Toby Rider wrote: > ...does anyone have anyone good recommendations of recordings of > Scottish "mouthie" players?
Donald Black is a contemporary player with at least a couple of CDs. There isn't a great deal else available. So who are the Scots moothie players? Donald Davidson recorded several 78s for Beltona in the 1920s. I have a couple of them, and they're terrific. He has a very full sound, and it sounds like he's playing an accordion. (There is an excellent article on Davidson on the Musical Traditions site) I'm not sure if the record 'The Caledonian Companion' has been released on CD, but if it is, it features Willie Fraser on moothie and diddling. If I remember correctly, Fraser is also on the Bothy Ballads CD (School of Scottish Studies recording - sublime album). Davy Marshall is another who both plays moothie and diddles - is there perhaps a tradition of this? he recorded with The Fife Yokels, who also included Agnes Brown, accordionist and moothie-ist. Who else would make this list? -- 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
