Jigs
The Cellphone Goes Too   abc   pdf
A jig written when I realized my cellphone plays the first two bars of Off She Goes

Lootering   abc   pdf
A jig written after Katrina. A New Orleans resident said in an NPR interview, "We wasn't lootering, we only took what we needed!"

Tampico Road   abc   pdf
Written at my family's farm in the Northeast Kingdom in Vermont.


Reels and Polkas

Cricket Moon    abc   pdf
A little tune for the crickets that hang out on my porch in late summer.

Dance with Larry   abc   pdf
Every year at least one set in the Rum & Onions repertoire completely defeats me as a player and is branded with the notation "DWL" at the top of the page. Thanks to Larry Koplik who cheerfully acknowledges the difficulty of the tunes and invites me to dance instead. I now enjoy my "DWL sets" as a well-deserved break, and the time I can appreciate how great the band sounds from the dance floor.
Further trivia: Larry and I were delighted to discover we are vaguely related. His wife is my stepfather's stepsister's cousin.

Picnic at the River Jordan   abc   pdf
In the last weeks of my grandmother's life she began seeing and conversing with her deceased brothers and sisters. At one point, when the house started feeling a bit crowded with spirits and memory, my stepfather was heard to mutter, "Jeez, you'd think ONE of them could find a flippin' boat to take her across the River Jordan."

Waiting for Answers   abc   pdf
Bill and I composed this tune during a tense week between medical tests. It was good news.

Pobblebonk   abc   pdf
A pobblebonk is also known as a Banjo Frog, so called because of it's distinctive sound. This is a banjo tune written on concertina and doesn't sound at all like a frog. I just liked saying "pobblebonk".

Nancy in a Shirttail   abc   pdf
"Nancy in a shirttail" is my grandmother's expression for getting caught nekkid.

Bones and a Beer   abc   pdf
a K-Lee riff

Anne Drove   abc   pdf
An an dro made in the car

Big Phat Ragg   abc   pdf
A tune for the Big Phat American K-Lee Band - August 2005

WestGrove   abc   pdf
A polka written while driving to visit my friend Tori


Waltzes
Handshouse Waltz
Written for, but not played, at a lovely wedding in the woods.   abc   pdf

January Spring   abc   pdf
The bears are awake and the flowers in bloom - whatever happened to winter?

Crossing Ithan Creek   abc   pdf
I cross Ithan Creek three times to get to my local contra dance

My Father's Table   abc   pdf
A waltz for hard lessons learned -- and unlearned.

Felix Falls in Love   abc   pdf
A waltz for my brother and sister-in-law. Felix was a character he played in a regular stunt show gig.

What-Not   abc   pdf
A waltz for my mom's 65th birthday. She one time said to me:"The only problem with putting up a what-not shelf is that sooner or later you're bound to get what-nots." my mom, Susan Terry

Dancing Flowers   abc   pdf
A waltz for Judith Flowers written with Bill Quern