> More Skinner trivia: at his funeral, "Lochaber No More" was played at
> his grave by G S Maclennan, one of Scotland's most innovative and
> exciting bagpipe composers (in my opinion).
I've been puzzled about that ever since I read it. GS died later the
same year, and had been too ill to work for years. I'd assumed he had
cancer, but maybe not. What kind of terminal illness leaves somebody
totally disabled but still able to get up and do a performance like that?
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