New to jamming?

You're not alone.

The Slower Than Dirt Old-Time Jam is a monthly jam especially for beginners. We'll learn a tune or three and get comfortable with jamming in a low-pressure environment.

Always free, open to all. Come join us!

Robot String Band

Slower Than Dirt jams are on a break for a few months, due to work committments. I hope to resume in February of 2023.

See the Virtual Jams page for details.

Tunes from the core repertoire to be played in October are:

Abe’s Retreat (A dor)
Cluck Old Hen (A dor)
Mace Bell’s Civil War March (A dor)
Sandy Boys (A mix)
Clayhole Waltz (A)
Bound to Have a Little Fun (G)
Girl I Left Behind Me (G)
Possum up a Gum Stump (G)
Seneca Square Dance (G)
Susi’s Waltz (G)

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The April jam is currently planned to be in the meeting room of the Greenwood branch of the Seattle Public Library, 8016 Greenwood Ave N, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm on Saturday, April 25th. Depending on what public health agencies are recommending in early April for coronavirus protection, this may change.

Suggested tunes from the core repertoire to be played in April are:

- Freda (from Carthy Sisco) (D)
- Johnny Don’t Get Drunk (D)
- Needle Case (D)
- Spotted Pony (D)
- Wind That Shakes the Barley (D)
- Barlow Knife (G)
- Nail That Catfish to a Tree (G)
- Rat’s Gone To Rest (G)
- Red Wing (G)
- Susi’s Waltz (G)

Sneak preview of tunes likely to be played in May:

Little Billie Wilson (A)
Abe’s Retreat (A dor)
Cluck Old Hen (A dor)
Mace Bell’s Civil War March (A dor)
Sandy Boys (A mix)
Arkansas Traveler (D)
Eye of the Beholder (D)
Freda (from Carthy Sisco) (D)
Johnny Don’t Get Drunk (D)
St. Anne’s Reel (D)