The Golden Griffon Stringtet
Jim McKinney’s Original Tunes

Jim McKinney plays fiddle and guitar with The Golden Griffon Stringtet and has been composing tunes since 1978. Listed below are a few of his original compositions in pdf, abc and mp3 formats.

1989 - Yoke The Cow, The Ox Has Died (mp3) (ABCs)

1992 - The Black Candle (mp3) (ABCs)

1999 - The Hare's Breath (mp3) (ABCs)

1999 - The Five Bloods (mp3) (ABCs)

2000 - The Cultural Misfit (mp3) (ABCs)

2002 - Broken Wing Swing (mp3) (ABCs)

2002 - The Silver Spur (mp3) (ABCs)

2003 - The Crying Woman (mp3) (ABCs)
Winner of the 2011 Strings Without Boundaries Composition Contest

2003 - Hop Now Schottische (mp3) (ABCs)

2003 - Chiarina (mp3) (ABCs)

2004 - The Well Digger's Daughter (mp3) (ABCs)
2nd place in the 2004 NEASTA Fiddle Tune Composition Contest

2004 - Emptyhead (mp3) (ABCs)
Winner of the 2005 NEASTA Fiddle Tune Composition Contest

2005 - The Scalawag's March To The Gallows (mp3) (ABCs)

2006 - The Rusty Trunnion (mp3) (ABCs)

2006 - Perporkin (mp3) (ABCs)
Winner of the 2006 NEASTA Fiddle Tune Composition Contest

2006 - The Lucky Streak (mp3) (ABCs)
3rd place in the 2007 NEASTA Fiddle Tune Composition Contest

2007 - Elwell's Farewell to Welfare (mp3) (ABCs)

2007 - The Hand of Fu Manchu (mp3) (ABCs)

2007 - The Ivory Teapot (mp3) (ABCs)

2011 - The Callipygian Lassie (mp3) (ABCs)
3rd place in the 2011 NEASTA Fiddle Tune Composition Contest

2012 - The Corpulent Stevedore (mp3) (ABCs)

2014 - No Title #11 (mp3) (ABCs)

2015 - Corky’s Trip To The Eastside (mp3) (ABCs)

2016 - Saragoza Waltz (mp3) (ABCs)

2016 - The Elegant Doctor (mp3) (ABCs)

2017 - No Title #13 (mp3) (ABCs)

2017 - Keg O’Nails (mp3) (ABCs)

2017 - No Title #14 (mp3) (ABCs)

2019 - Snoggleneck (mp3) (ABCs)

2022 - Bad Axe Breakdown (mp3) (ABCs)

Jim published a short piece of fiction with music and dance themes in the Fall 2011 edition of Fiddler Magazine. His story, Art Bowman and the Demon of Mooreville, is available as a text file by clicking on the title.