Down In Little Egypt
Tonight’s string band tune was a C tune: “Down In Little Egypt”, from Noah Beavers (1898–1990) of Elkville, Illinois. The tune was collected from him by the Indian Creek Delta Boys in the 1970s, without a title at the time. …
Author: Josh
Dusty Strings Jam, 2013/11/10
A huge turnout at the Dusty Strings jam today — we ended up expanding the circle out to the walls of the room, and still had some folks squeezed into the corners. The tunes we played were: Old Joe Clark …
Tunes Played in November, 2013
Thanks to everyone who came out on a grey November afternoon! These are the tunes I wrote down that we played, which I’m not sure is a complete list. I’ll double-check with the recording later. In A: Old Joe Clark …
Rabbit in the Pea Patch / Rickett’s Hornpipe
Tonight’s tune from the string band class was introduced as “Rabbit in the Pea Patch, [a] version of Rickett’s Hornpipe from Melvin Wine”. At some point I have to wonder about how the folk process works with tune names. Is …
Molly Put the Kettle On
Tonight’s tune at the string band class was “Molly Put The Kettle On”, from John Sharp by way of Paul Brown. Here are the Canotes and Candy Goldman playing it for the class, with Greg’s fiddle in cross-A (AEAE): (Download) …
Shady Grove
Tonight’s tune from the string band class was “Shady Grove”, from Luther Davis of Virginia: (download) Here’s Luther playing the tune: (download)
Tunes Played in October, 2013
A great turnout this month, thanks in part (I think) to a couple of notes that went out to the Old-Time Seattle mailing list. These are the tunes we played, or at least the tunes I wrote down: Sandy Boys …
Red Onion Jam Report
I went to the new Tuesday night jam at the Red Onion Tavern in Madison Park this week to check out the new space and see how I felt about playing with that group of folks. Driving there was super …
Dusty Strings Jam, 2013/10/13
Stuart Williams, music editor of the Washington Old-Time Fiddlers’ Association, hosted this month’s jam at Dusty Strings. The tunes played were: Tune of the month: Chuck in the Bush Soldier’s Joy Saint Anne’s Reel Little Rabbit, Where’s Your Mama? Arkansas …
Conor Byrne Jam Has Moved
Just a quick note to anyone who reads this but isn’t subscribed to the Seattle Old-Time mailing list: The regular Tuesday jam/old-time social which has been at Conor Byrne in Ballard for the last six years has moved. There’s been …