Free Music
This free music is our gift to you, our loyal fans who’ve encouraged and appreciated us for so long.
Please share these but give us credit. And remember that they are for personal, non-commercial use only.
All The Nettles performances and recordings are the exclusive property of The Nettles. All rights reserved.
All tunes are traditional unless noted.
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CDs
Eugene Contra Dance Official Bootlegs
Recorded by Mark Schurman. Thanks, Mark!
For folks who book dance camps and such, yes,
we really sound like this.
Hire us!
For folks who run small contra dances but can’t afford live musicians, feel free to use these
for your own Contra Dance Band in a Box. For folks who can afford live musicians,
hire us!
- A couple of rousing traditional reels. Billy in the Low Ground is an American Oldtime favorite.
- Both by Dave Bartley
- By Julie King of KGB
- "Coffee" by Gary Haggerty.
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- "Curvy Road to Corinth" by Larry Unger. "Petronoia" by Dave Bartley
- "December March" by Dave Goldman. "Poco a Poco" is a rearranged version of "Cancion y Huayno" by Mauro Nunez.
- "Drumshead" by John Miller.
- "Nixon’s Farewell" by Curt Bouterse.
- "Pluto’s in Scorpio" by Keith Murphy.
- The first is by George Reynolds and the second by Oliver Schroer.
- Both of these tunes are by distinguished Nettle alumnus Fred Wilson.
- "Fox Got Away" is by Kevin Johnsrude and was written during a friend’s successful fight against cancer. The first part is the hounds running through the woods and the second part is the fox doubling back on her trail to escape.
- "Myra’s" by Ian Lowthian.
- Both by George Paul of the Avant Gardners.
Midsummer Madness Official Bootlegs
- A
driving groove on a trad tune captured by Michael Proctor onstage with a handheld
recorder. Midsummer Madness, 2009.
- A beautiful little French
waltz by great fiddler Johnny Cunningham. Michael Proctor recorded it onstage with
a handheld recorder. Midsummer Madness, 2009.
Waltzes
Here are some waltzes that Laura and Kevin recorded as a duo to celebrate Kevin’s
parent’s 50th anniversary.