Monday, June 05, 2006

June Royal Mile Jam

Our June jam had a light but spirited attendance, consisting of myself, Chris Turner, Julie Gorka, and Catherine Chapman. Guitar, fiddles, and smallpipes made up our session.

We debated the confidentiality of the session, and concluded that the tune list was classified Top Secret, Need to Know only. The reasons for this involve the confirmation that Scottish smallpipes act as a jammer on fiddlers' brains, making tunes they've played for years suddenly unintelligible. This effect was proven on The Muckin' o Geordie's Byre, where the warm sounds of a cylindrical-bore chanter rendered a hypnotized Catherine helpless. Because of the implications of this new anti-fiddler technology on the fiddler-piper cold war, the entire contents of the session were held to be a state secret.

But this being Washington, D.C., secrets don't stay that way for long, so when I saw an empty flower pot with a red flag in it, this tune list was handed to a reporter in an undisclosed location. Since it's already leaked to the press, sure to make front-page news, I figured I'd save them the trouble and post it here.

Flowers of Edinburgh
Willafjord
Tail Toddle
Skye Gathering
Muckin' O' Geordie's Byre
Myra's Jig
The Easy Club
Mason's Apron
Dick Gossip's
Moll in the Wad
Sailor's Wife
Mithlodian Pipe Band
Sally Gardens
Iron Man
Smith's a Gallant Fireman
Sarah the Merchant
Stirling Castle
Jenny Dang the Weaver
High Drive
Reconciliation
High Road to Linton
Put Me in a Box
Peter Peerie's Boat
Calliope House
Andy DeJarlis' Jig
All the Rage
Tongadale Reel
Shiftin' Bobbins
John Howat's Reel
Spootiskerry
Brenda Stubbert's Reel
Hamish Henderson's Refusal
Tam Lin