FTX 274 - MONEY MUSK

HECTOR McANDREW

CLASSICAL SCOTS FIDDLE MUSIC

1. Strathspeys: MONEY MUSK; MAGGIE CAMERON; THE LAIRD O DRUMBLAIR; Reel: THE LEFT-HANDED FIDDLER (Scott-Skinner) - 2'55"

2. THE LORD OF THE ISLES MARCH TO HARLOWE - 1'43"

3. Slow Strathspey & Reel: LADY CHARLOTTE CAMPBELL (Rob Mackintosh) - 1'31"

4. Air: BRIG O' ABOYNE (P.Milne); Str & Reel: THE BRIG O' DEE (James Young) - 2'18"

5. Strath: LAIRD O' MACKINTOSH; Reel: Mrs DOUGLAS MONCRIEFF (trad) - 1'28"

6. Pastoral Air: CHAPEL KEITHACK (William Marshall) - 1'44"

7. Slow Airs: HARD IS MY FATE & GUDE WIFE ADMIT THE WANDERER (trad); NEWCASTLE HORNPIPE (James Hill) - 4'23"

8. Slow Air: LADY ANN HOPE'S FAVOURITE (Niel Gow); Strathspey: LEYS O' LUNCARTY (trad); Reel: LORD ELCHO'S (R.Mackintosh) - 2'49"

9. Slow Air: THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST (trad) - 2'02"

10. Slow Air: PRINCE CHARLIE'S LAST VIEW OF SCOTLAND (trad) - 1'53"

11. Strathspey: Miss HALDANE OF GLENEAGLES (trad); Reel: PERTH HUNT (Miss Stirling) - 1'34"

12. March: GLENGARRY GATHERING (Angus McKay); Strathspey: BLAIR DRUMMOND; Reel: SANDY CAMERON (trad) - 3'23"

13. Desolate Pastoral: GICHT CASTLE; Slow Air: Mrs J.H.ALEXANDER (Hector McAndrew) - 2'57"

14. Marches: REBEL WAR SONG 1745 (trad); THE BARREN ROCKS OF ADEN (McKellar) - 2'50"

15. Slow Air: SITTING IN THE STERN OF A BOAT (trad) - 1'22"

16. Air: LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF HIS SECOND WIFE (NielGow) - 2'11"

17. Strathspey: LEAVING LUNGA (trad); MONEY MUSK (Daniel Dow); REJECTED SUITOR (trad) - 3'06

18. LAMENTATION FOR JAMES MURRAY OF ABERCAIRNEY (N.G.); LADY CHARLOTTE CAMPBELL & LOCH EARN (Nathaniel Gow) - 3'23"

19. MACPHERSON'S RANT; HIELAN' DONALD KISSED KITTY; LORD MACDONALD'S REEL (trad) - 3'11"

20. March: CAMERON HIGHLANDERS; Strathspey: LAIRD O' THRUMS; Reel: GAVIN MACMILLAN (Scott Skinner) - 2'46"

21. Air: COUNTESS OF CRAWFORD; Str: MARCHIONESS OF HUNTLY; Reel: EARL OF CRAWFORD (Peter Milne) - 2'25"

22. PETERHEAD POLKA - 1'29"

23. Talk: birthdate, father, grandfather, learning the fiddle and his wartime resollution- 2'10"

24. Talk about bowing technique with examples: Brig o Dee, Perth Hunt-, Mason's Apron, Laird o Drumblair, Lady Charlotte Campbell's Slow Strathspey (Mackintosh) - 4'15"

25. Talk about fiddler-composers: William Marshall, Niel & Nathaniel Gow, Daniel Dow, Rob Mackintosh, Robert Petrie and Peter Milne - 2'34"

26. Talk about the old days: fiddler's gatherings, concerts, patrons, competitions and a story about George Taylor, the "Left-handed fiddler" - 3'39"

Recorded by Alan Lomax 1951& James Hunter 1967. Edited by Peter Kennedy and first published on Folktrax Cassettes 1975.