A former research chemist, Chuck recently completed an apprenticeship as a violinmaker in York, PA. He performs also with Celtic band Across the Pond.
Chuck performs and records with his own Civil War band, Home Front, and enjoys guest appearances with several other Civil War bands including the 2nd South Carolina String Band. He was the music director for French and Indian War documentary film, Washington’s First War: The Battles for Fort Duquesne, Paladin Commu- nications. He has studied and performed historical music covering every period from the French and Indian War of the 1750s through the end of the American Civil War in 1865. Chuck spent many years studying Scottish fiddle music, winning a couple of fiddle con- tests along the way.
#Songs and stories of a civil war hospital professional#
Once a professional bluegrass banjo player, he took up the fiddle in the 1980s. In their voices, you can hear the peaks and valleys of the landscape, feel the past and future marching together, and sense the shadows of the mountains.Ĭhuck Krepley’s two great passions are music and history.
Singing with passion, skill and the resonant matching of voices that seems born in the blood of next-of-kin, Dearest Home presents us with close harmony in many senses of the phrase, on stage and on CD. Si Kahn, 2010 Folk Alliance Triple Crown winner (#1 Artist, #1 CD, #1 Song) writes about them: If ‘home is where the heart is,’ then the singers and musicians who together make up Dearest Home have clearly poured their hearts into their new self-titled album. Deeply steeped in the traditional music of Pennsylvania, my own home state, they have chosen wisely from their wide repertoire of Civil War songs, Appalachian ballads and fiddle tunes. Passion for all these traditions shines in every note! They enthusiastically present a wide range of workshops, and they delight in playing for dances! They love to sing songs from Jean Ritchie and the Carter Family too! Don’t be surprised if they add a related piece from Scotland, Ireland or England. Expressive vocals with rich, next-of-kin harmonies interweave with sprightly dance tunes, as Dearest Home recreates traditional American music–Appalachian music, especially from the Samuel Bayard Folk Song Collection (PA and WV), and from the US Civil War era (in period costume).
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