That recording of Billy's 'did it' for many of us, I'm sure. Quite far from the idealised view of the Northumbrian Tradition in Doubleday, or the actual tradition he learned from Tom Clough, but wonderful music for all that.
Listening to RTE, and artists like Leo Rowsome, must have been a massive influence for him, on this in particular. But the fast passages are a brilliant innovation and entirely his own, so far as I know. And the way they suddenly slow back down at the halfway point is inspired! John To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
