Jon Bekoff (1959-2015) was a generous teacher and patient mentor to lovers of Old Time music. Although Jon never made commercial recordings, he profoundly influenced and inspired Old Time musicians throughout the US and even internationally, particularly after he permitted YouTube documentation of his music. Much of the music shared here was collected or recorded by Nate Paine, Jon's protege and closest jamming partner during Jon's last decade. We students and friends of Jon wish that ALL recordings ever made of him could be posted here, publicly, free, and downloadable - as an archive for posterity and most importantly, for future learning. Because the recording settings were largely informal, private lessons or jams, we have opted to leave out the names of Jon's accompanists, listing only the tune name, key, session location and year. The intention is to allow Jon's music to inspire others, with the hope that others might also contribute private recordings of Jon that are not listed here, even if the accompanists might sound imperfect. Miss Moonshine
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Title | Key Sort descending | Tuning | Notes |
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Unknown 3 | 1990 Cottrell |
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Roll On Buddy | A | GDAE | 2014 Energy Park |
Get Along Little Dogies | A | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Fire On The Mountain | A | GDAE | 2015 Florida |
Give The Fiddler A Dram | A | GDAE | 2014 Energy Park |
Saturday Night Waltz | A | GDAE | 2014 Harry Smith Frolic |
Sail Away | A | GDAE | 2014 Harry Smith Frolic |
Bull At The Wagon | A | GDAE | 2007 Black Creek |
Courville & Magee Waltz | A | GDAE | 2014 October Party |
Eunice Two Step | A | GDAE | 2009 Champlain with Bob Naess |
Fe Fe Poncho | A | GDAE | 2009 Champlain with Bob Naess |
Mamou Two Step | A | GDAE | 2009 Champlain with Bob Naess |
Perrodin Two Step | A | GDAE | 2009 Champlain with Bob Naess |
Tit Gallup Pour Mamou | A | GDAE | 2009 Champlain with Bob Naess |
Kansas City Reel | A | GDAE | 2009 Roundhouse |
Old Joe Clark | A | GDAE | 2014 Jon's House |
Wish I Had My Time Again | A | GDAE | 2014 Jon's House |
Going Across The Sea | A | GDAE | 2008 Black Creek |
Money In Both Pockets | A | GDAE | 2008 Black Creek |
Cotton Eyed Joe | A | GDAE | 2008 Black Creek |
Money Musk | A | GDAE | 2008 Black Creek |
Poor Uncle Joe | A | GDAE | 1985 Port Townsend |
Old Kentucky Whiskey | A | AEAE | 1985 Port Townsend |
Bell Cow | A | GDAE | 1985 recordings via Meghan |
Laughing Boy | A | GDAE | 1985 recordings via Meghan |
Camp Chase | A | AEAE | 1986 Galax tape / Jon Bekoff, Dirk Powell, Beverly Smith |
Get Up in the Cool | A | AEAE | 1986 Galax tape / Jon Bekoff, Dirk Powell, Beverly Smith |
Getting Upstairs | A | AEAE | 1986 Galax tape / Jon Bekoff, Dirk Powell, Beverly Smith |
Last of Callahan | A | AEAE | 1986 Galax tape / Jon Bekoff, Dirk Powell, Beverly Smith |
Cattle in the Cane | A | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side A |
Clinch Mountain Backstep | A | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side A |
Gray Eagle | A | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side A |
Never Seen the Like Since Getting Upstairs | A | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side A |
Rattle Down the Acorns | A | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side A |
Jeff Sturgeon | A | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side A |
George Booker | A | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side A |
Polly Grand | A | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side A |
Cotton Eyed Joe | A | AEAC# | 1986 Galax tape / Jon Bekoff, Dirk Powell, Beverly Smith |
Frankie | A | AEAE | 1986 Galax tape / Jon Bekoff, Dirk Powell, Beverly Smith |
Getting George Bush Upstairs | A | AEAE | 1986 Galax tape / Jon Bekoff, Dirk Powell, Beverly Smith |
Georgia Railroad | A | GDAE | Unknown Year Jon Gems |
Durham's Bull | A | GDAE | |
Cotton Pickers Rag | Bb | GDAE | 1985 Port Townsend |
Cowboy Waltz | D | GDAE | 2014 Energy Park |
Tis All Over Now | D | GDAE | 2014 Energy Park |
Carolina Glide | D | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Chapel Hill Serenade | D | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Folding Down the Sheets | D | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Eighth Of January | D | GDAE | 2010 Roundhouse |
Ain't No Hell In Georgia | D | GDAE | 2010 Roundhouse |
Baily's Waltz | D | GDAE | 2010 Roundhouse |
Deer Walk | D | GDAE | 2010 Roundhouse |
Rock The Cradle Lucy | D | GDAE | 2010 Roundhouse |
Jake Gillie | D | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
La Cadena | D | GDAE | 2009 Roundhouse |
Robinson County | D | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Storms May Rule The Ocean | D | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Cider Mill | D | GDAE | 2015 Florida |
In The Pines | D | GDAE | 2015 Florida |
Kitty Waltz | D | GDAE | 2015 Florida |
Ducks On the Millpond | D | GDAE | 2007 Basement |
Lafayette | D | GDAE | 2007 Basement |
Birmingham Jail | D | GDAE | 2014 October Party |
Cajun Crawl | D | GDAE | 2014 October Party |
Courting Waltz | D | GDAE | 2014 October Party |
Days Of 49 Waltz | D | GDAE | 2014 October Party |
Home Town Waltz | D | GDAE | 2014 October Party |
Louisiana Breakdown | D | GDAE | 2014 October Party |
My Wild Irish Waltz | D | GDAE | 2014 October Party |
Queen Of The Earth Child Of The Skies | D | GDAE | 2014 October Party |
Wimbush Rag | D | GDAE | 2014 October Party |
Little Sadie | D | GDAE | 2002 Little Sadie |
Cher Bassette | D | GDAE | 2009 Champlain with Bob Naess |
Aimer Et Perdre | D | GDAE | 2009 Champlain with Bob Naess |
Reno Waltz | D | GDAE | 2009 Champlain with Bob Naess |
Tes Parent Ne Veulent Me Voir | D | GDAE | 2009 Champlain with Bob Naess |
Christmas Eve | D | GDAE | 2010 Black Creek |
Texas Quickstep | D | GDAE | 2010 Black Creek |
Rabbit In The Pea Patch | D | GDAE | 2010 Black Creek |
Say Darling Say | D | GDAE | 2014 Jon's House |
Shooting Creek | D | GDAE | 2014 Jon's House |
West Fork Gals | D | GDAE | 2014 Jon's House |
Too Young To Marry | D | GDAE | 2008 Black Creek |
In the Days of 49 | D | GDAE | 2008 Black Creek |
Watchman Ring The Bells | D | GDAE | 2008 Black Creek |
Green Mountain March | D | GDAE | 2008 Black Creek AKA Green River March by the Roane County Ramblers |
Ragtime Annie | D | GDAE | 2008 Black Creek |
Davy Davy | D | GDAE | 2008 Black Creek |
Whoa Mule | D | GDAE | 2013 Janet Foster House Concert |
New River Train | D | GDAE | 2013 Janet Foster House Concert |
Goodbye Old Paint | D | GDAE | 2013 Janet Foster House Concert |
Stuart's Longbow | D | GDAE | 1985 Port Townsend |
Valley Forge | D | GDAE | 1985 Port Townsend |
Sambo | D | GDAE | 1985 Port Townsend |
Chittenden County Blues | D | GDAE | 1985 Port Townsend |
Dance Boatman Dance | D | GDAE | 1985 Port Townsend |
Sal's Got Mud Between Her Toes | D | GDAE | 1985 Port Townsend |
Old Jake Gilly | D | GDAE | 1985 recordings via Meghan |
Here Come Jack with a Fiddle on His Back | D | GDAE | 1985 recordings via Meghan |
Sally's Coming Home | D | GDAE | 1985 recordings via Meghan |
Tildy Moore & Trude Evans -partial- | D | GDAE | 1985 recordings via Meghan |
Silver and Gold | D | GDAE | 1985 recordings via Meghan |
Apple Blossom | D | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side B |
Green Back Dollar | D | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side B |
Old Cumberland | D | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side B |
Soap Suds Over the Fence | D | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side B |
Five Miles From Town | D | ADAE | 1996 Lesson With John |
Julianne Johnson | D | ADAE | 1996 Lesson With John |
Liza Jane | D | ADAE | 1996 Lesson With John |
Dry & Dusty | D | ADAE | 1996 Lesson With John |
Bow Legged Irishman | D | GDAE | 2011 At Michaels |
Skye Boat Song | D | GDAE | 2014 Fall, Jon, Emily Horne, Rafe Wohlman |
Tennessee Waltz | D | GDAE | 2014 Fall, Jon, Emily Horne, Rafe Wohlman |
Cajun Waltz | D | GDAE | 2014 Sept Putnam Fiddlers |
Danse Carre | D | GDAE | 2014 Sept Putnam Fiddlers |
La Vache Est Morte | D | GDAE | 2014 Sept Putnam Fiddlers |
Back Step Cindy | D | ADAE | 1983 Cassette |
Golden Slippers | D | ADAE | 1983 Cassette |
Sugar Hill | D | ADAE | 1983 Cassette |
Slim Gal | D | GDAE | 1990 Cottrell |
Georgia Wobble Blues | F | GDAE | 2014 Energy Park |
Wild Hog In The Woods | F | GDAE | 2010 Roundhouse |
Safe Harbor Reel | F | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Western Kentucky Unlimited | F | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Blackberry Waltz | F | GDAE | 2015 Florida |
My Carolina Girl | F | GDAE | 2015 Florida |
Santa Fe Folk Fiesta | F | GDAE | 2014 Energy Park |
Wild Cat Rag | F | GDAE | 2012 Cabin |
Travelers Blues | F | GDAE | 2012 Cabin |
Next To Your Mother Who Do You Love | F | GDAE | 2012 Cabin |
Giddyap Napoleon | F | GDAE | 2014 October Party |
Dallas Rag | F | GDAE | 2009 Roundhouse |
Georgia Stomp | F | GDAE | 2008 Black Creek |
Julia Waltz | F | GDAE | 2014 Fall, Jon, Emily Horne, Rafe Wohlman |
Kennedy Rag | F | GDAE | 2014 Sept Putnam Fiddlers |
Monroe Stomp | F | GDAE | 1990 Cottrell |
Cotton Baggin' | G | GDAE | 1985 Galax |
Coleman's March | G | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Cleveland's March | G | GDAE | 2010 Roundhouse |
Sid Harkreader's Tune | G | GDAE | 2010 Roundhouse 1st tune on Uncle Dave Macon's The Girl I Left behind Me |
Leake County Two Step | G | GDAE | 2010 Roundhouse |
I Once Loved A Sailor | G | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Shippings Port | G | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Silver Strand | G | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Snowbird On The Ashbank | G | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Texas Barb Wire | G | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Unnamed Dave Macon Tune | G | GDAE | 2015 Florida |
Cumberland Gap | G | GDAE | 2014 Energy Park |
Coal Miner Blues | G | GDAE | 1985 Galax |
Cumberland Gap | G | GDAE | 1985 Galax |
Drunken Man's Dream | G | GDAE | 1985 Galax |
My Baby Loves Shortnin' Bread | G | GDAE | 1985 Galax |
Cluck Ol' Hen | G | GDAE | 2007 Basement |
Ida Red | G | GDAE | 2007 Basement |
Stovepipe Blues | G | GDAE | 2014 Harry Smith Frolic |
Moon Behind The Hill | G | GDAE | 2014 Harry Smith Frolic |
Sally Johnson | G | GDAE | 2007 Black Creek |
Turkey In The Straw | G | GDAE | 2007 Black Creek |
Nancy Rowland | G | GDAE | 2007 Black Creek |
River Stay Away From My Door | G | GDAE | 2007 Black Creek |
Hell Amongst The Yearling | G | GDAE | 2007 Black Creek |
Moatsville Blues | G | GDAE | 2007 Black Creek |
Waynesboro | G | GDAE | 2007 Black Creek |
Billy In The Lowland | G | GDAE | 2007 Black Creek |
Crockett's Honeymoon | G | GDAE | 2007 Black Creek |
Bonsoir Moreau | G | GDAE | 2009 Champlain with Bob Naess |
Jolie Blonde | G | GDAE | 2009 Champlain with Bob Naess |
La Cassine Special | G | GDAE | 2009 Champlain with Bob Naess |
Sail Away Ladies | G | GDAE | 2010 Black Creek |
Leather Breeches | G | GDAE | 2010 Black Creek |
Run Boy Run | G | GDAE | 2010 Black Creek |
Louisburg Blues | G | GDAE | 2008 Black Creek |
Over The Waves | G | GDAE | 2008 Black Creek |
Yellow Dog Blues | G | GDAE | 2008 Black Creek |
Fox Chase | G | GDAE | 2008 Black Creek |
Hell Bound For Alabama | G | GDAE | 2008 Black Creek |
Jackson Stomp | G | GDAE | 2008 Black Creek |
Uncle Ned's Waltz | G | GDAE | 2013 Janet Foster House Concert |
Sunny Home in Dixie | G | GDAE | 2013 Janet Foster House Concert |
Leather Britches | G | GDAE | 2013 Janet Foster House Concert |
Kitty Puss | G | GDAE | 1985 Port Townsend |
Hollow Poplar | G | GDAE | 1985 recordings via Meghan |
John Rawls Jamieson | G | GDAE | 1985 recordings via Meghan |
Big Footer | G | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side B |
Gimme Chaw Tobacco | G | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side B |
My Baby Loves Shortnin' Bread | G | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side B |
Hollow Poplar | G | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side B |
Lost Girl | G | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side B |
Silly Bill | G | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side B |
Tennessee Breakdown | G | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side B |
June Apple | G | GDGD | 1996 Lesson With John |
Chattanooga | G | GDAE | 1986 Galax |
Katy Did Waltz | G | GDAE | Unknown Year Jon Gems |
East Bound Train | G | GDAE | 2014 Fall, Jon, Emily Horne, Rafe Wohlman |
Pope's Waltz | G | GDAE | 2014 Fall, Jon, Emily Horne, Rafe Wohlman |
Hen Cackle | G | GDAE | 2015 January - Tanners & Evan Kinney Jam |
Liberty Off Of The Corn Liquor Still | G | GDAE | 2015 January - Tanners & Evan Kinney Jam |
Sweet Bunch Of Daisies | G | GDAE | 2015 January - Tanners & Evan Kinney Jam |
Kenesaw Mountain Rag | G | GDAE | 2007 Brewster, VT |
What Are We Going To Do With The Baby O | G | GDAE | 2007 Brewster, VT |
Georgia Blues | G | GDAE | 1990 Cottrell |
Silver Bells | G | GDAE | 1990 Cottrell |
Listen To The Mockingbird | G | GDAE | 1990 Cottrell |
Aunt Clara's Waltz | G | GDAE | 1990 Cottrell |
Negro Suppertime | G | GDAE | 1990 Cottrell |
Magnolia One Step | G | GDAE | 1990 Cottrell |
Plaisirs d'Amour | G | GDAE | 1990 Cottrell |
Un Canadien Errant | G | GDAE | 1990 Cottrell |
Evening Rainbow Waltz | G | GDAE | 1990 Cottrell |
Triangle Blues | C | GDAE | 2008 Black Creek |
Greenback Dollar | C | GDAE | 2014 Energy Park |
Rome Georgia Bound | C | GDAE | 2014 Energy Park |
Wild Wagoner | C | GDAE | 2014 Energy Park |
Flower From The Fields Of Alabama | C | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Bibb County Hoe Down | C | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Fun's All Over | C | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Birdie | C | GDAE | 2010 Roundhouse |
Great Big Taters In A Sandy Land | C | GDAE | 2010 Roundhouse |
Last Shot Got Him | C | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Little Princess Footsteps | C | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Mississippi Echoes | C | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Spokane Waltz | C | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Stone's Rag | C | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Maybelle Rag | C | GDAE | 2015 Florida |
Big Eyed Rabbit | C | GDAE | 1985 Galax |
Georgia Camp Meeting | C | GDAE | 1985 Galax |
Sixteen Days In Georgia | C | GDAE | 1985 Galax |
Waggoner | C | GDAE | 1985 Galax |
Cajun Tune | C | GDAE | 2014 October Party |
Hy Patillion | C | GDAE | 2014 October Party |
New Born Blues | C | GDAE | 2014 October Party |
When It's Springtime in the Rockies | C | GDAE | 2014 October Party |
Grand Bois | C | GDAE | 2009 Champlain with Bob Naess |
Valze De Prarie Ronde | C | GDAE | 2009 Champlain with Bob Naess |
Soap In The Washpan | C | GDAE | 2010 Black Creek |
Hell Up Coal Holler | C | GDAE | 2010 Black Creek |
Gilda Roy | C | GDAE | 2010 Black Creek |
Sleepy Lou | C | GDAE | 2008 Black Creek |
Stag-A-Lee | C | GDAE | 2008 Black Creek |
Bath House Blues | C | GDAE | 2008 Black Creek |
Texas Fair | C | GDAE | 1985 Port Townsend |
New Money | C | GDAE | 1985 Port Townsend |
Little Black Mustache | C | GDAE | 1986 Galax tape / Jon Bekoff, Dirk Powell, Beverly Smith |
Ruth's Rag | C | GDAE | 1986 Galax tape / Jon Bekoff, Dirk Powell, Beverly Smith |
Rymer's Favorite | C | GDAE | 1986 Galax tape / Jon Bekoff, Dirk Powell, Beverly Smith |
Captain George Has Your Money Come | C | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side A |
Get Off Your Money | C | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side A |
Indian Ate a Woodpecker | C | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side A |
Paddy Won't You Drink Some Cider | C | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side A |
Sally Ann | C | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side A |
Searcy County Rag | C | GDAE | 1990 Tape from Wendy. Vermont. Side A |
Flat Footed Henry | C | GDAE | 1986 Galax tape / Jon Bekoff, Dirk Powell, Beverly Smith |
Horseshoe Bend | C | GDAE | 1986 Galax tape / Jon Bekoff, Dirk Powell, Beverly Smith |
Honeysuckle Waltz | C | GDAE | 2014 Fall, Jon, Emily Horne, Rafe Wohlman |
Maysville | C | GDAE | 2014 Fall, Jon, Emily Horne, Rafe Wohlman |
Wild Irish Rose | C | GDAE | 2014 Fall, Jon, Emily Horne, Rafe Wohlman |
Coal Valley | C | GDAE | 2014 Sept Putnam Fiddlers |
Take Me Back to Georgia | C | GDAE | 2014 Sept Putnam Fiddlers |
Back Up And Push | C | GDAE | 2015 January - Tanners & Evan Kinney Jam |
Winona Rag | C | GDAE | 2007 Brewster, VT |
Franklin County Blues | C | GDAE | 2007 Brewster, VT |
Charleston #2 | C | GDAE | 1990 Cottrell |
Pretty Little Dog | A Minor | GDAE | 1990 Cottrell AKA Little Dog |
Highlanders Farewell | A Modal | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Hog Eyed Man | A Modal | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Salt River | A Modal | GDAE | 2010 Roundhouse |
Bright Sunny South | A Modal | GDAE | 2015 Florida |
Six Leaf Clover | A Modal | GDAE | 2007 Basement |
Ducks On The Pond | A Modal | GDAE | 2014 Harry Smith Frolic |
La Betaille | A Modal | GDAE | 2009 Champlain with Bob Naess |
Corn On Tire | A Modal | GDAE | 2010 Black Creek |
Stuart's Longbow | A Modal | GDAE | 2014 Jon's House - According to Nate Paine this is Jon's modal version of Stuart's Longbow. |
Twenty Eighth Of January | A Modal | GDAE | 2014 Jon's House |
Pretty Little Indian | A Modal | GDAE | 1985 Port Townsend |
Kitchen Girl | A Modal | GDAE | 1983 Cassette |
Say Old Man Can You Play The Fiddle | E Minor | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Lazy Farmer Boy | D Modal | GDAE | 2014 Energy Park |
Omie Wise | D Modal | GDAE | 2015 Florida |
Single Footin' Horse | D Modal | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Blue River Train | D Modal | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Barbary Ellen | D Modal | GDAE | 2010 Roundhouse |
Lonesome Prarie | D Modal | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Pretty Polly | D Modal | GDAE | 2014 Rosalind's Bench |
Black Eyed Suzan | D Modal | GDAE | 2014 Energy Park |
Blue Bonnet | D Modal | GDAE | 1985 Port Townsend |
Lonesome Train | G & D | GDAE | 1985 Galax |
Tit Gallup Au Point Au Pin | G & D | GDAE | 2009 Champlain with Bob Naess |
Prairie du Rocher Motion | D & A | GDAE | 1985 Port Townsend |
Black & White Rag | G & C | GDAE | 2009 Roundhouse |
Brown Button Shoes | G & C | GDAE | 1985 recordings via Meghan |
Abe's Retreat | G Modal | GDAE | 2014 Energy Park |
Polly Put The Kettle On | G Modal | GDAE | 1985 Galax |
Paddy On The Handcar | G Modal | GDAE | 2007 Black Creek |
Loch Laven Castle | G Modal | GDAE | 2013 Janet Foster House Concert |
Shady Grove | G Modal | GDAE | 2013 Janet Foster House Concert |
Dance Terpsichore | C & G | GDAE | 1985 Port Townsend |
Peter Francisco | D Modal & D | GDAE | 2013 Janet Foster House Concert |
Mineola Rag | D & D & G | GDAE | 2009 Roundhouse |