Presented for your entertainment and edification, something I found on the editorial page of the Seattle Daily Times from January 5, 1926, just now: Syncopation Palls. The “oom-pah” and the syncopation of “jazz” have grown a trifle wearisome. That …
Tunes played at the Slower Than Dirt Jam this afternoon: G Tunes: Tennessee Waltz Blackberry Blossom Barlow Knife Boogerman Big Scioto Rye Whiskey D Tunes: Whiskey Before Breakfast John Lover’s Gone Angeline the Baker Western Country Soldier’s Joy (in both …
It was a lovely sunny day, and a smaller than usual group of us spent a few hours of it in the basement, playing these tunes: Soldier’s Joy Chinky-Pin (Too Young To Marry) Fisher’s Hornpipe Tennessee Waltz The Fiddler’s Drunk …
Also known as “As Time Draws Near” or “My Dearest Dear”. Fragments of and variations on the lyrics appear all over the place from the British isles to Alabama, set to different music, and probably this music has had many …
Tunes played at the Slower Than Dirt jam in May, 2013: Barlow Knife (G) The Blackest Crow (A) — something to get transcribed and posted for next month Arkansas Traveler (D) Needle Case (D) — check the differences in the …
Tunes played at the Dusty String jam on Mothers’ Day (May 12), 2013: Soldier’s Joy Buffalo Gals Old Joe Clark Saint Anne’s Reel Red-Haired Boy Faded Love Pretty Little Dog Emma’s Waltz Papa, Papa, Build Me a Boat (Dock Boggs) …
Tunes played at the Slower Than Dirt jam in April, 2013: Barlow Knife (G) Sandy Boys (A) Grey Eagle (A) Red-Haired Boy (A) Arkansas Traveler (D) Soldier’s Joy (D) Whiskey Before Breakfast (D) Amazing Grace (C) John Lover’s Gone (D) …
Ryan’s Mammoth Collection was published in the 1880s and later republished (by someone else, without crediting the original publisher or author) as “Cole’s 1000 Fiddle Tunes” in the 1940s. It contains 1050 tunes (although some of them are almost certainly duplicates …
Tunes played at the Dusty Strings jam on April 14, 2013, with guest leader Stuart Williams: Little Rabbit, Where’s Your Mama? The Girl I Left Behind Give The Fiddler A Dram Sally Ann Devil’s Dream Speed the Plough Johnny’s Gone …
Here’s what we played at the March Slower Than Dirt jam: Old Joe Clark Cripple Creek Red Haired Boy Red Wing Bill Cheatham Cluck Old Hen Blackberry Blossom Kitchen Girl Sailor’s Hornpipe Sally Goodin Whiskey Before Breakfast Soldier’s Joy Rickett’s …