Bluegrass Jam Along

My guest this week is Tony Trischka, who the New York Times called 'the father of modern bluegrass'.  Tony has been at the forefront of the folk and bluegrass worlds since the 1960s. Our conversation focusses on his 2021 album Shall We Hope , described on Tony's website as "a dramatized listening experience. It invites its audience into the lives of characters from America’s pa...

My guest this week is Wes Corbett. Wes is the current banjo player in the Sam Bush Band and has previously played with Molly Tuttle, Joy Kills Sorrow, The Bee Eaters and hammered dulcimer virtuoso Simon Chrisman. I chatted to Wes about his recent instrumental record Cascade ,  co-produced by Punch Brothers' Chris Eldridge and featuring Sierra Hull, Paul Kowert, Simon Chrisman, Alex Hargraves...

This week we're jamming along to Blackberry Blossom and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the you play lead track where I play backup so you can work on the tune.  It's four times through in the key of G at 85 bpm. backing track starts at 00:29 Don't forget to check out the other three episodes when you're done. If you want a chord chart (or...

This week we're jamming along to Blackberry Blossom and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the jam along track where I play backup, followed by the melody then we keep swapping.  It's four times through in the key of G at 85 bpm. backing track starts at 00:25 Don't forget to check out the other three episodes when you're done. If you want a c...

This  week we're jamming along to the classic tune Blackberry Blossom. 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...

This week we're jamming along to Blackberry Blossom and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the you play rhythm track where I play the melody so you can work on backup.  It's four times through in the key of G at 85 bpm. backing track starts at 00:27 Don't forget to check out the other three episodes when you're done. If you want a chord chart...

I've got another song for you his week - How Mountain Girls Can Love, in the key of G at 85 bpm. Hopefully that's a good, steady tempo for working on breaks. We kick off with a chorus, then it's verse, chorus four times through. There are two other track this week in A and Bb so you've got a choice of the keys you'll most commonly hear this one in at a jam. Track starts at...

I've got another song for you his week - How Mountain Girls Can Love, in the key of A at 85 bpm. Hopefully that's a good, steady tempo for working on breaks. We kick off with a chorus, then it's verse, chorus four times through. There are two other track this week in G and Bb so you've got a choice of the keys you'll most commonly hear this one in at a jam. Track starts at...

I've got another song for you his week - How Mountain Girls Can Love, in the key of Bb at 85 bpm. Hopefully that's a good, steady tempo for working on breaks. We kick off with a chorus, then it's verse, chorus four times through. There are two other track this week in G and A so you've got a choice of the keys you'll most commonly hear this one in at a jam. Track starts at...

I've got something new for you on the podcast this week.  I know a lot of you, alongside working on fiddle tunes, are also working on breaks for vocal songs. So I'm adding some songs to the podcast too, starting with Old Home Place. I know these songs often get played in different keys depending on who sings them, so I'm giving you a set of four different tracks in different keys. T...

I've got something new for you on the podcast this week.  I know a lot of you, alongside working on fiddle tunes, are also working on breaks for vocal songs. So I'm adding some songs to the podcast too, starting with Old Home Place. I know these songs often get played in different keys depending on who sings them, so I'm giving you a set of four different tracks in different keys. T...

I've got something new for you on the podcast this week.  I know a lot of you, alongside working on fiddle tunes, are also working on breaks for vocal songs. So I'm adding some songs to the podcast too, starting with Old Home Place. I know these songs often get played in different keys depending on who sings them, so I'm giving you a set of four different tracks in different keys. T...

I've got something new for you on the podcast this week.  I know a lot of you, alongside working on fiddle tunes, are also working on breaks for vocal songs. So I'm adding some songs to the podcast too, starting with Old Home Place. I know these songs often get played in different keys depending on who sings them, so I'm giving you a set of four different tracks in different keys. T...

This week we're jamming along to Old Joe Clark and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the you play rhythm track where I play the melody so you can work on backup.  It's four times through in the key of A at 85 bpm. backing track starts at 00:31 Don't forget to check out the other three episodes when you're done. If you want a chord chart (or...

This week we're jamming along to Old Joe Clark and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the you play lead track where I play backup so you can work on the tune.  It's four times through in the key of A at 85 bpm. backing track starts at 00:25 Don't forget to check out the other three episodes when you're done. If you want a chord chart (or just...

This week we're jamming along to Old Joe Clark and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the jam along track where I play backup, followed by the melody then we keep swapping.  It's four times through in the key of A at 85 bpm. backing track starts at 00:29 Don't forget to check out the other three episodes when you're done. If you want a chord...

This  week we're jamming along to the classic tune Old Joe Clark. 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 jam a...

My guest this week is Bob Minner. Bob has been the acoustic guitarist for country icon Tim McGraw for almost 30 years now, and he's also a fantastic bluegrass picker. His latest project, 'From Sulphur Springs To Rising Fawn : The Songs of Norman Blake' is a wonderful tribute to the music of Norman and Nancy Blake, featuring duets with people from the worlds of country and bluegrass,...

Hi everyone. Today marks a year from me uploading the very first episode of Bluegrass Jam Along, so I thought I'd celebrate with something a little different! Today we're jamming along to the very first tune I added to the podcast - Whiskey Before Breakfast, in D. Rather than the standard tracks though, I thought it would be fun to try something a bit more free flowing, where we're...

My guest this week is Jarrod Walker, best known to most of you as the mandolin player in Billy Strings' band. We chat about all sorts of stuff, including what Chris Thile taught him about learning fiddle tunes, how he almost ended up selling instruments for a living rather than playing them, the pros and cons of plugging in onstage and going from landscaping one day during the pandemic to pla...

This week we're jamming along to Red Wing and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the you play rhythm track where I play the melody so you can work on backup.  It's four times through in the key of G at 95 bpm. backing track starts at 00:26 Don't forget to check out the other three episodes when you're done. If you want a chord chart (or just...

This week we're jamming along to Red Wing and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the you play lead track where I play backup so you can work on the tune.  It's four times through in the key of G at 95 bpm. backing track starts at 00:27 Don't forget to check out the other three episodes when you're done. If you want a chord chart (or just want...

This week we're jamming along to Red Wing and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the jam along track where I play backup, followed by the melody then we keep swapping.  It's four times through in the key of G at 95 bpm. backing track starts at 00:32 Don't forget to check out the other three episodes when you're done. If you want a chord chart...

This  week we're jamming along to the classic tune Red Wing 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 jam along!...

This week we're jamming along to The Girl I Left Behind Me and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the you play rhythm track where I play the melody so you can work on backup.  It's four times through in the key of G at 75 bpm. backing track starts at 00:28 Don't forget to check out the other three episodes when you're done. If you want a chor...