April Music Circle

The April edition of the OT Music Circle was another interesting evening.

We were fortunate enough to have The Arthritis Brothers, a semi-local (based within 100 miles) string band, participate this month.

There were a few problems, which I am trying to alleviate by talking with several of the participants. We will be trying a few things this next session to see if we can alleviate them and make the circle feel more comfortable for some of the newer players.

The list of tunes played:

(Key of G)
Red Wing
Turkey in the Straw
Golden Slippers
Sugar Hill
Sugar Hill Reprise (with Big Jim Griffin)
Barlow Knife
(Key of A - fiddle AEAE)
John Browns Dream
Old Joe Clark
Cluck Old Hen
(Key of G)
John Hardy Henry
Roscoe
Year of Jubilo (Massa Gone Away, Kingdom Come, Lincoln's Gunboats)
Roll in my Sweet Baby's Arms & Good Old Mountain Dew
Buffalo Gals
Irene Good Night
Silver & Gold Two Step
Sandy River Belle
Sail Away Ladies
Camptown Races
Gum Tree Canoe (Tom Bigbee Waltz)
Red River Valley
(Key of D)
Needlecase
Angelina Baker
Forked Deer
Soldier's Joy
(Also some history on the tune.)
Arkansas Traveler
Julieanne Johnson (from Emmett Lundy)
Mississippi Sawyer
Liberty
(Key of C)
Hard Times Come Again No More (Stephen Foster)
Billy in the Low Ground
Black Velvet Waltz/Monkey in a Dogcart
(Key of ) - fiddle in GDGD)
Mole in the Ground

To hear some of the tunes, go here and click on any of the underlines tunes to play them.

If you have any thoughts about how to make our monthly meetings better, please post them in the "What Do You Want This Circle To Be" thread, or, if you don't want to make your concerns public, email me direct or through the contact link at Prickly Pear Music.

Banjo Brad