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Alan Jabbour's Shop
Welcome to my shop, where you can buy CDs featuring me either as performer or as editor, as
well as my instructional video. For a full description of all of the merchandise including music
samples, click on the title or scroll to the bottom of the page.
well as my instructional video. For a full description of all of the merchandise including music
samples, click on the title or scroll to the bottom of the page.
If you already know what you want to order, click here to go to the order form. For more information on
shipping costs, payment methods, and fuller descriptions of the merchandise, continue reading below.
shipping costs, payment methods, and fuller descriptions of the merchandise, continue reading below.
Not familiar with these CD's? Go to our music samples page and listen to sample tracks.
| Shipping Costs Our shipping and handling charge is just $1.50 for a single order mailed to a single U.S. address, whether your order is for one item or more. For over ten items, or for mailing packages abroad, the charge is the actual cost of shipment. We use the U.S. Postal Service, but if you request it, we are happy to ship using other carriers and charge you at cost. |
How to Order and Payment Methods
You may order from our shop by any of the following methods:
1. MAIL: Send a check or money order to:
Alan Jabbour
3107 Cathedral Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20008-3420
Unfortunately, we cannot accept checks from abroad, but see the next option.
2. CREDIT CARD/PAYPAL: Pay us through PayPal (www.paypal.com) using your credit card. Just e-mail
me (jabbour@myexcel.com or alan@alanjabbour.com) with your order, and I’ll send you an invoice through
PayPal that provides you a link for payment. This alternative is especially good for purchasers from abroad
– PayPal honors payments from many foreign countries (see their website for details). Don't forget to list
what items you are ordering. Click here to email me your order!
3. ONLINE ORDER FORM: Click here to go to our automated order form! The payment methods offered
are the same, so if you choose to pay by credit card through PayPal, I will email you back with an invoice
with a link to complete payment.
1. MAIL: Send a check or money order to:
Alan Jabbour
3107 Cathedral Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20008-3420
Unfortunately, we cannot accept checks from abroad, but see the next option.
2. CREDIT CARD/PAYPAL: Pay us through PayPal (www.paypal.com) using your credit card. Just e-mail
me (jabbour@myexcel.com or alan@alanjabbour.com) with your order, and I’ll send you an invoice through
PayPal that provides you a link for payment. This alternative is especially good for purchasers from abroad
– PayPal honors payments from many foreign countries (see their website for details). Don't forget to list
what items you are ordering. Click here to email me your order!
3. ONLINE ORDER FORM: Click here to go to our automated order form! The payment methods offered
are the same, so if you choose to pay by credit card through PayPal, I will email you back with an invoice
with a link to complete payment.
Full Description of Merchandise
CDs WITH ALAN JABBOUR AS PERFORMER:
SOUTHERN SUMMITS: 21 DUETS FOR FIDDLE AND BANJO (2005) – My newest CD, with 21 tracks (23 tunes) played
by me on fiddle and Ken Perlman on banjo. The tunes are all learned directly from older traditional fiddlers, and most
are from Henry Reed, the Hammons family, and other Appalachian sources. Contains an eight-page booklet with tune
histories. $15. Click here for more details, a list of tracks, and music samples.
A HENRY REED REUNION (2002) – This CD of 21 tracks (22 tunes) features me on fiddle, Bertram Levy on banjo and
concertina, and James Reed (one of Henry Reed’s sons) on guitar. All the tunes on the CD are from the repertory of my
mentor Henry Reed of Glen Lyn, VA, and the CD grew out of the annual musical reunion I have with the Reed family.
$15. Click here for more details, a list of tracks and music samples.
HOLLOW ROCK LEGACY (2004) - This two-CD set reissues two long-playing recordings: The Hollow Rock String Band
(Rounder 0024, originally released in 1974) and Sandy’s Fancy (Flying Fish FF-260, originally released in 1981). Both
albums feature me on fiddle and Tommy Thompson on banjo. The Hollow Rock String Band album also features Jim
Watson on guitar, mandolin, and autoharp, and Sandy’s Fancy features Sandy Bradley on piano and guitar. $20.
Click here for more details and a list of tracks.
THE HOLLOW ROCK STRING BAND: TRADITIONAL DANCE TUNES (1997) – Originally released in 1968 on the
Kanawha label, this album was reissued on CD by County Records (CO-CD-2715). It features me on fiddle, Tommy
Thompson, on banjo, Bertram Levy on mandolin, and Bobbie Thompson on guitar. This is the album made by the
original Hollow Rock String Band in Durham, NC – in contrast to the “second” Hollow Rock album, which is part of Hollow
Rock Legacy reissue (see above). $15. Click here for a list of tracks and music samples.
INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO BY ALAN JABBOUR:
LEARNING OLD-TIME FIDDLE APPALACHIAN STYLE WITH ALAN JABBOUR (2004) - Available in both VHS and DVD
editions, this instructional video features me teaching ten Appalachian tunes. The tunes are played both slowly and at
normal performance speed. The instruction pays special attention to bowing patterns that are an essential part of
Southern fiddling style, and the camera shots make it easier to follow the bowing. The video ends with a long interview
of me by Donna Hébert, who along with Marsha Schoeffler produced the video. VHS $20, DVD $35. Click here for
more details and a list of tracks taught in the video.
CDs WITH ALAN JABBOUR AS EDITOR:
THE HAMMONS FAMILY: THE TRADITIONS OF A WEST VIRGINIA FAMILY AND THEIR FRIENDS (1998) – A two-CD
reissue (Rounder 1504/05) of two recorded publications originally issued in 1973, The Hammons Family (Library of
Congress AFS L65-66) and Shaking Down the Acorns (Rounder 0018), both edited by Carl Fleischhauer and Alan
Jabbour. The set includes fiddle and banjo tunes, songs, stories, riddles, and other oral traditions performed by Burl
Hammons, Sherman Hammons, Maggie Hammons Parker, Lee Hammons, and Mose Coffman of Pocahontas and
Greenbrier Counties, West Virginia.. Contains a 120-page booklet with cultural history, musical analysis, and photos.
$25. Click here for a list of tracks.
AMERICAN FIDDLE TUNES (2000) – A CD reissue (Rounder 18964-1518-2) of a long-playing recording originally
released in 1971 (Library of Congress AFS L62), edited by Alan Jabbour. The publication includes American fiddle tune
performances from both the North and the South, recorded in the 1930s and 1940s and contained in the collections of
the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Contains a 72-page booklet with fiddle tune
histories, musical analysis, and photos. $15. Click here for a list of tracks.
THE EDDEN HAMMONS COLLECTION, Volume I (1999) – A CD reissue (WVU Press SA-1) of a long-playing recording
originally released by West Virginia University Press in 1984, edited by John Cuthbert and Alan Jabbour. The
publication includes fiddle tune performances by Edden Hammons of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, recorded in
1947 by Louis Chappell. Contains a 28-page booklet with biographical information, tune analyses, and photos. $15.
Click here for a list of tracks.
Tuning notes available here.
SOUTHERN SUMMITS: 21 DUETS FOR FIDDLE AND BANJO (2005) – My newest CD, with 21 tracks (23 tunes) played
by me on fiddle and Ken Perlman on banjo. The tunes are all learned directly from older traditional fiddlers, and most
are from Henry Reed, the Hammons family, and other Appalachian sources. Contains an eight-page booklet with tune
histories. $15. Click here for more details, a list of tracks, and music samples.
A HENRY REED REUNION (2002) – This CD of 21 tracks (22 tunes) features me on fiddle, Bertram Levy on banjo and
concertina, and James Reed (one of Henry Reed’s sons) on guitar. All the tunes on the CD are from the repertory of my
mentor Henry Reed of Glen Lyn, VA, and the CD grew out of the annual musical reunion I have with the Reed family.
$15. Click here for more details, a list of tracks and music samples.
HOLLOW ROCK LEGACY (2004) - This two-CD set reissues two long-playing recordings: The Hollow Rock String Band
(Rounder 0024, originally released in 1974) and Sandy’s Fancy (Flying Fish FF-260, originally released in 1981). Both
albums feature me on fiddle and Tommy Thompson on banjo. The Hollow Rock String Band album also features Jim
Watson on guitar, mandolin, and autoharp, and Sandy’s Fancy features Sandy Bradley on piano and guitar. $20.
Click here for more details and a list of tracks.
THE HOLLOW ROCK STRING BAND: TRADITIONAL DANCE TUNES (1997) – Originally released in 1968 on the
Kanawha label, this album was reissued on CD by County Records (CO-CD-2715). It features me on fiddle, Tommy
Thompson, on banjo, Bertram Levy on mandolin, and Bobbie Thompson on guitar. This is the album made by the
original Hollow Rock String Band in Durham, NC – in contrast to the “second” Hollow Rock album, which is part of Hollow
Rock Legacy reissue (see above). $15. Click here for a list of tracks and music samples.
INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO BY ALAN JABBOUR:
LEARNING OLD-TIME FIDDLE APPALACHIAN STYLE WITH ALAN JABBOUR (2004) - Available in both VHS and DVD
editions, this instructional video features me teaching ten Appalachian tunes. The tunes are played both slowly and at
normal performance speed. The instruction pays special attention to bowing patterns that are an essential part of
Southern fiddling style, and the camera shots make it easier to follow the bowing. The video ends with a long interview
of me by Donna Hébert, who along with Marsha Schoeffler produced the video. VHS $20, DVD $35. Click here for
more details and a list of tracks taught in the video.
CDs WITH ALAN JABBOUR AS EDITOR:
THE HAMMONS FAMILY: THE TRADITIONS OF A WEST VIRGINIA FAMILY AND THEIR FRIENDS (1998) – A two-CD
reissue (Rounder 1504/05) of two recorded publications originally issued in 1973, The Hammons Family (Library of
Congress AFS L65-66) and Shaking Down the Acorns (Rounder 0018), both edited by Carl Fleischhauer and Alan
Jabbour. The set includes fiddle and banjo tunes, songs, stories, riddles, and other oral traditions performed by Burl
Hammons, Sherman Hammons, Maggie Hammons Parker, Lee Hammons, and Mose Coffman of Pocahontas and
Greenbrier Counties, West Virginia.. Contains a 120-page booklet with cultural history, musical analysis, and photos.
$25. Click here for a list of tracks.
AMERICAN FIDDLE TUNES (2000) – A CD reissue (Rounder 18964-1518-2) of a long-playing recording originally
released in 1971 (Library of Congress AFS L62), edited by Alan Jabbour. The publication includes American fiddle tune
performances from both the North and the South, recorded in the 1930s and 1940s and contained in the collections of
the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Contains a 72-page booklet with fiddle tune
histories, musical analysis, and photos. $15. Click here for a list of tracks.
THE EDDEN HAMMONS COLLECTION, Volume I (1999) – A CD reissue (WVU Press SA-1) of a long-playing recording
originally released by West Virginia University Press in 1984, edited by John Cuthbert and Alan Jabbour. The
publication includes fiddle tune performances by Edden Hammons of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, recorded in
1947 by Louis Chappell. Contains a 28-page booklet with biographical information, tune analyses, and photos. $15.
Click here for a list of tracks.
Tuning notes available here.