This month’s new featured song is “All the Good Times Are Past and Gone,” a great waltz (3/4 time) that we’ll try in the key of G. Please think about bringing a song or two that you might be able to lead or share with the group. And bring your suggestions for other new songs you’d like to see featured at future jams!
The PineCone Beginners Bluegrass Jam is open to all musicians, and it is specifically for those who are learning the basics of bluegrass music and playing with other musicians. It is open to participants of all ages and abilities. This is a great opportunity for participants to learn basic jam etiquette before jumping into a traditional jam. As always, jammers have the option of breaking off into smaller groups to practice what you’ve been learning.
Songs played at past learning jams include:
- Letter from My Darling
- The Clinch Mountain Backstep
- Little Cabin Home on the Hill
- Little Maggie
- Love Please Come Home
- The Old Home Place
- Tennessee Waltz
- Devil’s Dream
- Wagon Wheel
- Old Joe Clark
- Nine Pound Hammer
- My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
- In the Pines
- Amazing Grace
- Whiskey Before Breakfast
- Ashokan Farewell
- Salt Creek
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken
- Soldier’s Joy
- Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms
- I’ll Fly Away
- Angeline the Baker
- Blue Moon of Kentucky
- Big Sandy River
- Down the Road
- St. Anne’s Reel
- Auld Lang Syne
- Jingle Bells
Facilitator Jef Walter is a local musician who plays with Hank Smith & the Beer & Banjos All-Stars (every Tuesday at The Raleigh Times Bar) and other groups; he also mentors The Carolina PineCones youth bluegrass band.
