Every time I hear this, I imagine myself just rocking gently on the front porch here in the Great smoky Mountains of East Tennessee with a pipe bowl full of my favorite tobacco and a glass of a good 20 yr. Scotch....ahhhh....peace. Seriously, I could listen to this all day.
+riojcp Indeed. A wonderful confluence of talent and soul. I am constantly amazed, though, at how very many "wonderful confluences of talent and soul" include Jerry Douglas. There is a myth that someday he will miss a note, and this will mark the end of the world. This is silly superstition, of course. Jerry Douglas is never going to miss a note.
I fell in love with this lady through her music and then I saw her in Dunkeld Cathedral and was blown away. A wonderful fiddle player and a lovely lady.
Une musique incroyablement émouvante. Une interprétation remarquable, de simplicité et d'émotion, de Jenna Reid et son ensemble. Je bénis cette nuit d'insomnie où j'ai découvert cette mélodie. Merci, merci mille fois..
Beautiful tune very well played by all. This rendition shows the musicians' profound respect for Sir Hector, the music and for each other. Extremely well done and very touching.
This lament was written by James Scott Skinner for Major General Sir Hector Archibald MacDonald, KCB, DSO (4 March 1853 - 25 March 1903) born at Rootfield, near Dingwall, in later life he was also know in gaelic as Eachann nan Cath ('Hector of the Battles', Fighting Mac) The son of a crofter and stonemason he was promoted through the ranks of the British Army on merit alone, he was disliked by the ruling classess as he not born a gentleman. There was rumours circulated about Sir Hector forcing him to end his life, by shooting himself in a Paris hotel on 25/03/1903. RIP Sir Hector
depends who's readin the books ma man - he's no' lost and no' forgotten - no' by those who matter - a reminiscence of a time in Danny's Inn when some Austrian green jacket fellies fae the south asked for more Jock music now there was a jock who got their asses out of a hole or two starting wi' several Boer-holes!
beautiful interpretation of this tune. I have recently learnt this tune at feis rois and our classroom overlooks the monument erected to Sir Hector, adding a wee lump to the throat as we play it
Ah beautiful. Jenna Reid and Julie Fowlis were on tour in the U.S. earlier this year. I am amazed by the talent these young ladies possess. Jenna's incredible performance with the fiddle was awesome. She leaves a nice lasting impression, may she fare well in all that she does.
what a beautiful performance of this lovely tune. I wish I could play and sound like that. just stunning. we occasionally play this in the Saturday class at the reel with Jennifer Wrigley. definitely one of my favourite pieces of music.
I've played this tune many times on the pipes. Jenna did a smashing job and having Jerry Douglas along just made a good thing even better. Now it's time to learn that one on my dobro. Topadh lei a' Campbell
Hector McDonald a crofters son from Dingwall Invernessire. Who was a leader of men who greatly respected him. He died in Paris after shooting himself, due to some stupid so called superiors in the British army spreading some pathetic stories about him. He has a lovely monument on the hill just outside Dingwall in his memory.
One of the truly great tunes, I've also heard on the Pipes as well as the fiddle. The Scottish Celtic rock band Wolfstone does an amazing rendition of this.
im playing this in a competition in november so im learning it at the moment, i dont learn using sheet music and only by ear really so its so much easier to hear someone play it rather than space out looking at the sheet music 😅
Maybe your gran's fiddle somehow ended up in my shop and I refurbished it for a young person to play. It's what I do to those wonderful old fiddles. And BTW, it's never too old to start playing. I'm in mid-60s and after 2 years of fiddle lessons, I'm playing in jam sessions and open mic events. It's great fun playing with other musicians. Always learning.
Good news for all fans is the release of the DVD "Transatlantic Sessions: Series 3" bringing together the best of Nashville, Ireland and Scotland to perform what has been called "the greatest backporch shows ever". All of the six half-hour programmes from the BBC/RTÉ TV series are included, recorded in a beautiful old converted farm steading in the Perthshire Highlands.
Saw Jenna Reid preform at An Lanntair in Stornoway just about 2 years ago to this day. Gave a fine performance that night, something I expect is the norm with her.
This part of a series of TV presentations Jerry Douglas organized. The premise was bringing American and British Isles trad players together. There is a DVD set with all the episodes. Wish I could remember the name of the series.
Yeah, from the East side it was Aly and John. From over here it was Jerry Douglas and Pat McGrath. Pat was touring with Maura O'Connell in and around that time. Pat, Pat Flynn, Jerry Douglas, Altan, Bela Fleck and a dozen other players were being cross pollinated a ton. The Yank players were being exposed to trad B.I. sessions while the Celt players were playing alot of bluegrass and acoustic country/blues in jams around Nashville. Being around it was really an exciting time, musically for me. The live version of Aly and John doing HTH on a collection of songs from the Green Linnet samplers is my favorite. It's where I also discovered Music For A Found Harmonium wasn't just backdrop for a car commercial. lol
very natural and comfortable playing. Skillfully played with flair and from the heart. Does what music is supposed to do "tell a story and evoke emotion."
@DawnMelodyMusic A Dobro is essentially a six-string guitar with a metal, usually aluminum soundboard, imbedded within the spruce wood top. It provides a resonating 'twang' sound and projects the string vibration from the body through vents cut in the aluminum. The strings are usually set high off of the fretboard so a slide can be used. Gibson Guitars owns the trademark.
