Monday, May 25, 2009

Loch Lomond


First published in 1841, this is thought to be a song written at the time of the Jacobite Uprising in 1745.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Calum Sqaire

A sad Gaelic tune

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Bunessan


This Scottish-Gaelic melody was used to by Mary MacDonald 1789-1872 for here hymn Child in a Manager, then later in 1931 for the hymn, Morning Has Broken.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Charmaine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charmaine_(song)"Charmaine" is a popular song written by Erno Rapee, with lyrics by Lew Pollack. The song was written in 1926 and published in 1927. However, Desmond Carrington on his BBC Radio 2 programme marked the song's writing as being in 1913.

The song was originally in waltz time, but later versions were in common time.

I am using a 2003 J.W. Green fiddle.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Sweet Sunny South


This song is played using a Claw-Hammer picking style with a technique called Drop Thumb that I learned from Mr. Clyde Davenport.