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)

Jim has also 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.