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Feb 15, 2019

Quince Dillon's High D


A terrific tune and fun to play!

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

Dec 7, 2017

Tune List from the December Jam


Jam Picks:
  1. Seneca Square Dance - G
  2. Bound to Have Some Fun - G
  3. Big Scioty - G
  4. Tombigbee Waltz - G
  5. Red Wing - G
  6. Whiskey Before Breakfast - D
  7. Snake River Reel - D
  8. Hens March to the Midden - D  (Nice rendition, Ami!)
  9. Arkansas Traveler - D
  10. Flop Eared Mule - D
  11. Folding Down the Sheets - D
  12. Quince Dillon High D - D
  13. Turkey Foot - D
  14. Chicken Reel - D
  15. Sals Got Mud Between Her Toes - D
  16. Petronella - D
  17. Tennessee Waltz - D
  18. Over the Waterfall - D
  19. Julianne Johnson - D
  20. Cumberland Gap - D
  21. Cripple Creek - D
  22. Shady Grove - Am
  23. Pretty Little Dog - A
  24. Tater Patch - A
  25. Unknown (Keith)
  26. Old Malinda - C?

Nov 10, 2017

November Jam Picks!


Here's "Old Mother Flanagan"

Tunes played at the November Jam:
  1. Sally Ann - G
  2. Little Billy Wilson - A
  3. Old Mother Flanagan - A
  4. Stay All Night & Don't Go Home - A
  5. Possum's Tail is Bare - D
  6. Seneca Square Dance - G
  7. Folding Down the Sheets - D
  8. Snake River Reel - D
  9. Golden Slippers - G
  10. Quince Dillon High D - D
  11. Over the Waterfall - D
  12. Hens March to the Midden - D
  13. Old Joe Clark - A
  14. Hangman's Reel - A
  15. Petronella - D
  16. Johnny Don't Get Drunk - D
  17. Whiskey Before Breakfast - D
  18. Red Wing - G
  19. Angeline the Baker - D
  20. Rock the Cradle, Joe - D
  21. Big Scioty - G
  22. March of St. Timothy - G
  23. Bound to Have Some Fun - G
  24. Julianne Johnson - D

Oct 6, 2017

Tunes from the October Jam



  1. Fort Smith - G
  2. Seneca Square Dance - G
  3. Flop Eared Mule - D/A
  4. Duck River - D
  5. Sadie at the Back Door - D
  6. Cold Frosty - Amix
  7. West Fork Gals - D
  8. Mole in the Ground
  9. Golden Slippers - G
  10. Angeline the Baker - D
  11. Spotted Pony - D
  12. Rye Straw - D
  13. Goodbye Girls, I'm Going to Boston - A
  14. Over the Waterfall - D
  15. Little Billy Wilson - A
  16. Folding Down the Sheets - D
  17. Kitchen Girl - Amix/Ador
  18. Year of Jubilo - D
  19. Camptown Races - G
  20. Quince Dillon High D - D
  21. Mississippi Sawyer - D
  22. Waiting for Nancy - D
  23. Snake River Reel - D
  24. Petronella - D
  25. Morpeth Rant - D
  26. Julianne Johnson - D

Sep 6, 2017

Good tunes & rhythm from the September Jam!

Rhythm with his Stumpf fiddle!

Tunes from the September Jam

  1. West Fork Gals - D
  2. Mississippi Sawyer - D
  3. Kitchen Girl - Amix/Ador
  4. Over the Waterfall - D
  5. Ducks on the Pond - D
  6. Redwing - G
  7. Tennessee Waltz - G
  8. Flop Eared Mule - D/A
  9. Tater Patch - A
  10. Pretty Little Dog - A
  11. Cold Frosty - Amix
  12. Campbell's Farewell to Red Gap - Amix
  13. Arkansas Traveler - D
  14. Sweeping the Town - D
  15. Pig Ankle Rag - D
  16. Petronella - D
  17. Altamont - C?
  18. Angeline the Baker - D
  19. Spotted Pony - D
  20. Quince Dillon High D - D
  21. Soldier's Joy - D
  22. Folding Down the Sheets - D
  23. Yellow Barber - D
  24. East Tennessee Blues - C
  25. Farewell Trion - C
  26. Turkey in the Straw - G