From the Old-time Weekend.
Jane & Gordon Scott – The United States
February 10th, 2012From the Old-time Weekend at Stephen Foster State Park.
This tune helped Gordon, Jane, and Roger Eudy to win the 2010 band contest at the Florida Fiddlers Convention.
Jane & Gordon at the Old-time Weekend Event
February 10th, 2012We’re going to be posting a number of videos from our performances at the Old-time Weekend at Stephen Foster State Park. Here is our first offering, Shady Grove.
Florida Irish Sessions
June 6th, 2011Florida Session Information listed alphabetically by city Beef O'Brady's Session, Tallahassee, Fl
Cocoa, FL:
Nolan’s Irish Pub, (Sunday session, 6-8PM)
Phone: (321) 783-8499
Cocoa, FL… right next to the Dinosaur Store.
Mostly a singing session… not too many tunes… the Pub and Musicians are very welcoming!
Daytona Beach, FL:
McK’s Tavern
4th Saturday of the Month, 2PM – 5ish
Phone: (386) 238-3321
218 South Beach St.
Daytona Beach, FL
- Instrumental… various instruments, sometimes pipes…
Delray Beach, Fl:
Finnegan’s Pub, Delray Beach, Fl (US1 & Linton) 4 PM
1st & 3rd Sundays (June 5th & 19th)
“Perhaps not a true traditional session. Winter: mostly traditional. Summer: pub songs and traditional. Always fun!” Contact: Marg Chauvin, harpist www.heartstrings.harper.net
Dunedin, FL:
Every 3rd Sunday, 6:30PM – ?
Flanagan’s
Phone: (727) 736-4994
Dunedin, FL
various instrumentation –
Gainesville, Fl:
The sessions are on the 1st & 3rd Sundays of every month, 4:30-7pm.
Brophy’s Pub
Gainesville, FL
Pub phone: (352) 372-8126
Host: Virginia
Traditional tunes on traditional instruments, pipes included!
http://www.floridairishpipers.org/
Orlando, Fl:
EOWS (Every Other Wednesday Session), 7:30 PM – ?
Claddagh Cottage Pub
Orlando, FL
Pub phone: 207-895-1555
Hosts: Scott & Vicki
Traditional tunes on traditional instruments, pipes included!
birdfiddler@earthlink.net
Tallahassee, Fl:
First Saturday Irish Session 7-10 PM, on-going since 1992
now at a new venue, the restaurant extraordinaire
Marinated Mushroom
2753 NE Capital Circle
Tallahassee, FL 32308
(850) 422-2131
Rotating Hosts Monthly: September 3, 2011 hosts are fiddlers Aisha Ivey and Katie Geringer, guitarist Aaron O’Rourke. These musicians have posts on YouTube. Contact Marie Donnelly for setting up a month to host this session at (850) 590-6359. Contact Gordon’s String Music for information 850-386-7784.
Oct. 1, 2010 Session hosts are the Ned Devines led by Tim Kerns, bodhran with Jaime Hammack on flute/PW. Gordon, tenor banjo, and Jane Scott, fiddler, will host the January 7, 2012 session with Chris Gamache, flute, and Aaron O’Rourke, guitar.scottwells1987@earthlink.net
This session has been on-going since 1992 starting at The Warehouse. It is an open, traditional session with traditional instruments, some songs, mostly tunes. It’s held at musician Lia Chasar’s Marinated Mushroom in a corner of the dining room. It’s an interesting session, always with some sort of musical surprise in the mix. The food is always tasty as Lia’s culinary creations make one happy, the drinks are cold, and the tunes are definitely above average. Let’s help Lia celebrate her success by attending every month. 
Third Sunday Irish Session
Fermentation Lounge
415 St. Francis Street
Tallahassee, Fl 32301
Hosted by the band Tanager www.facebook.com/scarlettanagermusic
[Jim Cox (flute); Lynnsey Weissenberger (fiddle); Steve Hodges (guitar)]
Due to limited space, this is a band generated session with invited performers later in the evening like the young talented band Killavil with the All-Ireland piper Michael Stribling. The traditional sounds of these bands is “happening” and really enjoyable.
4th Sunday Irish Session
Finnegan’s Wake Pub 7 – 10 PM
5th Avenue
1122 Thomasville Rd.
Tallahassee, Fl 32303
Hosts: Jane Scott (fiddle, vocals); Gordon Scott (tenor banjo, mandolin, or guitar, vocals)
Contact the Scotts through Gordon’s String Music: 850-386-7784
www.gordonsstringmusic.com.
scottwells1987@earthlink.net
This is an open, traditional Irish tune session with an occasional song. The recreated wooden bar, shipped over from Ireland, purveys a true Irish ambience, feeling a bit like a piece of the green island itself. One of the owners, Bruce Moore, usually joins in playing tenor guitar or mandolin and many local players join us as well.
Tampa, FL
Four Green Fields (First Sunday of the Month, 5PM – 10ish)
Phone: (813) 254-4444
205 West Platt Street
Tampa, FL 33606-2313
various instrumentation, usually no pipes
Tallahassee Irish Tune Book available
May 23rd, 2011Jane Scott has recently compiled a new edition of her Tallahassee Irish Tune book. This collection of over 265 tunes are ones that are played or have been played at various on-going Tallahassee Irish sessions. It’s dedicated to fiddler Ed Keeney, her mentor and good friend who passed away in 2009. It contains useful information on the history of Irish music, playing in modes, session guidelines, a discography, suggested reference books, an alphabetical tune index, a classified tune index, a key index, and suggested summer workshops. It contains numerous photos taken at sessions, at workshops Jane has attended, and at Irish Ensemble classes or performances at Florida State University. The photos are artistically placed in the Foreword and Dedication Pages by graphic artist Joney Perry.
Each tune setting is carefully selected with a key reference, a listing of recordings where the tune can be heard, guitar chords, and the source where Jane got the tune. Sixty of the tunes are settings taught to her by Ed Keeney during an Irish fiddling apprenticeship Jane was granted by the Florida Folk Heritage Division. She, her husband Gordon, and Ed performed together for over ten years at festivals, sessions, and private parties around the state of Florida.
Fiddler Aisha Ivey says of this collection: “In addition to being an awesome collection of tunes, this wonderful book tells the story of how Tallahassee’s incredible traditional Irish scene has developed over the years. The heartwarming dedication to her master fiddle teacher shows us how Jane has been deeply touched by the music and so inspired to pass it on to others.”
This useful collection can be purchased from Gordon’s String Music, 1903 N. Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32303. The cost of the book is $26.50 mailed in state or $25 if mailed out o scottwells1987f state. Tax in Florida is $1.50 plus postage $5 (regular mail). To purchase call 850-386-7784 or email Jane at scottwells1987@earthlink.net.
Monroe Street Band
April 8th, 2011
Monroe Street Band 2009 at SMR Festival
The multi-instrumentalists Jane and Gordon Scott form the nucleus of the Bluegrass band the Monroe Street Band. The band is an outgrowth of their music business Gordon’s String Music and has always had students or music associates as a part of the band. Jane is a former public school music teacher who found the traditional fiddling styles of Irish, old-time, and Bluegrass compelling. She formerly taught the Irish Ensemble at FSU for seven years and currently teaches private fiddle, piano, mandolin, and guitar lessons through the music store in Tallahassee. Gordon began playing Bluegrass music in Kentucky playing with J.D. Crowe and the Kentucky Mountain Boys in Lexington, KY. When Gordon came to Tallahassee in the ‘70’s he formed a band with friends called the Big Bend Ramblers that played local festivals in Florida and Georgia for over twenty-five years. He teaches about anything with strings at Gordon’s String Music and plays harmonica and the Irish button accordion as well.
Drew Leslie, a former student of Gordon’s, has been playing guitar with the Monroe Street Band for the past six years. Devon Wiseman, originally from North Carolina, played banjo with the band while in Tallahassee to attend FSU and graduated in 2010. Mike Snelling has played bass with the Monroe Street Band since its inception as well as playing other musical engagements with Jane and Gordon over the years. Jane Scott plays fiddle and sings back-up vocals with Gordon Scott singing the lead and playing mandolin with the band. The couple hosts an Irish session at Finnegan’s Wake on 5th Avenue the fourth Sunday of each month. They also play with Drew Leslie in an old-time band called the Greasy String Band that plays for contra dances around the state. Jane and Gordon won the band contest as the Backdoor Lost Band at the Florida Fiddlers Convention in 2010 with Roger Eudy on guitar. The Greasy String Band plays for contra dances several times a year at the Senior Citizens Center on North Monroe Street in Tallahassee.
Monroe Street Band Photo by Len Adams
Check out our new Irish Music section!
May 19th, 2010From time to time Jane Scott will post tunes for Irish Sessions! The two online currently are tunes Ed Keeney taught her.
For information on the Irish sessions hosted by the Scotts contact them via phone at Gordon’s String Music at 850-386-7784 or email Jane at scottwells1987@earthlink.net.
The Irish Sessions in Tallahassee, Florida have been on-going since 1992. They were held at The Warehouse for sixteen years. Currently, the Warehouse session, held on the first Saturday of the month, has been moved to the Marinated Mushroom, 1747 Capital Circle NE behind Calico Jack’s. It’s a small, family friendly venue with plenty of parking space available. Local musicians gather in Irish flute player Lia Chasar’s restaurant to taste Lia’s culinary delights and share tunes and songs in the Irish tradition. The session is hosted by a different Irish band each month. The March 3, 2012 host band is Tanager with Lynnsey Weissenberger (fiddle), Jim Cox (pipes, PW, flute) and Steve Hodges (guitar, mandolin). Players of the genre are welcome. The session starts at 7 with the music going on ’til 10:00 PM. Marie Donnelly is the contact person for the session.
In addition to the First Saturday Irish Session, the Scotts regularly host the Finnegan Wake’s 4th Sunday Session, 7 – 10 PM, on 5th Avenue in Tallahassee. The local musicians who participate gather at tables in the rear of the pub to provide the trad music that enhances the authenticity of the antique bar that came from the green island.
Another Irish Session in town, hosted by the local band Tanager, is held the Third Sunday of each month at the Fermentation Lounge in Tallahassee.
Click on Irish Music in the Top Right to navigate our Music Selection.
Florida Folk Festival Banjo Contest
May 17th, 2010
Gordon Scott entered the Florida Banjo Contest at the Florida Folk Festival on Memorial Weekend and won 2nd place. The tunes he played were an old Kentucky tune called “Little Rabbit” and another tune called “United States”.The prize was a cool Deering Goodtime banjo and the opportunity to play on the amphitheatre stage in the evening. The first place winner Tommy Bledsoe won a beautiful Gold Tone open back banjo and Matt, from south Florida’s third place winning banjo was a spunky little c-tuned Gold Tone Plucky Banjo. There was a great field of about twenty Florida banjo players in the contest. The competition was intense and friendly. Go to the Florida Banjo Society’s website for more details and photos.
The Greasy String Band is pictured above playing for a Tallahassee contra dance.
The caller is Richard Hopkins in a Santa hat. On banjo is Gordon, Jane on fiddle, and
Drew on guitar. Two of Jane’s students are playing a tune with the band.
Blue Chip Picks
May 11th, 2010We Now Carry Blue Chip Picks!
Come in and Try one out- See what the Hype is all about.
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