James Scott Skinner - The Strathspey King [CD]

The name and the compositions of James Scott Skinner, the self-styled ‘Strathspey King’, are familiar to many throughout the music world. But how many have heard his playing? Skinner died in 1927 but his composition and playing live on in this recording, re-processed and de-scratched. Not just another fiddle album, not just another gentlemanly old composer, but an album of pride and passion.. and some astonishingly funky fiddle riffs too! An album befitting the man who not only performed fiddle airs, but also, in full Highland dress, a backwards somersault over a settee full of ladies! Try it; it’s an eye-opener! (So’s the album!)

1. Luciana Polka
2. The Miller O'Him, Mackenzie Fraser, The Auld Wheel
3. Athole Highlander's Farewell To Loch Katrine, Cameron Highlanders, The Inverness Gathering
4. Arthur's Seat, Eugene Stratton, The Banks
5. Laird O'Thrums, Gavin M'Millan, Laird Of Drumblair, Gladstone's Reel
6. Bonnie Lass O' Bon Accord, Marquis Of Huntley's Farewell, The Ten Pound Fiddle
7. Sandy Cameron, Miller O' Him, The Glenlivet
8. Triumph, Timour The Tartar, The Left Handed Fiddler, Speed The Plough, De'il Among The Tailors
9. Home Sweet Home, The Iron Man Strathspey, The Bungalow Reel
10. Cradle Song, The Braes Of Auchtertyre, The Athole Highlander's Farewell To Loch Katrine
11. Glengrant, Tulchan Lodge, The Parrot - Humorous Pizzicato
12. Mrs Scott Skinner, Mackenzie Hay, The Devil's Elbow
13. The Laird O' Drumblair, The Baker Reel, Will Ye No Come Back Again?
14. The Auld Wheel, Spinning Wheel, Bride's Reel, Mackenzie Frazer, Fairy Dance
15. Bohemian Melodies
16. Goodbye Gramin, Johnny Steele, James Hardie
17. Maggie Cameron, Athole Brose, The Devil In The Kitchen, Forbes Morrison
18. Sean Trews, Whistle O'e The Lave O't, Wha Widna Fecht For Charlie?
19. The Freebooter, Tullochgorum, The East Neuk O' Fife
20. The Freebooter (Is Your War Pipe Asleep), MacPherson's Rant, Tullochgorum & Variations, The East Neuk Of Fife & Variations
21. The President - Air And Variations
22. The President - Air And Variations - no processing.

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