It's hard to imagine any other dance to that tune, it's so welded into my head. My philosophy for working with any band, though, is that I like them to play the music that they like the best. I figure that they'll have the best time playing that music. I haven't had the experience that this kind of tune goes better with that kind of dance. When I started calling in San Luis Obispo, I worked with the Growling Old Geezers, who play strictly Southern old-timey music, and right now they're two fiddles and a guitar.
People think that every band needs to have a piano in it.
The Growling Old Geezers never play jigs. No, mostly what I find is that when any band has a good time playing and good energy, that it will transmit to everybody, dancers and caller. Well, seriously, it's very hard to say what the reward is. I've gone around and asked people why they dance, and many say that there is something kind of spiritual about it, the sense of connection with other people, and a sense of the spirit of the whole thing. For me, I'm addicted to the spirit of playfulness, and that comes out in this kind of dancing for me in a way that is pleasurable.