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BanjoTom
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Bluegrass banjoist; Google website developer; retired academic folklorist; developer of the free online KENTUCKY CRAFTS ENCYCLOPEDIA; first Executive Director of International Bluegrass Music Museum... more!
See: https://www.thomasadler.com/
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One of the bands I've been part of here in Lexington, Kentucky. This is from a show in late 2023...
youtu.be/CFApuYnv9TE
City of New Orleans / Somebody's Knockin' — Blue Eagle Band
YouTube video by Tom Adler
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Here's a short (less than 90 seconds!) video trailer for my older brother's forthcoming novel: youtu.be/1xHHwKinwrA
The Duck Springs Defiance: A Novel of the Next Civil War
YouTube video by Tom Adler
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November 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Here's a short (approx. 5 minute!) video promo for my brother Peter S. Adler's forthcoming novel of the next civil war. Check it out on YouTube at:
youtu.be/7aGR8lgAYPo
The Duck Springs Defiance: A Novel of the Next Civil War
YouTube video by Tom Adler
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My brother Peter has a NEW BOOK that will be published in February!
www.peter-adler.com/home/duck-sp...
Peter S. Adler - Duck Springs Defiance
A Tale of Love, Redemption, and Small Town Resistance in the Next Civil War COMING SOON: FEBRUARY 24, 2026!
www.peter-adler.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
My prolific brother Peter S. Adler has a new book, a work of fiction due out in February, 2026: The Duck Springs Defiance. Watch for it!
August 31, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Another TWO chapters added today to my brother Peter's serialized account of his Peace Corps service in India in the late 1960s:
www.peter-adler.com/india-40
Peter S. Adler - India-40
Click the Cover Image to read the currently available chapters!
www.peter-adler.com
July 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This is the poster I'll be carrying this Saturday, June 14th, during the "No Kings!" protest at the downtown courthouse here in Lexington, Kentucky... I could have added "No tyrants / No Dictators!" to it as well, since those monikers fit our deranged President Trump....
June 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Today (June 8th, 2025) I added 3 more chapters of the serialized 2017 Peace Corps memoir by my older brother, Peter S. Adler, to his website. You can now read the first 20 chapters of the book: "India-40 and the Circle of Demons."
Read it on his website at:
www.peter-adler.com
Peter S. Adler
There is currently a 30% discount on orders — IF you purchase directly from the publisher, Rowman & Littlefield. Click HERE, then click on "pre-order," select "checkout," and create an R&L account. O...
www.peter-adler.com
June 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
On my brother Peter S. Adler's website there are now 2 more chapters of his wonderful book: India-40 and The Circle of Demons. If you're interested in his memoir about the Peace Corps, navigate to: www.peter-adler.com/india-40/con...

www.peter-adler.com
Peter S. Adler - Contents
CONTENTS Prologue................................................................................................................................................... 7 Part 1 - Departures...............
www.peter-adler.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
April 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Two more chapters of my brother's Peace Corps memoir,
India-40 and the Circle of Demons,
have just been added and are now online on his website.
Peter Adler
There is currently a 30% discount on orders — IF you purchase directly from the publisher, Rowman & Littlefield. Click HERE, then click on "pre-order," select "checkout," and create an R&L account. O...
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April 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
March 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
India-40 and the Circle of Demons is a book my brother Peter S. Adler wrote about his Peace Corps experience in the late 1960s...

See: www.peter-adler.com
Peter Adler
There is currently a 30% discount on orders — IF you purchase directly from the publisher, Rowman & Littlefield. Click HERE, then click on "pre-order," select "checkout," and create an R&L account. O...
www.peter-adler.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I've added some stuff on bluegrass music -- specifically, on Rural Country Music Parks -- to my own website at:
www.thomasadler.com/essays/count...

There's a lot more on that website as well... Feel free to explore it, share the URL, and let me know what you like and don't like!

#bluegrassmusic
Thomas A. Adler - Country Music Parks Rosenberg Festschrift
It's a singular honor to be asked to contribute to a festschrift honoring and celebrating my friend Neil Rosenberg. Neil is generally regarded by literate bluegrass music fans today as the ultimate sc...
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January 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Here's an instrumental I played with three friends about a dozen years ago, here in Lexington, KY... Hope you enjoy it!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbg-...
The Pawpaw Pickers Lonesome Fiddle Blues A
YouTube video by Russ Farmer
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January 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
If you're interested in food traditions at bluegrass music festivals, check out the illustrated essay on my website...

www.thomasadler.com/essays/parki...
Thomas A. Adler - Parking Lot Eating: BG Festival Foodways
"Parking-Lot Eating: The Bluegrass Music Festival Meal System" Presented with 35-mm slides at the American Folklore Society Annual Meeting San Diego, California, 1984 N.B.: The Version shown below...
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January 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
November 21, 2024 at 10:29 PM
In the mid-to-late 1970s I played banjo with the Kokomo Bros (pronounced 'broze', never "brothers"), a four-piece progressive bluegrass/newgrass group based in Lafayette, Indiana. Here's an original we did:
youtu.be/V4W1lfSBeNQ
Thirteen Years - by the Kokomo Bros
YouTube video by Tom Adler
youtu.be
November 21, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Conflicts?
Check out the new book by my very sharp older brother:
"Calming The Storm: A Leader's Handbook for Managing Unproductive Conflicts" by Peter S. Adler, PhD...

Detail can be found on Peter's website, at:
www.peter-adler.com
Peter Adler
There is currently a 30% discount on orders — IF you purchase directly from the publisher, Rowman & Littlefield. Click HERE, then click on "pre-order," select "checkout," and create an R&L account. O...
www.peter-adler.com
November 21, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Check out the free online KENTUCKY CRAFTS ENCYCLOPEDIA, accessible at: www.ky-crafts.com
Kentucky Crafts Encyclopedia
NAVIGATE to ANY LETTER: (Here or Below) : A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
www.ky-crafts.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:00 PM
One of the bands I've been part of here in Lexington, Kentucky. This is from a show in late 2023...
youtu.be/CFApuYnv9TE
City of New Orleans / Somebody's Knockin' — Blue Eagle Band
YouTube video by Tom Adler
youtu.be
November 21, 2024 at 7:42 PM