A Portland Selection 2: Contra Dance Music in the Pacific Northwest

George Penk, fiddle; Clyde Curley, mandolin, octave mandolin, 4-string banjo; Susan Songer, piano; with guest musician, Creighton Lindsay, guitar
© 2006, 18 tracks / 36 tunes / 61:47 total time

Product #: PDX-02D Price: $15.00

This recording is a companion CD for the tune book, The Portland Collection: Contra Dance Music in the Pacific Northwest Vol. 2. Musicians George Penk, Clyde Curley, and Sue Songer have played for contra dances in Portland and throughout the Northwest for decades. On this recording, they bring music from the pages of The Portland Collection to life with rhythms and stylings that are difficult to convey on the printed page. The tunes on the recording represent many different genres and sources of contra dance music. There is a mix of both traditional and recently composed tunes as well as popular standards and tunes that have not been recorded before.

Track List:

1. Pigeon on the Gate / The Derry Reel / MacArthur Road © Dave Richardson (4:09)
2. The Lads of Dunse / The Golden Legs © Liz Carroll (3:29)
3. Reel de la Sauvagine © Michel Bordeleau (2:57)
4. Le Tourment © Jean-Paul Loyer / La Maison de Glace © Réjean Brunet / Early in the Year © Dan Compton (4:15)
5. Le 24 Juin © Philippe Bruneau (2:58)
6. Black Jack Grove / Shady Grove (3:23)
7. The Cincinnati Rag / Stone's Rag by Oscar Stone (3:02)
8. The Carraroe / Sergeant Early's Dream (4:29)
9. MacLeod's Farewell © Donald Shaw(2:42)
10. Miss Gayton's Hornpipe / Jacky Tar / Miss Thompson's (3:45)
11. Lost Everything / Last Chance © James Leva (3:27)
12. The Green Apple Quickstep © David Kaynor / Belknap's March © Bill Wellington / Multnomah March © Bob McQuillen (3:19)
13. Mad River © Pete Sutherland / Lake Erie / Hey Little Girl, Do What I Tell You (4:35)
14. The Flowers of Autumn © Clyde Curley (2:39)
15. The White Petticoat (3:47)
16. Hole in the Hedge / The Mist-Covered Mountain © Junior Crehan / Munster Buttermilk (3:56)
17. Camp Meeting on the Fourth of July / Grey Eagle / Walk Up Georgia Row (3:54)
18. Reprise (:48)