Christmas isn't even here yet, but we played Breaking up Christmas at the Downingtown Old Time Jam at Pat's Pizza and I just had to include it.

Booth Shot Lincoln, Breaking up Christmas, Candy Girl, Chinkapin Hunting, Georgia Railroad, Hangman's Reel, John Henry, Kansas City Reel, Little Ashville, Sandy Boys, Shelvin Rock, Trouble in Mind, Twenty Eighth of January

Boating up Sandy, Gran Mammy Take a Look at Uncle Sam (the Gene Goforth version), Hell up Coal Holler (the Ed Haley Version), Highlander's Farewell, Red Haired Boy and Wild Rose of the Mountain

Avalon Quickstep,  Chicken Reel,  Chinese Breakdown,  Dicky's Discovery,  Ducks on the Millpond,  Durang's Hornpipe,  Fiddler's Reel,  Grand Picnic,  Johnny Don't Come Home Drunk,  Martha's Waltz,  Peacock Rag,  Rose of the Valley,  Sarah Armstrong's Tune,  Ways of the World.

These recordings are from a great jam at Rosemarie and Charlie Haines house in March of 2009 with Russ and Gail Hatton, Scott Prouty and Ellen Hatton, George Mercer, Thomas Hawkins, Bill Moffet, Susanne West and Jerry Northington.

Key of C: A Beautiful Life, By the Mark.

Key of A: Across the Great Divide,  Angelina Baker,  Boating Up Sandy,  Golden Mansions,  How Many Biscuits Can You Eat,  Old Cane Press,  When First Unto This Country.

Key of D: Amelia Earhart,  Anchored in Love,  Angel Band,  Cruel Mother,  Five Miles From Town, Hard Times,  I'll Fly Away , If I Needed You,  Jack Monroe,  Julianne Johnson,  Orphan Child, Railroad Boy,  Room for the Poor,  Rough and Rocky,  S-A-V-E-D,  Slow Train Through Georgia, Where the Soul of Man Never Dies.

In the key of A it is Don and Donna DiPaulo at a Last Friday jam playing How Many Biscuits Can You Eat and Angelina Baker.

Just back from a great weekend at Pete & Kellies in celebration of the birthdays of Walt Koken and Clare Milliner, authors of the fantastic American Fiddle Tunes book. So, inspired by playing tunes all weekend I dug out jam recordings of some obscure tunes and a few old favorites in the keys of D and G.

D - Cider Mill,  Deep Ellum Blues,  Ship in the Clouds,  Spring in the Valley,  Wimbush Rag  and  Year of Jubilo.

G - Adrian's Hornpipe,  Blackberry Blossom,  Crockett's Honeymoon,  Flowers of Edinburgh,  Going to Town,  Lady of the Lake (the fine Henry Reed version),  Merriweather,  Old Groundhog,  Sail Away Ladies (the even finer J.P. Fraley version),  Silly Bill, Skintown,  Walk Along John,  Weddington's Reel  and  Widow Haley.

Altamont,  Hell's Broke Loose in Georgia &  Pike's Peak

Some more D tunes, with Tony Sume singing about how many pretty girls there are (hint; there's more than one), and Brandywine Bill messing around with Hell Among the Yearlings.

Belle of Lexington,   Boats up the River,  Can You Dance a Tobacco Hill,  Carroll County Blues,  Crawdad,  Five Miles From Town,  Forked Deer,  Going Uptown,  Hell Among the Yearlings,  Julianne Johnson,  Jump Jim Crow,  Little Gal'll Fool Me,  Lowry's Quadrille,  Martha Campbell,  Mississippi Sawyer,   Mole in the Ground,  Old Plank Road,  Please Baby,  Polly Put the Kettle On,  Rabbit in the Pea D Patch,  Rocky Mountain Goat,  Rosalie McFall, Smith's Reel,  Sugar Hill,  There's More Pretty Girls Than One,  Turkey Foot,  Westfork Gals

And finally, Irene is gone,  the power is back on and the basement is drying out, here are some D Tunes.

28th of January,  Ain't Gonna Rain No More - D (usually in G),  Ain't Got No Honey Baby Now, Cherokee Shuffle,  Crook Brothers Breakdown,  Darkie's Dream,  Fortune,  New Five Cents,  Rachel,  Reno Blues,  Sailing Over England,  Tell It To Me,  Yellow Barber

Just before Irene took out the power and internet I posted some new A tunes, from a great evening at the Bluedot.

Bentons Dream,  Black Eyed Susie - Robert Sykes version,  Buffalo Girls, Cukoos Nest - Ed Haley version,  Devils Hornpipe,  Going Down the River,  Grey Eagle,  Jenny Git Around,  Jimmy Johnson,  Laughing Boy,  Little Billy Wilson,  Old Groundhog,  Old Joe Bone,  Old Joe Clark - Jim Balls version,  Red Prairie Dawn - Gary Harrison version,  Salty River Reel,  Sweet Marie,  Train on the Island

Posterous lost all the linked music pages - starting to add the fiddle tunes back again, slowly.....  Don't know how reliable this service is, no help at all from their support.