Come to Our Party This Friday Night, Dec. 30!

This week's freebie from The 1937 Flood features another track from the band's new CD, "Wade in the Water."

If you're in the Huntington area, we sure hope you'll drop by to party with us this Friday night, Dec. 30, at the Ballroom of the Renaissance Center at 900 8th Street. We'll be playing tunes from "Wade in the Water," our first new CD in nearly eight years. The whole band will be on stage and the new CD will be available for purchase.

Oh, and if you can't attend our New Year's Eve Eve do, remember you can also buy the CD online through our web site -- click here to read all about it.

Meanwhile, to get you in the mood, here's another sample track from the new disc -- fiddlin' Joe Dobbs and "Whisky Before Breakfast" -- bad idea, but a great tune. Click here to hear the audio.

Oh and by the way, our friend Dave Lavender gave us a great shout-out in this morning's Herald-Dispatch. Click here to see his report.

Sample The Flood's 1st New CD in 8 Years!

This week's freebie from The 1937 Flood features the title track of the band's new CD, "Wade in the Water."

This is the 150th episode of this podcast. Three years ago this week we started these weekly installments of our ongoing digital jam session. But that's not the only thing we're celebrating.

This week The Flood rolls out its first new CD in almost eight years. We unveiled it at last night's jam session and now, so that our online family can be part of the festivities too, we're devoting this week's podcast to a sample track from the new album. Click here to come to the web site to read all about it and to hear the audio.

Finally, remember that the 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.

From This Week's Flood Jam Session

This week's freebie from The 1937 Flood jam sessions features The Flood's spin on a traditional theme.

There must be a million versions of the song "Pretty Polly." You can trace it all the way back to the British Isles and ballads like "The Gosport Tragedy" and "The Cruel Ship's Carpenter." We've always played a little fast and loose with the traditional Appalachian melody and lyrics, particularly late at night, as with last night's version when it was the final tune of the jam session. Hear the audio.

Finally, remember that the 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.

This Week from The Flood Jam Sessions

This week's freebie from The 1937 Flood jam sessions features an old friend doing a great old Utah Phillips standard.

Our weekly jam sessions are often blessed with extraordinary instrumentalists -- guitarists, fiddlers, banjo pickers and more -- but occasionally we're also joined by an excellent song stylist.

Such a singer is Dan Cowan, who hails from the little town of Pinch, W.Va., in Kanawha County. Dan's work schedule doesn't allow him to drop by very often, but when he does it's always a special moment. In this track, it's late in the evening. Doug Chaffin brings out his fiddle and he and Dan duet on"Rock Salt & Nails." Hear the audio.

Finally, remember that the 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.

From This Week's Flood Jam Session

This week's freebie from The 1937 Flood jam session features a new spin of an old, old song.

The jam session seldom starts with the same tune week after week, but often ends with one. After several hours of music, after the voices are spent and fingers are sore, someone's calling for the old folk music chestnut "House of the Rising Sun" usually signals that the collective is finished for another week.

But that doesn't mean the assembly will play the song the same way each time. Sometimes it's fast and furious, other times it's slow and bluesy. Sometimes it's a serious ballad, other times, new, just for laughs. Last night? Well, it wasn't a first -- but it has been a while since we've done it in waltz time… Hear the audio.

Finally, remember that the 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.