Not Northumbrian or pipes, nor Cape Breton, but some may enjoy this
1972 RTE prgramme on John Doherty the Donegal fiddler, in 5 parts. Part
1 is
[1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiehZZ2tXKg
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References
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiehZZ2tXKg
To get on or off this
MIKE MACDOUGALL'S TAPE FOR FATHER HECTOR is now OP, but perhaps if
enough people request it Paul Cranford will reissue it.
www.cranfordpub.com I wore my copy out, then ordered another one. It
is an amazing one off. The story is that Mike was a fisherman who
knew very little about recording
Thanks, John, for this interesting further information. A great story indeed
and this certainly sounds like an item that should be available!
I found more on this here:
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1168
http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/rec/r102.html
Francis
On 8 Feb 2010, at 19:24,
On 2/07/2010 1:09 PM, Francis Wood wrote:
A Youtube item in two parts in memory of Mike MacDougall, Cape Breton fiddler
and composer of Memories of Father Angus MacDonell, that very fine tune which
is well known to pipers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l6QcKtwUXo
Great to hear from you, Jim!
Do you (or does anyone else) know of other great tunes by Mike MacDougall?
Best wishes,
Francis
On 7 Feb 2010, at 18:12, Jim Stewart wrote:
Thanks for posting this Francis. I hadn't seen it before.
Nice to see some attention paid to the music on this side of the