Thank you, Margaret, and the others who have sent me information and suggestions off the NG. Here's an update if anyone is interested. "Sgurr of Eigg" turns out to be a composition of Iain Peterson who had a Scottish dance band as well. Iain is listed as a fiddler and piper on the electronic Scotland website selling his recording. Joe must have picked up more than a few tunes from listening to Scottish ceilidh bands. Did he hear them on the radio or in person or on recordings? Did Joe pick up a lot tunes by ear, or did he seek out the dots? I think it's interesting that while he picked up quite a bit of Scottish repertoire he always gave the tunes a thoroughly Northumbrian interpretation, which, imho, is more pleasing than the standard Scottish dance band or GHB competition style. (I very much enjoy your recordings, Margaret.) Thanks again, John
-----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Margaret Watchorn Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 1:17 PM To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [NSP] Re: Joe Hutton question I remember learning Coupar Angus March and Loch Ruan from Joe at Alnwick Pipers' Society meetings in the late 70s/early 80s. As far as I know, Bill Todd was an accordion player who played at some point with Bill Douglas's Scottish Dance Band. Andy and I recorded Coupar Angus March a few years ago, but I'm not aware of 'dots' for either tune being published; we do have photocopies of handwritten versions of them both from Joe. Hope this helps Margaret Andrew and Margaret Watchorn -- This message was sent on behalf of i...@pipesandfiddle.co.uk at openSubscriber.com http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu/12044281.html To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
