Events
We will be playing a concert at First Avenue Playhouse. More details to follow!
We are playing at Albert Hall's every Saturday event at 8:30. Doors open at 6 and there's several great bands before us, come on down!
We will be playing a concert at the Atlantic Highlands Arts Council gallery. More details to follow!
Albert Hall sponsors this day of music at Wells Mills County Park. Always a great time! We're on at 1:30, and plenty of great bands before and after us.
We will be playing at Red Bank Porchfest, but haven't received our time/porch assignment yet. Save the Date!
Fall Festival! Live music all day, activities for families, scavenger hunt, antiques appraiser, house tours, local honey for sale...stop on by!
We are playing at the Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead's Fall Craft Fair. Come stroll the craft booths and enjoy some traditional Appalachian Mountain Music!
We are playing at the NJ Clearwater Festival. Our set is 4:10, come on by!
Sawmill Run is playing at Old Hights Brewing Company! This will be a fun afternoon of Old Time Music and great brews. Bring your father down to celebrate-or if you can't be with him on Father's Day, come on down and remember the good times. 2:00-5:00
Sawmill Run will be playing for the Farm's Christmas event, starting around 11:00. Gingerbread decor in the 1711 House, Craft Vendors, Face Painting, Kids Crafts, Food, Gingerbread House Competition...and Sawmill Run! $5, come on down!
Sawmill Run OTSB plays at Albert Hall, in the 6:30 time slot. Entry is $5.00, bands starting at 6:30. Hope to see you there!
Albert Hall sponsors the Wells Mills Jamboree, and we are playing there this year! Exact time and details TBD.
Sawmill Run OTSB plays at Albert Hall, in the 8:30 time slot. Entry is $5.00, bands starting at 6:30. Hope to see you there!
Sawmill Run OTSB plays at Albert Hall, in the 7:00 time slot. Entry is $5.00, bands starting at 6:30. Hope to see you there!
Sawmill Run OTSB plays at Albert Hall, in the 8:00 time slot. Entry is $5.00, bands starting at 6:30. Hope to see you there!
We have recieved notification that we were accepted for the Princeton Porchfest again this year! We had an absolute blast last year and are really looking forward to it. A whole afternoon, many porches and many bands to walk around and listen to--and FREE! Our exact location and time is TBD, but mark your calendars now!
Every third Sunday BOTMA (Bluegrass and Old Time Association of New Jersey) holds an event in Little Silver. Stage show with five bands, jamming rooms and a led Bluegrass, Old Time, and Learn-to-Jam sessions. $8 at the door. Come on down!
Sawmill Run OTSB plays at Albert Hall, in the 8:30 time slot. Entry is $5.00, bands starting at 6:30. Hope to see you there!
Sawmill Run OTSB plays at Albert Hall, in the 8:00 time slot. Entry is $5.00, bands starting at 6:30. Hope to see you there!
Sawmill Run plays at Albert Hall at 8:30, Saturday November 5th. Doors open at 6:00. Three great bands before us too. C'mon down!
Sawmill Run playing at the park
Sawmill Run OTSB playing at the Freehold Public Library
Members
Ron Stevenson
Fiddle, Banjo, Vocals
Ron Stevenson plays fiddle and banjo and lead vocals. But he plays all the instruments. Seriously. He's been playing Old Time music all his life.
Denise Warren
Mandolin, Dulcimer, Vocals
Denise has played piano all her life, but that's not a practical instrument when you're camping! She plays mandolin and dulcimer with the band, and loves sharing this Old Time music with others.
Richard Smith
Guitar, Mandolin, Hammered Dulcimer
Richard has been playing bands all his life. He most enjoys jamming with others, and passing along the tunes.
Ken Forrest
Bass
Ken plays several instruments, but we need him to keep us in line! Bass player extraordinaire!
Contact Us
- Freehold, New Jersey, United States
We send out a monthly email with a Tune of the Month. To get on the list, email FreeholdOTM@gmail.com
Jam Information
What happens in an Old Time Jam?
1. Sit in a circle with other musicians
2. Most Old Time is in D, G, A, or C. The chords are generally the I, IV, and V, and sometimes the related minor. We stay in one key for awhile, banjos and some fiddlers retune for each key.
3. Usually a 32 measure tune divided into two parts that are repeated twice each (AABB)
4. We play together the entire time, individual breaks do not happen in Old Time. We play each tune through many times, as we are learning new tunes through playing.
5. We send out a Tune of the Month every month. All of them can be found here: Playlist
You can be added to our email list by requesting at FreeholdOTM@gmail.com
Here are some of the tunes we play-there are always new ones coming though!
D Tunes
Angeline the Baker, Arkansas Traveler, Ashoken Farewell, Black Eyed Susie, Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine, Bonaparte’s Retreat, Briarpicker Brown, Camp Meeting on the 4th of July, Chinese Breakdown, Coleman’s March, Cuckoo Nest, The Cuckoo Dm, Duck River, Eye of the Beholder, Fisher’s Hornpipe, Flop Eared Mule, Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss, Forked Deer, Harvest Home, Hewlett, Hop High Ladies, Indian Ate a Woodchuck, Jaybird, John Ryan’s Polka, Johnny Don’t Get Drunk, Julia Delaney’s Dm, Julianne Johnson, Kicking up the Devil on a Holiday, Liberty, Mississippi Sawyer, Morpeth Rant, Needlecase, Over the Waterfall, Peacock Rag, Petronella, Pig Ankle Rag, Porter’s Reel, Possum’s Tail is Bare, Ragtime Annie, Red Hills Polka, Road to Boston, Sadie at the Backdoor, Sal’s Got Mud, Sarah Armstrong’s Reel, Snake River Reel, Soldier’s Joy, Spotted Pony, St Anne’s Reel, Staten Island Hornpipe, Swannanoa Waltz, Valley Forge, Waiting for Nancy, West Fork Gals, Whiskey Before Breakfast, Wind That Shakes the Barley, Winder Slide, Year of Jubilo
G Tunes
Been to the East/West, Big Scioty, Blackberry Blossom, Southern Aristocracy, Crooked Stovepipe, Cuffy, Duck’s Eyeball, Elk River Blues, Flowers of Edinburgh, Golden Slippers, Green Willis, Henry King’s Reel, Margaret’s Waltz, Moon Behind the Hill, Nail That Catfish to a Tree, Off to California, Old Grey Cat Em, Old Yeller Dog, Possum on a Rail, Rakes of Mallow, Redwing, Roscoe, Seneca Square Dance, Shove The Pig’s Foot, Stoney Point, Temperance Reel, Turkey in the Straw, Whiteface
A Tunes
Bill Cheatham, Booth Shot Lincoln, Campbell’s Farewell, Cherokee Shuffle, Cluck Old Hen Am, Cold Frosty Morning Am, Cousin Sally Brown Am, Cripple Creek, Greasy Coat Am, Growling Old Man Grumbling Old Woman, Hangman’s Reel, John Brown’s Dream, June Apple, Kitchen Girl Am, Old Joe Clark, Old Mother Flanigan, Pretty Little Dog Am, Red Haired Boy, Richmond, Sally in the Garden Am, Salty River Reel, Sandy Boys, Shenandoah Falls, Squirrel Hunters, Sweet Nell, Tipping Back the Corn
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