Niel Gow, "the father of strathspey & reel players" was born 275 years ago today at Inver near Dunkeld. There is no doubt that Gow made a huge impact on Scottish music, and his name was known throughout Scotland in his lifetime, and celebrated after his death by a serious of apocryphal stories.
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