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Baltimore's Home for Old Time Music Happenings

Baltimore Old Time Jam

The legendary Baltimore Old Time & Bluegrass jam is held at The Green Room at the Bluebird Cocktail Room (3600 Hickory Ave) in the Hampden neighborhood just off The Avenue. All are welcome to play along in the jam regardless of skill level or instrument. Even if you don't play, you can come to soak in the scene, listen to the music, grab a drink and have a meal.

Ken & Brad Kolodner lead the Baltimore Old Time Jam from every other Tuesday night 7-10pm. Doors open at 6pm for food and drinks. The first hour of the jam will be a "slow jam" so anyone can hop in and play along at a moderate tempo. From 8-10pm, they'll kick up the tempo for the "fast jam." Imagine a sea of fiddles, banjos, guitars and more all swelling together in a chorus of joyous tunes!

About the venue - The Green Room is a gorgeous event space with wonderful acoustics, a cozy vibe, plenty of room for the jammers and viewers, great drinks of all sorts (beer, wine, cocktails, non-alcoholic options) and awesome food great for dinner or snacks. It is the former location of De Kleine Duivel, a Belgian beer hall. They host a Django jazz jam on Monday nights. For you long-term jammers, it evokes the best of Liam Flynn's and Five & Dime combined. 

On the opposite Tuesdays, Alex Lacquement & Friends will lead the Baltimore Bluegrass Jam from 7-10pm for a jam featuring bluegrass songs and instrumentals. Come with a song or two to lead - or just show up and jam along.

Best of all, the jam is FREE!

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Tune of the Week Youtube Playlist:


Slow Jam Tune List

Spotify Playlist: Baltimore Old Time Jam Favorites

Key of D 
Angeline the Baker
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss 
Johnny Don’t Get Drunk
Julianne Johnson 
Mississippi Sawyer 
Needle Case 
New Five Cent Piece 
Sadie at the Backdoor
Snake River Reel 
Spotted Pony
Winder Slide
Whiskey Before Breakfast 
 
Key of G 
Big Scioty 
Chattanooga 
Elk River Blues
Josie-O
Lazy John
Old Aunt Jenny With Her Nightcap On

Nail That Catfish to the Tree
Roscoe 
Seneca Square Dance 
​Shoes and Stockings
Shove that Pigs Foot a Little Further in the Fire 
Waynesboro
 
Key of A 
Booth Shot Lincoln
Black Jack Grove 
Dinah
Five Miles of Ellum Wood
Greasy Coat 
Grub Springs 
Mike in the Widlerness
Red Prairie Dawn
Road to Malvern
Sandy Boys 
Tippin' Back the Corn
Walk Along John to Kansas
Ways of the World

 
*These tunes are a rough guide for what is most commonly played during the slow jam. Other tunes may occasionally be played.
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Back in the day at Liam Flynn's Ale House where this jam got it's start:

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