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Subject: [NSP] Re: on keilder side
Hi,
It's probably a lighthouse on a promontary called Da Slockit in the
Shetland Islands -- super tune on NSP.
Tom Anderson wrote some superb melodies for violin --- and the Kielder
is a village and a river
Dave S
On 7/15/2011 10:43 PM, Kevin wrote
Den 16-07-2011 00:00, Gibbons, John skrev:
Kevin,
Tom Anderson, who wrote it, explained in an interview in 1970, printed in his bo
ok ''Ringing Strings''
cut... made me think of the old word 'Slockit' meaning, a light that has gone o
ut, and I think that was what inspired the
Many thanks to all who replied, it is great, i have passed the info on to my
Swedish friend, and also it was interesting for me as i had visited the
Shetlands before, so it was nice to identify the tune with that Island.
many thanks
kevin
--- On Fri, 15/7/11, Kevin tilb...@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi,
It's probably a lighthouse on a promontary called Da Slockit in the
Shetland Islands -- super tune on NSP.
Tom Anderson wrote some superb melodies for violin --- and the Kielder
is a village and a river
Dave S
On 7/15/2011 10:43 PM, Kevin wrote:
Hello to All,
i have just had a question
Da Slockit Light.
This is a Shetland tune written by Tom Anderson, who was a towering
figure in Shetland fiddling.
I understand that it was written following the death of his wife when
he felt that the way of life he was familiar with was vanishing.
I know little of Shetland, but when I
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] on behalf of Dave S
[david...@pt.lu]
Sent: 15 July 2011 22:27
To: Kevin
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Subject: [NSP] Re: on keilder side
Hi,
It's probably a lighthouse on a promontary called Da Slockit in the
Shetland
