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Bluegrass Jam Along - Podcast

Bluegrass Jam Along

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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Update frequency
every 4 days
Average duration
20 minutes
Episodes
490
Years Active
2021 - 2025
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Jack Hinshelwood (Doc at 100) interview

Jack Hinshelwood (Doc at 100) interview

My guest this week is Jack Hinshelwood.

Jack is a guitarist, fiddler, singer and winner of the Knoxville World’s Fair Guitar Championship, the Wayne Henderson Guitar Championship, and a two-time winne…

00:41:06  |   Sat 14 Jan 2023
Eric Skye interview

Eric Skye interview

My guest this week is guitarist Eric Skye.

We covered a lot of ground, including Eric's Santa Cruz signature model guitar, the joys of playing tunes slowly, why tone is so important and, especially, h…
01:11:56  |   Mon 09 Jan 2023
Nick Lloyd interview - copying Edgar Meyer's bass for Paul Kowert

Nick Lloyd interview - copying Edgar Meyer's bass for Paul Kowert

My guest this week is Nick Lloyd of Nick Lloyd basses.

I recently interviewed Paul Kowert of Hawktail and Punch Brothers (see episode 228 if you missed that). Shortly after, I got an email from Nick …

01:01:26  |   Tue 03 Jan 2023
Paul Kowert mini interview - commissioning Nick Lloyd to make a copy of Edgar Meyer's bass

Paul Kowert mini interview - commissioning Nick Lloyd to make a copy of Edgar Meyer's bass

This episode features a short interview with Paul Kowert of Hawktail and Punch Brothers talking about his Nick Lloyd double bass.

I interviewed Nick about making the bass (episode 245) and thought it …

00:18:09  |   Tue 03 Jan 2023
Whiskey Before Breakfast in D at 2 tempos - 75 bpm & 85 bpm

Whiskey Before Breakfast in D at 2 tempos - 75 bpm & 85 bpm

Hi everyone. We're back with another two tempo jam. This week it's Whiskey Before Breakfast, again at 75 and 85, and we're in the key of D.

We're using the jam along format - that means I'm kicking of…

00:16:01  |   Mon 12 Dec 2022
Tonewoods Special with Nully from Collings Guitars

Tonewoods Special with Nully from Collings Guitars

Steve Nall (Nully), Collings' Head of Production, returns to the podcast to chat about tonewoods. When Nully was originally on the podcast in July we touched on this and I thought it would make for a…

01:05:30  |   Mon 05 Dec 2022
Food for Thought - Tuning Your Ear (Tim Stafford on electronic tuners and Tony Rice's tuning)

Food for Thought - Tuning Your Ear (Tim Stafford on electronic tuners and Tony Rice's tuning)

Hi everyone.

I've got another quick Food for Thought episode for you, inspired by my recent interview with Tim Stafford. Tim told me nobody could tune a guitar like Tony Rice and that he thought that …

00:05:42  |   Fri 02 Dec 2022
Harry Clark (East Nash Grass/Dan Tyminski) interview

Harry Clark (East Nash Grass/Dan Tyminski) interview

My guest this week is Harry Clark, a recipient of the 2022 IBMA Momentum Instrumentalist of the Year award.

Harry plays mandolin with East Nash Grass as well as in Dan Tyminski's band, both of which h…

00:44:18  |   Thu 24 Nov 2022
Turkey in the Straw in G at 2 tempos - 75 bpm & 85 bpm

Turkey in the Straw in G at 2 tempos - 75 bpm & 85 bpm

A couple of weeks ago I released an episode where we played Wildwood Flower back to back at two different speeds  - once at 75 bpm then again at 85. It proved so popular I've decided to do the same w…

00:15:48  |   Fri 18 Nov 2022
Food For Thought - Tim Stafford on Why David Grier Doesn't Put Rhinestones in his Hammers (!)

Food For Thought - Tim Stafford on Why David Grier Doesn't Put Rhinestones in his Hammers (!)

I interviewed Tim Stafford for the podcast this week, which was an absolute treat. We talked about all sorts, from Blue Highway to Tony Rice, Billy Strings and Tim's songwriting.

Tim also talked about…

00:05:50  |   Thu 17 Nov 2022
Tim Stafford Interview

Tim Stafford Interview

My guest this week is Tim Stafford.

Tim is a multi award winning guitarist, songwriter, singer, producer and author.

We covered a lot of ground, including the recent Blue Highway Fest, Tim's songwritin…

01:13:29  |   Mon 14 Nov 2022
Wildwood Flower in C at 2 tempos - 75 bpm & 85 bpm

Wildwood Flower in C at 2 tempos - 75 bpm & 85 bpm

This week we've got a bonus episode!

As we've been playing Wildwood Flower for the past two weeks, I thought it would be fun to have a run through at 75 bpm, then, when we're warmed up, go through it…

00:10:48  |   Thu 13 Oct 2022
Wildwood Flower (C 85 bpm) - Jam Along

Wildwood Flower (C 85 bpm) - Jam Along

This week we're jamming along to Wildwood Flower and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the jam along track where I play backup, followed by the melody then we keep swa…

00:05:20  |   Mon 10 Oct 2022
Wildwood Flower (C 85 bpm) - Performance

Wildwood Flower (C 85 bpm) - Performance

This  week we're jamming along to the classic tune Wildwood Flower. 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 …

00:02:31  |   Mon 10 Oct 2022
Wildwood Flower (C 85 bpm) - You Play Lead

Wildwood Flower (C 85 bpm) - You Play Lead

This week we're jamming along to Wildwood Flower and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the you play lead track where I play backup so you can work on the tune.  It's f…

00:03:04  |   Mon 10 Oct 2022
Wildwood Flower (C 85 bpm) - You Play Rhythm

Wildwood Flower (C 85 bpm) - You Play Rhythm

This week we're jamming along to Wildwood Flower and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the you play rhythm track where I play the melody so you can work on backup.  It…

00:03:02  |   Mon 10 Oct 2022
Wildwood Flower (C 75 bpm) - You Play Rhythm

Wildwood Flower (C 75 bpm) - You Play Rhythm

This week we're jamming along to Wildwood Flower and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the you play rhythm track where I play the melody so you can work on backup.  It…

00:03:29  |   Sun 02 Oct 2022
Wildwood Flower (C 75 bpm) - Performance

Wildwood Flower (C 75 bpm) - Performance

This  week we're jamming along to the classic tune Wildwood Flower. 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 …

00:02:44  |   Sun 02 Oct 2022
Wildwood Flower (C 75 bpm) - Jam Along

Wildwood Flower (C 75 bpm) - Jam Along

This week we're jamming along to Wildwood Flower and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the jam along track where I play backup, followed by the melody then we keep swa…

00:06:25  |   Sun 02 Oct 2022
Wildwood Flower (C 75 bpm) - You Play Lead

Wildwood Flower (C 75 bpm) - You Play Lead

This week we're jamming along to Wildwood Flower and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the you play lead track where I play backup so you can work on the tune.  It's f…

00:03:28  |   Sun 02 Oct 2022
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