Dusty Strings Jam, 2014/09/14
Sarah was out sick this month, so we had a kind of informal jam with me nominally hosting. It was a gorgeous day out, so thanks to everyone who came down to the basement to jam! Here’s what we played: …
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Dusty Strings Jam, 2014/08/10
I came to the jam pretty much straight from the Subdued Stringband Jamboree in Bellingham, only stopping at home long enough to unload the camping gear and sluice the worst of the dust off myself, so I forgot the recorder …
Dusty Strings Jam, 2014/07/13
Sarah was on her way up to Moses Lake for the Washington Old-Time Fiddlers’ Association state workshop today, so I was guest host. It was a relatively small group, thanks probably to it being in the middle of the final …
Tunes played in June, 2014
It was a lovely, sunny Solstice afternoon at the Lake City library; thanks to everyone who came out! Here’s what we played: In D: Spotted Pony Needlecase Old Jack Gillie Angeline The Baker Liberty St. Anne’s Reel Fly Around My …
Dusty Strings Jam, 2014/06/08
Here are the tunes that were played at the Dusty Strings jam in June: St. Anne’s Reel Cluck Old Hen Tune of the month: Pig Ankle Rag Boggy Road to Texas Leather Britches Liberty Josephine’s Waltz Me And My Fiddle …
Dusty Strings Jam, 2014/05/11
Sorry I’m late getting this post up! The Dusty Strings jam this month was on Mothers’ Day, and the turnout was a little smaller than usual, with fewer “regulars” in attendance. As a result, I think, there were a bunch …
Tunes played in April, 2014
The meeting room at Northgate is pretty nice! Smaller than the one at Lake City, but plenty big for us, I think. We had a good turnout this month, pretty equally split between fiddles, banjos and guitars (and one fiddler …
Dusty Strings Jam, 2014/04/13
Despite it being a beautiful spring day with seemingly everyone in the city doing something outdoors, there was a great turnout at the Dusty Strings jam this month, including players of some instruments we haven’t had before: diatonic accordion and …
Tunes played in March, 2014
Tunes played at the Slower Than Dirt jam in March were: Spotted Pony (D) Old Jack/Jake Gillie (D) Soldier’s Joy (D) Dry And Dusty (D) Liberty (D) Needlecase (D) Frieda (D) Dixie (D) Little Rabbit, Where’s Your Mama? (D) The …
Tune Lists and Tune Books
I’ve written a utility to keep track of which tunes are played most often at the jam (both the Slower Than Dirt and Dusty Strings 2nd Sunday jams) and automatically update a web page so you can see what the …