Kim Alexander || Jamvangelist || KVMR 89.5 FM Jam Show

Kim Alexander, Jamvangelist

KimAlex - Learn to Jam

I have been going to Joe Craven's Jamborees that happen in the spring and fall of each year in Dixon, (near Sacramento) California. I bring my tenor guitar (also tuned DBGE) and one evening of the 4-day Jamboree I met Kim Alexander and I found that she had just bought a Martin tenor guitar. I just had to sit down and talk to her. She finds the tenor guitar can be friendlier to play on a jamming weekend. She later wrote me that,

"I have wanted a tenor guitar ever since I heard a woman playing one ten years ago at the Strawberry Music Festival and realized how functional and versatile an instrument it is."

We played a few songs and she shared that she has a community radio program on KVMR FM 89.5 that airs once a month with a wide variety of music which has short clips and links to chord sites. Here's link to the webpage for her October 11 show jam songs. Below is a cut and paste inactive page clip to get a feel for what you will find there. Link for all of Kim's shows Mar 2022 to Present. 

There's approximately one song per every 5 minutes in the 2-hour show. I have looked thru several shows and I have found several gems in each. It's fun to take peak thru a friend's songbook and see where you have overlap or find songs that spark some curiosity.

10/13/2025 UPDATE ON HOW TO LISTEN TO THE CURRENT PROGRAM from KIM.

Just FYI - you can listen to my entirel show that was on the air on Saturday, featuring all the songs (not just clips played off the playlist) - if you visit the show homepage at https://www.kvmr.org/show/radio-jam/ you'll see a green circle with an arrow in the middle - click it and it will play my two-hour show. It is available in this archived format until 10/31 (two weeks from air date).

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DONCH SITE || Bari Chords and Song Leads

THIS SITE HAS GROWN, BE SURE TO GIVE THEM ANOTHER LOOK! THEY ALSO HAVE MELODIES. http://www.donch.com/uku.htm

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Listen for the alternate shuffle response!!!

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I have been watching and using Damian's videos to learn some Rockabilly, Jump Blues, and Blues for the DGBE tuned tenor guitar. I use the DGBE = Chicago Tuning = DoGBonE tuning (my favorite!). Damian's videos are full of musical jewels. He also has gems for wisdom. If you like what you see here make sure that you subscribe.

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