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Here are a few tunes recorded during
 a recent Potluck "practice" session:
Click on any song or picture below! 
 
Words & Music by Jimmy Martin
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MORE COMING - Just keep scrolling!

Note

Please note: Most songs on the Potluck 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.

 


Jimwith 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.  It worked!

Words & music by Tommy Thompson
          
Jimwith Potluck & great harmony
Made Potluck think of this old movie!
 

                                                         
                                                             
FEVER.MP3 (Peggy Lee favorite)
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

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 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
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 Now this is real Bluegrass, folks!
 

 

 

                                                                   Jimwith 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!
 

 
A COUPLE MORE FROM ANOTHER TIME:
One of Jim's favorite HEART tunes:  Jim, Vocal & Guitar
 
            Heart Strings.mp3
                                                                  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 home recording equipment. 
 

 
Kyle, playing a Haunting Banjo solo                                  
       Appalachian Train.mp3                        
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." 

 

There are recorded songs on every page of our site.

Keep on goin' friend! 



And now, BANJO JOKES

Potluck loves to get under Kyle's skin!

 to send us a joke to add to our list

 

Kyla and hisa banjoa ina hisa youta 

(It's a joke, Kyle! - Banjo players really need to get a sense of humor) 

                    Do you know what you call a banjo player without a girfriend?  ----  Homeless!

            

                                                  A banjo player and guitar player fall from a plane; which hits the ground first? ----

                                                                                              The guitar player; the banjo player had to stop to tune  

 

                                                  A banjo and an accordian are thrown from the top of the Empire State Building;

                                                  Which hits the ground first? ----         Who cares? 

 

                                                  What's the difference between a Harley and a banjo?  ----                                                                                             You can tune a Harley

                                                  

                                                  What's the difference between a banjo and a chain saw?  ----

                                                                                             The chain saw has an off switch

 

                                                  What's the difference between a fiddle and a violin?  ----

                                                                                             Who cares, neither of 'em's a banjo

 

                                                  When do banjo breaks sound the best?  ----

                                                                                             When they're over

 

                                                  How do you make a banjo player slow down?  ----

                                                                                              Put some sheet music in front of him

 

                                                  How is lightning like a banjo players fingers?  ----

                                                                                              Neither strike twice in the same place

 

                                                  How can you get six banjo players to play in harmony?  ----

                                                                                              Only give one of 'em a banjo

 

                                                  What has 16 legs and 3 teeth?  ----

                                                                                              The front row of a banjo player workshop

 

                                                  Why do banjo players love family reunions?  ----

                                                                                              It's a great place to look for a wife

 

                                                  How does a banjo player tune-up?  ----

                                                                                             He taps a tuning fork on a hard surface, listens

                                                                                             to a clear bell-like tone, then makes sure none

                                                                                             of his strings duplicate the tone

                                       

                                                 And now, guitar jokes:

 

                                                                            Uh...., sorry Kyle, I got nothin'.............

 

                                        And so it goes...........

 

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