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What a fun jam we had with Jane Rothfield, Willow and Jim Sirch, Michelle Yu, Ben Stowe, and Johnny Wrench. Buy some of Jane's tunes if you'd like performance quality, eh?
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| Hard Road to Travel _ADAE
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| Shuffle About _ADAE
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Jim Shanks _AEAE
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| Mule Team _AEAE Michelle on the lead fiddle. A Garry Harrison tune?
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Jailbreak _AEAE Jane on the lead fiddle. We were having some fun with Garry Harrison tunes, for sure.
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Catching up with the folks who radiate round Christina Crowder's campsite has been a highlight of my festival fun over the past few years.
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Old Greasy Coat _AEAE A gem from Jimmy Triplett as I understand it.
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Sweet Marie _AEAE
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| Learn You How to Rock Andy _AEAE Here's an example of the fiddle jamming experience. We had a theme going of playing tunes that we didn't know well. This particular recording might not be all that pleasing. That is until we get well into the tune. I stumble around remembering the B part. Folks help out. The whole is greater than any one part. And, we love working out the puzzle.
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| Double File _AEAE I learned this from the Fuzzy Mountain String Band recording.
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| Walk Old Shoe, Heel Come A Draggin' _ADAE
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| Nancy Dalton _ADAE
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| Jackarse Eats It On The Way _ADAE A tune that I learned in Australia, descended from the Irish 'Spanish Ladies'. I recorded Greg O'Leary playing it at Yarra Junction 2006. American, Cody, has been listening to that version online, and was quite ready to join in at Lake Genero.
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Rock on the Mountain _ADAE AKA Rose on the Mountain.
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The wine and cheese jam. Jan and Roy invited some folks for an afternoon get together. We had a good play and a batch of laughs.
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| Grub Springs _AEAE
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| Squirrel Heads and Gravy _AEAE Composed by Chris Germain; read about it on the Fiddler's Companion or the session.org pages.
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| Pretty Little Gal _AEAE I learned this last year at Lake Genero.
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| Creek's All Muddy _AEAE
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| Greenback Dolly-O _AEAE This might be played in GDGD more frequently, but AEAE works fine.
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| Sandy Boys _AEAE
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Shenandoah Falls _AEAE Nice harmonies from George Touchstone. I have a much easier time playing this on a cross tuned fiddle. I can't take any credit on this one, though. I was getting my stuff ready to head over to the hot showers while the wine and cheese crew were finishing up for the afternoon.
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A large group playing tunes in the key of G. The guilty parties can be seen on George's webpage here. I played my Flea for a bit, then switched over to fiddle.
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| North Carolina Breakdown _GDAE By Fiddlin' Arthur Smith according to Portland 1.
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| Moon Over the Hill _GDAE
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| Bound To Have A Little Fun _GDAE On the topic of associating tunes with events, this tune has a very special place in my heart. Before going to Australia, we'd sold our house and moved to Rochester temporarily to take care of some family business. For my birthday, I called up a local jamstress, asked if we could come to the monthly jam at her house, and asked if we could bring a birthday cake. So amidst a room full of friendly strangers, I called this tune. I didn't know it well at the time, but they all pitched in and we had a fun play, legendary pizza, and a birthday celebration. In that early stage of traveling, the phrase "bound to have a little fun" gave me a bit of a boost over the unknown future. Fast forward 3+ years and here is the same Kathy from Roch playing the same tune, turning the light on a happy memory for me. I believe it was collected by Bruce Greene. If anyone know more history on it, let me know.
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| Chattanooga _GDAE
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| Needs a name _GDAE Who knows it?
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Starry Crown _GDAE
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Here's some miscellaneous bits. And, stay tuned. I've still got more in the hopper.
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Saco River Blues An original from Mainer Cody McManus.
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