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 …
I seem to have forgotten to post about tunes which were played at Slower Than Dirt in January and February. Crud! I’ll see if I can find any notes for those; I must have at least taken a photo of …
Tunes played at the Dusty Strings jam on February 10, 2013: Boil Them Cabbage Down Turkey in the Straw Cripple Creek Buffalo Gals Soldier’s Joy Tennessee Waltz Liberty Cincinnati Hornpipe Old Joe Clark Cuckoo’s Nest Woodchopper’s Reel Chinky Pin (My …
Tunes that have been played at the Dusty Strings jam, sorted by how many times they’ve been played: Old Joe Clark (9) Boil Them Cabbage Down (8) Arkansas Traveler (7) Emma’s Waltz (7) Soldier’s Joy (7) Whiskey Before Breakfast (7) …
Tunes played at the Dusty Strings jam on January 13, 2013: Angeline the Baker Turkey in the Straw Buffalo Gals Matt’s Polka Bile Them Cabbage Down Cripple Creek Red Haired Boy Soldier’s Joy Faded Love Shortening Bread Fisher’s Hornpipe Elmer’s …
Here’s what we played at the December, 2012, jam, according to the list on the whiteboard: Breaking Up Christmas (A) Billy Wilson (A) Grey Eagle (A) Sandy Boys (A) Barlow Knife (G) Sally Anne (G) [The one listed as “Sally …
Tunes played at the Dusty Strings jam this month: Cripple Creek Bile Them Cabbage Down Old Joe Clark Buffalo Gals Tennessee Waltz Faded Love Saint Anne’s Reel Cincinnati Hornpipe Swallowtail Jig Turkey in the Straw Johnny’s Gone to France Whiskey …
I apologize for the late update here; I’ve been taking a college class for the first time in 15 years this quarter, and it’s consumed a lot of my attention. Class is over now, though, and I’ll try to get …