Posted in traditional music, tagged Chattanooga, old time music, banjo, Matt Evans on June 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
After all the excitement of the Chattanooga Dulcimer Festival last weekend, it all boiled down to a few modal tunes I got to share with Matt Evans at the old time jam last Monday. After a weekend of wailing away on my dulcimer, we quieted down with “Texas” and “Falls of Richmond” all slow and [...]
Posted in fiddle, traditional music, tagged Chattanooga, fiddles, Jefferson Heights, old time music, Southside on May 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Due to a scheduling/weather snafu, we got bumped out of our usual spot at the Market Street Tavern tonight just after we started our old time jam. Luckily, the house isn’t too far away, and miraculously, it was even clean enough for guests, so we negotiated with the kind tavern for a case of beer [...]
Posted in fiddle, traditional music, tagged Butch Ross, Chattanooga, Joseph DeCosimo, McCallie, Old Aunt Jenny With Her Nightcap On, old time music on April 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Whoooooa cool tune alert! Butch and I were asked to come play at McCallie tonight, and Joseph DeCosimo was also on the bill. Lucky us! Joe taught us this tune outside before the show, and even though Butch is just finding his way around the chords in this video, we nailed it [...]
Posted in captured sound, traditional music, tagged storytelling, old time music, England, FOAOTMAD on December 29, 2007 | No Comments »
In my collection of characters, this has to be one of my favorites. I had traveled to Gainsborough, England, for the 10th anniversary festival of the Friends of American Old Time Music and Dance in February, 2004. We spent the whole weekend in this school building, playing tunes and drinking Newcastle ’round the [...]
