Thursday, July 28, 2011

From This Week's Flood Jam Session


This week's freebie from The 1937 Flood jam session features a wonderful duet on a beautiful ballad from the British Isles.

Joe Dobbs and Dr. Wendell Dobbs are not related, but when you hear Joe's fiddle and Wendell's flute together, you'd swear these Dobbses were brothers. Or at least, they ought to be.

Wendell, a music professor at Marshall University and a section leader of the Huntington Symphony Orchestra, is an old friend. (And he and his wife, Linda, live only a few blocks from where The Flood has its weekly jam session, so, honestly, Wendell, you have very little excuse for not dropping in more often!)

Here, he and Joe put their special touch on "The Water is Wide." Hear the audio.

By the way, tunes from the jam sessions make up our weekly Flood podcasts. You can subscribe for free and get the music automatically delivered to your computer each Thursday. For details on that, click here.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

From This Week's Flood Jam Session


This week's freebie from The 1937 Flood jam session features several tunes from our friend Jesse Smith, the phenomenal, nationally known fingerpicker.

Jesse came down from his home in Wadsworth, Ohio, near Akron, to sit in with us last night for one sweet evening. Jesse makes everything sing -- just listen to his solo near the end of our trot through a 1918 Leo Wood standard, "Somebody Stole My Gal." Then stayed tuned as Jesse leads the guys on a tear through "Little Rock Getaway." Hear the audio.

By the way, tunes from the jam sessions make up our weekly Flood podcasts. You can subscribe for free and get the music automatically delivered to your computer each Thursday. For details on that, click here.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

From This Week's Flood Jam Session


This week's freebie from The 1937 Flood jam session features a grand tune in the tradition of 1920s and '30 stringbands.

It's always a good summer when our friends Rod and Judy Jones arrive on one of their regular visits from their native Australia. And now 2011 is officially a good summer. The Aussies have landed again!

The Flood first met Rod and Judy, expert players of old-time stringband music of the 1920s and '30s, more than three decades ago, during the couple's first visit to The States. Then, as now, whenever they sit in with us, we all get back to our roots. Hear the audio.

By the way, tunes from the jam sessions make up our weekly Flood podcasts. You can subscribe for free and get the music automatically delivered to your computer each Thursday. For details on that, click here.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

From This Week's Flood Jam Session


This week's freebie from The 1937 Flood jam session features a favorite tune from old friend.

One of our favorite local bands used to be Sheldon Road, a trio of great singers and pickers named Paul Martin, Randy Hamilton and Kenny Adams. Alas, the group disbanded a few years ago, but we've stayed in touch with all the guys. In fact, Randy Hamilton has been sitting in with us on bass for several weeks now.

And last night, Randy's old compatriot Paul Martin dropped in with his sweet mandolin. We even got Paul singing some -- here he leads us through a great old Bob Dylan standard. Hear the audio.

By the way, tunes from the jam sessions make up our weekly Flood podcasts. You can subscribe for free and get the music automatically delivered to your computer each Thursday. For details on that, click here.