'You're Running Wild' (country) ...made popular by the fabulous Louvin Brothers. Written by Ray Edenton and Don Winters.
Chinquapin Hunting - Old Time.
'Land of Lincoln' or 'Pilgrims Knob' - lesser known Monroe Tunes.
How about some ragtime? Dill Pickle Rag Pig('s) Ankle Rag
Shady Grove / Matty Groves
Looks like Shady Grove was Week 26, Eddie. But Matty Groves hasn't been done yet. If you need its genre Barbra, you could call it English/Old Time ballad
Here a bunch of tunes from the playing of Benny Thomasson, who was an old time Texas style fiddler. Bush in the Shucks Fourteen Days in Georgia Steeley's Rag Polk County Breakdown Old Apple Blossom Red Apple Rag Scolding Wife Laughing Boy Wild John Shucking the Bush Tugboat Tom & Jerry Bonnie Kate
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I'll suggest, "Rye Straw." I love playing this tune! f-d
i would like to suggest: The Fox The Crow [Steve Martin]
Frank Wakefield wrote "New Camptow Races" in 1952. It's such a fun tune. very speedy but not too difficult. I made a recording, but hope to make a cleaner one sometime..
Another suggestion... The "Itzbin Reel" from John reischman and The Good Ol' persons I made a recording yesterday..
How about this beautiful fiddle/pipe tune by John McCusker of the Battlefield Band? Leaving Friday Harbor - waltz And there is an ABC version on The Session
"Across the great divide" - there is a great mp3 version with mandolin by cori brewster.
How about "Tater Patch", which is traditionally old-timey but has been done as a bluegrass number by Bryan Sutton.
I'm working on Farewell Blues right now, and somewhat selfishly, would love to see it as a Song of the Week, if for no other reason than to steal ideas
Can I suggest Calum's Road, a rather beautiful Strathspey. Apologies if it has already been through the system and I have missed it.
My Suggestion is "Gally Of Lorne", an old Gaelic waltz. I made a quick recording of it. It's a Scottisch Traditional written by Robbie Burns [MP3=]http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=110051&d=1386013027[/MP3]
The Lonely Mountain Concerning Hobbits
Boston Boy BG/OT
I'll suggest the Rochdale Coconut Dance
I'd like to propose The White Petticoat, a Jig
I either don't know how to search, or this one hasn't been suggested yet. Tony Rice - Manzanita
I found two tunes from the same guy. So different and so funny! the first is a bavarian Polka called "Ganz Zach" and the second the well known Benny Hill- tune from Chet Atkins "Yackety Axe" Ganz Zach Yackety Axe I love the way he plays them
Seeing as Concerning Hobbits is doing so well, how about another outside the box suggestion - Fields of Gold Here is a good instrumental version
How about this fun modern Scottish Jig - Calliope House
Ooops it was week #111 Have to record it
I'm relearning, "The Snowflake Reel." I'm getting, "Maggie Brown's Favorite" up to speed. I don't think either of these tunes has made the social group. I'd say the first is old time. The second is O'Carolan. f-d
I thought Snowflake Reel sounded familiar. It was way back on Week 146. You should bring it back up to the top of the pile with your version sometime.
Another jig then - this one Irish. The Humours of Trim, also known as The Sea Image or the Rolling Wave. Here is a Chieftains medley with it, at about 1:30. and another version
How about "Summertime" by Gershwin?
Soppin' the Gravy (aka Little Betty Brown). It's a great old time tune often played by Texas style fiddlers. Plays nicely on the mandolin too. Key of D.
A nice reel - MacArthur's Road
Here are two fiddle tunes that are often played together - especially by pipers. Jenny Dang the Weaver and Itchy Fingers
How about 'Dont think twice, its alright' Bob Dylan song? been covered in lots of different styles including Bluegrass. and old Jellyhead:
Anyone ever suggest Dixie Hoedown?
to go with the, "King of the Pipers," we need the, "King of the Fairies." f-d
I'm finally getting around to updating my list I'm working from which excludes all the past tunes, winners or losers! This is part one of my current list of poll tune suggestions. These are mixed genre (if you go through this list, and see a tune without a genre listed, and know what it is, please send me a message and I'll add it!) As always, if you have any tunes you'd like to see on a poll, please either post them here, or send me a private message! I'll see that they get on the lists! Across the Great Divide (309, 310, 311)xx Besame Mucho (322, 323, 324) Bully of the Town (312, 313, 314)xxx Careless Love (316, 317, 318, )xx Catharsis Christmas is Coming, the Goose is Getting Fat (294, 295)xx Crazy Creek (302, 303, 304, 305)xxx Down in the Swamp (306, 307, 308) Flitter dance (IT/Manx) Fred Digs Up A Hornet's Nest (309, 310, 311, 312, 313)xxx Go Down, Moses (319, 320, 321, 322, 323)xxx Ground Speed - BG (284, 285, 286, 287)xx Happy Birthday To You (285, 286, 287)xx Hey Joe (307, 308, 309)xx High on a Mountain - BG (291, 292, 294, 295)xx Home Sweet Home John Hardy - BG (324) Johnny the Blacksmith ~ fiddle tune (306, 307, 308)xxx Joys of Wedlock ~ IT jig (317, 318, 319)xxx Kitty of Coleraine (jig) (302, 303, 304)xx Knockbauer Polka #1 IT Knockbauer Polka #2 IT Leaving Friday Harbor (300, 301, 302)xx Longing for Spring (Mozart) (314, 315, 316, 317)xxxx Mama Don't Allow - BG (298, 299,300, 301,302)xx Midnight in Moscow (320) Molly Mason Muttering Woman New Money (299,300, 301)xxx Oh Mandolin (310, 311, 312)xxx Old French (which goes well with the Snowflake Reel) Old Grimes Otter's Holt/IT Paddy on the Handcar (285, 286, 287, 288)xx Panhandle Country (318, 319)xxx Raglan Road - slow air - IT (305, 306, 307, 308)xxx Rose of Avonmore (IT) (324) Run, Johnny, Run - BG (303, 304)xx Rye Straw (278, 279, 280, 281)xxxx Salmon tails up the water (IT/Scottish) Santa is Coming to Town Tabhair Dom Do Lamh - IT Ten Penny Bit - IT The Boys of Ballycastle (IT) The Burning of the Piper's Hut The Dash to Portobello (reel) (276, 277, 278, 279)xx The Earl's Chair/IT The Fox (320, 321, 322, 323)xxxxx The Galician - polka (282, 283, 284)xx The Green Groves of Erin (reel) - IT The Humours of Ballyconnell (reel) The Humours of Trim (Sea Image, The Rolling Wave) ~ IT "The Jack Rabbit Trail" from Butch Baldassari The Kerry - jig - IT (314, 315, 316) The Lonely Mountain(303, 304, 305)xxx The Maid of Ardagh, Polka - IT (295, 296.297, 298)xxx The Mullingar Lee (reel) The Piper's Despair (reel) - IT (320) The Sailor on the Rock (reel) - IT (288, 289, 290, 291)xxx The Steeplechase (reel) Theme from 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini /Nino Roto) ~ movie theme (324) Untitled Mazurka Willafjord goes well with Spootiskerry (Shetland Reels) Woody's Rag (296. 297, 298, 299)xxxxx Zito the Bubbleman
This is part two of my poll tune suggestions. These are Old Time Tunes. Booth Shot Lincoln Bush in the Shucks Chicken and Dumplings OT (Simple tune to experiment with AEAE or GDGD tuning) Cindy OT Crow Creek (Simple tune to experiment with AEAE or GDGD tuning) Darling Corey OT/BG (315, 316, 317)xxx Great High Wind That Blew the Low Post Down OT Modal Hawk's and Eagles OT fiddle tune (295, 296, 297, 298)xxxx Laughing Boy ~ OT (277, 278, 279, 280)xxx Mountaineer's Lovesong ~ OT (290, 291)xx Scolding Wife (319, 320, 321, 322)xxx Shucking the Bush (292, 293, 294) Steeley's Rag (281, 282, 283, 284)xx Tom & Jerry Train on the Island OT (323, 324) Tugboat Year of Jubilo Waterbound OT Walking in Jerusalem Just Like John OT/BG Way Down the Old Plank Road OT (285, 286) Wild John
And this is part three. These are O'Carolan tunes. Cremonea (O'Carolan) Squire Wood's Lamentation on the Refusal of his Halfpence (O'Carolan) (313, 314, 315, 316)xx The Dark Plaintive Youth (280, 281, 282, 283) xxx 179 (O'Carolan)
How about The Clumsy Lover - a Scottish Reel
Cold rain and snow is a nice modal tune with lots of room for variation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p0AryAE6Bw
How about some nice Western Swing - The Cowboy Waltz
Johnny the Blacksmith - a cool old fiddle tune most associated with Kenny Baker: Bluegrass/Old Time
This is a nice one; "Indiana Firefly" from John Reischman (CD- Up in the woods) You see Reischman play it when he talks about his Loyd Loar in this video www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvB2PxEsGbM. I found a tabledit version somewhere on the web. a good example here:
I'm suggesting this "Untitled Mazurka" (played by Altan, mainly): https://www.irishtune.info/tune/1241/ Listed on Thesession.org as "John Doherty's Mazurka" (http://thesession.org/tunes/2497) but clearly not the right name according to irishtune.info: John Doherty's Mazurka seems to be an other one (https://www.irishtune.info/tune/973/) The beautiful Altan's version:
Also, this great irish tune (schottische/scottische?), unnamed or unknown ("Nora Marshall's Scottische" in the description, but I found no other references on the web). I definitely love it. It has in common with the mazurka that I just posted above, other than being more or less unnamed, the key change on the third repeat, that gives a great lift to the tune (even though it's probably an interpretation choice, not really part of the tune).
Another one that I like very much: The Boys of Ballycastle (IT) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUt4LFJm5zg
"Happy Birthday To You".
