Medley - Farewell to Uist, The Lochaber Badger, RIP the Badger: Fred Morrison - whistle and pipes Michael McGoldrick - whistle and pipes Donal Lunny - bouzouki Jerry Douglas - dobro
Fred is obsessed with music. He never sleeps, I spent some time with him a few years ago in Cape Breton and he would stay up all night playing tunes by himself. He's amazing! Nice guy
This is definitly one of my favourite clips of the whole series. I love Fred Morrisons face at 3:16. It's like he's surprised by the sound they're producing. The bouzouki, dobro and pipes blend so well together.
+Bverlooy and the funny thing is that Michael McGoldrick looks at the window, as if Fred Morrisons saw a gost ! :) Great music... I love it all so much!!
Jerry Douglas. He's been around a while in bluegrass and country circuits, including Alison Krauss and Union Station. He has also recorded with Tony Rice, J.D. Crowe, Ricky Skaggs, and many others. A number of good albums out under his own name as well.
Great music -Fred makes it look so easy -the sure sign of a master performer .This is an excellent combination of skills for all the players...lets see more like this -makes a change from the strained glum faces
. sma sinn. Tomtscotland, your efforts are much appreciated by this RU-vid user.Between Transatlantic and Highland sessions and what other folk download onto RU-vid; it makes me bluidy homesick at times. Tha mi fada'nad chomain. Moran taing, Tom. .
One word...Magic! couldn't be anything else with these guys..... :) tomtscotland - virtually all vids you have here are wonderfull, it's a great collection...keep 'm coming! I subscribed anyway. Thanks!
Michael McGoldrick eventually switched to playing goldies instead of Kerry Pro, so it could possibly be a Goldie. You can tell the difference easily on the tunable models because the tuning slide is different (the kerry pro has an external slide, and the goldies is internal), but it appears he is playing an untunable one here, so it's hard telling which, as they look nearly identical.
+yassy588 I don't think climate in general affects pipes. They can be somewhat adjusted, but if it's below freezing outside, I found them to be extremely difficult. Temperature variations may affect them, like when you tune up in an air conditioned room and then play outside.
Rip the Calico seems a tad fast but very rousing, at least for me. Love Lochaber Badger especially though, wonder tune, and that dobro fits nicely. Not sure what Fred was thinking there with replacing an entire phrase with a repeated ornament though.... good nonetheless, and wow, Donal Lunny certainly looks different than when he was with The Bothy Band...
Does anyone know whether the title 'Farewell to Uist' is real or an error? Last I know, Fred Morrison hadn't named the waltz that he plays alongside Lochaber Badger, and farewell to Uist is a very different tune, but it is possible the two have the same name.
