Come along to our Bluegrass jam session, at our new venue, the St Leonards Cricket/Soccer Clubrooms, Len Trewin Reserve, Cole St, St Leonards.
The session is now held on the LAST FRIDAY of the month, 6.30pm-9.30pm, throughout the year. Drinks and snacks are available from the bar, supporting the soccer club during winter, and the cricket club over summer.
All bluegrass musicians are welcome to join in, either experienced or beginner, while anyone is welcome to come along, have a drink and enjoy the music!
Many thanks to both the soccer & cricket clubs for supporting our session and providing a great space for the music!
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At our monthly Jam Session, our aim is to play and promote bluegrass music. Everyone with an interest in bluegrass music is welcome to participate.
If you are new to bluegrass music, it will be beneficial to learn some of its basics and listen to the many popular performers of the genre. Youtube is an amazing resource for this.
Additionally, it is advisable to familiarise yourself with the etiquette of bluegrass jamming. You can find this here:
https://drbanjo.com/bluegrass-jamming-basics
If you're looking for new Bluegrass songs to learn, below is an awesome list to check out of some of the most played Bluegrass Jam Session Songs & Tunes.
The 100 Most Played Bluegrass Jam Session Tunes (Source: Bradley Laird)
1. All The Good Times Are Past And Gone
2. Amazing Grace
3. Angel Band
4. Angeline The Baker
5. Arkansas Traveller
6. Banjo Signal
7. Banks of the Ohio
8. Big Sandy
9. Big Sciota
10. Bill Cheatum
11. Billy in the Lowground
12. Blackberry Blossom*
13. Black Mt. Rag
14. Blue Moon of Kentucky
15. Boil Em Cabbage Down*
16. Bury Me Beneath The Willow*
17. Cherokee Shuffle
18. Columbus Stockade
19. Cripple Creek*
20. Crying Holy
21. Cumberland Gap
22. Dark Hollow
23. Dear Old Dixie
24. Devil's Dream
25. Don't This Road Look Rough & Rocky
26. Dooley
27. Down The Road
28. Dusty Miller
29. East Virginia
30. Eighth of January
31. Fair and Tender Ladies
32. Fisher's Hornpipe
33. Foggy Mountain Breakdown*
34. Footprints In The Snow
35. Forked Deer
36. Fox On The Run
37. Friend of the Devil
38. Good Woman's Love
39. How Mountain Girls Can Love
40. I Am A Pilgrim
41. I'll Fly Away
42. In The Pines
43. I Saw The Light
44. Jesse James
45. John Hardy
46. John Henry
47. Katy Daly
48. Kentucky Waltz
49. Knoxville Girl
50. Liberty
51. Little Cabin Home On The Hill
52. Little Maggie*
53. Lonesome Fiddle Blues
54. Lonesome Moonlight Waltz
55. Lonesome Road Blues
56. Long Black Veil
57. Long Journey Home
58. Love Come Home
59. Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
60. Man Of Constant Sorrow*
61. Midnight On The Stormy Deep
62. Mississippi Sawyer
63. Molly & Tenbrooks
64. More Pretty Girls
65. Mountain Dew
66. New River Train
67. Nine Pound Hammer
68. Old Home Place
69. Old Joe Clark*
70. Over The Waterfall
71. Paradise
72. Pig In The Pen
73. Ragtime Annie
74. Rank Stranger
75. Red Haired Boy
76. Red Wing
77. Reuben's Train
78. Rickett's Hornpipe
79. Road To Columbus
80. Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
81. Saint Anne's Reel
82. Sally Gooden
83. Salt Creek
84. Salty Dog Blues
85. Shackles & Chains
86. Shady Grove (Major)
87. Shady Grove (Minor)
88. Sittin' On Top Of The World
89. Soldier's Joy
90. Sweet Georgia Brown
91. Swing Low Sweet Chariot
92. Temperence Reel
93. Think Of What You've Done
94. Train 45
95. Turkey In The Straw
96. Wabash Cannonball
97. Whiskey Before Breakfast*
98. Wildwood Flower
99. Will The Circle Be Unbroken*
100. Worried Man Blues
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