New Release: Sawmill Run Old Time String Band
New Jersey's Own Old Time String Band
"This is Sawmill Run's first album. We gather Old Time tunes from everywhere we travel, and every time we play them we remember the folks we got them from and the places we've been. "
Ron Stevenson - Fiddle, Banjo
Denise Warren Smith - Mandolin, Dulcimer
Richard Smith - Guitar, Mandolin, Recorder
Ken Forrest - Bass
All tunes are traditional except
"Moonlit Evening in June" written by Ron Stevenson,
and the melody of "Elk River Blues," by Ernie Carpenter
Cover art by Daehan Stevenson.
Production support from Mark Lamhut of Paul-Mark Printing
Recorded at Dimm Studios in Freehoing.
Released April 24, 2025
Available on Bandcamp
TUNES & SONGS:
1 Duck's Eyeball 02:26
2. Old Man at the Mill 02:51
3. Kickin' Up the Devil on a Holiday-Whiskey Before Breakfast 02:55
4. Rock About My Saro Jane 02:37
5 . Moonlit Evening in June 02:55
6. Seven and a Half 02:18
7. Spotted Pony 02:21
8. Sally in the Garden 03:42
9. Indian Ate a Woodchuck 03:09
10. The Cuckoo 03:20
11. John Ryan's Polka 02:00
12. June Apple 02:14
13. Squirrel Hunters 02:16
14. Elk River Blues 03:25
Interview with Paul Kirk Jr
Old Time Musician, Historian and Teacher
Paul Kirk, Jr., began playing fiddle at age nine, and by age seventeen had taught himself string bass, cello, keyboard, and viola. He attended Cleveland State University where he studied viola, music theory and composition, music education, music history, and musicology. He currently plays fiddle in Down the Road Old-Time String Band, which he founded in 2015, teaches fiddle, leads an old-time music program at The Music Settlement in Cleveland, Ohio, and gives presentations and lectures about antiques and collectibles. Since 2018, he has been documenting rare and obscure tunes and underrepresented source fiddlers through his Old-Time Tune of the Week series on YouTube
Interview with Steve Holladay
Cigar Box Maker & New Orleans Cigar Box Video Finalist
Steve is an Old Time musician and creative maker of cigar box musical instruments. He attends numerous Old Time gatherings to show off and allow musicians to play his instruments We first met in Tennessee at the Breaking Up Winter Old Time Gathering, and also hung out at the Clifftop Old Time Gathering. He recently made the top ten and took second place in the video playoffs of the New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival. where he played with Thomas Maupin and Daniel Rothwell, Collette Chris Rainwater, Jacob Fennell, Hillary Klug, Evan Winsor, and Casey Meikle!
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Steve talks about his instruments and collaborations
Steve Holladay Videos
New Orleans CBG Video Playoffs - CLICK FOR VIDEO
Sawmill Run at Clifftop
Fun with Steve Holladay & Daniel Maupin
The Canote Twins Film
Featured Film by Larry Edelman - The Canote Brothers ---CLICK the PIC to VIEW
Greg and Jere Canote are prolific performers, songwriters and teachers who have played an important role in the active old-time music scene on the West Coast through a string band class they have been teaching for more than 30 years.
