Two Loose Pegs

Two Loose Pegs. A day at the Sebastopol Farmer’s Market

barry — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 05:05:51 +0000

We had a great time at the Sebastopol Farmer’s Market on Labor Day Weekend. The weather was cool, the market packed, the people fun and friendly, and the smell of delicious food all around. What more could you ask for a Sunday morning.

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Sebastopol Farmer’s Market

barry — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:08:40 +0000

Come down to the Farmer’s Market in downtown Sebastopol this Sunday, September 4th. We’ll be playing in the gazebo from 10am to 1pm. Hope to see you there.

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San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers 2011 Spring Concert Series

admin — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 06:02:03 +0000

Next weekend it’s time again for the San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers Spring Concerts. We’ll be playing in Redwood City, Roseville, and Yountville. More info available at sfscottishfiddlers.org.

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Tickets are available for Burn’s Night at Aqus Cafe

barry — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:47:35 +0000

If you plan to attend the Burn’s Night Celebration, head down to Aqus Cafe and get your tickets now. Tickets are $35 cash, and available at the counter. Seating is limited and dinner is included. (Last year’s fare was really … Continue reading →

Burn’s Night at Aqus Cafe

barry — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:55:47 +0000

Mark your calendars! We’ll be playing for the Burn’s Night Celebration at Aqus Cafe in Petaluma on Tuesday, January 25, 2011.

It was a great event last year. Superb food, good people, and lots of fun. I don’t know when tickets will be available, but it should be soon. I’ll let you know how to get yours as soon as I know. Seating is limited. Check back here for more information.

Two Loose Pegs at Aqus

isaiah — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:31:18 +0000

Hey everyone,

Barry and I will be performing at Aqus this Saturday night November 27th from 7:00 to 9:00. Be there or be square daddy O

Peace

Isaiah

Click here for a printable flier

Street Performers and the city of Santa Rosa

barry — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 03:30:54 +0000

I spent tonight at the city council meeting because I heard that they would be discussing permitting street musicians to play in the city. (…and it was hot and a really good excuse for not going to Aikido class, again. Sorry Isaiah).

Santa Rosa currently has a noise ordinance on the books that prevents playing music, or making noise with the intent to attract attention, anywhere in the city without an event permit, which would set you back $75 a day. (We found this out a couple years ago when we tried to play downtown and were greeted by police before we could take our instruments out of the cases).

The addition to the code discussed tonight would allow musicians and other street performers to obtain a free permit to play in the city as long as they obeyed some simple rules. The council voted unanimously, with one member absent, to approve the new permit. Aaron spent a lot of time working to get this done. (See Bohemian article here).

On the whole this is a lot better that the previous ordinance, if you can ignore the fact that we’re being asked to give up our first amendment right for the privilege of applying for a permit to express ourselves.

What do you do when…?

barry — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 16:37:44 +0000

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Don’t worry! Two Loose Pegs know when to leave your party, no need to hire other professionals… and feeding them won’t increase your chances of infestation.

La Bruxa

isaiah — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:50:47 +0000

When I first started playing fiddle at the Sonoma county sessions Roxanne used to play this tune on her accordion. I happened to get a hand written copy of the sheet music from my fiddle teacher (Janette Duncan). I found the copy last year and started playing the tune, the melody is so haunting it runs through my head constantly. I know it was recently taught at sierra camp, and the rumor is a certain fiddle and cello player have recorded it for there next CD. Please learn this tune so I have someone to play it with.

Isaiah Wisdom

Here’s a pdf of the sheet music: La Bruxa

Here’s a sample of the melody with guitar:

Lilypond Source: Click Here for the Lilypond code

Pretty Maid Milking the Cow

barry — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:31:43 +0000

We plan to have a tune of the week (or maybe the month…or some other interval yet to be determined) and share some of our favorite tunes. Maybe even encourage people to play them at the local sessions? Well, yesterday, at the second Sunday session at the Redwood Cafe in Cotati, we played a tune called “Pretty Maid Milking the Cow”. Except for the title, it was completely different in every way from the tune I know by that name. I found the version I know in a book called Das Grosse Fiddle Buch that I bought in Germany many years ago.

[Edit: The tune only sounded completely different to me. According to Roxanne, the A part is the same as the waltz, The Pretty Girl Milking the Cow, that she played, but with minor accompaniment, but the B part had few similarities.]

Here’s a pdf of the sheet music: The Pretty Girl Milking the Cow
(I may have changed things a bit from the book).

Here’s a sample of just the melody:

You can listen to a full version here. (It’s the last song in the first sample playlist).

Anyone have alternate versions of this tune by the same name? Leave us a comment.

I use Lilypond for my music transcription. Click Here for the Lilypond code