A Comprehensive Listing of Tunes Played at the Old-Time Sessions
at Lottie Mott's, in South Seattle, compiled by Kerry Blech

January 9, 2004 -- hosted and led by  Stuart Williams:              
    we were fortunate that Adam Price stepped forward and offered the use of his
    house for this session, as we were temporarily bumped from Lottie's for the evening.

Soldier's Joy (key of D)  Schottische (D) [ from Red Hook]
[Pretty Betty/Brown's Reel/Betty Brown, etc.] (D) [learned from  Eli Green's Cakewalk (Em & G) [ composed by Sadie
     Don Gish, though a Ward Allen composition]     Koninsky, learned from Arly Schaeffer]
Chuck In The Bush (D) [from Don Gish, who got it from Swedish Two-Step (G & Em) [from Sam Davidson via
   Benny Thomasson, whose father Luke is said to have composed     Miche Baker-Harvey]
   this tune] The Road to Batoche (G & Em) [Andy DeJarlis]
Sally Put a Bug on Me (D & A) [from Glenn Berry] Train 45 (G) [ from Stan Jackson]
Lumberjack (D) [combo of Glenn Berry's setting and that of Give The Fiddler A Dram (F) [also from Stan Jackson)
     Clare Lundin] Monkey in a Dog Cart (C) [from Jim Herd]
The Good Neighbor Waltz (D) [composed by Andy DeJarlis,  Sail Away, Ladies (G) [from Ole Winn]
    learned from Harry Johnson] Black  Velvet Waltz (D) [from Wayne Holmes]
Durang's Hornpipe (D) [combo of sources: Carl Willis,  
     Phil Simmons, Cyril Stinnett]  

February 13, 2004 -- hosted & led by Allen Hart & Debbie Spiegelman:

Pretty Little Widow (g) [from Oscar "Red" Wilson] Cluck Old Hen (A) [Charlie Acuff]
Cumberland Gap (G) [Burl Hammons] Wolves a-Howlin' (A) [Earl Collins]
Devil Ate the Woodchuck (G) [Owen "Snake" Chapman] "8474" - (G) [Farmer Howell & Rufus Crisp]
Number Nine (G) [Earl Collins] Brushy Run (G) [Ed Haley]
Roses in the Morning (G) [Clyde Davenport] Bear Creek (G) [Earl Collins]
Old Aunt Adkins (A) [Snake Chapman] Possum Sop (G) [Earl Collins]
Shortenin' Bread (A) [Tommy Jarrell] Lost Indian (G) [Eck Robertson]
Wrasslin' With A Wildcat (A) [Earl Collins]  

March 12, 2004 -- hosted and led by Dave Marshall:

Cotton Bonnett (G) [Estill Bingham]  Old Cumberland (D) [comp. by Pat Conte]
The Cat Came Back (G) [Doc Roberts]  Greenback Dolly-O (A-AEAE) [Melvin Wine]
Flatwoods (G) [Clyde Davenport] Hickory Jack (A- AEAE) [Luther Strong]
Old Granny Blair (G) [Estill Bingham] Lazy Kate (A-AEAE) [Uncle Bob Walter]
Cora Dye (G) [from Illinois? Jim Reed?] Chinquapin Hunting (A-AEAE) [Hiram Stamper]
Old Aunt Jenny With Her Nightcap On (G) [Estill Bingham] The Girl I Left on Sandy (A AEAE) [from Jimmy Triplett]
The Rebel's Raid (G) [Bill Stepp] Lily's Waltz (A-AEAE)[comp. by Cori Miyanishi
Hawkins Raid (D) [from the Hamblen manuscript]     

April 9, 2004 -- hosted and led by W.B. Reid:      

Big Footed Man in the Sandy Lot (G) [Charlie Stripling]  Soldier's Joy (D)
Litchfield (G)[f/ Volo Bogtrotters] Texas Quickstep (D)
Ora Lee (G) [James Bryan] Pig Ankle Rag (D/A)
Goin' To Town (G) [Arthur Smith] Belle of Lexington (D)[prob. Emmett Lundy]
Nancy Rollin (G) [Skillet Lickers] ShootTwo Bits (D) [Bob Walter, via Tom Sauber]
Springfield Girl (G) [Marion Thede "The Fiddle Book"] Chicken Reel (D)
Indian Ate The Woodchuck (C) [John Salyer] Run Down Boot (D)[Pete Priest, via Crick Delters]
Saturday Night Breakdown (C) [Leake Co. Revelers] Sally Ann (D)
Bean Walker's Mile (C) [Chirps Smith] Sugar in the Gourd (A)
Georgia Waggoner (C) [Skillet Lickers] My Home Waltz (A) [somewhere in California]

May 14, 2004 -- hosted and led by Joe and Paula McHugh:

Joe told a mosquito story Goddess (A modal) [from Gerry Milnes]
Lady In The Lake (D) [from John Ashby] Twin Sisters (A modal) [Fulton & Sidna Myers]
Jump Jim Crow (D) [from Melvin Wine, plus Melvin story] Flannery's Dream (A modal) [unnamed WV fiddler]
Poor Johnny's Gone To War (D) [from Craig Johnson] British Field March (A modal) [Alan Jabbour/Henry Reed]
Forked Deer (D) [from Senator Robert Byrd, D-WV] Red-Haired Boy (A modal) [J.P. Fraley]
Dusty Miller (D) [from Fuzzy Mountain SB/Franklin George] Growling Old Man, Grumbling Old Woman (A)
Going Down to Georgie-O (D) [Melvin Wine] Cold Frosty Morning (A modal) [Henry Reed]
Springfield Girl (D) [from Marion Thede book -Eddie Kennedy]  Waynesboro (G)
Cowboy's Dream [learned from Pete Sutherland/Bunkhouse Colored Aristocracy (G) [Sanford Rich]
    Orchestra -- from John Hutchison] Fifty Years Ago Waltz
Pretty Little Dog (A modal) [Lee Triplett]  

June 11, 2004 -- hosted and led by Bill Meyer:  

Rock the Cradle, Lucy (D) [Skillet Lickers] Valse de Vieux Quebec (G) [Isadore Soucy]
The Yellow Barber (D) [Buddy Thomas] The Girl I Left Behind Me [Pretty Little Girl] (G) Hack's String
J.B. Miller's Hornpipe [Old Voile] (D) [J.B. Miller]        Band
Gippy Get Your Hair Cut (D) [Kessinger Brothers] Cotton-Eyed Joe (G) [mostly from Bob Wills]
Suzannah Gals (D) [Tommy Jarrell] Betty Baker (GDAD) [Ernie Carpenter]
Sweet Milk and Peaches (D) [Narmour & Smith] Swamp Cat Rag (GDAD) [Lowe Stokes' Georgia Pot Lickers]
Salem Hornpipe (G/D) The Blue Goose (G) [Buddy Thomas]
Little Sadie (G) [Wade Ward] Big Footed Man in the Sandy Lot (G) [Stripling Brothers]
Steamboat Bill (G) [Kessinger Brothers] Cowhide Boots (G) [Lyman Enloe]
Silver Strand (G) [Bill Stepp] Valse Texas (G) [a Danish waltz]

 

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