Thanks, John, for this interesting further information. A great story indeed and this certainly sounds like an item that should be available! I found more on this here:
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1168 http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/rec/r102.html Francis On 8 Feb 2010, at 19:24, John Dally wrote: > 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 >> > >
