State College Old Time Music Jam
Where: Tussey Mountain Lodge, Boalsburg, PA
When: Third Wednesday of each month, 7 - 10 pm
What: Traditional old time music jam, concentrating primarily on Appalachian, instrumental tunes on acoustic instruments (guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, autoharp, dulcimer, bass)
On-site recordings:
Red Wing
Bill Cheatum
Kitchen Gals
Shove the Pigs Foot Further in the Fire
Arkansas Traveler
Spotted Pony
Rock the Cradle Joe
Whiskey Before Breakfast
The Girl I Left Behind Me
Forked Deer
Please send email to Catherine Grigor, cqg3@psu.edu to be included on the email notification list.
A list of some tunes we have played recently (and might play again):
Angeline Baker D,
Arkansas Traveler D,
Barlow Knife G,
Beaumont Rag C,
Big Scioti G,
Bill Cheatum A,
Billy in the Low Ground C,
Black Southern Aristocracy G (a.k.a. Colored Aristocracy),
Black Mountain Rag A,
Blackberry Blossom G,
Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine D,
Buffalo Nickel (New Five Cent Piece) D,
Chicken Reel D,
Cluck Old Hen,
Cripple Creek A,
Devils Dream A,
Dill Pickle Rag G/C,
Down Yonder G,
Ebenezer G,
Fire on the Mountain A,
Fishers Hornpipe D,
Flowers of Edinburgh G,
Forked Deer D,
Fortune D,
The Girl I Left Behind Me G,
Golden Slippers D,
Green Willis D,
Home Sweet Home D,
John Browns' Dream,
Johnny Don't Get Drunk D,
Johnstown Gal G,
Josephine's Waltz G,
Julianne Johnson D,
June Apple A,
Kitchen Gals A modal,
Leather Breeches G,
Liberty D,
Liza Jane D,
Lost Indian D,
Maggots in the Sheep Hide D,
Midnight on the Water D,
Mississippi Sawyer D,
Moonlight on the Colorado Waltz G,
Needle Case D,
Old Joe Clark A,
Old Mother Flanagan A,
Paddy Won't You Drink Some Good Old Cider D,
Paddy on the Turnpike,
Possum's Tail is Bare D,
Ragtime Annie D,
Red Haired Boy A,
Red Wing G,
Richmond Cotillion D,
Rock the Cradle Joe D,
Saint Anne's Reel D,
Sally Gooden A,
Sarah Armstrong's Tune D,
Seneca Square Dance G,
Shenandoah Falls A,
Shove the Pigs Foot Further in the Fire G,
Snouts and Ears of America,
Spotted Pony D, Step to the Music Johnny D,
Turkey in the Straw G,
Waiting for the Federals G,
Walking in my Sleep D,
Waynesboro G,
West Fork Girls D,
Whiskey Before Breakfast D,
Year of the Jubilo (Kingdom Coming) D
Links
Old Time Fiddle Tunes - transcriptions of old time fiddle and contra dance tunes
WPSU Folk Calendar Calendar of local folk music events
Hill Country Tunes - Historic 1944 collection of Western PA tunes by Sam Bayard
Central Pennsylvania Country Dance Association
JC's ABC Tune Finder - tunes in text, ABC, Postscript, PDF, GIF, PNG, and MIDI formats (PDF is easiest to read)
THE VIRTUAL GRAMOPHONE - Canadian Historic Sound Recordings
Fiddle Resources on the Web - by Mickey Koth, Yale
Ceolas - Celtic PDF, GIF, ABC, and MIDI formats with really good background history on songs
The Session - A collection of Irish traditional tunes in abc and GIF formats contributed by members
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