On Tuesday 16 October 2001 12:16, Christopher Rennie wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Many thanks, Toby, for the info.  I am unfamiliar with
> Angus as a performer (obviously), but he is worth
> giving look on your recommendation.

A little story John Campbell related to his Ceilidh Trail students this past 
summer..

In 1935 John Campbell's father Dan J. Campbell, Angus Allan Gillis and Angus 
Chisholm traveled to Montreal to make the first recordings of Cape Breton 
fiddle music. Of course at that time, there was no way to correct recorded 
mistakes after the fact. 

Afterward, the three of them were discussing the recording session, and one 
of them commented that they probably had made some mistakes, and after a 
pause, Angus Chisholm replied, "Yeah, but there's not many that can find 
them." :-) 

There *was* a mistake on one set of two strathspeys and one reel - one of 
them didn't pick up quickly enough in changing from The Braes of Mar to the 
second strathspey. 

The record company paid them a whopping $100 + traveling expenses for the 
recording. 

Wendy
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