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Click below to watch Potluck perform at the Upper Highlands Festival 2010
Posted 7/7/2010
Jim sings the blues on a very hot day
Barb sings an old Ernest Tubb favorite
Our banjo player, Kyle Ellison, was off playing civil war soldier during this gig, so we got our good friend and sometimes Rambler Tom Cunningham, to sit in.
Our thanks to Rick Vincvent for provicding these videos!
And here are a few tunes recorded during
a Potluck "practice" session:
(These songs have not been mixed or enhanced in any way - raw right from a practice session)
Click on any song or picture below!
Words & Music by Jimmy Martin
Jim, with Potluck
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Please note: Most songs on our website are from a recorded practice session.
This live session recording has not been mastered and therefore, is not high quality,
but "Potluck" hopes you can get the flavor of our music.
Jim, with Potluck Words & Music by Huddie Leadbetter ("Leadbelly")
This is a famous tune by Leadbelly, actually written about & sung for the Louisiana Governor, in an effort to gain early release from prision. It worked!
Words & music by Tommy Thompson
Jim, with Potluck & great harmony
This song made Potluck think of the Hitchcock old movie!
Words and Music by John Davenport and Eddie Cooley
Barb, with Potluck
This tune of course made famous by one Miss Peggy Lee!
Mr. Bush slappin that ole bass - great sound on this tune!
COAL TATTOO.MP3
Words & Music by Billy Ed Wheeler
Kyle, with Potluck
On a personal note, Kyle, whose father is a retired Presbyterian minister, grew up in a coal camp in West Va., where his father was pastor of a church. He loves this tune and just about anywhere we go, we do it. Kyle does it in a soulful way, remembering what it was like in that old camp. A few years back, he had a recurring dream about the camp and he was compelled to actually visit the old coal town. All the old houses in the camp were gone and nothing looked the same. He said he was glad he went and took his family with him; he never had that dream again after his visit.
EARLY MORNIN' RAIN.MP3
Words & Music by Gordon Lightfoot
Jim, with Potluck
This tune is a favorite of Jim's and of his generation as well. As Jim says, "we can identify!"
Words & music by Jimmy Martin & Paul Williams
Kyle, with Potluck
Now this is real Bluegrass, folks!
Jim, with Potluck BLUEMOON.mp3
Words&Music by Richard Rogers & Lorenz Hart
This is a fun tune that has found popularity in just about every decade since the 1940s. The band loves this Bluegrass version.
Kyle, with Potluck, doin' the HAND JIVE! - Give it a try!
Words & Music - Johnny Otis
Best know version by Bo Diddley - sure would have liked to have seen Spock do the Hand-Jive, but we'll settle for Kyle singin' & playin' it!
FROM ANOTHER TIME:
One of Jim's favorite HEART tunes: Jim, Vocal & Guitar
Words & Music by Marshall Wilborn
Jim heard this song on an Allison Kraus CD and immediately loved it.
This version was recorded by Jim on his home recording equipment.
Kyle, playing a Haunting Banjo solo
Written By: Lee Marcus
Listen as the train rumbles along the mountain side and around the bends!
This tune was recorded on an old Tascam home recorder, with a little special effects added on a computer with "Audacity."
And a couple of originals from Jim
Two raw recordings, recorded on home equipment
I'M HER LOVIN FOOL
(Written by Jim Cowles May 1, 2009)
Inspired by Bob Hill, retired Courier-Journal columnist and local celebrity gardner & nurseryman. In one of his columns shortly before retiring, he wrote of his love for his old pick-up truck. Great fodder for Jim! This one is dedicated to Bob, who along with his wife Janet, now enjoys running the "Hidden Hill Nursery" in Utica, Indiana (a beautiful place to visit).
And....
I'LL HOLD THE DOOR.mp3
(Written by Jim April 9, 2010)
This song just came out of the blue for Jim; he said he always wanted to write a song about lost love, perhaps something like the late great Hank Williams would have written. The tune popped into his head first, then he found the words floating around in his brain. He also says that if you want to write bluegrass music, you must write about love gone wrong. The good thing about this song is that no one dies (in most bluegrass songs about lost love, the main person in the song is usually dead by the third verse). This song is a little different; it comes from the wrong-doer's perspective (and you'll see - he had it coming!).
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