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Erin Graham, Lawrence junior, waits with her father, Steve Graham, for the Americana Music Academy's Celtic Jam Session to begin. The jam session, held every Sunday evening from 6 to 9 at 1419 Massachusetts St., features traditional Celtic songs and is open to the public.
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Celtic jam sessions flourish; Local family plays together
By Amy Kelly
akelly@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Contemporary jam sessions often conjure images of dimly lit bars, weathered musicians with cigarettes hanging out of their pursed mouths and Fender guitars moaning 20-minute solos.
But one group of Lawrence musicians are straying from modernity and going old school. Penny whistle old school.
Taking a cue from his Scottish ancestors, guitarist Steve Graham has held Celtic Jam Sessions with folk instruments such as the penny whistle every Sunday for the past year at the Americana Music Academy, 1419 Massachusetts St.
Graham, information resource manager of the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Kansas, started the jams after he grew tired of driving to Kansas City, Mo., for the only Celtic session in the metropolitan area.
The Americana Music Academy, a center that has classes on everything from Blues history to auto harp playing, appeared to be the ideal place, Graham said. Thom Alexander, executive director of the academy, organized jam sessions in the past and welcomed Graham's Celtic twist.
The term "Celtic music" blankets various cultures, most commonly Irish, Scottish and Welsh. Graham said the jam sessions' spontaneity and openness reflected the all-encompassing music genre.
"These days, Celtic music is usually lumped together," Graham said. "The jam sessions are open to any songs people want to bring in. We're not purists here in any sense."
The Sunday events are often a clannish affair, even if unintentional.
Graham's daughter Erin, Lawrence junior, and wife, Tammy, are a few of the key musicians at the jams.
Erin has played the flute and penny whistle, an instrument with a plastic mouthpiece and tin body that creates lilting, flute-like sounds, since she was 12 years old. Tammy, who works at the KU Center for Research, picked up a mandolin six months ago and now accompanies her husband in the rhythm section.
Of course, the musicians run into a few obstacles even with traditional Irish ballads.
"You told me to repeat it!" Erin said to her parents as her melody drifted slightly from the rhythm.
"That's a common problem with Irish music," Erin continued. "Pcople learn songs differently."
A lap harpist, hammered dulcimer player and bodhran percussionist have joined the family affair in the past, but the Grahams offered an invitation to any interested musician.
— Edited by Brandon Baker