[NSP] Re: Memories of Father Angus MacDonell

2010-02-09 Thread Matt Seattle
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 -- References 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiehZZ2tXKg To get on or off this

[NSP] Re: Memories of Father Angus MacDonell

2010-02-08 Thread John Dally
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

[NSP] Re: Memories of Father Angus MacDonell

2010-02-08 Thread Francis Wood
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,

[NSP] Re: Memories of Father Angus MacDonell

2010-02-07 Thread Jim Stewart
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

[NSP] Re: Memories of Father Angus MacDonell

2010-02-07 Thread Francis Wood
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