Next Jam - Tuesday, August 8th 2023!

Jun 6, 2018

Apr 5, 2018

Tune List from April 3rd


  1. Amelia, D
  2. Angeline the Baker, D
  3. Arkansas Traveler, D
  4. Campbell's Farewell to Red Gap, Amix
  5. Cold Frosty, Amix
  6. Cowboy's Dream, D
  7. Down Yonder, D
  8. Flop Eared Mule, D/A
  9. Golden Slippers, G
  10. Grandfather's Clock, G
  11. Grasshopper Sittin' On a Sweet Potato Vine, D
  12. Jenny Get Around, D
  13. Kitchen Girl, Amix/Ador
  14. Mississippi Sawyer, D
  15. Morpeth Rant, D
  16. New Five Cents, D
  17. Old French, D/A
  18. Old Joe Clark, A
  19. Over the Waterfall, D
  20. Petronella, D
  21. Pretty Little Dog, 
  22. Quince Dillon's High D - D
  23. Sandy River Belle, G
  24. Seneca Square Dance, G
  25. Shove the Pigs Foot, G
  26. Soldier's Joy, D
  27. Staten Island, D
  28. Whiskey Before Breakfast, D
  29. Yellow Barber, D

Apr 1, 2018

What tunes are played at the Pine Loft?

That's often a question that gets asked and I'm going to suggest some well known tunes to start with.  You can't go wrong learning any of these, it was so hard to limit them to 30!
  1. Angeline the Baker, D
  2. Arkansas Traveler, D
  3. Campbell's Farewell to Red Gap, Amix
  4. Cluck Old Hen, Amod
  5. Cold Frosty, Amix
  6. Colored Aristocracy, G
  7. Flop Eared Mule, D/A
  8. Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss, D
  9. Folding Down the Sheets, D
  10. Golden Slippers, G
  11. June Apple, A
  12. Kitchen Girl, Amix/Ador
  13. Mississippi Sawyer, D
  14. Old Joe Clark, A
  15. Over the Waterfall, D
  16. Petronella, D
  17. Possum's Tail is Bare, D
  18. Quince Dillon's High D - D
  19. Red Wing, G
  20. Rock the Cradle Joe, D
  21. Ruffled Drawers, D
  22. Sandy Boys, A
  23. Seneca Square Dance, G
  24. Shove the Pigs Foot, G
  25. Soldier's Joy, D
  26. Staten Island, D
  27. Turkey in the Straw, D
  28. Valley Forge, D
  29. West Fork Gals, D
  30. Whiskey Before Breakfast, D

Mar 7, 2018

Campbell's Farewell to Red Gap

Fiddlers, here's a great clip to learn this three part tune.
She plays it as a march, then faster as a reel.


Of course, it's played on the banjo!

Feb 7, 2018

Tunes from February 6th, 2018


Dan Gardella playing "Tater Patch"

Picks for February:
  1. Chuck A Luck - A
  2. Down Yonder - G
  3. Flop Eared Mule - D
  4. Ruffled Drawers - D
  5. Possum's Tail is Bare - D
  6. Petronella - D
  7. Concertina HP - G
  8. Soldiers Joy - D
  9. Arkansas Traveler - D
  10. Quince Dillon High D - D
  11. Hens March to the Midden - A
  12. Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine - D
  13. Avalon Quickstep - D
  14. East Tennessee Blues - C
  15. Angeline the Baker - D
  16. Old Mother Flanagan - A
  17. Seneca Square Dance - G
  18. Horse and Buggy O - A
  19. Patrick Kelly's Waltz - D
  20. Whiskey Before Breakfast - D
  21. Old Joe Clark - A
  22. Tater Patch - A modal
  23. Little Billy Wilson - A
  24. Fire on the Mountain - A
  25. Shady Grove - Am
  26. Folding Down the Sheets - D