By Dave Nance

This is a reminder that the 3rd Tuesday Beginner’s Bluegrass Jam, sponsored by SWBMAI (Southern Wisconsin Bluegrass Music Association), and hosted by yours truly, Dave Nance, will be held this coming Tuesday evening, August 17, 2010.   I’ll be there by 7:30 P.M.

Unfortunately, the Beginner’s Bluegrass Jam is losing its space in the Germania Parlor of the Up North Bar.  The bakery is going to be kept open later, and so the space is no longer available.

For the month of August, we will be allowed to continue, but we will meet in Banquet Room K in the Essen Haus, right next door.  To get to this location, you should enter thru the Essen Haus entrance and look for Banquet Room K.

Beginning in September, we will be homeless (sniff!) – unless we can find a new space somewhere. At this Tuesday night’s festivities, we can discuss ideas for finding a new space.

Please note: The management and staff of Essen Haus/Up North Bar have been very generous in allowing us to use the Germania Parlor space for the last year at no charge. Please thank them when you see them.

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SONG IDEAS FOR THIS WEEK:  I guess the topical theme is pretty obvious.  Sigh.  Oh, well, let’s sing while the singin’ is good!  Charts for these songs can be found at my Tuesday Night Beginners’ Jam webpage at http://webpages.charter.net/dnance/songs/ .

All The Good Times Are Passed And Gone – 3/4 time, Key of G  – chords:  G  C  D
Gotta Travel On – 4/4 time, Key of G – chords:  G   G7   C   D
I Ain’t Got No Home In This World Anymore – 4/4 time, Key of A – chords:   A   D   E
I Am A Pilgrim – 4/4 time, Key of D -  chords:   D  D7   G   A
I’m Comin, Back But I Don’t Know When – 4/4 time, Key of A – chords  A   D   E
Wayfaring Stranger -  4/4 time, Key of  Em — chords  Em    Am   B7   C   G

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
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By Mary Helmke

Dear Fellow Jammers, Friends and Members,

We have been having a lot of success with our Tuesday Jams. A lot of people attending – thank you!

A lot of good music – thanks again. And fine instructors to help make this an extra special feature offered by the Southern Wisconsin Bluegrass Music Association.

As Blanche DuBois said, ‘…I have always depended on the kindness of strangers’. So it is with our Tuesday jams. These jams have always been housed through the kindness of businesses in the area. They have allowed us to be there, making music and having fun, for no charge. The Association cannot begin to thank these wonderful proprietors enough for their generosity, especially in such difficult financial times.

The beautiful Germania is no longer available to us. The Lakeside Bakery /Deli has had the opportunity to extend their hours of business and need the space for customer seating in the Germania.

In the meantime, the management of the complex is allowing us space in the Essen Haus (Room K) for the remainder of August. This is a kindness are very grateful for.

But this leaves the jam ‘homeless’ as of September 1.

We are already short on Board Members and so are turning to you for assistance in finding a place where we can continue these jams.

Tuesdays were chosen originally because the first Tuesday has been when Jon Peik is in town and can stop after a day of teaching at Spruce Tree. The remaining local instructors have rearranged their schedules to accommodate this teaching opportunity each month.

The Place we would like to relocate to:

• Need not be fancy or even have food/beverage service. All we ask is that we can bring in our bottles of water.

• Needs to have enough lighting to see, bathroom facilities, heat and if possible, air conditioning. Or windows with screens.

• Chairs would be nice, but if that is not possible, we can each bring our own.

• Needs parking relatively convenient.

It would be nice to have it in Madison, so bus service can be utilized, but if this is not possible – we can probably work things out amongst ourselves.

It would be preferable to have this haven at no charge. Or it can be placed for discussion with the Board – which will have the final decision.

We have less than a month to find somewhere – if we want to keep these popular jams going, we all need to work together.

Please send suggestions, ideas, etc. to me at helmkemary6@gmail.com or call 608-838-4852. Please leave a message if I cannot pick up. I will present all responses to the SWBMAI Board.

Thank you,
Mary Helmke
Secretary, SWBMAI

By Jon Peik

This month’s first-Tuesday facilitated Beginner Bluegrass Jam will once again be held at the Germania parlor area (youth friendly) of The Up North Bar, 514 E Wilson St. Madison, near the Essen Haus at the corner of Blair and Wilson streets. Plenty of free parking behind the Essen Haus.

Formal instruction and facilitation will run from approximately 7:30-8:30pm (as soon as I get there after my lessons at Spruce Tree Music)

The Jam is sponsored by the Southern Wisconsin Bluegrass Music Association. A $5 donation is requested, but not required. Check out www.swbmai.org for all things bluegrass in Wisconsin!

This month we will highlight the key of A and start with the following songs and then go around the circle with song suggestions from you (in any key you’d like). So bring a song to sing or suggest.

• 9 lb Hammer, key of A (3 chords, A, D, & E)
• Bury Me Beneath the Willow, key of A (3 chords, A, D, & E)
• I Saw the Light, key of A (3 chords, A, D, & E)
• My Home’s across the Blue Ridge Mountains, key of A (3 chords, A, D, & E)
• She’ll Be Comin Round the Mountain, key of A (3 chords, A, D, & E)
• Cripple Creek, Key of A (3 chords, A, D, & E)

Tuesday jam Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/#/group.php?gid=263735051942

By Dave Nance

Hey all, this is a reminder about this week’s (3rd) Tuesday Beginner’s Bluegrass Jam, to be held this coming Tuesday, July 20, at 7:30 PM   I’ve pulled together some song ideas, and I have the charts in .pdf  format this month.  Also, here are some links to nice youtube versions of these songs -just click thru to see (& hear!) ‘em.

Blue Moon Of Kentucky – 3/4 time, Key of A – chords:  A  A7  D  E   [version, in C, by: Bill Monroe]

Down The Road – 4/4 time, Key of G — chords:  G   Em    D  (my chart’s in “A” – but let’s do it in “G“)       [version, in G, by: Dwight Yoakam]

If I Lose – 4/4 time, Key of A – chords:  A   D   E       [youtube version, in B, by: Ralph Stanley]

Jimmie Brown The Newsboy – 4/4 time, Key of G – chords:  G   D     (my chart’s in “A” – but let’s do it in “G“)   [version, in G, by: Flatt & Scruggs]

My Home’s Across The Blue Ridge Mountains – 4/4 time, Key of G – chords:  G    D     [version, in F, by: The Carter Family]

Trouble In Mind – 4/4 time, Key of G – chords:  G   G7  C   D        [version, in E, by: Johnny Cash]

I’d be glad to hear any suggestions or requests you may have for any additional songs you’d like to try out or work on.  You can send them to me by return e-mail, or by going to my contact page page.  Or just bring your ideas on Tuesday!

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

By Jon Peik

Here’s the info for this month’s first-Tuesday facilitated Beginner Bluegrass Jam.

Tuesday, 7/6/10 from 7:30-9:00pm at the Germania parlor area (youth friendly) of The Up North Bar, 514 E Wilson St. Madison, near the Essen Haus at the corner of Blair and Wilson streets. Plenty of free parking behind the Essen Haus.

Formal instruction and facilitation will run from approximately 7:30-8:30pm (as soon as I get there after my lessons at Spruce Tree Music)

The Jam is sponsored by the Southern Wisconsin Bluegrass Music Association. A $5 donation is requested, but not required.

This month we will start with the following songs and then go around the circle with song suggestions from you. So bring a song to sing or suggest.

She’ll Be Comin Round the Mountain, Key of G (3 chords, G, C, & D)

You Are My Sunshine, Key of G (3 chords, G, C, & D)

By Dave Nance

Okay, let’s try again!  I missed last month’s Third Tuesday Beginner’s Bluegrass jam class, stuck in an airport after a delayed flight at the end of a trip. Ah, traveling!  So I never got a chance to try out this group of traveling songs.  But I’m still in travel mode — I will be heading off to Colorado next week — so they’re still apropos. So here’s the group of traveling songs I got together last time — with an addition (”Going To The West”) that we’ve played before.

A Lonesome Road To Travel – 3/4 time, Key of D — chords:  D   D7 G   A

(links to charts for these songs can also be found at: http://webpages.charter.net/dnance/songs/ )

By Jon Peik

Here’s the info for this month’s first-Tuesday facilitated Beginner Bluegrass Jam.

Tuesday, 6/1/10 from 7:30-9:00pm at the Germania parlor area of The Up North Bar, 514 E Wilson St. Madison. Formal instruction and facilitation will run from approximately 7:30-8:30pm.

This month we will use a high-tech randomizer to choose our jam songs. Song titles will be placed in a bucket and we will randomly pick the next song from the bucket. The idea is that we can play almost any song as long as one person knows it and we can follow along. Should be fun. Songs this month may include any of the following . . .

All the Good Times are Past and Gone
Amazing Grace
Blue Moon of Kentucky
Blue Ridge Cabin Home
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
Bury Me Beneath the Willow
Cabin in Caroline
Careless Love
Crawdad Song
Crazy Heart
Cripple Creek
Dark Hollow
Darling Corey (Dig a Hole in the Meadow)
Do Lord
Gonna Settle Down
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
Hot Corn, Cold Corn
I am a Pilgrim
I Saw the Light
I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
If I was on some Foggy Mountain Top
I’m Going Back to Old Kentucky
I’m On my way Back to the Old Home
I’m Thinking Tonight of my Blue Eyes
In the Pines
Katy Daley
Keep on the Sunny Side
Letter From My Darlin
Little Cabin Home on the Hill
Log Cabin in the Lane
Long Journey Home (2 Dollar Bill)
Man of Constant Sorrow
Mountain Dew
My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
My Walkin Shoes Don’t Fit me anymore
Nine lb Hammer
Old Home Place
One Hundred Years from now
Rabbit in the Log
Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms
Rough and Rocky (Don’t this Road Look)
She’ll Be Comin Round the Mountain
Sitting Alone in the Moonlight
Somehow Tonight
Somewhere Between
Take Me Back to Tulsa
Take this Hammer
Tennessee Waltz
The Bluebirds are Singing for me
The Storms are on the Ocean
This Land is Your Land
Tom Dooley
Wabash Cannonball
Waltz Across Texas
We Live in Two Different Worlds
When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
When the Saints Go Marching in
White Dove
Wildwood Flower
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Will You Be Lovin Another Man
You Are My Sunshine
Your Love is Like a Flower

Wow-that’s a long list -all songs we’ve done before though. :)

The jam exists to encourage beginning bluegrass players and to help each
other learn. The goal is to enjoy playing music together.

Tuesday jam Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/#/group.php?gid=263735051942

By Dave Nance

Reminder: (3rd) TUESDAY NIGHT BEGINNER’S BLUEGRASS JAM
MAY 18, 2009 – 7:30 PM

Hey everybody! Here’s a reminder about this week’s (3rd) Tuesday Beginner’s Bluegrass Jam.

You’ll probably notice a theme when you look at these titles for songs I’ve picked to try out on this month’s Third Tuesday. That’s right, I’m doing some traveling. First, in May, out to the east coast; then, in June, out to Colorado. Matter of fact, I’ll be arriving back from the first one of my trips late on the afternoon of the next scheduled Third Tuesday jam, which will be May 18 — I expect to be in on time, but just in case the gods of travel don’t smile on me, don’t worry if I’m a little late…

Have any songs about traveling you enjoy, or would like to try? Bring ‘em along!

A Lonesome Road To Travel – 3/4 time, Key of D — chords: D D7 G A

Gotta Travel On – 4/4 time, Key of G — chords: G G7 C D

Mighty Dark To Travel – 4/4 time, Key of A — chords: A D E

Traveling This Lonesome Road – 4/4 time, Key of G — chords: G D

I Am A Pilgrim – 4/4 time, Key of D — chords: D D7 G A

(Live links to charts for these songs can be found at:
http://webpages.charter.net/dnance/songs/ )

By Jon Peik

Here’s the info for this month’s first-Tuesday facilitated Beginner Bluegrass Jam.

Tuesday, 5/4/10 from 7:30-9:00pm at:

The Germania parlor area (youth friendly) of The Up North Bar, 514 E Wilson St. Madison, near the Essen Haus at the corner of Blair and Wilson streets. Plenty of free parking behind the Essen Haus.

Formal instruction and facilitation will run from approximately 7:30-8:30pm (as soon as I get there after my lessons at Spruce Tree Music)

The Jam is sponsored by the Southern Wisconsin Bluegrass Music Association. A $5 donation is requested, but not required. Check out www.swbmai.org for all things bluegrass in Wisconsin!

This month we will play songs with “blue” in them. We’ll start with the following list to get us started and also go around the circle with song suggestions from you. I’ve included some youtube links in case some of these are unfamiliar to you.

My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains, key of G (2 chords, G & D)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFt9zirp4Cw

Blue Moon of Kentucky, key of G (3 chords, G, C, & D)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffhqOy_A8KM

The Bluebirds are Singing for me, key of G (3 chords, G, C, & D)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6nmib7UaKA

I’m Thinking Tonight of my Blue Eyes, key of D (3 chords, D, G, & A)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaiO23CiyO0

When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again, key of G (3 chords, G, C, & D)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbseEQtgftg

Blue Ridge Cabin Home, key of G (3 chords, G, C, & D)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCKBD17GKV4

Blue Ridge Mountain Blues, key of D (3 chords, D, G, & A)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1TbMrm1140

The jam exists to encourage beginning bluegrass players and to help each
other learn. The goal is to enjoy playing music together.

Tuesday jam Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/#/group.php?gid=263735051942

By Dave Nance

Hi everybody !  I’m writing to remind you: The 3rd Tuesday Beginner’s Bluegrass Jam, sponsored by SWBMAI (Southern Wisconsin Bluegrass Music Association), and hosted by yours truly, Dave Nance, will be held this coming Tuesday evening, April 20, 2010, at the Up North Bar at 514 E. Wilson St.

I’ll be there by 7:30 P.M.

For this week I’ve got my eye (my ear?) on these tunes, which you can find links to at  http://webpages.charter.net/dnance/songs/ :

Hello City Limits - 4/4 time, Key of A – chords:   A   D   E

Are You Teasing Me - 4/4 time, Key of G – chords:  G  C   D

Lord Build Me A Cabin In Glory Land - 4/4 time, Key of A – chords:  A  D  B  E

Riding On That Midnight Train - 4/4 time, Key of G – chords:  C   C   D

Going To The West - 4/4 time, Key of G – chords:  G   C   D

They Tell Me Your Love Is Like A Flower - 4/4 time, Key of C – chords:  C   F   G

I’d also be glad to hear any suggestions or requests you may have for any additional songs you’d like to try out or work on.  You can send them to me by return e-mail, or by going to my contact page page you can find at my “Songs” webpage (see above).  I will gladly make up a chord and lyric chart for any requested song.

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!