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Bluegrass Jam Along

Matt Hutchinsonbluegrassjamalong.com

The IBMA Award winning podcast for anyone and everyone who loves bluegrass. 

Free fiddle tune backing tracks and interviews with amazing people from the world of bluegrass. 

For every tune we give you four brand new tracks: 

- Backup 4 times through (you play the tune or improvise breaks)
- Tune 4 times through (you play backup)
- ‘Jam Along’ (4 complete run throughs, alternating backup and tune)
- Full performance

For more info and chord charts, visit https://bluegrassjamalong.com. Hope you find these tracks useful (and thanks for listening!) - Matt

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Episodes

Red Haired Boy (A 75 bpm) - Jam Along

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to Red Haired Boy and I've got three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the Jam Along episode where we take it in turns to trade lead and backup. It's four times through in the key of A at 75 bpm. I'm playing it on guitar with a capo at the second fret. backing track starts at 1:05 Don't forget to check out the other two episodes when you're done. I...

Mar 24, 20219 minEp. 13

Red Haired Boy (A 75 bpm) - You Play Lead

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to Red Haired Boy and I've got three brand new backing track episodes for you. In this episode I play the rhythm so you can work on the tune. It's four times through in the key of A at 75 bpm. I'm playing it on guitar with a capo at the second fret. backing track starts at 00:35 Don't forget to check out the other two episodes when you're done. If you want a chord...

Mar 24, 20215 minEp. 12

Red Haired Boy (A 75 bpm) - You Play Rhythm

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to Red Haired Boy and I've got three brand new backing track episodes for you. In this episode I play the tune so you can work on backup. It's four times through in the key of A at 75 bpm. I'm playing it on guitar with a capo at the second fret. backing track starts at 00:36 Don't forget to check out the other two episodes when you're done. If you want a chord cha...

Mar 24, 20215 minEp. 11

Gold Rush (A 75 bpm) - Jam Along

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to Gold Rush and I've got three brand new backing track episodes for you. In this episode I play the tune so you can work on backup. It's four times through in the key of A at 75 bpm. I'm playing it on guitar with a capo at the second fret. backing track starts at 1:20 Don't forget to check out the other two episodes when you're done. If you want a chord chart (or...

Mar 18, 20219 minEp. 10

Gold Rush (A 75 bpm) - You Play Lead

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to Gold Rush and I've got three brand new backing track episodes for you. In this episode I play the tune so you can work on backup. It's four times through in the key of A at 75 bpm. I'm playing it on guitar with a capo at the second fret. backing track starts at 00:45 Don't forget to check out the other two episodes when you're done. If you want a chord chart (o...

Mar 18, 20215 minEp. 9

Gold Rush (A 75 bpm) - You Play Rhythm

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to Gold Rush and I've got three brand new backing track episodes for you. In this episode I play the tune so you can work on backup. It's four times through in the key of A at 75 bpm. I'm playing it on guitar with a capo at the second fret. backing track starts at 00:35 Don't forget to check out the other two episodes when you're done. If you want a chord chart (o...

Mar 18, 20215 minEp. 8

Soldier's Joy (D 75 bpm) - Jam Along

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to the classic tune Soldier's Joy and I've got three brand new backing track episodes for you. This episode is what I call the 'jam along' episode. Here's how it works. I play backup once through, so you can play the tune, then I play the tune so you can work on backup. I then repeat the whole thing three times, so it's four times through in total. We're in the ke...

Mar 11, 202110 minEp. 6

Soldier's Joy (D 75 bpm) - You Play Rhythm

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to the classic tune Soldier's Joy and I've got three brand new backing track episodes for you. In this episode I play the tune so you can work on backup. It's four times through in the key of D at 75 bpm. I'm playing it on guitar with a capo at the second fret. backing track starts at 00:39 Don't forget to check out the other two episodes when you're done. If you ...

Mar 11, 20215 minEp. 5

Soldier's Joy (D 75 bpm) - You Play Lead

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to the classic tune Soldier's Joy and I've got three brand new backing track episodes for you. In this episode I play backup so you can work on the tune. It's four times through in the key of D at 75 bpm. I'm playing it on guitar with a capo at the second fret. backing track starts at 00:45 Don't forget to check out the other two episodes when you're done. If you ...

Mar 11, 20215 minEp. 4

Soldier's Joy (D 75 bpm) - Performance

This week we're jamming along to the classic tune Soldier's Joy. This is a performance track, rather than a backing track. It's me playing both tune and backup so you've got a reference to listen to if you're new to the tune, or just want to be able to listen a few times to the whole thing. Don't forget to check out the other three episodes when you're done and jam along! If you want a chord chart (or just want to find out more or get in touch), head to bluegrassjamalong.com Send a message to Bl...

Mar 11, 20214 minEp. 50

Whiskey Before Breakfast (D 75 bpm) - Jam Along

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to the classic tune Whiskey Before Breakfast and I've got three brand new backing track episodes for you. This episode is what I call the 'jam along' episode. Here's how it works. I play backup once through, so you can play the tune, then I play the tune so you can work on backup. I then repeat the whole thing three times, so it's four times through in total. We'r...

Mar 06, 20219 minEp. 3

Whiskey Before Breakfast (D 75 bpm) - You Play Rhythm

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to the classic tune Whiskey Before Breakfast and I've got three brand new backing track episodes for you. In this episode I play the tune so you can work on rhythm. It's four times through in the key of D at 75 bpm. I'm playing it on guitar with a capo at the second fret. backing track starts at 00:29 Don't forget to check out the other two episodes when you're do...

Mar 06, 20215 minEp. 2

Whiskey Before Breakfast (D 75 bpm) - You Play Lead

Thanks for listening to Bluegrass Jam Along, the podcast for anyone, and everyone, who plays bluegrass. This week we're jamming along to the classic tune Whiskey Before Breakfast and I've got three brand new backing track episodes for you. In this episode I play backup so you can work on the tune. It's four times through in the key of D at 75 bpm. I'm playing it on guitar with a capo at the second fret. backing track starts at 00:42 Don't forget to check out the other two episodes when you're do...

Mar 06, 20215 minEp. 1

Whiskey Before Breakfast (D 75 bpm) - Performance

This week we're jamming along to the classic tune Whiskey Before Breakfast. This is a performance track, rather than a backing track. It's me playing both tune and backup so you've got a reference to listen to if you're new to the tune, or just want to be able to listen a few times to the whole thing. Don't forget to check out the other three episodes when you're done and jam along! If you want a chord chart (or just want to find out more or get in touch), head to bluegrassjamalong.com Send a me...

Mar 06, 20214 minEp. 49

Intro to Bluegrass Jam Along

Hi and welcome to Bluegrass Jamalong, a new podcast of fiddle tune and bluegrass backing tracks. I play guitar and mandolin and love jamming along to backing tracks when I’m learning a fiddle tune. But, I struggle to find backing tracks I like. First up, most backing tracks are too short. It generally takes me one or two runs through a tune to really settle into it – by that point most backing tracks are over. Secondly, they only give you the backup. I want to work on rhythm, not just lead (and ...

Mar 04, 20213 min
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