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- [Voiceover] The following program
is a production of Pioneer Public Television.
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Funding for this program has been provided by
the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund
through a vote of the people of Minnesota
on November 4th, 2008.
(fast banjo)
- [Voiceover] Grass Land Jam
recorded during the annual Minnesota Bluegrass
and Old Time Music Festival at El Rancho Manana
near Richmond, Minnesota.
(banjo music)
Grass Land Jam showcases
the main stage performances
presented during the four day festival
by regional and national bands.
Now from the main stage,
The Roe Family Singers.
(banjo)
- [Man] Here we go!
ś Where was you when the train left town
ś I was standing on the corner
ś Head a' hanging down
ś If I had a gun
ś I'd throw the hammer down
ś Lord I'd shoot the ground
ś That took my girl from town
ś Hey that train that carried my girl from town
ś Hey hey hey hey hey
- Yeah, you got it, son!
ś There goes that train
ś That took my girl from town
ś If I know the number
ś Gonna flag her down
ś Lunch is on the table
ś And coffee's gettin' cold
ś Some nutty rounder
ś Stole my jelly roll
ś Hey that train that carried my girl from town
ś Hey hey hey hey hey
ś Hello Central give me 609
ś I want to talk to that woman of mine
ś Wish to the Lord that the train would wreck
ś Kill that engineer
ś Break the fireman's neck
ś Hey that train that carried my girl from town
ś Hey hey hey hey hey
ś Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
ś Show me a woman that a man can trust
ś There goes my girl
ś Somebody bring her back
ś She's got her hand in my money sack
ś Hey that train that carried my girl from town
ś Hey hey hey hey hey
ś I'm singin' hey that train
ś That carried my girl from town
ś Hey hey hey hey hey ś
- Oh yeah!
- Thank you very much, friends.
- [Kim] Thank you.
- We are the Roe Family Singers.
Thank you so much for coming out early
on this Thursday.
I was telling the group over at the marketplace
just last time, just a few minutes ago,
this is our first time being here on a Thursday
and I'm very happy that we're here.
It's your first time, too?
Well, imagine that.
We're gonna do a tune for you
called the Green Icy Mountains.
This is one that we have learned from
a wonderful singing duet called Anna and Elizabeth.
If you get a chance to check them out sometime
they are just fantastic.
I hope that sometime they get to make it up here
to Minnesota so you all can enjoy.
Just fantastic singing.
And we're gonna do a poor imitation
of their version, honestly.
But if you'll just bear with us.
We'll do our best.
Yes, I'm in the correct key this time.
- Just making sure.
- Yep, I got it.
ś I'm gonna cross that green icy mountain
ś Mountain mountain
ś I'm gonna cross that green icy mountain
ś If I don't take sick and die
ś I'm going to see my lover
ś Lover lover
ś I'm going to see my lover
ś If I don't take sick and die
- Oh yes!
All right now.
ś She told me that she loved me
ś Loved me loved me
ś She told me that she loved me
ś And she would until she dies
ś She threw her arms around me
ś Around me around me
ś She threw her arms around me
ś Like a (unclear) flying around the (unclear)
ś I'm gonna cross that green icy mountain
ś Mountain mountain
ś I'm gonna cross that green icy mountain
ś If I don't take sick and die ś
(audience applauds)
- Thank you.
- Thank you very much.
We're gonna get Diamond Rick Lee here
to play a fiddle set for us here
and Kim Roe is gonna do
some Appalachian clogging for you.
If you were here last year,
if you've been to the winter Bluegrass weekends
you've seen the uh,
of course the Wild Goose Chase Cloggers
do that clogging and that's where Kim,
Kim learned from them and uh,
we are just mighty proud of her.
She does a fine job.
Rick Lee, what's our fiddle set here?
We're going to start with a duo of uh,
Sail Away Ladies and the Snake River Reel.
Hold on, hold on, hold on.
Did you get your tempo approved?
- Let's have it, Kim.
- Kim's gotta set the tempo here.
- I guess I went too fast last time.
- I'm tryin' to figure that out.
(laughing)
- Faster? Did she say faster? - She said faster.
(fast paced fiddling)
ś If ever I get my new house done
ś Sail away, ladies, sail away
ś (unclear) one by one
ś Sail away, ladies, sail away
ś I'm going home with Sally
ś I'm going home with Sally
ś I'm going home with Sally
ś I'm going home with Sally
ś Sit down in my rocking chair
ś Sail away, ladies, sail away
ś Paint your nails and comb your hair
ś Sail away, ladies, sail away
ś I'm going home with Sally
ś I'm going home with Sally
ś I'm going home with Sally
ś I'm going home with Sally
(upbeat country music)
(audience applauds)
- Thank you very much friends.
That's Diamond Rick Lee on the fiddle there for ya.
Mrs. Kimberly Roe dancing
that fine Appalachian cloggin'.
All right, here we go.
ś You say you're sorry once again love
ś You say you'd take me back once more
ś You say you need a helping hand dear
ś That's what you told me once before
ś Walk softly on this heart of mine love
ś Don't treat it mean and so unkind
ś Just let it rest in peace and quiet love
ś Walk softly on this heart of mine
- Rick Lee, come on now!
(fiddle solo)
- Oh yes!
(fiddle solo)
- Aw, take the beat!
(fiddle solo)
ś I know someday you'll find a new love
ś I'll feel your heart has turned to stone
ś But please won't you let me down nice and easy
ś Cause loneliness moves in when you move on
ś Walk softly on this heart of mine love
ś Don't treat it mean and so unkind
ś Just let it rest in peace and quiet love
ś Walk softly on this heart of mine
- Come on, girl!
(mandolin solo)
- Kurt Froehlich on the mandolin there, friends.
ś Walk softly on this heart of mine love
ś Don't treat it mean and so unkind
ś Just let it rest in peace and quiet love
ś Walk softly on this heart of mine
ś Walk softly on this heart of mine ś
(audience applauds)
- Thank you very much.
- [Voiceover] Up next, Sawtooth Bluegrass.
(upbeat guitar)
ś Take me home on county road
ś Can't get by the highway's closed
ś I just want to see my girl tonight
- One, two, three, four!
ś Yes I'll take the long way home
ś Through the gravel dust and coal
ś I can almost see the (unclear) sign
ś And the one that I love is waiting
ś It's been so long anticipating
ś How it feels to hold you in my arms again
ś Somewhere deep inside I wonder
ś Is this what heaven's like here under
ś The closest I can get is with you
ś Like a rift we'll separate
ś Follow through and seal your fate
ś Ties that bind will stretch
ś But they won't break
ś And the one that I love is waiting
ś It's been so long anticipating
ś How it feels to hold you in my arms again
ś Somewhere deep inside I wonder
ś Is this what heaven's like here under
ś The closest I can get is with you
(fiddle solo)
(fast banjo)
ś I've had enough of pain and sickness
ś Wanna see your shining face
ś Breaking down the strings of time and space
ś And the one that I love is waiting
ś It's been so long anticipating
ś How it feels to hold you in my arms again
ś Somewhere deep inside I wonder
ś Is this what heaven's like here under
ś The closest I can get is with you ś
(audience applauds)
ś Well I've been running down the road
ś Tryin' to loosen my load
ś Got seven women on my mind
ś Four that wanna hold me
ś Two that wanna stone me
ś One says she's a friend of mine
ś Take it easy, take it easy
ś Don't let the sound of your own wheels
ś Make you crazy
ś Lighten up while you still can
ś Don't even try to understand
ś Just find a place to make your stand
ś And take it easy
ś Standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona
ś And such a fine sight to see
ś It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford
ś Slowin' down to take a look at me
ś Come on baby don't say maybe
ś I gotta know if your sweet love
ś Is gonna save me
ś We may lose and we may win
ś But we will never be here again
ś So open up I'm climbin' in
ś And take it easy
(fast banjo)
ś Well I've been running down the road
ś Tryin' to loosen my load
ś Got a world of trouble on my mind
ś Just lookin' for a lover
ś Who won't blow my cover
ś She's so hard to find
ś Take it easy, take it easy
ś Don't let the sound of your own wheels
ś Make you crazy
ś Come on baby
ś Don't say maybe
ś I gotta know if your sweet love
ś Is gonna save me
ś Ooh ooh
ś Ooh ooh
ś Ooh ooh
ś Ooh ooh
ś Ooh ooh
ś Ooh ooh
ś Ooh ooh
ś Ooh ooh
ś Ooh ooh
ś Ooh ooh
ś We got it easy
ś We oughta take it easy ś
(audience applauds)
- Thank you!
- Thank you.
- Thank you very much.
We're the Sawtooth,
it's great to be here on a Friday night
at the Augustfest.
How fortunate we all are to be here.
We just had a great dinner.
How was your dinner?
(cheering) Awesome.
We had some barbecue from Doc E's Barbecue.
I had a pulled pork sandwich.
It was delicious, wasn't it?
- [Man] Great.
- It was great.
Whoa!
All right.
We're back on track.
We've got a song for you here
that you just might know, so sing along.
It's called, I'm a Believer.
- One, two, three, four.
ś I thought love was only true in fairy tales
ś Meant for someone else but not for me
ś Love was out to get me
ś That's the way it seemed
ś Disappointment haunted all my dreams
ś And then I saw her face
ś Now I'm a believer
ś Not a trace
ś Of doubt in my mind
ś I'm in love
ś I'm a believer
ś I couldn't leave her if I tried
ś I thought love was more or less a given thing
ś The more I gave the less I got oh yeah
ś What's the use in tryin'
ś All you get is pain
ś When I wanted sunshine I got rain
ś And then I saw her face
ś Now I'm a believer
ś Not a trace
ś Of doubt in my mind
ś I'm in love
ś I'm a believer
ś I couldn't leave her if I tried
(fiddle solo)
ś And then I saw her face
ś Now I'm a believer
ś Not a trace
ś Of doubt in my mind
ś I'm in love
ś I'm a believer
ś I couldn't leave her if I tried
ś And then I saw her face
ś Now I'm a believer
ś Not a trace
ś Of doubt in my mind
ś I'm in love
ś I'm a believer
ś I couldn't leave her if I tried ś
(audience applauds)
- We've also been working up a lot
of the new original material which we're gonna play
for you tonight.
Starting with this song from Jesse on the mandolin.
It's called, Summer All the Time.
ś I may the not be the real Prince Charming
ś With soft and bouncy hair
ś Who'll sweep you off your feet
ś And take you to his castle in the air
ś I may not be a knight in shining armor
ś Fancy clothes
ś But I know you're not looking
ś Looking for one of those
ś We may not have the same script
ś As a Disney fairytale
ś Where it's love at sight
ś And we take flight
ś On a (unclear) set sail
ś We can write our storyline
ś On the clouds as they pass by
ś Beneath our feet a sweet jet ski
ś And the reflection of the sky
ś We're more of a backwards baseball hat
ś And a cabin on the lake
ś With your flip flops tank top on
ś Just chilling in the shade
ś You grabbed my hand
ś And you grabbed my heart
ś As we watched the sun depart
ś You're more of a hold your breath
ś And jump right in
ś You're summer all the time
(mandolin solo)
(fiddle solo)
ś They may not make a film about us
ś Or the day when we first met
ś But if you ask me
ś You know I'd say our story's not through yet
ś May not come from money
ś Or have a fancy pedigree
ś But you know that you'll always be
ś A princess to me
ś You're more of a backwards baseball hat
ś And a cabin on the lake
ś With your flip flops tank top on
ś Just chilling in the shade
ś You grabbed my hand
ś And you grabbed my heart
ś As we watched the sun depart
ś You're more of a hold your breath
ś And jump right in
ś You're summer all the time
ś One more dance with me
ś One more smile I'll see
ś Before the curtain falls
ś On this sea ś
- [Voiceover] Thank you for watching
Grass Land Jam.
Join us next time for more bluegrass
and old time music.
- [Voiceover] Funding for this program
has been provided by
the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund
through a vote of the people of Minnesota
on November 4th, 2008.
ś You grabbed my hand
ś And you grabbed my heart ś