Tunes You Need To Know

Below is a list of twenty-one popular jam session tunes. Of course, there are many other that can be added to this list, however, if you start with tunes from this list, you should be able to participate in most flatpicking jam sessions.

• Whiskey Before Breakfast
• Blackberry Blossom
• Black Mountain Rag
• Billy In The Lowground
• Bill Cheathum
• Arkansas Traveler
• Salt Creek
• Beaumont Rag
• Red Haired Boy
• Big Sandy
• St. Anne's Reel
• Gold Rush
• Wildwood Flower
• Soldier's Joy
• Nine Pound Hammer
• Old Joe Clark
• Fisher's Hornpipe
• Temperance Reel
• Turkey in the Straw
• Forked Deer
• Sally Goodin'

There are a few good sources to learn these, and many other, popular jam session tunes.  One is Flatpicking Guitar Magazine.  A good book resource is:

• Granger's Fiddle Tunes For Guitar