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Grandpa's Tune |
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From
parent to child family abilities, memories
and traditions are passed
on! In 2021 Valerie Francais, recording artist, originally from Humboldt Sask.
but now living in Saskatoon posted
a guitar solo to the YouTube
social
media platform. She refers to the solo as “Grandpa’s
Tune”. Val
learned
the tune from her mother Veronica (Gerwing) Schedlosky
(1932-2020). Valerie says that "I never met my (Gerwing)
grandparents as both passed on long before I was born. This
tune is the only connection I have to this man (my
grandfather)."
Many family members from the
broader Gerwing
family
remember hearing the tune as well. It seems that Veronica
learned the tune from her father Joseph Gerwing (1884-1963).
Well, so did at least two of Joseph’s other eight children
including Herman (1920- 2016), and Theresia (1928-2022). Theresia
confirmed that her dad (Joseph) composed the instrumental
tune on the family guitar as a young man. As far as she
knows Joseph did not have a name for the guitar solo but taught it
to three of his children (Veronica, Theresia & Herman). Each
of them entertained family members and others with the
unnamed tune through the years. However, Val
is the first to give it a
temporary
title that just may stick! She has posted it to a public platform for all to enjoy! Way
to go Val!
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Val Francais |
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experience Val playing "Grandpa’s Tune" click one
of the links below. |
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See
& Listen to "Grandpas Tune" on YouTube
or
Just listen to "Grandpa's Tune" |
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| Below are a few photos of
Joseph (Joe) Gerwing - note that his guitar appears in some of
them!) |
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Joe Gerwing Jr. in front of Joe
Sr.'s guitar |
Anna (nee Gessner) & Joe (about
1950) |
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Evelyn Schreiner & Theresia Gerwing
with Joe's Guitar
(About 1944) |
Joe
Gerwing (left) &his brother Tony Gerwing
Joe's
farmstead is in the background |
Joe ,
Anna, Theresia, Clara & Elizabeth Gerwing
Chores
at the farm! |
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| Joe Gerwing - early years |
Joe Gerwing - early years |
Tony
Gerwing (left) & his brother Joe Gerwing |
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