Sunday, March 26, 2017

March 2017 Fiona's Jam Tunes

Greetings, all!

We had a smaller, but still lively jam at Fiona's in Kingstowne. Here's a (mostly) complete list of the tunes we played:

(Italics indicate song titles; if paired with an instrumental, it’s the song sung to that air)

Morag of Dunvegan (Mòrag a’ Dùn Bheagan)
Gaol ise Gaol i 
Hi Ri Him Bo
Lochanside/Wee Michael’s March/Oot be Set da Vong
Hamish Henderson’s Refusal/Tam Lin
Flowers of Edinburgh/Staten Island Hornpipe/Jackie Tar
Orange & Blue (Brochan Lom)
The Mason’s Apron/Miss Macleod of Raasay (Mac-a-Phì/Stad, a Mhàiri bhanarach)/Jenny Dang the Weaver/Miss Shepherd’s Reel/Timour the Tartar/Jack Daniel’s Reel/The Baker
The Volcanic Jig
Sarah the Merchant (Mòr a Cheannaich)
The Barrowburn Reel/Spootiskerry/The Tongadale Reel/The Knockdhu Reel
The Marquis of Huntley’s Highland Fling (’S ann an ile)
The Dashing White Sergeant
The Muckin’ o Geordie’s Byre/The Stool of Repentance/Lieutenant Maguire/Jig RunRig/Fear an Dùn Mhòr
Flower of Scotland
Spey in Spate/Molly Rankin’s Reel
The Laxo Burn
The Bloody Fields of Flanders (Freem Come All Ye)
Coilsfield House
Neil Gow’s Lament for the Death of his Second Wife
The Smith’s a Gallant Fireman/Stirling Castle/Patterson’s General Store/The High Drive
All the Blue Bonnets are over the Border/Leslie’s March/Drummond Castle
Highland Whisky/The De’il in the Kitchen/The Devil Amang the Tailors/Father Francis Cameron/Put Me in a Box (Cuir ’s a’ Chiste Mhòr Mi)
Rob Roy MacGregor/Keep it Up(Às a’ Thòsaich)/Hughie Shorty’s
Calliope House/Andy DeJarlis’ Jig/The New Fiddle/All the Rage
Macarthur Road/The Road to Errogie
The Atholl Highlanders

We also had requests for, but didn’t play:

Wee cooper of Fife
Highlander’s Farewell to Ireland
The Auld Fiddler

The Baker

Friday, March 03, 2017

February Fiona's Jam Tunes

We had a great jam this February. The Gaelic Photomac crowd showed up early, and we sang a few songs "La dhomh 's me am beinn", "'S ann an Ile", "Brochan Lom", and a few others, and then we transitioned into the jam, with many of the singers sticking around to stay on instruments. Here are most of the tunes we played.

Miss Drummond of Perth (aka Calum Crubach)
Lochanside
Wee Michael's March/Oot be est da Vong
The Soldier's Joy
Mòr a' Cheannaich/The Smith's a Gallant Fireman
Campbell's Farewell to Redcastle
Joe's Tuxedo
Calliope House/Andy DeJarlis' Jig/The New Fiddle
The Barrowburn reel/Jack Broke a Prison Door/Sleep soond ida Moarnin/Da Faroe Rum/Spootiskerry/Willafjord
Bonnie at Morn
Fingal's Cave
Calum Breugach (Malcolm the Liar)
Gabhaidh sinn an rathad mòr (High Road to Gairloch)
Willie Davie/Jenny Dang the Weaver/The Ale is Dear/High Road to Linton
The Sound of Sleat
The Mason's Apron
Guilderoy/The Red-haired Lad
Hamish Henderson's Refusal/Tam Lin/The Tongadale Reel/The Knockdhu Reel
Stumpie/The Clumsy Lover/Tail Toddle/The High Drive
Andy Renwick's Ferret
The Braes of Balquidder
Da Slockit Licht
Stan Chapman's Jig/Drummond Castle/Leslie's March
Ye Banks & Braes