Bluegrass Jam Along

This week we've got something a little different for you. This is the first in a series of 'mini jams', which I'm putting together to feel a bit more like playing at a real jam. That means we're playing 3 tunes back to back instead of focussing on just one. This week's tunes are: Whiskey Before Breakfast in D (starts at 1:11) Soldier's Joy in D (starts at 8:31) R...

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to the classic tune St Anne's Reel and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. In this episode I play backup so you can work on the tune. It's four times through in the key of D at 75 bpm. I'm playing it on guitar with a ca...

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to the classic tune St Anne's Reel and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. In this episode I play the tune so you can work on backup. It's four times through in the key of D at 75 bpm. I'm playing it on guitar with a ca...

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to the classic tune St Anne's Reel and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This episode is the 'jam along' track, where I play backup and you play lead, then we swap over and repeat another three times.  We're in t...

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to Red Haired Boy and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. In this episode I play the tune so you can work on backup. It's four times through in the key of A at 75 bpm. I'm playing it on guitar with a capo at the second fret....

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to Red Haired Boy and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. In this episode I play the rhythm so you can work on the tune. It's four times through in the key of A at 75 bpm. I'm playing it on guitar with a capo at the second f...

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to Red Haired Boy and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the Jam Along episode where we take it in turns to trade lead and backup. It's four times through in the key of A at 75 bpm. I'm playing it on guitar with a c...

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to Gold Rush and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. In this episode I play the tune so you can work on backup. It's four times through in the key of A at 75 bpm. I'm playing it on guitar with a capo at the second fret. back...

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to Gold Rush and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. In this episode I play the tune so you can work on backup. It's four times through in the key of A at 75 bpm. I'm playing it on guitar with a capo at the second fret. back...

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to Gold Rush and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. In this episode I play the tune so you can work on backup. It's four times through in the key of A at 75 bpm. I'm playing it on guitar with a capo at the second fret. back...

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to the classic tune Soldier's Joy and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. In this episode I play backup so you can work on the tune. It's four times through in the key of D at 75 bpm. I'm playing it on guitar with a cap...

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to the classic tune Soldier's Joy and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. In this episode I play the tune so you can work on backup. It's four times through in the key of D at 75 bpm. I'm playing it on guitar with a cap...

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to the classic tune Soldier's Joy and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This episode is what I call the 'jam along' episode. Here's how it works. I play backup once through, so you can play the tune, then I play...

This week we're jamming along to the classic tune Soldier's Joy. This is a performance track, rather than a backing track. It's me playing both tune and backup so you've got a reference to listen to if you're new to the tune, or just want to be able to listen a few times to the whole thing. Don't forget to check out the other three episodes when you're done and j...

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to the classic tune Whiskey Before Breakfast and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. In this episode I play backup so you can work on the tune. It's four times through in the key of D at 75 bpm. I'm playing it on guitar with...

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to the classic tune Whiskey Before Breakfast and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. In this episode I play the tune so you can work on rhythm. It's four times through in the key of D at 75 bpm. I'm playing it on guitar with...

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to the classic tune Whiskey Before Breakfast and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This episode is what I call the 'jam along' episode. Here's how it works. I play backup once through, so you can play the tune, then I...

This week we're jamming along to the classic tune Whiskey Before Breakfast. This is a performance track, rather than a backing track. It's me playing both tune and backup so you've got a reference to listen to if you're new to the tune, or just want to be able to listen a few times to the whole thing. Don't forget to check out the other three episodes when you're done...

Hi and welcome to Bluegrass Jamalong, a new podcast of fiddle tune and bluegrass backing tracks.  I play guitar and mandolin and love jamming along to backing tracks when I’m learning a fiddle tune. But, I struggle to find backing tracks I like.  First up, most backing tracks are too short. It generally takes me one or two runs through a tune to really settle into it – by that point most backing t...