Jody Kruskal

There are thirteen tracks on my classic Grand Picnic CD from the '90s. Here's the playlist. My favorite contra dance medley is still track #1 Saint Joseph's Reel / Pulaski Skyway / Little Red Brick House in Georgia

Love it!

Thanks Jim, I do love to breath... at any speed. As for the link with notation, I wouldn't put too much stock in written notes, as helpful as they may be in learning a tune. Rather, I like to listen to how folks actually play it, then play along with the versions I most admire. These selections are all from the university of Youtube where you can slow down the tune to better join in the fun. (Click the Settings button, the little gear icon at the bottom, then Playback Speed, then .75 or even .5) Here are a few of my favorite listens for Sandy Boys. Edden Hammons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHJbZr_zMj0 Alan Jabbour and Ken Perlman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6XppoPSISs Palmer Loux and Alan Kauffman on fiddle; Steve Arkin on banjo; Greg Loux on guitar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRvwMrucntI Rhys Jones - Mississippi Square Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkGqxL2brqE&list=OLAK5uy_lbY3wC65sJoDn7u-K1WKoFN4CBeFCq1rY&index=12 Carolina Chocolate Drops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xJEvt0QzFQ

Oh my! How does this curling affect playability? Can you hear a difference between right and left? I have concertinas that I rarely play. I try to remember to turn them 180 degrees a few times per year to keep the effects of gravity more even.

Sandy Boys - Jody Kruskal plays this fine old time fiddle tune on the Anglo concertina. We know this one from the playing of fiddlers Edden and Burl Hammons, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. Read what the Traditional Tune Archive says about Sandy Boys. https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Sandy_Boys

As many of you may know, in addition to playing the Anglo concertina, I am a new musical instrument designer and builder. My latest project is this video of my Marching Styro-Harp Quartet in performance. I use found objects gleaned from the streets of Brooklyn to assemble my marching band of styro-harps. Metal racks are rescued from discarded furniture, shelving and kitchen appliances. Styrofoam boxtops amplify the rack vibrations to create an etherial wash of random pitches and rhythmic grooves. Harmonic whistles, blowing toys and bicycle horns provide a lyrical voice to complement the mysterious musical mayhem. Recycled urban detritus finds a new life in experimental musical improvisation.

Hi a4naught, So glad that you like this OT C/G Anglo project. I too have played Irish trad tunes for years, but in my harmonic style for dances. Perhaps I'll post some of those up sometime. In the meantime, here's an update. I've posted up three more Old Time tunes bringing the total to 17, so far. What's the next tune, do you think? Sandy Boys in A? Farewell Trion in C? Golden Slippers in G? Or...? Old Time C/G Anglo Concertina Playlist https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWsYvwu5kkEB_gtcwvp0qsjEzSPjcZW9z&si=QC3WtBb6lsNZUrPB 1 Old Town Band G 2 Rock the Cradle Joe D 3 Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase C 4 Old Folks Played and the Young People Danced G 5 Ora Lee G 6 Pike’s Peak C 7 Sail Away Ladies G - J.P. Fraley 8 Railroading Through the Rockies D 9 Simpson County - Kessinger G 10 Snake Chapman's Tune D 11 Greasy Coat Am 12 Wes Muir’s Tune C 13 Walnut gap G 14 Pigtown Fling G 15 Coleman’s March D 16 Little Princess Footsteps C 17 Sweet Marie G

Jody Kruskal plays Sweet Marie on the C/G Anglo concertina. This tune started out as a popular song from the 1890s. This crooked old time version here is from the playing of Kentucky fiddler Walter Lile.

Sweet Marie works great on the C/G, thanks!

Try "London Pride"

Here is the playlist so far... Old Time C/G Anglo Concertina 1 Old Town Band G 2 Rock the Cradle Joe D 3 Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase C 4 Old Folks Played and the Young People Danced G 5 Ora Lee G 6 Pike’s Peak C 7 Sail Away Ladies G - J.P. Fraley 8 Railroading Through the Rockies D 9 Simpson County - Kessinger G 10 Snake Chapman's Tune D 11 Greasy Coat Am 12 Wes Muir’s Tune C 13 Walnut gap G 14 Pigtown Fling G Next up? Coleman's March in D.

My... that was cheerful. Also very beautiful and mysterious. Haunting. Charmingly doleful... but in a nice way