Sal's Got Mud Between Her Toes

Sausage Grinder's David Bragger and his fiddle student Susan Platz play this Kentucky favorite. Fiddle is in ADAE and banjo in Double D. Enjoy!!

Sal's Got Mud Between Her Toes - Bruce Greene

Here comes Sally down the road,
She’s got mud between the toes,
Though her face is pretty as a pear, 
She's tied a yellow ribbon in her hair.

Sal, Sal, don't be slow,
You love me, you know it's so,
All I ask, the good Lord knows,
Shake that mud from 'tween your toes.

Here she comes and yon she goes,
She don't wear no fancy clothes,
She don't carry no long stem rose,
She's got mud between her toes.

Asked her would she marry me,
She says, "Not immediately,"
But I noticed her with a hose
Washin' mud from 'tween her toes.

East Tennessee Blues

Great tune, East Tennessee Blues, key of C.

Rockin' the Babies to Sleep

I just love the waltz, "Rocking the Babies to Sleep", key of D.  I learned this at a workshop by Alan Jabbour, his source was Henry Reed's children.  Let's play this at the 6:15 slow jam on April 2nd. 




The tune appears in the Milliner-Koken Collection as "Rock All the Babies to Sleep"
Here's another source from folkmads.org:  Rocking the Babies to Sleep Waltz

Jam/Community Dance on Feb. 23rd

UPDATE: Yes, we're still on for today. Drive carefully!

Greetings to all! We are having a jam/family barn dance at The Sounding Board Coffeehouse, (at The Universalist Church) 433 Fern Street in West Hartford on Saturday, February 23rd.

We will jam from 4 - 6 pm and then from 7 - 9 (or maybe (9:30) we'll play for an old fashioned family barn dance called by Patricia Campbell. It would be great if the musicians stay and play for the dance . . . or just dance!

Here's some common tunes we'll play. Other tune suggestions are welcome, just leave a comment below or send me an e-mail.  We may play these as a set or just use one, depending on the caller's preference.  Check back as I'll be updating this list.

Here's a link to the chords and notation if you must. Traditional tunes can be played many ways, with many variations, and different chords, so keep this in mind. Every tune can be simplified if you're a novice player, there's no reason why everyone can't join in. That's what this music is about; to be shared with friends and have fun playing it! I may not play these tunes exactly as written.  (Please don't send me an e-mail saying "That's not how I learned it", "My teacher plays it differently", "I can't play the F#m chord", "I don't like this tune", etc.  Send me money instead!)

Angeline the Baker (D)  - Over the Waterfall (D)

Arkansas Traveler (D) – Mississippi Sawyer (D)

Cold Frosty Morning (Am) – Pretty Little Dog (A-modal)

Colored Aristocracy (G) - Turkey in the Straw (G)

Devil Ate the Groundhog (G) - Squirrel Heads & Gravy (G)

Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss (D) - Grey Cat on a Tennessee Farm (D)

Goodby Girls I’m Going to Boston (A) - Greasy Coat (A) - Cherokee Shuffle (A)

Grasshopper Sitting on a Sweet Potato Vine (D) - West Fork Gals (D)

Horse & Buggy (A) - June Apple (Amix) - Kitchen Girl (Amix/Adorian)

Little Liza Jane (A) - Sandy Boys (A)                  

Sadie at the Back Door (D) - Rock the Cradle Joe (D)

Sandy (My Little Dog He Won't Bite Me) (D) - Flop Eared Mule (D/A)

Seneca Square Dance (G) - Possum's Tail is Bare (D)

Walkin' in My Sleep (G) - Shove the Pigs Foot (G)

Cowboy Waltz (D),  Midnight on the Water (D)

(caller's requests - Janet & I can play these and any other tunes that Patricia might need)
LaBastringue (D) (mixer dance)
Harvest Home (D) - Boys of Blue Hill (D)
Jenny Lind Polka (D) (heel and toe dance)
Sasha (F/D)

Grasshopper Sitting on a Sweet Potato Vine

Grasshopper Sittin' on a Sweet Potato Vine is our slow jam tune for February. This old time tune in the key of D has an unusual name (don't they all?) and Virginia fiddler Luther Davis (1887-1986) is credited for many versions of the tune.  I first heard GSSPV on Banging and Sawing, one of my favorite old time cd's.  You can find Dan Levinson's fiddle and banjo version here.   If you're looking for mountain dulcimer notation, here's a version from Doofus.

New Years Day Jam

Celebrate 2013 with music and friends! We'll be at the Pine Loft from 1 - 5 pm to play some of our favorite tunes and learn some new ones. Join us!


Here's "Breakin' Up Christmas" in three speeds for fiddlers.



"Quince Dillon's High D" fun tune to play on any instrument.

Cowboy Waltz

I first heard this waltz from Peter at one of our jams and quickly fell in love with it. The Cowboy Waltz, key of D is an old time waltz recorded by Woody Guthrie in the 1940's and the New Lost City Ramblers, during the 60's. Let's make it our slow jam tune for this month. Anyone want to add some chord info?

Sandy

For the slow jam, let's play "Sandy" key of D. It's a fun, lively tune complete with words to sing. Easy chords, D, G, A. I'm tempted to make up some words related to the hurricane. 
Listen to "Sandy" (Kenny Hall) 
How many other "Sandy" tunes can you play? 

Don't forget that our monthly jam will be the 2nd Tuesday in November, the 13th. We'll play "Obama's March to the Whitehouse" (fiddles AEAC#), win or lose - it's a great tune.




Here's a clip from our last jam - Possum's Tail is Bare.

Grey Cat on a Tennessee Farm

Let's give this tune a try for the next slow jam, Tuesday, 9/11/2012.
Grey Cat on a Tennessee Farm is an easy tune to learn in the key of D. Words to sing, too!
Uncle Dave Macon has recorded this as well as The Freight Hoppers, Highwoods String band, The New Lost City Ramblers, Walt Michael & more.
Here's a few video clips I found, there are a lot of them out there.

No . . it may not sound like this when you play it. Start simple! (Jere's fiddle is tuned DDAD)

Headin' Up Elk Creek

A kickin' tune taught by April Verch at a workshop in Terryville, CT about three years ago. The tune has been running through my head ever since. Key of D, (fiddle - ADAE works great but standard tuning is ok). I haven't run across anyone who plays this tune but I found the following sources:
Old Roads - New Journeys by Wolfe Bros.
Headin' Up Elk Creek by Jerry Correll, an old time fiddler from Elk Creek, VA.

Here's two fun tunes that I recorded in a workshop by Terri "Fiddle Jammer" at Black Creek Fiddlers Reunion over the Memorial Day weekend.  We'll be sure to play these at the jam, easy chords, too.

Walking That Pretty Girl Home, key of G

Shoot That Turkey Buzzard, key of D from the repertoire of Kentucky fiddler Clyde Davenport, who learned it from his father, a Tennessee fiddler.
There are various verses sung to the tune:
Shoot that turkey buzzard, shoot that turkey buzzard,
Shoot that turkey buzzard, flyin' round the mountain.

Old hen cackle and chickens flew,
Rooster swore that he'd go, too.

Shoot old Davy Dugger, shoot old Davy Dugger,
Shoot old Davy Dugger, catch his wife an' hug 'er. (Rosenbaum/Chancey)

Shoot that turkey buzzard, shoot that turkey buzzard,
Blam!, blam!, caw!, caw! (Kuntz/Any Old Time)

BLACK CREEK FIDDLER'S REUNION

Great place to play old time music for the weekend (or just come for the day).

Workshops on Saturday, May 26th
1:00 Slow jam - Terri Lukacko
2:00 Guitar - Paula Bradley
3:00 Banjo - David Gordon
4:00 Fiddle - Pete Sutherland

Potluck Dinner at 6:00pm

Hope to see you there!