Back of Boisdale
Piano accompaniment by
both Janet Cameron and by Gordon MacLean. 2nd fiddle Paul
Wukitsch. Joe Peter MacLean was
raised in MacAdam's Lake, an isolated, community up the back
road from Boisdale, Cape Breton County. Brought up in a
musical houshold, his first language was Gaelic. During
childhood he was surrounded by Gaelic singers, storytellers
and fiddlers. This is Joe's first
recording. The repertoire is diverse - from ancient song
melodies to modern book tunes. tune
listing Notation Sound
Clip The Boisdale Reel
- by Dan Hughie MacEachern Briogis Lachlan -
18th century Scottish strathspey Niel Gow's
Strathspey - by Duncan MacIntyre Pipe Reel -
traditional What Wad'na Fect
for Charlie - strathspey
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1. i. Stumpie -- strathspey, ii. London Lasses, iii. The Red Mill (Dan Hughie MacEachern)--reels.
2. i. Mrs. Crawford --slow strathspey, ii. Fenella --marching air (Paul Cranford, SOCAN), iii. Jessie Smith -- strathspey, iv. Homeward Bound -- reel
3. i. There Cam' A Young Man, ii. The Hills Of Glen Orchy, iii.I Lost My Love, iv. I Won't Do The Work, v. The Trippers, vi The Rover's Return --jigs
4. i. The Warlochs (Robert Lowe), ii. Bog An Lochan. (strathspeys), iii. Prince Charlie's, iv Johnny Wilmot's Fiddles (Elmer Briand) - reels
5. i. My Father's March, ii. The Brae's of Marr, iii. Briogis Lachlan (Knit The Pocky) -- strathspeys, iv.The Lasses of Stewarton, v. traditional pipe tune -- reels
6. Medley of Gaelic Songs
7. i. Lady Madelina Sinclair (Niel Gow), ii. Niel Gow's (Duncan MacIntyre) --strathspeys, iii.The Grey Old Lady of Raasay -pipe reel.
8. Dad's Second Jig
9. i. Lime Hill (Dan R. Macdonald, SOCAN), ii. Lady Betty Hay's (Daniel Dow), iii. Ca the Stirks -- strathspeys, iv.Father Francis Cameron's Reel (John Campbell), v. The Boisdale Reel (Dan Hughie MacEachern), vi. Miss Shepherd, (J. Scott Skinner) vii. John Of Badyendon -- reels
10 i. The Bobs of Fettercairn, ii. Munlochy Bridge -- strathspeys, iii. Lady Georgina Campbell reel.
11. i. Christie Campbell, ii. Anthony Murray --strathspeys, iii. Appin House, iv. The Bridge Of Bamore, v. Miss Wedderburn -- reels.
12. i. Miss Forbes Farewell To Banff (Isaac Cooper) -- march, ii. What Wad'na Fect for Charlie -- strathspey, iii. Traditional Reel
13. Dad's 2nd Jig
14. Cead Deireannach Nam Beann
15. i. The Highlanders Farewell To Ireland -- strathspey, ii. Muileann Dubh, iii. Hamish The Carpenter - reels.
16. i. Charlie MacLean's Strathspey, ii. Cameron's Got His Wife Again --strathspeys, iii. Homeward Bound , iv. General Stewart, v. Jenny Dang The Weaver -- reels.
17. i. James Cameron's March (Jerry Holland, SOCAN), ii. Johnny Pringle (Wm. Marshall), iii. Money Musk (Daniel Dow) -- strathspeys, iv. Nigeann Donn, v. The Honeymoon, vi. The Dismissal Reel (Sandy MacLean) -- reels.
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