There are two tunes that I refuse to play any more. Blackberry Blossom and Whiskey Before Breakfast. These tunes are butchered daily at jams everywhere and make my skin crawl. I don't mind when folks play them... it's fine beer break music.
But if the point of having a repertoire is to know songs that you can play with others, then those two are probably at the top of the list. Eek! I just looked at that list on mandozine... sure enough, those are some of the most popular tunes I've ever heard at jams. And of course my two *favorites* are on there. Whatever... learn 'em all and decide for yourself which ones you like. I'm currently learning a couple tunes for a dance I'll be playing this weekend with Mr. Lynn Chirps Smith. I absolutely love Snake River Reel and his tune Mississippi Palisades. Also on tap are Cumberland Gap (OT version), Little Dutch Girl (which Sadie Compton does a nice version of) and Squirrel Heads And Gravy (which I'm finding difficult to transfer to mandolin). Brian On Feb 3, 1:16 pm, mistertaterbug <[email protected]> wrote: > Nelson, > It seems to me that the list varies depending on where a person hangs > his hat (which includes geographical location, chosen era of > 'bluegrass', and age group). Dennis comments in jest. I told him once > that if I had to listen to "Red Haired Boy" once more time I was going > to go out and kill something. There are a few more on *that* list as > well. I will say though, without looking at anyone else's list, that > some of the more common oldtime fiddle tunes seem to hold up across > the board, plus there are a few Monroe tunes that seem to carry over. > I don't think I have a really good grasp of what might be an up-to- > date list of popular 'bluegrass' tunes because I engage so heavily in > eclecticism. > > Bugs > > On Feb 3, 1:04 pm, J Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Nelson, > > > Mandozine lists what they consider to be essential mandolin tunes to learn. > > Here's the link:http://www.mandozine.com/music/essential/ > > > Jason --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
