Stone Arch 2010 Set List

We play at 1:15 on Saturday at the City Pages Stage for about 45 minute.

We will have done a number of these at the Coffee Grounds on Thurs, the 17th, but a few differences. Also, there are all songs and tunes we've performed for a while.

Lonesome Pine Special

Raging Sea

Rambling Boy

Going to the West

Across The Illinois Plains

When the Work’s All Done this Fall

Over the Waterfall

Highway Man

I've Got a Bulldog

Dear Companion

Bear Creek Blues

Last Thing on My Mind

Set List for Roots Showcase (Thursday, June 17,2010 at 7:00)

We are playing for 50-55 minutes and have 14 songs lined up - may drop or add some on order to finish in time -- Bill will be playing at 8:00 sharp! There is a fair overlap with the set at Stonearch, but we've mixed it up a bit. Plus we are 'premiering' two new songs (old songs, but new-to-us) that we won't be doing at Stone Arch: Over the Mountain and All the Good Times are Past and Gone.

We are planning to perform sitting down: the Coffee Grounds is an intimate space and a good listening room. Stonearch performance is Saturday, June 19th at 1:15pm for 45 minutes (we will stand)

Lonesome Pine Special

Raging Sea

Over the Mountain

When the Work’s All Done this Fall

Across The Illinois Plains

Dog Treed a Possum up a White Oak Tree (mando/fiddle tune from Illinois)

Highway Man

Baltimore Fire

Xander's Tune (Swedish fiddle tune)

Bear Creek Blues

Dear Companion

All the Good Times are Past and Gone

Rambling Boy

Last Thing on My Mind

Two Big Shows This Week

From the email sent to folks on our email list.

What: Bill Cagley’s Roots Showcase with the Dixons
When: Thursday, June 17, 7:00 to 8:00 pm
Where: The Coffee Grounds, Hamline and Hoyt, St Paul
More info: thecoffeegrounds.net

Bob and Lynn Dixon perform from 7 to 8; then Bill Cagley does the next hour to close out the evening.


What: Stone Arch Festival of the Arts
When: Saturday, June 19, 1:15 to 2pm
Where: City Pages Stage, under the Central Avenue Bridge by St Anthony Main (food court right by the stage)
More info: www.stonearchfestival.com

Stop by for lunch and hear our show!


What we do:

Bob & Lynn Dixon
Old-Time Songs and Tunes

Bob and Lynn Dixon have stood the test of time...and so have the songs they sing: old time songs and tunes for the 21st century; songs of lost love and hard times with fine duet singing, and guitar, mandolin and fiddle.

Lynn Dixon

Bob and Lynn Dixon
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June Events for Bob and Lynn

All events are the Bob&Lynn Myspace Calendar as well as on the Bob & Lynn Page on Facebook as well. Hope to see you one place or the other!

Jun 6 2010 12:30P

Bob & Lynn at MBOTMA MN Homegrown Kickoff Richmond,MN

Jun 12 2010 9:00A

Bob & Lynn at Prior Lake Farmer’s Market Minneapolis,MN

Jun 13 2010 10:00A

Bob & Lynn Dixon sing at church (Lynnhurst UCC) Minneapolis,MN

Jun 17 2010 7:00P

Bob & Lynn Dixon @ Coffee Grounds Falcon Heights,MN

Jun 19 2010 1:15P

Bob & Lynn at Stone Arch Festival of the Arts Minneapolis,MN

Set List for MBOTMA Winter Weekend

Lynn and I are playing for 35-40 minutes at 6:30 in the Eureka room during the 'banquet'. Our set was originally on Friday night but someone needed to switch. As Lynn said, we'll have a 'captive' audience... hopefully we'll make a few more fans and even sell a couple of CDs. Full schedule is here.

We have 11 songs 'planned' but will likely have to skip one or two. A couple of them are fairly new.

Little Annie: Carter Family with some Norman Blake style guitar thrown in. One of our few happy songs. This is on our CD 'Blue-eyed Boatman'.

Broken Hearted Love: a Carter Family song we learned from Jody Stecher and Kate Brislin. Not a happy song.

Milwaukee Blues: This is a Charlie Poole song on our CD. Lynn fiddles and I sing. The phrase 'fix the roads' can apply to our broken infrastructure or simply to pothole season.

Highway Man: This is another Charley Poole Song with a 'ragged waltz' rhythm. It's a variant of "Slack your rope, Hangman" which Lynn and I remember from the 60's folk era. This is our first time performing this one outside of Farmer's markets.

I've Got a Bulldog: the 'Sweet Brothers' version is our source - Lynn plays fiddle on yet another song about lost love.

Louis Collins: from Mississippi John Hurt. A cover by Lucinda Williams brought this to my attention, but we are using his 1928 recording as the source. I finger-pick this one. We learned this about a year ago, but haven't performed it much.

Rambling Boy: from the original Carter Family - the lyrics, especially the last verse, are a little strange. If our next CD is titled "Plenty of Dry Goods", this is where it came from.

New River Train: I've sung a version that I got from a Blake and Rice CD for years in jams. However, I'm now singing it using Ernest Stoneman's version as the source. I'm on Mandolin and sing it as a duet.

Rolling River: Illinois fiddle tune I do on mandolin. From the book & CD set: Dear Old Illinois.

Going to the West: Lynn does this on the CD, but we've changed the key to D (from F). I am on mandolin.

Pretty Little Miss: this is a 'folk song' that the Stanley Brothers got from the New Lost City Ramblers to put on an album in the early 60's. I first heard Big Medicine do it but we use the Stanley Brother's version as our main source.

I doubt that we will have time to fit all the above in, but we do have a few songs in reserve:

I’m Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes

Otto Wood

Raging Sea