Welcome to the OSTJ repertoire page. Below is a list of tunes and songs that have been played during the Slow Jam, with the most commonly played ones in capitals. The items in grey font are linked to either the Slippery Hill website or an alternative source for a version of the tune or song. Slippery Hill is an amazing resource, and I'm sure any support you feel you can give to it would be gratefully received. A few of the links are on YouTube. If you know of better versions please drop a line to oldtimeslowjam@gmail.com
A chords list for most of the tunes and songs on the list, and a few more, can be found here: Chords list
G:
BARLOW KNIFE (tune)
BIG SCIOTY (tune)
Blackest Crow (song)
Boatman (tune), also played in A.
Buffalo Gals (song)
Coal Harbor Bend (tune)
COLORED ARISTOCRACY (tune)
CRIPPLE CREEK (song)
Cutting at the Point (tune)
Ducks Eyeball (tune)
ELK RIVER BLUES (song)
Golden Ticket, The (tune)
HANDSOME MOLLY (song)
Indian Corn (tune)
Jaybird Died of the Whooping Cough (tune)
JOSIE-O (song)
Magpie (tune)
NAIL THAT CATFISH TO A TREE (tune)
Old Chattanooga (tune)
Ora Lee (tune)
POSSUM ON A RAIL (tune)
ROSCOE (tune)
Sail Away Ladies (song)
SANDY BOYS (song)
SANDY RIVER BELLE (tune)
SENECA SQUARE DANCE (tune)
Shoes and Stockings (tune)
SHOVE THE PIG'S FOOT A LITTLE FURTHER INTO THE FIRE (tune)
Walkin' in My Sleep (song)
Waterbound (Song)
WAYNESBORO' (tune)
WHITEFACE (tune)
Wildwood Flower (song)
WILLOW ON THE LAKE (tune)
G Modal:
Boating Up Sandy, a 3 part version.
A:
BILL CHEATHAM (tune)
Billy in the Lowground (tune) - Calico version
Boatman, a Hilarie Burhans tutorial
BOIL THEM CABBAGES DOWN (tune)
BOOTH SHOT LINCOLN (tune)
CHEROKEE SHUFFLE (tune)
CHINQUAPIN HUNTING (tune)
CRIPPLE CREEK (tune)
Crow Little Rooster (tune)
Dinah (tune)
Dull Chisel (tune)
Gold Rush (tune)
Gunboat (tune)
Horse and Buggy (tune)
Hunting the Buffalo (tune)
Icehouse (tune)
JEFF STURGEON (tune)
JUNE APPLE (song)
Kansas City Reel (tune)
LITTLE BILLY WILSON (tune)
LITTLE DUTCH GIRL (tune)
LIZA JANE (tune)
OBAMA's MARCH TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Newt Payne's Tune
Old Joe Clark (tune)
OLD MOTHER FLANAGAN (tune)
Red Prairie Dawn (tune)
ROAD TO MALVERN (tune)
SANDY BOYS (tune)
Shenandoah Falls (tune)
Shortnin' Bread (tune)
Squirrel Hunters (tune)
Sugar in the Gourd (tune)
Sweet Nell (tune)
TIPPING BACK THE CORN (tune)
Tomahawk (tune)
Walk Along John to Kansas (tune)
A Modal:
BETTY LIKENS (tune)
COLD FROSTY MORNING (tune)
Greasy Coat (tune)
KITCHEN GIRL (tune)
Pretty Little Dog (tune)
Shady Grove (song)
C:
D:
ANGELINE THE BAKER (song)
ARKANSAS TRAVELLER (tune)
Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (tune)
Camp Meeting 4th July (tune)
Chinese Breakdown (tune)
Coon Dog (tune)
Cumberland Gap (tune) - 2 and 3 part versions
Dry and Dusty (tune)
Durang's Hornpipe (tune)
Eighth of January (tune)
Farewell Princeton (tune)
Five Miles From Town (tune)
FLY AROUND MY PRETTY LITTLE MISS - see Susannah Gal
Forked Deer (tune)
JOHNNY DON'T GET DRUNK (tune)
JULIANNE JOHNSON (tune)
LIBERTY (tune)
MARTHA CAMPBELL (tune)
MIDNIGHT ON THE WATER (tune)
MISSISSIPPI SAWYER (tune)
Nancy (tune)
NEEDLECASE (tune)
OVER THE WATERFALL (tune)
PORTER'S REEL (tune)
RAGTIME ANNIE (tune)
ROCK THE CRADLE JOE (tune)
SADIE AT THE BACK DOOR (tune)
SAINT ANNE'S REEL (tune)
SALLY IN THE GARDEN (tune)
SANDY BOYS (tune)
SNAKE RIVER REEL (tune)
SOLDIER'S JOY (tune)
SPOTTED PONY (tune)
Sugar Hill (tune)
SUSANNAH GAL (song)
SWANNANOA WALTZ (tune)
West Fork Gals (tune)
WHISKEY BEFORE BREAKFAST (tune)
White Hat (tune)
WINDER SLIDE (tune)
Tutorials
Walkin' in My Sleep in G tutorial
Simon has kindly provided a banjo tutorial for Walkin' in My Sleep: