came across a video posted on YouTube by Texas A&M’s J. Wayne Stark Galleries about my piece “Walking Man” that they have in their collection.  It’s a delightful video where Amanda Cagle speaks at length and … More It’s like having an old friend suddenly show up