Interest in 40's/50's style country jams in Chicago area?
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Interest in 40's/50's style country jams in Chicago area?
Would there be any interest in a bi-monthly (?) session doing the honky-tonk sounds of the late 40's and early 50's in the Chicago area?
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Great Idea !!
Good luck !! Wish I lived closer !! Love the old sounds of the 40s & 50s country music!!! Eddie "C" ( the old geezer )
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Good to hear from you all! As far as when, does an "off" time like a Monday evening or Sunday afternoon/early evening sound best for most players? Obviously Thursday thru Saturday nights are gig nights or otherwise busy for many.
I attended Keith Baumann's HT ensemble a few years back, that and the OTS scene in general may indeed provide some interested players, esp. fiddle players.
(hey, at least we don't need a drummer
I have access to a nice detached cottage room of an Irish pub in the near SW burbs, would a 30-40 min. (non-rush) drive from most north side city areas be too far? -just a suggestion
I attended Keith Baumann's HT ensemble a few years back, that and the OTS scene in general may indeed provide some interested players, esp. fiddle players.
(hey, at least we don't need a drummer
I have access to a nice detached cottage room of an Irish pub in the near SW burbs, would a 30-40 min. (non-rush) drive from most north side city areas be too far? -just a suggestion
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Howdy guys. Sorry I can't attend, but I've got a corral full of classic Country/Cowboy/Western song lyrics begging for some good steelin'.
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Larry Lali Puana loneki Jones
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Mark Lynott wrote:(I have access to a nice detached cottage room of an Irish pub in the near SW burbs, would a 30-40 min. (non-rush) drive from most north side city areas be too far? -just a suggestion
Mark whereabouts?
sounds close to me-thats good-I dont wanna go downtown
I would check it out if my work schedule will allow- maybe Pat K will bring that quad Stringmaster he was telling me that he just got
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The pub is in Brookfield so likely no more than a 20-30 min drive.Paul Warnik wrote:Mark Lynott wrote:(I have access to a nice detached cottage room of an Irish pub in the near SW burbs, would a 30-40 min. (non-rush) drive from most north side city areas be too far? -just a suggestion
Mark whereabouts?
sounds close to me-thats good-I dont wanna go downtown
I would check it out if my work schedule will allow- maybe Pat K will bring that quad Stringmaster he was telling me that he just got
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Thanks to everyone for chiming in on this. With people's schedules pretty tight and the venue being booked more for holiday parties I'll look to starting up the jam shortly after the first of the year.
If anybody has a different idea for a place to jam I'm very much open to it, but for now it looks like Brookfield.
If anybody has a different idea for a place to jam I'm very much open to it, but for now it looks like Brookfield.
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Yes, still interested and will BUMP this one up, how about the rest of you folks?. I'm looking to get a couple bass players I know from local Bluegrass/Old Time jams to "buy in" on this. A fiddler or two would be nice as well. The singers and (standard)guitarists should be in decent supply
The cottage room of the bar is (still) available when otherwise not in use for private parties, which run hot and cold, but often the space is free on "off" nights and some Sundays, and it is a nice place.
The cottage room of the bar is (still) available when otherwise not in use for private parties, which run hot and cold, but often the space is free on "off" nights and some Sundays, and it is a nice place.
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Craig,
The most important thing is to have the I IV V chords in the most common keys, that would be G, A, C, D and E down solid. II major and bVII chords as well as minor chords come into play as well, but not that much of the time in late 40's/early 50's. For one source of great intros, backing, licks and endings check out Jerry Byrd's, Don Helms'and other players' steel work with Hank Williams Sr. Just a few other great tunes are Hank Thompson's "Wild Side of Life", Ernest Tubb's "Walking the floor over you" and Red Foley's "Tennessee Saturday Night".
The most important thing is to have the I IV V chords in the most common keys, that would be G, A, C, D and E down solid. II major and bVII chords as well as minor chords come into play as well, but not that much of the time in late 40's/early 50's. For one source of great intros, backing, licks and endings check out Jerry Byrd's, Don Helms'and other players' steel work with Hank Williams Sr. Just a few other great tunes are Hank Thompson's "Wild Side of Life", Ernest Tubb's "Walking the floor over you" and Red Foley's "Tennessee Saturday Night".