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

July 16, 2004 -- hosted and led by  [this was a round robin]:              

Kentucky Waltz (G) led by Lee Stripling [from Bill Monroe] Texas Quick Step (D) led by Emily Keene [Red Headed Fiddlers]
Miller's Reel (G) led by Jack Link [from J.P. Fraley] Wolfe Creek (D) led by Betsy Brown [from Bruce Greene who got
Hollow Poplar (G) led by Betsy Brown [from Paul Smith]      it from Roy Bennett]
Flying Engine (G) led by Jeff Bialer [from Reaves White County Big Bear (Em/G) led by Sono [John Arcand]
      Ramblers] Five Miles From Town (D) led by Randi Leach [Clyde Davenport]
Dubuque (D) led by Jack Link [learned from Ron Hughey] Stillhouse (D) from Doug Yule [prob. Tommy Jarrell]
Whiskey Before Breakfast (D) led by Lee Stripling [from Ramona Jones] Little Brown Jug (D) led by Mark Gaponoff [Tommy Jarrell]
Indian Ate the Woodchuck (D) led by Irwin Shenker [Ed Haley] Chuck in the Bush (D) led by Jeff Bialer [Benny Thomasson?]
Johnny, Don't Get Drunk (D) led by Gene Silberberg [Paul Smith?] Cricket on the Hearth (D)  led by Gene Silberberg
Yellow Rose of Texas (D) led by Harvey Niebulski [Tommy Jarrell] Rock the Cradle, Lucy (D) led by Mark Gaponoff [Skillet Lickers]
  Mockingbird Hill (D?) led by Lee Stripling [from Patti Page]

August 20, 2004 -- hosted & led by Clyde Curley:  

Twin Sisters (D) [from Peter Boveng/Melvin Wine, et al] Walk Up Georgia Road (D) [from Rich Hartness, from Charlie Osborne]
Turkey in the Pea Patch (D) [Buddy Thomas] Sally Ann (D) [Fuzzy Mtn String Band, from Tommy Jarrell]
Black Eyed Susie (D) [Brad Leftwich] Happy Hollow (A) [from Marcus Martin]
Five Miles From Town (D) [Clyde Davenport] Jim Shank (A) [from Jon Bekoff, via Bruce Greene, from Sam Dyer]
Camp Meeting on the 4th of July (D) [Charlie Hartness, from James Camp Chase (A) [prob. from Wilson Douglas]
     Bryan, from Tom Jackson, from Coleman Barwick] Icy Mountain (A) [from Scott Meyer, back to Ward Jarvis]
Yellow Cat (D) [from Judy Hyman, prob. from Pine River Boys] Three-Way Hornpipe (A) [from Armin Barnett, from John Sharp]
Moses, Hoe the Corn (D) [ultimately came from a Vernon Dalhart John Brown's Dream (A) [from Tommy Jarrell]
    song "Razors in the Air", adapted by Kerry Blech, et al] Stay All Night (A) [from Tommy Jarrell]

September 10, 2004 -- hosted and led by Kerry Blech:

Hog Ears (D) [from Forrest Pick] Putner's Run (G) [from Estill Adams]
Rocky Mountain Goat (D) [from Ward Jarvis] The Big Sciota (G) [from Burl Hammons]
Banjo Tramp (D) [from Ward Jarvis who learned it from Ed Haley] Getting Upstairs (G) [from Melvin Wine]
Chillicothe Beauty (D) [from Forrest Pick] George Stevens, the Blacksmith (G) [from Kenny Sidle]
Hoe The Corn, Moses (D) [adapted by Kerry from a Vernon Dalhart song] Portsmouth Airs (G) [from Forrest Pick]
Mary Wants a Lover (G) [from Glen Smith] Phoebe Ice (G) [from Lela Gherkins]
Run, Rabbit, Run (G) [from Ward Jarvis, written by Curly Herdman] Indian Fancy (G) [from John Baltzell]
Charlie Guiteau (G) [from Ward Jarvis] Throw The Old Cow Over the Fence (Some Hay) (G) [Bill Barrett, of
Rag Picker Bill (G) [from Rector Hicks who learned it from Ed Haley]      Dr. Humphrey Bate & His Possum Hunters]
Washington Courthouse (G) [from Estill Adams] Brushy Run (G) [from Ward Jarvis who got it from Ed Haley]
Wild Rabbit (G) [from Estill Adams] Bill Everhart's Tune (G) [from Telford Hardesty]
  The German Waltz (G) [from Arnold Sharp]

October 8, 2004 -- hosted and led by Peter Boveng:      

Going To the Wedding To Get Some Cake (G) [from the Newton Burt Anderson's Tune (C) [from Clyde Davenport]
     County Hillbillies] Apple Blossom (D) [from Isham Monday]
Cotton Bonnett (G) [from Estill Bingham] Snowbird (D) [from Sammy Dyer, via Bruce Greene]
Pruitt (G) [from John Ware, in Marion Thede's The Fiddle Book] Wolf Creek (D) [from Roy Bennett, via Bruce Greene]
Stump Tail Dolly (G) [from Bill Stepp] Cumberland Gap (D) [from the Fly By Night Stringband]
Shelvin' Rock (G) [from Burl Hammons] Great Big Taters [in the Sandy Land] (A) [from Clyde Davenport]
Number 64 (D) [learned from Frank Blade, though it ultimately Getting George Bush Upstairs (A) [from Perry Riley]
    comes from Bill Driver, in Christeson's Old Time Fiddlers' Green Mountain (A) [from Isham Monday]
    Repertory] The Clayhole Waltz (A) [from Larkin Gifford, via the Deseret
The Darker the Night The Better I Can See (C) [from Manco Sneed]      String Band]

November 12, 2004 -- hosted and led by Frank Blade: 

Old Reel (D) [from Sarah Armstrong, in Hill Country Tunes] One-Eyed Goose (G) [composed by Chris Romaine, Frank's source]
Snouts and Ears of America (D) [Sarah Armstrong, in HCT] Sal Will You Marry Me? (G) [Melvin Wine]
Three-Fingered Joe (D) [from Jehile Kirkhuff] Number 64 (C) [from Bill Driver in Christeson's Old Time 
Cottage By the Sea (D) [from Sarah Armstrong, in HCT]     Fiddlers' Repertory]
Doctor, Doctor (D) [from Flick Flaherty] Oklahoma Rooster (C) [from Uncle Dick Hutchison]
Over the Stump and Back Again (D) [from Sarah Armstrong in HCT] Prairie du Rocher Motion (D) [from Charlie Bese, via the Indian
Box The Fox (D) [from Duke Criswell]      Creek Delta Boys]
Elk Lake Stomp (G) [from Jehile Kirkhuff] The Boatman Song (A) (from Marvin Gaster and Rich Hartness]
Devil Ate the Ground Hog (G) [from Doc Chapman, via his son The Orvetta Waltz (G) [from Vesta Johnson]
    Snake Chapman]  
   
   

December 16, 2004 -- hosted and led by Warren Argo: 

Cripple Creek (G) Five Miles From Town (G) [from Deseret String Band]
Jim Crack Corn (D) Camp Pleasant Jig (D) [from its composer, Roy Marshall]
Parawan Gallup (D)/Lars Mortenson's Polka (G) [from the  Kingsbury Reel (D) [from Pete Sutherland]
    Deseeret String Band] Year of Jubilo (D)/Girl I Left Behind Me (G)
Cowboy Waltz (D) [probably from Woody Guthrie] Grandfather's Reel (D) [from the Riendeau Family]
Annie's Milking (G) [learned from and composed by George Ainley] Indian Nation (G) [from Burl Hammons via Alan Jabbour]
One More River To Cross (G) [from Franklin George] Lady of the Lake (D) [from John Ashby]
Miss Brown (G) [from the Carter Brothers and Son] Spanish Lady (D) [from Armin Barnett]
Old Mother Flanagan (A) Waltz "Ruarch??" (A/D/D) [from John Paul]
[Shoot] Two Bits (D) [from Bob Walters, via Armin Barnett] The Tears of Love (D) [composed by Warren Argo]
Little [Dark] Girl Dressed in Blue (D) [from the UK]  

 

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