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 …
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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 …
Dusty Strings Jam, 2014/03/09
Despite it being the start of Daylight Saving Time, pretty much everyone showed up on time today. Which reminds me, I need to set the clock on my digital recorder; it still thinks it’s an hour ago. Here’s what we …
Tunes played in February, 2014
Another great turnout this month! I believe we had three fiddles, three banjos, two ukeleles, a mandolin, a bass, and five guitars this time — we’re starting to really fill the room. These are the tunes we played: In D: …
Jamming at Folklife
After reading some gripes on the Seattle Old-Time mailing list last summer about the decline of jamming at Folklife, I contacted the organization to offer whatever help I could to encourage jamming at the festival. Because why not? Omnes mundum …
Dusty Strings Jam, 2014/02/09
Sarah was unable to make it up to the jam, due to snow and illness, so mostly who showed up today were people who didn’t get her cancellation email or facebook note. I got it, but I had to go …
Tunes Played in January, 2014
A great turnout today for the first Slower Than Dirt jam of 2014! Guitars were well-represented, and we had a pair each of fiddles, mandolins, and banjos, as well as a string bass. We started off in G and moved …