Bruce Olson wrote: ....... > > That's all that come to the top of my mind at present, but I'm > sure others can add more to this short list.
That's plenty indeed. What interests me particularly about Oswald is where he's reworked traditional variation sets, or come up with his own variations entirely - it often looks like a combination of aural tradition (as evidenced by comparing with earlier written sources) and his own ideas. His own ideas are inconsistent in quality (whose aren't?) but the good ones are very good: Portpatrick, Hit Her on the Bum, Up & Waur 'Em A' Willy (minus last 2 strains) come to mind as versions I've got a lot out of personally, with many others still to explore. Cheers Matt Seattle Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
