John Chambers wrote:
[Nigel asked:]
> | ...Do you feel that it's OK to publish it?
> Hmmm ... Good question...
And thanks for answering in your usual intelligent and reasonable
manner. I'm a little wary about asking such questions because it can
produce some nasty reactions from indignant people. Thing is, I ask
because I'm not 100% sure about MY stance, and I'm interested to hear
other people's views.
> ...I'd say it's pretty obvious that he would have approved...
That's more than half of the moral argument, perhaps...
> On the other hand, since Tom is gone, his works are now presumably in
> the hand of various others who may or may not have this generous sort
> of attitude...
I don't have the full story, but I remember reading that there has been
an ugly struggle over the rights of his music.
> ...a book called "The Tom Anderson Collection" which I'm tempted to
> order even without seeing what's in it. I wonder who might have it?
Try James Thin, a bookseller in Edinburgh. It's always been there when
I've visited the music dept, and they have an on-line service. Don't
have the URL handy, but a search on James Thin should work. For some
reason I've been putting off buying it, but I think anything with Tom's
fingerprints on it is worth looking at. (I have three books: Ringing
Strings, Da Mirrie Dancers and Haand me Doon da Fiddle, and I've seen
another, Gie's an A, another Shetland Times publication. I also have a
couple of single sheet publications - grand stuff!)
> Now that the world's archives are rapidly moving online, a good way
> to memorialize Tom's contributions to the music of Shetland and
> Scotland would be to make a Tom Anderson site...
I'd love to see this too. As a jazz-loving student twenty-six years
ago, Tom Anderson's music was one of the lorelei which lured me towards
traditional music.
Anyway, thanks, John.
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Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland
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