{"id":154114,"date":"2019-12-27T21:16:46","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T21:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=154114"},"modified":"2019-12-27T21:16:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T21:16:46","slug":"its-harder-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2019\/12\/27\/its-harder-than-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"It's harder than you think"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, it is.\u00a0 It is very strange but I am about to be reunited with an instrument that I have never really played but was so much the signature sound of the Delta Ladies. Vicky Played the variously named Candela\/Chromatic Dulicima on so many of the Delta Ladies songs in the last few years. It has a very distinct sound and was left to me. It will be strange to see it again and the plan is to start playing it eventually all being well. Time will tell. It has not been played for 8 months so I hope it’s fit and healthy.<\/p>\n

Christmas this year has been pretty bleak. Perhaps the new year has something to offer or perhaps not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yes, it is.\u00a0 It is very strange but I am about to be reunited with an instrument that I have never really played but was so much the signature sound of the Delta Ladies. Vicky Played the variously named Candela\/Chromatic Dulicima on so many of the Delta Ladies songs in the last few years. It … Continue reading It's harder than you think<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-E5I","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":183,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2009\/08\/08\/delta-ladies-the-hot-august-fringe\/","url_meta":{"origin":154114,"position":0},"title":"Delta Ladies @the Hot August Fringe","author":"diana Stone","date":"August 8, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"We played our first 'Hot August Fringe' date last night, it went OK though we did not get quite the reaction we can sometimes get. 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