MIKE MACDOUGALL'S TAPE FOR FATHER HECTOR is now OP, but perhaps if enough people request it Paul Cranford will reissue it. www.cranfordpub.com I wore my copy out, then ordered another one. It is an amazing one off. The story is that Mike was a fisherman who knew very little about recording machines. Father Hector set up his reel to reel so that all Mike had to do was press a button and start playing. Father Hector put the machine on a bus to be delivered to Mike. Mike took it home, pushed the button and started to play. When he was done he turned it off and put it back on the bus to be delivered to Father Hector. At the end Mike says, "This is, I think, the best tape I will make while I live." Mike must be making new recordings in heaven. If folks are desperate for it, we could ask Paul if he would let me make copies of the CD I burned from the tape in exchange for people sending him the price of the tape.
NSP seem made for playing strathspeys, and some Cape Breton fiddlers accent 2/4 marches very close to strathspeys rhythms. I know anti-Scottish sentiments run fairly strong among NSPipers, but it's worth pointing out. all the best, John On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Francis Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > A Youtube item in two parts in memory of Mike MacDougall, Cape Breton fiddler > and composer of Memories of Father Angus MacDonell, that very fine tune which > is well known to pipers. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l6QcKtwUXo > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVeJ_RkxGFg&NR=1 > > Rather a lot of talking whilst saying nothing from those who are remembering > this fiddler, but there's also some fine music and it is good to see and > hear the man himself. > > Francis > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
