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Suggested Jam Songs

4/13/2017

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Hi,
If you are looking for new songs to learn and introduce into the jam, please take a look at the list and give some of these songs a try. Or perhaps you may want to reintroduce into the jam some of the songs that used to be played regularly at the jam (I've included some of these on the list) but no longer are because the person who used to sing them no longer comes to the jam, or at least - like myself - doesn't come to it very often.
 
If you don't sing (or even if you do), but you can't help thinking that 'oh, that song would be perfect for so and so to sing', you might wish to draw the person's attention to that song and see if they would be interested in learning to sing and play it. Also, some of the songs on the list might lead you think of additional songs that would be just as well suited for bringing to the intermediate jam in the near future as the songs that are on the list.
 
The Wandering Boy (a.k.a. Bring Back To Me My Wandering Boy) - Stanley Bros. - A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxaYCwPIIfw
 
Cabin In Caroline - Flatt & Scruggs - Ab (the instruments were tuned a half step higher than standard pitch)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2pgJPPbpPg
  
Come Back Darling - Flatt & Scruggs - G
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2x6fLfpeO8
 
Cora Is Gone - Flatt & Scruggs - Eb (the instruments were tuned a half step higher than standard pitch)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vtLYK1aWNw
 
Dooley - The Dillards - B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxFYKYm3TPA
 
Feast Here Tonight - Monroe Bros. - D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdWubHFCaqo

Hallelujah, I'm Ready To Go - Stanley Brothers - Bb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpYfCnlXGmc
and
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder - B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjrJKnVmQwQ
 
How Mountain Girls Can Love - Stanley Brothers - A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrqhZxvsxTs
 
I Have No One To Love Me (a.k.a. Drowned In The Deep Blue Sea) - Flatt & Scruggs - B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3ApiFh-QHI
 
I Hope You Have Learned - Bill Monroe - G
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNelTVHnvxE
 
I Only Exist - Ralph Stanley & Larry Sparks - A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e_bWkVtRMA
  
I Wonder Where You Are Tonight - Flatt & Scruggs - E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waTbtzmlEbk
Bluegrass Cardinals - G
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9l9pSD5Ihg
 
I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky - Bill Monroe - A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBMiOjZWy6I
 
I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap - Reno & Smiley - A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_2mNivcvAQ
 
It's Mighty Dark To Travel - Bill Monroe - G
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MEw8tuhWZ4
 
Katy Daley - Ralph Stanley - C
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGYEMqefQgc
 
Kentucky Waltz - Bill Monroe - E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAnOnmUbvyc
 
Let Me Be Your Friend - Stanley Brothers - G
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bSAGSOOuAc
 
Little Cabin Home On The Hill - Bill Monroe - A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8XFgBQc9s4
 
Little Georgia Rose - Bill Monroe - B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmlNBmbu9qg
 
Little Girl Of Mine In Tennessee - Flatt & Scruggs - Ab (the instruments are tuned a half step higher than standard pitch)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPaAe86cdgo
 
I'm Lost And I'll Never Find The Way - Stanley Brothers - B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__1-GYo78YQ
 
A Memory Of You - Jim & Jesse - A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YG0QlNdsRs
 
Mother's Only Sleeping - Bill Monroe - F
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGLmwX-GXfc
 
No Hiding Place - Flatt & Scruggs - E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39p699FfL4g
 
No Mother Or Dad - Flatt & Scruggs - Ab (the instruments are tuned a half step higher than standard pitch)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9BW-Nx6tiI
Boone Creek - Bb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJx07-wHa68
 
On And On - Tony Rice - G
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd0NIeCTTsc
 
Ridin' That Midnight Train - Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder - A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_l1YiyJ0to
 
Roll On Buddy - Bill Monroe - B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bgiEQb2J68
 
(My) Rose Of Old Kentucky - Bill Monroe - B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NFiOPU6kIA
 
Roving Gambler - Peter Rowan - Bb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe1hlelnwg8
 
Short Life Of Trouble - Flatt & Scruggs - D 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR5vVueoD9g
 
Someday We'll Meet Again Sweetheart - Flatt & Scruggs - B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xsIEoQjqRw
 
Take This Hammer - Osborne Bros. - B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRG0Yor_GRA
 
Think Of What You've Done - Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder - C
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pGMl7426yk
 
True Life Blues - Del McCoury Band - C
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9whotSV1BU
 
Two Little Boys - Country Gentlemen - B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QIKlnIVll4
 
Why Did You Wander - Flatt & Scruggs - Ab (the instruments are tuned a half step higher than standard pitch)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT6vnhwaWdM
 
Why Don't You Tell Me So - Tony Rice - F
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgTiqz2X1Mg
 
Y'all Come - Bill Monroe - Ab
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWn0HmvDexQ
 
Your Love Is Like A Flower - Flatt & Scruggs - Bb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekLiau0oxAk
 
Happy Pickin',
Jason
 
 
 
 
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