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Thread #10906   Message #78782
Posted By: Guy Wolff
15-May-99 - 09:49 PM
Thread Name: Suggestions for 'Ole Timey 'American Songs
Subject: RE: Suggestions for 'Ole Timey 'American Songs
Alice & Manyloges, I love both your lists.I used to play with a fiddle player and an acordianist who both loved pulling out the songs popular at "Kitchen parties" from their youth. Both we're in their 70's in the late sixties.ALice's list really reminded me of thoughs moments at the end of the night{After the square dance was over and before going home} they would start off in B flat and end up somewhere that could have been on mars as far as a young beginner on banjo could tell.Being within 100 miles of New York city they also added some older broadway songs in there just to confuse matters.I remember they realy loved the key of F and then would sort of move to the subdominent and end up in B Flat just from playing the tunes by ear.