| If expecting a reply, please read my signature | On Tuesday, 23 December 2003 at 11:19, Toby Rider spake thus:
>Erika Mackenzie wrote: >> >> I'm sorry, but I just can't take this in...he was a (sort of) friend of a >> friend of mine, and she always told me such wonderful, funny, heartwarming >> stories about him. And he was - is - my favourite fiddler.... >> >> Why are all these brilliant Scots singers and instrumentalists dying? >> > > The same reason all the brilliant American rockabilly performers are >dying recently.. Time passes.. It just means we have to step up and fill >their shoes.. Being bedridden and living at the antipodes makes that a somewhat challenging proposition for me (not to mention arthritis in the hands and shortage of talent), but I hope to god that young Scots musicians are queueing up to do and continue to do just that! Erica Mackenzie Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
