Monday, November 16, 2009

November Fiddle Club Jam

Thanks to whoever wrote the tunes down for me, as I couldn't make this meeting. Finally getting caught up on some old jam tune lists (in March!)

Spootiskerry
Iggy & Squiggy
Barrowburn/High Drive
Calliope House/Andy DeJarlis
Tongadale Reel
Largo's Fairy Dance
Da Ferry Reel
Muckin' o' Geordie's Byre/Stool of Repentance/Off She Goes
The Duke of Fife's Welcome to Deeside/The Iron Man
The Piper's Wierd
Tam Lin
Mrs. MacLeod of Raasay
Miss Lyall's
Munlochy Bridge/The Primrose Lasses/Hughie Shortie's
The Sailor's Wife
Father John Angus Rankin's March/Put Me in a Box/Father Francis Cameron
Ho Ro My Nut Brown Maiden
Highland Laddie
The Easy Club/Mason's Apron/High Road to Linton
Hector the Hero
Flowers of Edinburgh

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

November Royal Mile Jam

Still getting caught up with my notes. Here's what we played:

Willie's Old Trews
Iggy & Squiggy/Molly Rankin's
Fear an Corraidh
Alex Dan MacIssac's/Miss Drummond of Perth/Brenda Stubbert's/Father Francis Cameron/Put Me in a Box
Lady Magdalena Sinclair
Sailor's Wife/Cushion Dance/My Wife's a Wanton Wee Thing/Stool of Repentance
Spootiskerry/Willafjord
High Road to Linton
Drummond Castle
Mike Walsh's/The Road to Banff
Monymusk S&R
Munlochy Bridge/Primrose Lasses
Tongadale/Knockadhu/Barrowburn/High Reel
Lt Maguire/Jig Runrig
Lochanside
Brenda Stubbert's
Smith's a Gallant Fireman/Fairy Dance/Tail Toddle
Lexy McAskill/Jenny Dang the Weaver/The Ale is Dear
Da Full Rigged Ship
Terribus
Jig of Slurs/Atholl Highlanders
Neil Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Wife
Flowers of Edinburgh/Highland Laddie/East Neuk of Fife
Sitting in the Stern of a Boat
My Love is But a Lassie Yet
Langour of Love
Bonnie at Morn
Calliope House/Andy DeJarlis'

Not just pretty faces

Here's a picture from our November 2009 jam, courtesy of my friend Dan Gilbert. We're playing Neil Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Wife. Click on the thumbnail to see the full-sized image.