tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41700837848811457362024-03-16T06:38:13.952+00:00The Music GathererRare and Obscure Scottish Folk and Traditional Musicthemusicgathererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02674835550314003811noreply@blogger.comBlogger150125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170083784881145736.post-59949308886787416862021-12-18T19:49:00.003+00:002021-12-18T19:49:26.126+00:00Schiehallion<div><b style="color: #660000;">••••••••••••••••••••••••••••</b></div><p> <b>Schiehallion: On the Face of It</b> (1986)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLaC9Fo2XyGSyjVHAInbl-6NXxWz0IERiVY-nvvT46DJJhEFyhI9Np6i_fMbJZuE6RlZ5VanW1ZfocYEqI5zdsNxi35UuXVcdPqxi8mNY0WtAavVCLveoIhNG02j0jC1vC9t30IENuhfxHQQe5hWu8rIXklkk5RxPOh3WhNIfW7MNQVIs3n2u0HCh6dw=s450" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLaC9Fo2XyGSyjVHAInbl-6NXxWz0IERiVY-nvvT46DJJhEFyhI9Np6i_fMbJZuE6RlZ5VanW1ZfocYEqI5zdsNxi35UuXVcdPqxi8mNY0WtAavVCLveoIhNG02j0jC1vC9t30IENuhfxHQQe5hWu8rIXklkk5RxPOh3WhNIfW7MNQVIs3n2u0HCh6dw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Another two cassette recordings, and again I know little about the group <b>Schiehallion</b>. I do know that they put on performances with visuals, songs and stories with a theme. One of their first such events, called <i>A Window on the Eildons,</i> was presented in the library at Abbotsford House in the Borders, which was the home of writer Sir Walter Scott. Some of the songs from that performance are on this album, On the Face of It (1986). <b>Ian Robson</b> <i>(vocals, guitars),</i> <b>Noelle Johnston</b> <i>(vocals, bodhran)</i> and <b>Richard Johnston</b> <i>(vocals, guitar)</i> were joined by <b>Alex Wands</b> <i>(double bass, fiddle),</i> to record good Scottish folk fare.</p><div style="text-align: left;">01 Come With Me, Walk With Me<br />02 The Black Douglas<br />03 The Queen's Maries<br />04 The Lammas Tide<br />05 Jock o' Hazeldean<br />06 The Wark o' the Weavers<br />07 Ye Jacobites By Name<br />08 Fiddle Medley<br />09 You Are the New Day<br />10 The Castle o' Dromore<br />11 The Rose of Allendale<br />12 Bonnie Dundee</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">320CBR, covers included</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/9wbdub9tfg6fed8/1986-SCHIOTF.zip/file" target="_blank">Doonload</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #660000;">••••••••••••••••••••••••••••</b></div><p><b>Schiehallion: Forward to the Past</b> (1988)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3avxGZrmSLWxZrC5-X6ahlAHCrkWtpagUWRVyMjhpg9MX5clarwP5pHh_NXnTpAVGfXW4ZyG0GaN8kI7WCxvY6EXC4PhHzxlFDpETBB6dBCpsn3Zm9aWT5vqwtJBN2sIfu4n-UNUJGjhCEDuJ8hkSEcjL7UPNMJTM-fTYIHt5BuxaQQrSHKIt1BPrrw=s780" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="780" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3avxGZrmSLWxZrC5-X6ahlAHCrkWtpagUWRVyMjhpg9MX5clarwP5pHh_NXnTpAVGfXW4ZyG0GaN8kI7WCxvY6EXC4PhHzxlFDpETBB6dBCpsn3Zm9aWT5vqwtJBN2sIfu4n-UNUJGjhCEDuJ8hkSEcjL7UPNMJTM-fTYIHt5BuxaQQrSHKIt1BPrrw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;">Two years later and another cassette from <b>Schiehallion</b>. Same line up as last time with the addition of Mike Davidson on mandolin, cello and tin whistle. Many of the songs on this album come from another of their stage presentations, this time <i>A Tapestry of Fortune</i> - a tribute to "famous historical characters in word, picture and song." Track 10 - <i>Doon in the Wee Room</i> - was recorded live in St Boswell's Village Hall, near to where singer <b>Ian Robson</b> lived.</p><div style="text-align: left;">01 A Tapestry of Fortune<br />02 Flodgarry<br />03 Ye Banks and Braes<br />04 The Execution of Montrose<br />05 Queen Mary's Lament<br />06 Rise, Rise, Lowland and Highlandmen<br />07 Johnny Cope<br />08 O' A' the Airts/My Love She's But a Lassie Yet/There was a Lad<br />09 Annie Laurie<br />10 Doon in the Wee Room<br />11 Ladies' Evening Song<br />12 Lady Mary<br />13 Goodnight and Joy</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>320CBR, covers included</div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/ksu5bbbapjvamxt/1988-SCHIFTTP.zip/file" target="_blank">Doonload</a></b></div></div><p><br /></p>themusicgathererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02674835550314003811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170083784881145736.post-10961789917133732352021-12-18T13:39:00.001+00:002021-12-18T13:39:16.070+00:00 Whistledown: The Ale Is Dear (1989)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuOlQpJeoCmlT7cRPFsO7Mygtu6u86vllkIoBM6KGEfw4WmMBGpmsJepoI6-iiZszfFa7chTrQprHD_cbwjN5U01gKKxDLZ5Tw0c6Oeu_Ki4KfYhdsz7NwU-VT2XYQGCU4MP2RCkvu-9m-TLU3zTi3cQN8_gW9nCYQ2Z6-t7zwLzvBfFFsMHD9YYAsPQ=s1410" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1410" data-original-width="1409" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuOlQpJeoCmlT7cRPFsO7Mygtu6u86vllkIoBM6KGEfw4WmMBGpmsJepoI6-iiZszfFa7chTrQprHD_cbwjN5U01gKKxDLZ5Tw0c6Oeu_Ki4KfYhdsz7NwU-VT2XYQGCU4MP2RCkvu-9m-TLU3zTi3cQN8_gW9nCYQ2Z6-t7zwLzvBfFFsMHD9YYAsPQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>01 Ye Jacobites<br />02 The Harbour of Mallaig<br />03 Stirling Castle/Soldier's Joy/Banjo Breakdown<br />04 The Green Fields of France<br />05 The Brolum/The Ale is Dear<br />06 McPhersons Rant<br />07 The Wild Geese Flee<br />08 Home Sweet Home/Statan Island Hornpipe<br />09 Mist Covered Mountains<br />10 The Yew Tree<br />11 The Dark Island/Corkhill/Paddy's Leather Breeches</div><div><br /></div><div>In the 1970s and 1980s, cassettes were a cheaper way of groups to release albums, and hundreds of Scottish groups did just that. Sometimes the quality was poor to begin with, and the cassette format didn't raise the standard at all, often quite the reverse. Nevertheless, these tapes are often the only evidence of the more obscure singers and bands which existed. An example of this is Whistledown's cassette from 1989, which is not the best quality, but good enough to get an idea of what they were about.</div><div><br /></div><div>Whistledown were a folk group about which I know very little. Members of the band were <b>Neil Campbell</b> <i>(guitar, banjo, vocals),</i> <b>Roddy Ross</b> <i>(vocals, whistle, bagpipes, bass), </i><b>John Slaven</b><i> (fiddle, mandolin)</i> <b>Bruce Hope</b> <i>(vocals, mandolin, bass)</i> and <b>Kenny Johnston</b> <i>(guitar, vocals).</i> They formed in about 1986 and this cassette was released in 1989. In 1995 Slaven moved to Aberdeenshire and played with the Whigmaleerie Ceilidh Band. The last time I heard about Whistledown was in 2006, and the band were still on the go with Ross, Campbell, Hope and Neil's daughter <b>Fiona Campbell</b> <i>(vocals and fiddle);</i> they had just recorded a new CD.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/r3wej8s5ji17rxa/1989-Whistledown.zip/file" target="_blank">Doonload</a></b></div>themusicgathererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02674835550314003811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170083784881145736.post-41031557172269306562021-12-17T20:56:00.001+00:002021-12-17T20:56:49.966+00:00<p> <b>Rigadoon: Sae Fresh and Fair</b> <i>(1985)</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXZsacFGaGpRgWphW-qeEc2RarihxuxUxJeZjUQsiwisuO2TaxuNEEkm_9f6ojfUhafTVqC5V-P94Z1r8otDULCnjqqxpShi3SMjlbNzkUxpbmY6C_GUXGGQi_u_NeEMyf4qJbq3UW_W8KdbAn55Vsrz2gMZDuh18iWP_iPQgI_jvXF_hHvSUgTBg-HQ=s780" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="780" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXZsacFGaGpRgWphW-qeEc2RarihxuxUxJeZjUQsiwisuO2TaxuNEEkm_9f6ojfUhafTVqC5V-P94Z1r8otDULCnjqqxpShi3SMjlbNzkUxpbmY6C_GUXGGQi_u_NeEMyf4qJbq3UW_W8KdbAn55Vsrz2gMZDuh18iWP_iPQgI_jvXF_hHvSUgTBg-HQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Rigadoon were the <b>Leitch</b> sisters <b>Shona</b> <i>(accordion),</i> <b>Karin</b> <i>(accordion)</i> and <b>Lorna</b> <i>(fiddle)</i> from Ayr. They recorded at least one other recording, and this one was available on both vinyl and cassette (I only have the cassette at the moment). The album shows off their musical abilities, but for me, the Scottish tunes are the most interesting - I could leave the rest! Being from cassette, the quality isn't perfect, but hopefully it's good enough to be able to sample the music of Rigadoon.</div><br /><div>01 Roxburgh Castle/Kiss Me Quick/The Ton/Aitken Drum<br />02 The Hills Beyond/The Quarryman/Gallaton/Cristles March/Peter Davidsons Reel<br />03 The Firth House/The Bee's Wing Hornpipe<br />04 Where Is Your Heart/Moon River<br />05 Jim Kennedy's Jig/Young Scottie/Christie McLeod<br />06 Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue/Thoroughly Modern Millie/Fortuosity<br />07 Kemnay House/Golden Slippers/Cadam Woods<br />08 Joe Foster's Jig/My Dungannon Sweetheart/Maid On the Green<br />09 Harry Scott of Friockham/The Scottish Snap/Earl of Dalhousie's Reel<br />10 Carillon<br />11 Hayfield Two Step<br />12 Gankino Horo<br />13 John Robertson<br />14 Flight of the Bumble Bee<br />15 Donnie the Post/Wandering Willie/Lord Saltoun</div><div><br /></div><div>320cbr from cassette. Cover included.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/4dol5yup01das6s/Rigadoon-1985-Sae-Fresh.zip/file" target="_blank">Doonload</a></b></div>themusicgathererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02674835550314003811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170083784881145736.post-16581108117167746302021-12-10T21:37:00.013+00:002021-12-18T13:40:34.265+00:00Jimmy Shand: First Beltona Recording Session, 1935<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFMVfewHSLBrw3eAxsgr6OOAMSvsNPYM9AGB0cxvrQaldGNXM0xa649nI1P9DMr34r97yo5oSKVcAUMPS_GYvuATEJUK5Wyu8Eh1w6cIXoi4PAgug52_SriLgi2Kf1-aXntfeiYcKKBSygcT8Vj69PvVdx0z05GPKjgpwFo_KnXzvAWtIhAAeTAue_Eg=s1519" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1519" data-original-width="1519" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFMVfewHSLBrw3eAxsgr6OOAMSvsNPYM9AGB0cxvrQaldGNXM0xa649nI1P9DMr34r97yo5oSKVcAUMPS_GYvuATEJUK5Wyu8Eh1w6cIXoi4PAgug52_SriLgi2Kf1-aXntfeiYcKKBSygcT8Vj69PvVdx0z05GPKjgpwFo_KnXzvAWtIhAAeTAue_Eg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><b>Jimmy Shand: First Beltona Recording Session, 1935</b><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">After Jimmy Shand's first foray into recording for Regal Zonophone in London in 1933, his next session was a year and a half later for Beltona Records based in Glasgow. This was the start of an extensive run of Shand records released by the label which went on until 1945, after which he signed to Parlophone Records. In early 1935 Jimmy travelled to an Edinburgh hall, the Kintore Rooms at 74 Queen Street, where Beltona often recorded artists. Twelve tracks were laid down with accompaniment from Margaret Lowe on piano, and all twelve were released and re-released, and some are still being re-released today on CD compilations. I put together this album from various sources, including my own collection and some vinyl re-releases.</p><div>1) Irish Jigs-Rory O'More/Dublin Jig/Blackthorn Stick<br />2) Irish Jigs-Donnybrook Boy/Humours of Donnybrook/Paddy O'Rafferty</div><div>3) Circassian Circle-Original/When I Look Back at Bonnie Aberdeen/Kate Dalrymple<br />4) Eightsome Reel-Mason's Apron/Breakdown/Mrs MacLeod<br />5) March, Strathspey & Reel-Atholl Highlanders Farewell/MacDuff Castle/Speed the Plough<br />6) The Thistle Schottische<br />7) Hornpipes-Arthurs Seat/Eugene Stratton/Banks<br />8) Slow Air-Bonnie Lass o' Bon Accord<br />9) March, Strathspey & Reel-Balmoral Highlanders/Jessie Smith/Rachel Rae<br />10) March, Strathspey & Reel-The Burning Sands of Egypt/Stirling Castle/Torryburn Lasses<br />11) Folk Waltz-Ash Grove/Jenny Jones<br />12) March, Strathspey & Reel-Miss Elspeth Campbell/Huntly's Farewell/Captain Keillor</div><div><br /></div><div>320cbr</div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/yqpoma6qd1gjm9h/1935_1stBeltonaRecordingSession.zip/file" target="_blank">Doonload</a></b><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Below is pictured Kintore House, where the Kintore Rooms were, where this recording session took place.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSOomNTEjrZSRoDsRvvcYIrIsSKLIzfkyAjfJB8ubYy2Lh_ILKX6_o9Y_4SwUs6ANVlnWZEFUllroEvWTBedCk2-8jkW-Cb6O0O7Y-hDbtEbauVZpeVhWz5-6_hvws-g0ytHSC_6yW0v8bBuWkFpYE9qlO0Unys5DtGEBLudykHbptCgfh2G767shFyg=s800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSOomNTEjrZSRoDsRvvcYIrIsSKLIzfkyAjfJB8ubYy2Lh_ILKX6_o9Y_4SwUs6ANVlnWZEFUllroEvWTBedCk2-8jkW-Cb6O0O7Y-hDbtEbauVZpeVhWz5-6_hvws-g0ytHSC_6yW0v8bBuWkFpYE9qlO0Unys5DtGEBLudykHbptCgfh2G767shFyg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>themusicgathererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02674835550314003811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170083784881145736.post-6433508264107638662020-11-22T11:14:00.003+00:002020-11-22T11:14:51.526+00:00Judi Nicolson, Set of Jigs<iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oEwVG3hIcUk" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Judi Nicolson playing at the Tall Ships Festival in Shetland, 2011.</span></div>themusicgathererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02674835550314003811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170083784881145736.post-31841016745470827232020-11-22T11:13:00.006+00:002022-07-16T07:47:31.990+01:00Jane Smith & Judith Davidson: Echoes of Deeside<p><span style="background-color: #ffd966;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.imgur.com/y8ZKASb.jpg" style="background-color: #ffd966; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" src="https://i.imgur.com/y8ZKASb.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b>Jane Smith & Judith Davidson: Echoes of Deeside</b> <i>(Speyside Recordings CSP 005, 1981)</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Judith Davidson (later Judi Nicolson) is from the North East of Scotland and from a young age she was winning fiddle competitions. In 1989 she moved to Shetland, teaching traditional fiddle in schools and playing with local musicians such as Aly Bain and Willie Hunter. 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<b>Rhona MacKay: Sings & Plays the Music of the Harp</b><br />
<i>(Lismore LILP 5130, 1984)</i><br />
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01 Buain a Choirce/Domhnall an Dannsair/Glenlivit<br />
02 Cro Cheann T-Saile (Seaforth Lullaby)<br />
03 Waly, Waly<br />
04 Gealach nan Eilean (Island Moon)<br />
05 Jamie<br />
06 Bi Falbh o'n Uinneig (Go Away from the Window)<br />
07 Do Dh'Eirinn Cha'n Innis Mi Ah-Ainm (For Ireland I Will Not Ter Her Name)<br />
08 Cearcall a Chuain (Ocean's Cycle)<br />
09 Gruagach Og an Fhuilt Bhain (My Fair Young Love)/Fr John MacMillan's Farewell to Barra/72nd Highlander's Farewell to Aberdeen<br />
10 Gradh Geal Mo Chridh (Eriskay Love Lilt)<br />
11 Mais an Taobh Tuath (The Beauty of the North)/Peat Fire Flame<br />
12 Dean Cadalan Samhach (Lullaby)/Tha mi Sgith (Fairy Love Song)<br />
13 Alasdair a Gleanna Garradh (Alastair of Glengarry)<br />
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Like many Glaswegians, Rhona MacKay's family were involved with Gaelic culture from the Highlands and Islands. As well as playing with the Scottish National Orchestra, she was a member of the folk group <b>The Whistlebinkies</b>.<br />
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<br />themusicgathererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02674835550314003811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170083784881145736.post-59191340515234326232019-07-25T21:36:00.002+01:002019-07-25T21:36:46.947+01:00The Vikings (1965)<br />
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<b>The Vikings: Orkney Goes Dancing</b> (Phoenix Recordings, 1965)<br />
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Published by Phoenix Recordings and recorded in the Phoenix Cinema in Kirkwall, Orkney. The band's line-up was Allan Anderson (accordion), Jim Anderson (accordion, piano), Robin Bain (bass), Hugh Inkster (Stroh violin), Brian Fidlay (guitar) and Linay Linklater (drums). According to the sleeve notes, the band were known all over the mainland of Orkney. Fiddler Hugh Inkster was recorded a few times and pops up on some interesting albums later on, from the Orkney Strathspey and Reel Society (recorded in 1976) to School of Scottish Studies recordings and a Smithsonian Folkways album of 1979.<br />
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01 Roxburgh Castle/Wind That Shakes the Barley/Inver Lasses<br />
02 The Balintore Fisherman/The Royal Scots Polka<br />
03 Bonnie Dundee/Jackson's Jig/Kenmuir's On an Awa<br />
04 Meeting of the Waters/Gledaruel Highlanders<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/ho7cohc3jh9h4kh/Vikings%252C_The.zip/file" target="_blank">Doonload</a></b><br />
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<b>Various Artists: Songs of Scotland</b> (EP, SRTS 81 CUS 1091, 1981)<br />
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01 <b>Craven:</b> The Rose of Allandale<br />
02 <b>Killiecrankie:</b> Killiecrankie<br />
03 <b>Elizabeth:</b> Sons o' the Soil<br />
04 <b>Elizabeth:</b> Dark Lochnagar<br />
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This was a fundraiser for the Dundee branch of the Scottish Nationalist Party, featuring "Elizabeth" (singer Elizabeth Barry, backed by Tom Berry), "Craven" (Arthur and Ian Dryden on vocals and guitars) and "Killiecrankie" (Tom Berry on bass, guitar, piano, synthesiser and vocals, with George Boag on vocals and guitar).<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/rioiy5rdwyr23c7/1981-VA-Songs-of-Scotland.zip/file" target="_blank">Doonload</a></b><br />
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Fiddle Chats 3a: <b>A Gordon for Me</b> <i>(William Marshall)</i><br />
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1) Miss Admiral Graham<br />
2) The Marquis of Huntly’s Snuffmill/Lady Loiusa Gordon/Charles of Pettyvaich<br />
3) Lady Niven Lumsden of Auchindoir/The Earl of Fife/Lowe’s Hornpipe<br />
4) Lament for Sir Harry Niven Lumsden of Auchindoir<br />
5) Mr Morison of Bognie/Miss Stewart’s Jig of Bombay<br />
6) Miss Ann Cameron of Balvenie/Mrs Stewart’s Strathspey of Inverogie<br />
7) Mrs James McInness/Lochrynach<br />
8) Mrs Maj L Stewart of Java/Mrs Maj L Stewart of Java<br />
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Fiddle Chats 3b: <b>Playing Second Fiddle</b><br />
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1) Jamie Lyall<i> (Peter Milne)</i><br />
2) Mrs Campbell of Saddell (air)/Mrs Campbell of Saddell (jig) <i>(Robert Mackintosh)</i><br />
3) Miss Barstow/Miss Robertson <i>(Robert Mackintosh)</i><br />
4) Miss Rose/Mrs Oswald of Auchincruive <i>(Robert Mackintosh)</i><br />
5) Miss Mary Lee’s Delight <i>(Abraham Mackintosh)</i>/Miss Marianne Oliphant of Rossie <i>(Robert Mackintosh)</i>/The Hon Mrs Maule <i>(Robert Mackintosh)</i><br />
6) The Flooers o’ the Forest<br />
7) Miss Agnes Louden <i>(Robert Lowe)</i>/Rachel Rae <i>(John Lowe)</i><br />
8) The Prince of Wales <i>(Joseph Lowe)</i>/Sauteuse <i>(Joseph Lowe)</i><br />
9) Dandy Dismount <i>(Joseph Lowe)</i>/Sir David Davidson of Cantray <i>(John Lowe)</i><br />
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This is the third of Ron Gonnella's Scottish Fireside Fiddle Chats, this time on the subjects of William Marshall, and a handful of other Scots composers (the Lowe family, Peter Milne, and Abraham and Robert Mackintosh).<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/4ob4yvmlbny2362/RG-FC3.zip/file" target="_blank">Doonload</a></b><br />
<b><br /></b>themusicgathererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02674835550314003811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170083784881145736.post-21659679107100738242018-05-28T23:49:00.000+01:002018-05-29T18:53:15.010+01:00Ron Gonnella: Fireside Fiddle Chats 2<br />
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Fiddle Chats 2a:<b> James Scott Skinner</b><br />
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1) Mrs Will/Sandy Grant of Battan<br />
2) The Bonnie Lass o’ Bon Accord<br />
3) The Queen’s Welcome to Invercauld<br />
4) Sarona<br />
5) The Fallen Chief<br />
6) Death and Dr Hornbook<br />
7) Donald MacPherson’s Lament<br />
8) Sandy’s Goat/MacLeod and MacLay<br />
9) Highland Cradle Song<br />
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Fiddle Chats 2b: <b>Have You the Gaelic?</b> <i>(Cpt Simon Fraser of Knock)</i><br />
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1) The Fall of Foyers<br />
2) The Rebel/Belladrum House/The Favourite Dram<br />
3) Sitting In the Stern of a Boat<br />
4) The General Gathering 1745<br />
5) Prince Charles’s Last View of Scotland<br />
6) Gudewife Admit the Wanderer<br />
7) Lament for Archibald MacDonald of Keppoch<br />
8) Angus Fraser/Three Sheeps Shanks<br />
9) The Northern Meeting/The Sprightly Minnikin<br />
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The second Fireside Fiddle Chats from Ron Gonnella, this time exploring the music of James Scott Skinner, and on the other side, the music collected by Simon Fraser.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/piigrisj4bbkrrb/RG-FC2.zip/file" target="_blank">Doonload</a></b></div>
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Fiddle Chats 1a: <b>Robert Burns</b></div>
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1) There Was a Lad That was Born in Kyle</div>
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3) I Am My Mammie's Ae Bairn/Killiecrankie</div>
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8) My Wife’s a Winsome Wee Thing/O Kenmure’s On and Away, Willie</div>
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9) Awa’ wi’ Yer Witchcraft o’ Beauty’s Alarms/Last May a Braw Wooer</div>
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Fiddle Chats 1b: <b>The Gow Family</b></div>
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1) Come Ye By Athole?</div>
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In the mid-1980s, Scots fiddler Ron Gonnella issued a series of cassettes on various aspects of fiddle music. I know of three of these, the first of which featured music associated with the poet Robert Burns, as well as music from the Gow family on the other side. Gonnella was a master fiddler, and these rare recordings are a joy. </div>
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01 Loch Lomond 1<br />
02 Loch Lomond 2<br />
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04 Flowers of Edinburgh<br />
05 The White Cockade<br />
06 The Yellow Haired Laddie<br />
07 Will Ye No Come Back Again<br />
08 Lady Madelina Sinclair/De'il Amang the Tailors<br />
09 Major Graham of Inchbraikie<br />
10 Corgarff Castle/Whistle O'er the Lave O't<br />
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An unusual solo recording by Gonnella, this was part of an LP which formed one of a large library of recordings by Chappell aimed at radio and television producers. So if, for example, a shot required a pipe band, a gaelic singer or a solo fiddler as background music, you would have a selection of recordings and snippets to choose from. The first track, "Loch Lomond" is played as an air, and then there is a 30-second "jingle" version of it.<br />
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One of the few times a traditional musician has entered the hit parade was when Jimmy Shand took his recording of <b>The Bluebell Polka</b> into the Top 20 in 1955<b>.</b> Many people have assumed that the tune is a Shand composition, but it predates him. Jimmy got a lot of his repertoire from the previous generation of Scottish melodeon players: The Wyper Brothers, Pamby Dick, James Brown, etc, and indeed, Brown recorded a version of the tune on a 78rpm record on the 19th April 1911, calling it <i>Little Pet (Caledonian Polka)</i> (I used to have a copy of that track but, frustratingly, I cannot find it right now).<br />
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Going back further in time, possibly the first appearance of the tune in print is in the popular Kerr's Merry Melodies Book 1, where it is attributed to no composer, although it does say "Pianoforte copies of above…" The attached is one of those sheets for piano, where the composer is clearly given as "F Stanley" (I have </div>
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Irish musicians also recorded versions of the tune: fiddler James Morrison recorded it in the 1930s (along with <i>Happy Birdie</i>), and more recently by fiddler Jesse Smith. There is an old American polka by the name Little Pet (<a href="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage" target="_blank">see here</a>), but it's a different tune.</div>
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Although its origins are unclear, The Bluebell Polka captured the hearts of many people, musicians, dancers and listeners alike. It is still played and regarded fondly in Scotland to this day (I played a ceilidh last Saturday evening; during our break a singer made me do the Macarena while she sang a vocal version of the song!). </div>
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Jimmy Shand's first recording session was in 1933 with the Regal Zonophone company. His employer, Dundee music shop owner Charles Forbes, had agreed to underwrite the costs - unknown to Jimmy - and so the session took place in the Abbey Road studios in London. There was a pianist available, but on some tracks Jimmy asked if he could record unaccompanied. Two records were eventually issued, <i>MR 1387</i> and <i>MR 1388</i>.<br />
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1) <i>CAR2411</i> Bottom of the Punchbowl/My Love She's But a Lassie Yet/Fair Maid of Perth<br />
2) <i>CAR2412</i> Atholl Highlanders/Rakes of Kildare/Teviot Bridge<br />
3) <i>CAR2414</i> Londonderry Hornpipe/High Level Hornpipe<br />
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Presumably matrix no. <i>CAR2413</i> was The Druken Piper/Laird o' Drumblair/Deil Amang the Tailors - mentioned in Shand's biography by David Phillips (Dundee 1976); alas, I have not got a copy of that track.<br />
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<i>Other collections of Scottish 78rpm records:</i><br />
<a href="http://themusicgatherer.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/will-powrie-78s.html" target="_blank">Will Powrie, Scottish Melodeon from 78 rpm Recordings</a><br />
<a href="http://themusicgatherer.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/donald-davidson-banchory-moothie-2010.html" target="_blank">Donald Davidson: Scottish Mouth Organ Classics</a><br />
<a href="http://themusicgatherer.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/william-hannah-78s.html" target="_blank">William Hannah: Scottish Melodeon 78s</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fiddler <b>Ron Gonnella</b> was originally from Dundee, and lived for many years in Crieff, Perthshire until his death in 1994. Gonnella’s great grandfather was a Robert Dewar, who was a shepherd near Tulliemet in Perthshire. Ron Gonnella recorded at least fifteen albums and taught at Morrison’s Academy in Crieff for many years. When he wasn’t there he was travelling the world playing Scottish fiddle, recording albums, and performing on radio, stage and dance halls. His great love was the music of the Golden Age of Scots fiddle, typified by the compositions of Niel and Nathaniel Gow, Robert Mackintosh, William Marshall and Joseph Lowe. Gonnella played in the Scottish Dance Band circuit with the bands of Jim Johnstone and Andrew Rankine. He had his own band for a while - featuring Iain MacPhail on accordion - but it was as a solo artist that he toured all over the world promoting Scots fiddle music. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Until he married - late in his life - Gonnella would sit in his small flat and listen to his precious record collection and practise the fiddle tunes for his next recording. Top Scottish fiddlers such as Duncan Wood and Gregor Borland have told me of their admiration for his skills and techniques, and I think of him as a fiddler’s fiddler. The instrument he mostly played was a 1722 Italian violin made by Carlo Antonio Tanegia. I have been told that after his death there were a number of fiddlers desperate to try it to achieve the same wonderful tone that Gonnella produced; in the end it turned out to be a mediocre fiddle, and it was the musician who was special, not the instrument.</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ron Gonnella: A Discography</span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1964 An Edinburgh Fancy</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://themusicgatherer.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/ron-gonnella-scottish-violin-music-1966.html" target="_blank">1966 Scottish Violin Music</a></span><br />
<a href="http://themusicgatherer.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/ron-gonnella-gow-collections-1973.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1973 Scottish Violin Music from the Gow Collections</span></a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://themusicgatherer.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/ron-gonnella-fiddlers-fancy-1975.html" target="_blank">1975 Fiddler's Fancy</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://themusicgatherer.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/ron-gonnella-fiddle-gems-1976.html" target="_blank">1976 Fiddle Gems</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://themusicgatherer.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/ron-gonnella-burns-night-1977.html" target="_blank">1977 Ron Gonnella's Burns Night</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://themusicgatherer.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/ron-gonnella-tribute-to-niel-gow-1978.html" target="_blank">1978 A Tribute to Niel Gow</a></span><br />
<a href="http://themusicgatherer.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/ron-gonnella-scottish-fiddle-master.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1980 Scottish Fiddle Master</span></a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1981 Live from Crieff Hydro</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://themusicgatherer.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/ron-gonella-plays-fiddles-of-gow.html" target="_blank">1982 Ron Gonnella Plays the Fiddles of Gow, Marshall and Skinner</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1983 Music for Eight Scottish Country Dances</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://themusicgatherer.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/ron-gonella-plays-fiddles-of-gow.html" target="_blank">1984 Ron Gonnella Playing a Stradivarius</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1986 The Lad o' Kyle</span><br />
<a href="http://themusicgatherer.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/ron-gonnella-international-friendship.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1988 Ron Gonnella's International Friendship of the Fiddle</span></a><br />
<a href="http://themusicgatherer.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/ron-gonnella-scottish-fiddle-magic-1992.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1992 Ron Gonnella's Fiddle Magic</span></a><br />
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<b>Ian Powrie: At Home</b> <i>(1988)</i><br />
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01 Ian Powrie's Comps to Sir Thomas Wardle/Jimmy Shand's Welcome to Corrieburn<br />
02 A Lass from Glasgow Town/Lunan Bay/Mary Shaw<br />
03 Sir Kenneth Alexander/The Clan McColl<br />
04 Mrs Hamilton of Pencaitland<br />
05 Scotty Wilson/Donald MacLellan of Rothesay<br />
06 Jimmy and Mickie<br />
07 The Wild Flowers of Barra<br />
08 Highland Cathedral<br />
09 Gaelic Reel/In the Gloamin'/Tigh Na Gorm<br />
10 Mackworth/Kemmel Hill<br />
11 Catherine & John Fraser's Diamond Wedding<br />
12 The Old Scottish Waltz<br />
13 Kenny Thomson's Comps to Ian Powrie/A Tribute to Stan Hamilton/Peerie Willie<br />
14 Ellenbrook/The Black Boy/Georgina Catherine MacDonald/C M Hall<br />
15 Annie's Song/Country Roads/Thank God I'm a Country Boy<br />
16 The Crags of Tumbledown Mountain<br />
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Powrie emigrated to Australia twice, once in the 1960s and once, I think, in the late 1980s. This was recorded while he was back on home soil in Strathearn, Perthshire, in his farmhouse with his old musical partners Jimmy Blue and Mickie Ainsworth on accordions, and Dave Barclay on bass.<br />
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<b>Jimmy Shand & Ian Powrie: When Auld Friends Meet</b> <i>(1974)</i><br />
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01 Jimmy Shand's Comps to Ian Powrie/10th HLI Crossing the Rhine<br />
02 Big Dougal/Margaret's Fancy/Carnie's Canter<br />
03 79th's Farewell to Gibralter<br />
04 The Bonnie Isle of Gletness/Sunset Over Foula/Rona's Voe<br />
05 The Atholl and Breadalbane Gathering/Lord Elgin of Broomhall<br />
06 O Gin I Were a Baron's Heir<br />
07 St Andrew's Parade/Harveston Castle/Breadalbane Reel/Bobby Watson<br />
08 Bill Black's Mirk/John Stephen of Chance Inn/Ian Powrie's Comps to Willie Hunter<br />
09 MacLean of Pennycross/Sprig of Ivy<br />
10 Soft Lowland Tongue/Annie Laurie/My Nannie's Awa'/I Lo'ed Nae a Lassie But Ane<br />
11 Aunice Gillies's Farewell to Loch Gilphead/John Bain Mackenzie<br />
12 My Ain Folk<br />
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Two giants of the Scottish dance scene collaborate on an album of great tunes, great music. There are solos by both, but most tracks are band efforts.<br />
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<b>Ron Gonnella: Scottish Fiddle Magic</b> <i>(1992)</i><br />
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One of Ron Gonnella's final recordings comes from 1992 and consists of a selection of traditional Scottish tunes plus a few of Ron's own compositions.<br />
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01 My Love She's But a Lassie Yet/Davie, Davie Nick Nack/The Rose Tree<br />
02 My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose<br />
03 I Lo'e Nae a Laddie But Ane/My Wife's a Winsome, Wee Thing/The Prince of Wales' Jig<br />
04 Thistle of Scotland/The Gallant Weaver/Bluebells of Scotland<br />
05 Lochnagar<br />
06 Duke of Perth/Lass of Gowrie/The Bridal<br />
07 Rev Archie Minto's Faewell/Janet Leckie's/Elizabeth Donaldson's<br />
08 Aikey Brae/Bessie Bell and Mary Gray/Bonnie Brier Bush<br />
09 Barbara Bruce of Upper Cairnie/Kinloch of Kinloch/Aldridge's Hornpipe<br />
10 Muckin' o' Geordie's Byre/The Scottish Horse/Janet Duncan's 92nd Birthday<br />
11 Kilmarnock/Wiltshire<br />
12 The Minestrone March/The Spaghetti Strathspey/The Ravioli Reel<br />
13 Jock o' Hazeldean/Comin' Through the Rye/The Bonnie Wells o' Wearie<br />
14 Highland Laddie<br />
15 Dunkeld Hermitage Bridge/Doon the Burn Davie/Crieff Golf Club Centenery Reel<br />
16 The Queen's Vist to Morrison's Academy<br />
17 Bert Gonella's Jig/Bob and Anne's Strathspey/Lizzie Duncan's Fancy<br />
18 Scots Wha Hae/Auld Lang Syne<br />
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01 Royal Scot Polka/Laddie Wi the Plaidie/Petronella<br />
02 O Gin I Were a Baron's Heir<br />
03 Margaret's Waltz/Tombigbee Waltz<br />
04 The Broch Salmon Bothys<br />
05 Coulters Candy<br />
06 Si Beag Si Mhor<br />
07 Chairlie Oh Chairlie<br />
08 Mrs Mcleod's Reel/Kate Dalrymple/Duke of Perth/Kemnay House<br />
09 Yellow On the Broom<br />
10 Come to the Bower/Banks o' the Roses/Wha Saw the 42nd<br />
11 Fareweel tae Tarwathie<br />
12 Earl of Mansfield's March/Loch Maree Island/Aitken Drum<br />
13 Dark Island<br />
14 Rattlin' Roarin' Willie<br />
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A five-piece folk group from the Moray Coast (Burghead and Lossiemouth to be precise) who performed mainly for charity. <b>Sandra Borthwick</b> <i>(guitar, vocals),</i> <b>George Pratt</b> <i>(banjo, mouth organ),</i> <b>Jim Eckford</b> <i>(mouth organ),</i> <b>Iain White</b> <i>(Northumbrian pipes, whistle, mandolin)</i> and <b>Dan Ralph</b> <i>(fiddle, vocals)</i> recorded one album that I know about, the self-published "A Barrel o' Saut Herrin'" on cassette (n.d.)<br />
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01 <b>BBC Echoes:</b> Kelvin Grove/Glasgow Highlanders/Murdoch McPherson's March<br />
02 <b>Cape Breton Ceilidh:</b> The Master of Barga/Campbell's Road/The High Bridge Jig<br />
03 <b>Hector MacAndrew Favourites:</b> Mrs Jamieson's Favourite/Sir David Davidson of Cantray/Gillan's Reel<br />
04 <b>Congratulations All Round:</b> Neil & Rhona Gonnella's Silver Wedding/Donna's Wedding March<br />
05 <b>Sounds of Strathearn:</b> Strathearn/The Strathearn Herald Reel<br />
06 <b>A Touch of Gaelic:</b> Fil/O/Ro/Brochan Lom/Lord MacDonald's Reel<br />
07 <b>Bonnie Dundee:</b> Bonnie Dundee/Elliot's Fancy/Dundee City Police Pipe Band<br />
08 <b>The Boston Tea Party:</b> Niel Gow's Farewell to Whisky/The Beaux of Oak Hill/Mrs MacLeod<br />
09 <b>Jimmy Shand Special:</b> Ron Gonnella's Comps to Jimmy Shand<br />
10 <b>The Strathspey King:</b> Flower of the Quern/Professor Blackie/Marie's Hielan' Lad<br />
11 <b>Scottish Dance Music Corner:</b> The Provost of St Vigeans/The Corner House<br />
12 <b>The Canadian Connection:</b> John Beckwith's Ye Banks and Braes/The Lime Hill Strathspey<br />
13 <b>Fiddlers Two:</b> The Shakkins o' the Pocky<br />
14 <b>My Friend Adam Rennie:</b> Sir Torquil Munro/Elizabeth Donald, Moss-side/Bill Sutherland<br />
15 <b>New York, New York:</b> June & Harry Goldenberg's Air/Staten Island<br />
16 <b>The Music of William Marshall:</b> Kinrara/Duke of Gordon's Birthday/The Morayshire's Farmer's Club<br />
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Fiddler <b>Ron Gonnella</b> played fiddle to great acclaim all around the world.<br />
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01 Jim McAllister's Jig/Mairead Nicoll of Drumossie/Temple House<br />
02 Ballad of Sawney Bean<br />
03 Come By the Hills<br />
04 Morar's Silent Beauty/Dunkeld Oaks/Jacqui's Day/Bass Through the Window/Reconciliation/Musical Priest/St Anne's<br />
05 CM Barbour/Fiddlin' Around<br />
06 The Cobbler<br />
07 Christine McRitchie<br />
08 Santiano<br />
09 A Man's a Man For A' That/Winding Up the Piper<br />
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For their second recording Blackeyed Biddy regulars <b>Lionel McClelland</b> and <b>Kris Koren</b> were joined by <b>Gregor Lowry</b> on accordion, making this the most instrumental of their output. The band are working well together, resulting in a very fine album from 1990. This is a rip from a cassette tape.<br />
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<b>Ian Powrie: His Fiddle and his Friends</b> <i>(1975)</i><br />
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This is a tribute to Scottish fiddler Ian Powrie, who died last week. Powrie was born in 1923 at Strathardle, near Blairgowrie in Perthshire. His father, Will Powrie, was an accomplished melodeon player, and recorded several excellent sides for Beltona during the early 1930s, and some with his very young son Ian in 1933. At age twelve Ian was playing in his father's dance band, but on piano accordion! In 1949 he formed his first band, this time playing fiddle while his brother Bill played accordion.<br />
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01 Flowers of Edinburgh/Spinning Wheel<br />
02 A Piper's Prayer<br />
03 Miss Laura Andrews/Ian Powrie's Compliments to Angus Fitchet<br />
04 The Music of Spey<br />
05 Soir de Paris<br />
06 Arran Hills<br />
07 Millbrae/Mickie Ainsworth/The Dawn Hornpipe/Jean's Reel<br />
08 Loch Maree/Ian Powrie's Compliments to Sir Thomas Wardle/Murdo's Wedding<br />
09 Leila/Massacre of Glencoe<br />
10 Mrs Ian Powrie of West Kirkton/Angus Fitchet's Compliments to Ian Powrie/Lady Charlotte Campbell<br />
11 Beverley Wood<br />
12 McNeil of Ugadale/Mr and Mrs Alec Ross<br />
13 The Earl of Dalhousie<br />
14 Waltzing Matilda<br />
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