decaturcomp
Well-known member
Howdy friends and neighbors (and I wish more of you were close by),
What I propose this week is to sing some good old Country songs along with some new ones that were performed for the three Will the Circle Be Unbroken collections put together by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
People like Doc Watson, and Mother Maybelle Carter and Johnny Cash, Earl Scruggs, John Haitt and many more wonderful players made the first set a real winner. The second set was a little weaker with folkieish countryish lighter fare from folks like John Denver. Still there was plenty to like and some great playing throughout. The third one has a lot of high points and I think you’ll find most of these tunes available in one form or another by someone on You Tube or elsewhere. Anyone with Spotify (or iTunes Music I guess) can hear all of them.
Anyway...dive in and get some rootsy C&W under your belt if you haven’t before. There’s a lot to love here.
The limited rules are:
Please hold your posts to three (3) so I can make time to hear all of them.
Please play a uke.
New stuff only please.
The Berni Codicil - You may write a new song BASED on one of these songs if you wish. Please note which song you’re riffing on. Many of these are simple tunes and can lend themselves to reworking, but please keep the themes in the same wheelhouse as the songs you find here.
Will the Circle Be Unbroken Series
Complete track listing
Continued in next response, this was too long for UU's brain to handle!
What I propose this week is to sing some good old Country songs along with some new ones that were performed for the three Will the Circle Be Unbroken collections put together by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
People like Doc Watson, and Mother Maybelle Carter and Johnny Cash, Earl Scruggs, John Haitt and many more wonderful players made the first set a real winner. The second set was a little weaker with folkieish countryish lighter fare from folks like John Denver. Still there was plenty to like and some great playing throughout. The third one has a lot of high points and I think you’ll find most of these tunes available in one form or another by someone on You Tube or elsewhere. Anyone with Spotify (or iTunes Music I guess) can hear all of them.
Anyway...dive in and get some rootsy C&W under your belt if you haven’t before. There’s a lot to love here.
The limited rules are:
Please hold your posts to three (3) so I can make time to hear all of them.
Please play a uke.
New stuff only please.
The Berni Codicil - You may write a new song BASED on one of these songs if you wish. Please note which song you’re riffing on. Many of these are simple tunes and can lend themselves to reworking, but please keep the themes in the same wheelhouse as the songs you find here.
Will the Circle Be Unbroken Series
Complete track listing
Disc: 1 |
| 1. Good Ole Opry Song |
| 2. Keep On the Sunnyside |
| 3. Nashville Blues |
| 4. You Are My Flower |
| 5. The Precious Jewel |
| 6. Dark As A Dungeon |
| 7. Tennessee Stud |
| 8. Black Mountain Rag |
| 9. Wreck On The Highway |
| 10. The End Of The World |
| 11. I Saw The Light |
| 12. Sunny Side Of The Mountain |
| 13. Nine Pound Hammer |
| 14. Losin' You (Might Be The Best Thing Yet) |
| 15. Honky Tonkin' |
| 16. You Don't Know My Mind |
| 17. My Walkin' Shoes |
Disc: 2 |
| 1. Lonesome Fiddle Blues |
| 2. Cannonball Rag |
| 3. Avalanche |
| 4. Flint Hill Special |
| 5. Togary Mountain |
| 6. Earl's Breakdown |
| 7. Orange Blossom Special |
| 8. Wabash Cannonball |
| 9. Lost Highway |
| 10. Doc Watson & Merle Travis (dialogue) |
| 11. Way Downtown |
| 12. Down Yonder |
| 13. Pins and Needles (In My Heart) |
| 14. Honky Tonk Blues |
| 15. Sailin' On to Hawaii |
| 16. I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes |
| 17. I Am a Pilgrim |
| 18. Wildwood Flower |
| 19. Soldier's Joy |
| 20. Will the Circle Be Unbroken |
| 21. Both Sides Now |
| 22. Foggy Mountain Breakdown |
| 23. Warming Up For "The Opry" (talk) |
| 24. Sunny Side (talk) |
| 25. Remember Me |
Disc: 3 |
| 1. Life's Railway To Heaven |
| 2. Grandpa Was A Carpenter |
| 3. When I Get My Rewards |
| 4. Don't You Hear Jerusalem Moan |
| 5. Little Mountain Church House |
| 6. And So It Goes |
| 7. When It's Gone |
| 8. Mary Danced With Soldiers |
| 9. Riding Alone |
| 10. I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World |
| 11. Lovin' On The Side |
| 12. Lost River |
| 13. Bayou Jubilee |
| 14. Blues Berry Hill |
| 15. Turn Of The Century |
| 16. One Step Over The Line |
| 17. You Ain't Going Nowhere |
| 18. The Valley Road |
| 19. Will The Circle Be Unbroken |
| 20. Amazing Grace |
