I play fiddle with the band Red Dog Riley.
Red Dog Riley is the house band for the Cornwall Contra Dance on the second Saturday of each month. We also regularly perform for weddings, parties, and other dances around the area. We’d love to play for your event! Contact me for more information and booking.
More about Red Dog Riley here.
I write music.
I’ve written well over 100 original fiddle tunes. I’m slowly working on collecting them into a tunebook. For now, here are a few of my current favorites.
Here are transcriptions of a few of my current favorites.
Note: These transcriptions just show the outlines of the tunes. I don’t play them exactly like this every time. You don’t have to either!
Baby Step Rag
Belmont
Black Creek
Brendan’s gone
Cynthia’s Waltz
Deer Leap
Elysees
Halpin Bridge
Johnny’s
Lemon Fair
Little Otter Stomp
Lizard in the Window
Lucky 14
Margaret’s 20th
New Harbor
October Waltz
Out on the Town
Picket Fence Rag
Rag de Montreal
Riding in the Rumble Seat
Running Ragged
Sarah’s Waltz
Steamaway
Tea Time
My Recordings
All in Good Time (2015) is a CD of original tunes composed by Alan Kaufman and Don Stratton.
Listen to samples and download from Bandcamp.com.
Our self-titled Red Dog Riley CD was released in 2019. Listen on Spotify or Amazon Music or the streaming service of your choice. Contact me if you would like to order a physical copy of the CD.
You can often find me playing fiddle or banjo with other area musicians
