Wednesday, May 21, 2008

May Fiddle Club Jam

Belatedly, our tunes:

Banks of Spey/The Drummer
Mor a Chennaich/Smith's a Gallant Fireman/Largo's Fairy Dance
Spootiskerry
Bishop Alexander MacDonald's
Farewell to Victoria
Archie Neil Chisholm/Captain Campbell/Janie & Duncan's 50th
Archibald MacDonald of Keppoch
The Complementary Breakfast
Thompson's Dirk
Miss Farquharson of Invercauld's/Cabar Feidh/Angus Chisholm's Favorite
Eagle and Crane
Sailor's Wife/Muckin' o Geordie's Byre/Stool of Repentance
The Omnibus
Hector the Hero
Cagaran Gaolach (?)
The Piper's Weird
Highland Lassie (air)/Trip to Pakistan
The Lime Hill/Devil in the Kitchen/Clumsy Lover/Sound of Sleat
Jenny's Bawbee
Neil Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Life
North Highland Dance #5/Upper Glencoe
Willie Davie/Jenny Dang the Weaver/The Ale is Dear/High Road to Linton/Barrowburn
Mason's Apron
Lochanside
High Road to Linton
The Shetland Fiddle
Easy Club/4th Floor/High Drive
Atholl Highlanders

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Tuesday, May 06, 2008

May Royal Mile Jam

Okay, now I'm all caught up. I inserted the last three jams' tune lists in, and played with the posting dates so it's all in order.

This month we had a small but lively turnout, with fiddles, whistles, a cello, a flute, a bodhran, smallpipes, shuttlepipes, and for a brief bit outdoors, Highland Pipes and a Gaita Redonda!

The tunes we played are as follows (pipe tunes marked with an asterisk):
Smith's a Gallant Fireman
Whisky Before Breakfast/Road to Lisdoonvarna
(for an Irish excursion)
High Drive*/Barrowburn
Stool of Repentence*/The Muckin o' Geordie's Byre*/Off She Goes
Willafjord/Spootiskerry
Auchdon House
Atholl Highlanders*
Iggy & Squiggy
Father John MacMillan of Barra*
(no one could remember the 3rd and 4th parts!)
The Mason's Apron/Father Francis Cameron/Put Me in a Box/The High Road to Linton*
Da New Rigged Ship
The Sound of Sleat*
The Sweetness of Mary/Miss Drummond of Perth/Brenda Stubbert's*
Calliope House/Andy DeJarlis/The New Fiddle
Rob Roy MacGregor/Keep it Up/Hughie Shorty's
Highland Whisky*/Devil in the Kitchen*/De'il Amang the Tailors/The Dram Shell/Timour the Tartar/Jack Daniel's*
Drops of Brandy*/Brose and Butter*/Cuzzle Together*
Bonnie at Morn
Tail Toddle*/High Drive*
Smith's a Gallant Fireman/Stirling Castle/The Barrowburn Reel/The Shetland Fiddler*
Colquhoun's March*
The Glendaurel Highlanders*
The Highland Wedding*
Lochanside*
Miss Farquaharson of Invercauld's Reel/Cabar Feidh
Willie's Old Trews
Da Slockit Light
Mrs. MacLeod's Reel*
Sleep Soond ida Moarnin/Willafjord
Prince Charles' Last View of Scotland
Neil Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Wife