David Francis wrote: > >> What kind of guitar was it they were mostly using? > > > >Johnny Cradden (an Ulster-born Edinburgh man) adapted a guitar like > >this some years ago and called it a "Gizouki"...John Bushby...makes > >instruments so it may have been his own design, influenced by > >Cradden, possibly? > > > Maybe more likely influenced by the chap from Altan (was it Ciaran > Tourish?) who developed a similar instrument and called it, yes, the > 'bizarre'.
You might be right, Dave. Although Bushby has met and played with Cradden, but not Tourish, as far as I know. Perhaps Johnny knicked it off Ciaran? Or Ciaran off Johnny? :-) -- Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/gatherer/ Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
