A Portland Play Along Selection: 97 Contra Dance Tunes for Listening and Learning

Betsy Branch, fiddle; Clyde Curley, mandolin, 4-string banjo, fiddle, guitar; Susan Songer, piano
© 2008, 2 discs / 37 medleys / 97 tunes / 2:28:15 total time

Product #: PDX-11D Price: $25.00

The Portland Play Along Selection CD set is a companion to The Portland Collection tune book volumes 1 and 2. These CDs are designed for learning and practice, with melody recorded in one stereo channel and backup in the other, so you can play along with or without hearing your part. Or you may want to just enjoy listening to these great tunes!

Track List:

Disc 1

• Scottish reels, up-tempo, fiddle, mandolin, piano (3:11):
  1. Jamie Allen / 2. Scollay's Reel
• Scottish reels, fiddle, piano (2:57):
  3. The Bottom of the Punchbowl / 4. Old Grey Cat
• New england-style and irish jigs, mandolin, piano (4:03):
  5. Camp Pleasant Jig by Roy Marshall © 1987 / 6. Sonny Brogan's /
  7. Fair Jenny's Jig by Peter Barnes © 1977
• Southern reels, fiddle, guitar (4:24):
  8. Grasshopper Sittin' on a Sweet Potato Vine /
  9. The 28th of January / 10. Buck Mountain
• reels, mandolin, piano (4:28):
  11. Batchelder's / 12. Golden Wedding Reel /
  13. Pacific Slope Hornpipe
• Scottish jigs, fiddle, piano (3:47):
  14. The Banks of the Allan / 15. The Sailor's Wife /
  16. Bert Ferguson by Samuel Ian Rothmar Burns © 1980,
  Mrs. Phyllis E. Burns
• Irish reels, fiddle, guitar tuned DADBGE (4:31):
  17. Sheehan's / 18. Mother's Delight / 19. Hand Me Down the Tackle
• New england reels, fiddle, piano (4:22):
  20. Democratic Rage Hornpipe / 21. Dominion Reel /
  22. Saratoga Hornpipe
• Southern reels, mandolin, piano (2:53):
  23. Flat-Footed Henry / 24. Cuffy
• Cape breton and scottish reels, fiddle, piano (4:28):
  25. Hughie Shorty's Reel by Johnny Wilmot © 1963, Patricia Wilmot /
  26. The Barrowburn Reel by Addie Harper © 1968, Harper Music /
  27. Trip to Windsor by Dan R. MacDonald © 1947, Cameron Music Sales
• New england jigs, 4-string banjo, piano (3:58):
  28. Mrs. Monroe's Jig / 29. The Grey Buck / 30. Up the River
• Southern Reels, fiddle tuned AEAE (2:43):
  31. Going to the Free State / 32. Black-Eyed Susie
• Southern reels, fiddle, guitar (4:13):
  33. John Brown's March / 34. Johnny, Johnny, Don't Get Drunk /
  35. Little Dutch Girl
• Irish and cape breton jigs, fiddle, piano (2:46):
  36. Miller's Maggot / 37. Stan Chapman's Jig by Jerry Holland
  © 1984, SOCAN
• Irish reels, fiddle, piano (4:11):
  38. The Steeplechase / 39. Farrell O'Gara / 40. George White's Favorite
• Québécois reels, fiddle, guitar (4:36):
  41. Reel de Père Léon / 42. Reel Saint-Paul / 43. Reel Eugène
• Northern marches, fiddle, 4-string banjo, piano (4:08):
  44. All the Way to Galway / 45. Doon the Brae / 46. The Road to Boston
• Québécois reels, fiddle, piano (2:56):
  47. Reel de Pointe-au-Pic / 48. Quadrille Bouchard Troisième Partie
• Southern reel, mandolin, guitar (1:51):
  49. Indian Ate the Woodchuck
• Southern reels, up-tempo, fiddle, mandolin, piano (4:11):
  50. Jeff City / 51. John Sharp's Hornpipe / 52. Ducks on the Pond
  

Disc 1 Total Time: 76:25

Disc 2

• Québécois jig, fiddle, mandolin, piano (3:09):
  1. 6/8 du Petit Sarny by Eric Favreau © 1998
• Northern reels, fiddle, piano (3:08):
  2. Horace Hanesworth by Larry Unger © 1987 / 3. Paddy on a Handcar
• Irish jigs, fiddle, guitar (4:10):
  4. The Rose in the Heather / 5. Out on the Ocean /
  6. The Rambling Pitchfork
• Québécois reels, fiddle, guitar (4:14):
  7. Reel Semeur / 8. Marie Sauce ton Pain / 9. The Telephone Tune
• Southern reels, mandolin, piano (4:17):
  10. Big Scioty / 11. Twin Sisters / 12. Piney Woods Gal
• Irish jigs, fiddle, piano (4:29):
  13. The Cordal Jig / 14. The Orphan / 15. Cuil Aodha
• Northern reels, fiddle, piano (4:29):
  16. The Gale by Susan Conger © 1997 /
  17. Devil's Churn by Joseph Grote ©1994 /
  18. Gondolin by Noah VanNorstrand © 2004
• Québécois reels, mandolin, piano (4:39):
  19. Reel du Père Bruneau by Lorenzo Picard © 1984, Hervé Picard /
  20. Le Diable Vert / 21. Reel Béloeil
• Irish reels, fiddle, guitar (4:34):
  22. The Reel of Mullinavat / 23. The Scholar / 24. The Old Copperplate
• Southern reels, mandolin, piano (4:35):
  25. Bumblebee in a Jug / 26. Crockett's Honeymoon / 27. Brushy Run
• New england reels, 4-string banjo, piano (4:23):
  28. Road to California / 29. Boswell's Fancy / 30. Sackett's Harbor
• Irish jigs, fiddle, piano (3:20):
  31. Irishman's Heart to the Ladies / 32. Mug of Brown Ale
• Irish reels, mandolin, piano (4:41):
  33. Dick Gossip's / 34. Tom Morrison's Reel /
  35. Lady Ann Montgomery
• Irish and irish-style jigs, fiddle, guitar tuned DADBGE, capo 2nd fret (4:09):
  36. Séan Ryan's Jig by Séan Ryan © 1987, Katheen Ryan and Brian Ryan /
  37. Up Sligo / 38. Foot to the Ground by Daniel Compton © 2003
• Southern reels, fiddle, guitar (4:42):
  39. Turkey in the Peapatch / 40. Stay All Night / 41. Moses, Hoe the Corn
• Québécois reel, fiddle, piano (2:57):
  42. Mouth of the Tobique
• Québécois reels, up-tempo, fiddle, mandolin, piano (4:22):
  43. Reel Desjarlais / 44. Reel Saint-Jean / 45. Père Doiron

Disc 2 Total Time: 71:50