Slow Jam for Old-Time Music
HOMESPUN
Taught By Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer, Bruce Molsky.
All Levels
One CD and Book of Music and Chords
Here’s an exciting way to increase your repertoire of old time tunes and practice up for those inevitable jam sessions at parties, festivals, camps and other musical events. These fourteen great instrumentals are played up-to-speed for those ready to jam, and are slowed down to half speed for the sake of beginning/intermediate pickers who want to play along at a more relaxed tempo. The band has chosen some jam session tunes that include both old standards and some less well-known favorites. Whether your instrument is fiddle, banjo, mandolin, bass or guitar, this play-along CD will be a big help in moving your playing to the next level.

Tunes: The Buffalo Girls, Sugar in the Gourd, Billy Wilson, Hangman’s Reel, My Own House Waltz, Ducks on the Mill Pond, Polly Put the Kettle On, Black Eyed Susie, Mississippi Sawyers, Duck River, Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss, Billy in the Lowland, Seneca Square Dance,

About Cathy Fink
About Marcy Marxer
Marcy Marxer is a multi-instrumentalist, teacher and children's performer. After studying music as a child, she trained in theatre at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and Ringling Brothers Clown School. Marcy has performed extensively throughout the world since 1977, most often with her musical partner Cathy Fink. This highly-acclaimed duo is a top team on the family music circuit: Their numerous recordings have won awards and recognition from Parents' Choice Magazine, the American Library Association and many other organizations.
About Bruce Molsky

One of the most influential old-time fiddlers on the scene today. He's also a remarkable guitarist, banjoist, and singer who learned directly from renowned musicians Tommy Jarrell and Albert Hash, two of his mentors in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Thanks in part to his time spent with these old masters, Bruce has earned numerous awards at fiddle and banjo contests around the South, including: Galax, Virginia; Mount Airy, North Carolina; and the Appalachian String Band Festival in West Virginia. Bruce has performed extensively at festivals and concert venues throughout the US and abroad. He is a highly sought-after fiddle and banjo teacher, and teaches his own intensive fiddle workshop program all over the United States. He is a regular instructor at Augusta Heritage Center, Jay Unger and Molly Mason's Ashokan Music Camp, and Alisdair Fraser's Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddle Camp, among others. His most recent CDs, " Poor Man's Troubles" and " Lost Boy" are on Rounder Records.