Beginning in January 2018, we have adopted Dave Haas’ Join the Jam book for our jams.  We have had fun exploring old favorites, many of which have been on our list from past years, and also finding some new favorites from Join the Jam!

http://www.davehaasmusic.com/davehaasmusic/Books.html

Let’s Jam! Book with 2 CDs! contains 113 Jam Tunes in 142 Arrangements

29 Tunes are in two different keys, and lyrics  and chords.

Novice-Advanced

This book was intended to provide a large collection of of the tunes played in today’s jam sessions.  Great as a help during a jam or as a resource to learn jam tunes, this book is quickly being adopted by many clubs as their official “Jam Book”.

Twenty-nine of the tunes are traditionally played in G or A.  Many of these have be adapted by dulcimer players in the key of D.  In these cases, a second arrangement in either G or A will be included, in addition to an arrangement in D.   This will allow dulcimer player to be more comfortable playing with fiddles, banjos, and other old-time instruments.

Note:  The  Playlist below was created by the selection of 25 songs chosen each year in 2013, 2014, and 2015.  Prior to the creation of the Playlists, Stephen Seifert’s “Join the Jam” book was used. Currently, the 77 songs on the Playlist continue to be used, with the Songs of the Month tabs.  If members would like to introduce any new songs to jam sessions, please contact the jam leader in advance, and bring  (non-copyrighted) TAB for the entire group or arrange to have the link sent to all club members.

*******[Download the “historic” BRMDPC Playlist by clicking here.]*******

Angeline the Baker
Arkansas Traveler
Bells of St. Mary’s
Big Rock Candy Mountain
Bile Them Cabbage
Black Eyed Susie
Black Mountain Rag
Boatman
Bonaparte’s Retreat
Buffalo Gals
Careless Love
Columbus Stockade Blues
Cripple Creek
Danny Boy
Do Lord
Down the River I Go
Du, Du, Liegst Mir Im Herzen
Ducks in a Millpond
Edelweiss
Fancy Gap Breakdown
Farther Along
Flop Eared Mule
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Going to Boston
Grey Cat on a Tennessee Farm
Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
Hard Times
Have I Told You Lately
I’ll Fly Away
Jambalaya
June Apple
Liberty
Life’s Railroad to Heaven
Little Liza Jane
Lynchburg Town
Mississippi Sawyer
Morning Has Broken
New River Train
Oh, Shenandoah (Shenandoah)
Old Joe Clark
Old Woman
On Top of Old Smokey
Over the Waterfall
Peek-a-boo Waltz
Precious Memories
Ragtime Annie
Red Wing
Rock of Ages
Rock that Cradle, Joe
Rosin the Beau
Sally Anne
Sandy Boys
Scotland the Brave
Shady Grove
Shall We Gather at the River
Shortnin Bread
Softly and Tenderly
Soldier’s Joy
Southwind
Spotted Pony
Sweet Hour of Prayer
Swing Low Sweet Chariot
The Riddle Song
The Water is Wide
Turkey in the Straw
Walking in the Parlor
Waterbound
When the Saints Go Marching In
When the Stars Begin to Fall
Where the Soul Never Dies
Whiskey Before Breakfast
Whispering Hope
Wildwood Flower
Year of Jubilo
You Are My Sunshine
Your Cheating Heart