Philip Whittaker wrote:
> The tune is called Ross Memorial Hospital...found in - The Cunningham
> Collection - Volume 1...
Also on these records:
BOYS OF THE LOUGH, THE FAIR HILLS OF IRELAND
PHIL CUNNINGHAM, PALOMINA WALTZ (1988)
> This collection contains my favourite Scottish medium-paced listening
> tune - The hut on Staffin island in its original key of D. Great
> mandolin tune - eh Nigel?
Great tune, but lousy on the whistle.
> ...not a lot of people know that the tune Hamnataing by
> Chrsit Stout was written to be played in a set with Hut on Staffin
> Island. Try it sometime...
I didn't know that, Philip. That tune, "Hamnataing" is flavour of the
year in Edinburgh, really popular. Nice tune. Chris Stout is doing a
four-night workshop with ALP sometime, I think this Autumn. If only I
played fiddle!
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Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland
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