Dial
up some Old Time Music...
www.sugarinthegourd.com
Old Time, all the time. Both Susie and I stream
this station directly through iTunes; artist names
and song titles are listed in real time as a tune
plays. Besides enjoying a huge percentage of what
we hear, we're learning about some mighty fine
string bands we'd never heard of before. The station
has a well-rounded playlist, but they stick with
traditional music for the most part. It's not all
fiddle tunes, but they play a whole lot of 'em.
www.honkingduck.com
Listen to Old Time songs as they were recorded
on old 78's.
Learning
tools...
What's happening on the Old Time Music scene...
www.nashvilleoldtime.org
The Nashville Old Time String Band Association has
a great website highlighting public jams, special
events and a calendar that includes regional contest
and festival listings. This is one powerful group
of musicians; we keep an
archive
of their well-written, informative monthly newsletters.
www.dancenashville.org
The Nashville Country Dancers hold weekly
Contra dances in the area. Our jam's performance
group, the Small Time String Band, plays
a dance every few months. A couple of folks who
come to pick with us periodlically are also avid
Contra dancers. This is more fun than a person
should be able to have standing up.
String
Bands and Old Time Artists...
www.rayna.utopiandesign.com
Rayna Gellert is Susie's personal
favorite fiddler. Rayna is the Queen of Crosstune,
and rocks an Old Time tune like no other. Rayna
wrote the Swannanoa Waltz, a tune our jam
members insisted on learning. She's a member of
the popular
Uncle Earl
and is the daughter of Old Time fiddler
Dan Gellert
.
www.jimandingewood.com
Jim Wood is the Pegram Jam's original influence.
A five-time Tennessee State Champion Fiddler, Jim holds
the utmost respect for the Old Time fiddle tune and
traditional teaching methods. Many of our earliest jam
members were students of Jim's until he moved 50 miles
south of Nashville several years ago. We students were
advised to play with other musicians as often as possible
to keep our chops up. Therein the Pegram Jam was born.
Jim and his wife Inge perform professionally and have
some awesome albums you should check out.
www.blackcrowbooking.com/artists-3.html
James Bryan has been playing the fiddle since
the age of eleven. From Boaz, AL, James won the Tennessee
Valley Old Time Fiddle contest at ages 16 and 19. He's
well-known for his unique Southern style fiddling, his
interpretation of traditional fiddle tunes and as an
avid tune collector. James teaches old time fiddle at
many camps including Mars Hill, Swannanoa, and Port
Townsend. He performs with his daughter Rachel on
guitar and mandolin, and has graced the Pegram Jam with
his presence.
www.reeltimetravelers.com
The Reeltime Travelers, one of Tennessee's most
well-known string bands, plays tunes just the way we
like 'em at the Pegram Jam -- slightly unpolished but
heartfelt and infectious. Roy and Heidiare old pals
of Susie's. They are headquartered in Norris, TN, at
the
Museum of Appalachia
.
Other Cool Resources...
FiddleTunes of the Old Frontier
is The Library of Congress' collection of
the music of fiddler Henry Reed which includes
original field recordings collected by Alan
Jabbour, many performed regularly by Alan today.
Appalachian Journey
If you have broadband, we recommend viewing this
great piece of American video journalism, along
with
Dreams and Songs of the Noble Old
. These are heartwarming illustrations of people
like us, musicians who play for the love of a good
tune and the folks they touch.
Greeting Cards for acoustic musicians
Visit Karen Cannon's website to get some cool
illustrated cards. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa
and that's a banjo on his lap...
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