'Off-list' songs

Here are the progressions for 'off-list' songs played at last night's jam, or at last week's intermediate jam, that deviate significantly from the progressions on the basic chord progressions chart:

• Left Over Biscuits

Lost and Found - Leftover Biscuits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0glOJct4zcA
1122
5511
1122
5541(1)

• Keep On The Sunny Side  - Sheet music (web pages) here and here

The Carter Family - Keep on the sunny side 
​www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbmQQ4RfzVE

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Alison Krauss, Keep On The Sunny Side (50th Anniversary)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=576s4GQq-B0

verse
1411
1155
5511
5511

• (I Know You) Rider

(I Know You) Rider: The Seldom Scene: key of C
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBeRjmbhv1M​

​Yonder Mountain String Band -  I Know You Rider
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DnxvNwtJfQ

1  1  b7 4
1  1  1   1
1  1  b7 4
1  1  1   1
b3 b7b3 b7
1  1  1   1


Here are some excellent versions of various songs recently introduced into the new intermediate jam that I highly recommend taking a listen to:

In The Gravel Yard: Doyle Lawson: key of A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aFhXK6H31c

Leavin': James King: key of B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB9pHBVxUPk

Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms: Flatt & Scruggs: key of Bb.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UvSJcqJeyc

Note: When played as a Bluegrass song, this is about how fast this song is when it is played 'up to speed'. To play this fast without tiring out and slowing down, economy of motion is a necessity, especially as it concerns the right hand. It also helps greatly if one eliminates any unnecessary 'clutter' from one's playing: e.g., upstroke strums on rhythm guitar between the four strongest spots in a measure, consecutive 8th notes on banjo in places where a quarter note played in place of a pair of 8th notes could be more effective for drawing attention to an important note.


Love Me Darling Just Tonight: The Stanley Brothers: key of A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTKND9p4yYo

Dooley: The Dillards: key of B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6_hXjOBAMI

Big Sandy River: Kenny Baker: key of A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0JQeATeM9I

I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home: The Bluegrass Album Band: key of Bb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGFVAFY0fkI

Ninety-Nine Years (And One Dark Day): Hot Rize: key of B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX9NlaWc78w

The G-Runners: key of A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPqtY9a9yIY

Head Over Heels: Flatt & Scruggs: key of G
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRUSn94Nk9U