Today Colin Hill wrote: Yeah, Dark Island is a nice example of drone clashing. Then again, it was written for one drone sound so I suppose that accounts for it. Usr the ones that sound best.
Hello Colin ...or indeed no drones at all!! The tune was originally composed for the button-box by Ian McLachlan as Dr. Mackay's Farewell to Creagorry. It was given words and a name change when it was used for the BBC film "The Dark island". The claim in 1965 by journalist W Gordon Smith that the tune had been a traditional Highland pipe tune which had been adapted, is now widely accepted as a mistake. As aye Anthony -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
