Hello from the Pickering home...

I'm Kirk Pickering of Pegram, Tennessee, and I've been hosting an Old Time fiddle jam once a week in my music room since December 2001. I've been playing fiddle for about six years, and I also play mandolin, guitar and acoustic bass. I met Susie Coleman at a jam at a friend's house a few years back and and we've been a happy couple ever since.

One thing Susie and I have in common is that we both love fiddle tunes. We play in an Old Time ensemble called the Small Time String Band, and sometimes play in a smaller group we call the Pegramites. But we each have personal musical interests as well— Susie plays bluegrass and traditional folk music. Kirk will play in a number of contexts, and is a good all-around utility player. As you can imagine, there's music at our house much of the time.

The Pegram Jam has had a website up since the beginning of the jam, but Susie redesigned it for us recently and made it a little more user-friendly. Susie currently works from our home as a print and web designer and as a freelance bookkeeper. She was a professional club musician in her 20's and 30's who's turned her attention to traditional folk music. Susie has won ten first-place awards at regional folksinging contests in the last ten years. To learn more about her (and to hear some mighty good singing), click here.

When I am not playing music, I am probably working on computers, or making contacts with my ham radio station. I do UNIX and network system consulting work, and also host several web sites. With a degree in civil and environmental engineering, I worked for various environmental research and government agencies for many years. I more or less "retired" early to pursue my love of music, and now work part time. Click here to visit some web sites related to my love of radio.

Susie and I hope you enjoy using our site as a learning and practice tool. Our best wishes to you.