April Royal Mile Jam

I'm a little behind. This was a lightly-attended jam, so you people need to try harder to show up! Yep, you there, talking to you!

Here's what we played:
The Duke of Fife's Welcome to Deeside/The Earl of Mansfield
Barrowburn Reel/Flowers of Edinburgh/Largo's Fairy Dance
Stool of Repentance/Off She Goes/The Muckin' o' Geordie's Byre/Lieutenant Maguire/Jig Runrig
The Lime Hill/Miss Drummond of Perth/Brenda Stubbert's/Put Me in a Box/The High Road to Linton
Spootiskerry/Sleep Soond ida Moarnin/Willafjord
Archibald MacDonald of Keppoch
The Gale
Captain Campbell/Ray Mac's/Jessie Smith/Union Street Session/Ronnie MacLellan
The Bonnie Lass of Headlake
Willie Fraser/Thomas MacDonnell/A Taste of Gaelic
Mor a Chennaich
Hamish Henderson's Refusal/Tam Lin
The Atholl Highlanders
Smith's a Gallant Fireman/Chasin' Rabbits
The Jig of Slurs
Lexy McAskill/Jenny Dang the Weaver
Josephine's Waltz
Miss Farquharson's Reel
Neil Gow's Lament for James Moray of Abercairny, Esq.
Father John Morris Rankin/Cape Breton Fiddler's Welcome to the Shetland Islands
Julia Delaney
Willy's Old Trousers/Lady Mary Hay's Scotch Measure
Neil Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Wife

March Fiddle Club Jam

Finally all caught up! Here's what we played at the March Fiddle Club jam:

Smith's a Gallant Fireman/Laxo Burn/Sean MacGuire's/Charlie Hardie
Sailor's Wife
Hamish Henderson's Refusal/Tam Lin
Iron Man/Angus Campbell
Largo's Fairy Dance/The Barrowburn Reel
High Drive/Tail Toddle/Jack Daniel's Reel/The High Road to Linton
Steamboat Quickstep/Cha deann me an Obair
Bonny Dundee/Atholl Highlanders
Auld Toon o ' Ayr/This is No My Ain Hoose/Miss Drummond of Perth
Seann Truibhas Uillicheam
Old Age & Young
The Duchess of Bedford's Strathspey
Glenlivet Strathspey
The College Hornpipe/Statten Island/Steamboat Hornpipe
Sleep Soond ida Moarnin/Willafjord/Da Faroe Rum
Da Full Rigged Ship/Da New Rigged Ship
Spootiskerry/The Flowers of Edinburgh
The Tongadale Reel
The Muckin' o Geordie's Byre/The Stool of Repentence/Midlothian Pipe Band/Jig Runrig

February Fiddle Club Jam

Found this one in my notes, buried and lost on 4/21/09. Consider this a little "archaeology of folkjams".

Drover Lads/Stool of Repentance
The Maple Leaf
Mrs. McLeod
The Duke of Fife's Welcome to Deeside
Highland Whisky/Stumpie/Tail Toddle/High Drive
Muckin o' Geordie's Byre/Paddy's Leather Breeches
Skye Dance #27
Barrowburn/High Road to Linton/Loch Torridon/Put Me in a Box/Father Frances Cameron
Hamish Henderson's Refusan/Tam Lin

After that, I apparently lost track.

February Royal Mile Jam

Still getting caught up... Here's what we played at the February Royal Mile jam; or at least a partial list.

The Earl of Mannsfield/Greenwoodside/Terribus
The High Road to Linton
Da Road to Houll
Lt. Maguire/Jig Runrig
Stool of Repentence/Muckin' of Geordie's Byre/The Sailor's Wife
Willie Davie
The Barrowburn Reel
Mrs. MacLeod of Raasay
Miss Madaline Sinclair
Ray Mac's March
Hamish Henderson's Refusal/Seann Truibhas Uilleacheam/Tam Lin

January Royal Mile Jam

Again, sorry for the delay. Here's what we played:

Mackenzie Hay/Kirrie Kibbuck/Stirling Castle/Lexo Burn/Sean MacGuire's
Barrowburn Reel/Colburnie House
Chapel Keithack
'Se gilleann mo rùin (sung)
Spootiskerry/Willafjord
Willie Davie/Lexy MacAskill/Jenny Dang the Weaver/The Ale is Dear/High Road to Linton/Largo's Fairy Dance
All the Rage/Calliope House/Andy Dejarlis' Jig/The New Fiddle
Jack Daniel's Reel
Kenny Gillis of Port Nalony
Stumpie/The Clumsy Lover/Tail Toddle/High Drive
Neil Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Wife
Stool of Repentence/Muckin' o Geordie's Byre/Sailor's Wife/The Cushion Dance
Hamish Henderson's Refusal/Tam Lin
Rob Roy MacGregor/As a toiseach/Hughie Shorty's
Da Full Rigged Ship/Da New Rigged Ship/Sleep Soond ida Moarnin/(?)
The Sound of Sleat
Jig Runrig/Jig of Slurs
The Mason's Apron/The De'il amang the Tailors/Mrs. MacLeod of Raasay
The Duke of Fife's Welcome to Deeside/Trip to Pakistan
Mor a Chennaich
Miss Farquarson of Invercauld's/Cabar Feidh
The Dark Knight of Tomaidh/Reel Bizarre

December Fiddle Club Jam

Greetings, all. Sorry for the delay in posting. Here's what we played at the December Fiddle Club jam:

Willie Davie/Lexy MacAskill/Jenny Dang the Weaver/The Ale is Dear/The High Road to Linton
Greenwoodside
Sitting in the Stern of a Boat
The Ton (?)
Highland Whisky/Because He Was a Bonny Lad/Miss Drummond of Perth/The Duke of Atholl/Ian's Rant
Macrimmon's Lament
The Wonder/The Star of the East
The Kenloch Jig
The Directors/The Pentland Jig/Juniper
Calliope House/Andy DeJarlis/The New Fiddle
Barrowburn Reel/Largo's Fairy Dance
The Boy's Lament for his Dragon
Lochanside
Archibald MacDonald of Keppoch

Fiddle Tune Histograms

Ever wondered which tunes you're going to get the most bang-for-buck learning? Which are the biggest hits? Well, you could go review our jams and pick out the ones that seem most common.

Or, as Chandler Becker did, you could write a program that does it for you! She's sent me these files (and promises to update them from time to time) of the frequency with which we play given tunes in all our jams, in Fiddle Club and Royal Mile alone, and a sorted tune name list. So if you're looking to see which tunes to learn, or are curious about the difference between the favorites of Fiddle Club's and the Royal Mile's session players, here you go!

Histogram of Tune Frequency
Royal Mile Tune Histogram
Fiddle Club Tune Histogram
Sorted Tune Name List

Thanks, Chandler!