Ptarmigan Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Roslin Castle. . Robert Burns composed his song - 'Farewell to the Banks of Ayr' ( The gloomy night is gath'ring fast )' in 1786 to this old Air. Played on English Concertina. Lockdown Video #533 Cheers, Dick 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Hare Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 (edited) Nice! ABC and PDF in Paul Hardy's Session Tune book (https://pghardy.net/tunebooks/index.html). I first heard this 40+ years ago on the Martin Wyndham-Reade LP 'Songs and Music of the Redcoats', played by the band of the Royal Scots Guards, IIRC. Edited March 15 by lachenal74693 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 3 hours ago, lachenal74693 said: I first heard this 40+ years ago... And as I’ve pointed out elsewhere, as far as I’ve been able to determine, the very first YouTube of a solo person playing a concertina in a self-made video was Danny Chapman (RatFace here on concertina.net) playing Roslin Castle in 2006. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Hare Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 1 hour ago, David Barnert said: ...as far as I’ve been able to determine, the very first YouTube of a solo person playing a concertina in a self-made video was Danny Chapman...playing Roslin Castle in 2006. Oh, wow, a little bit of history! That goes into the notes accompanying the tune in my ABC Tune Book! Ta! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 3 hours ago, David Barnert said: And as I’ve pointed out elsewhere, as far as I’ve been able to determine, the very first YouTube of a solo person playing a concertina in a self-made video was Danny Chapman (RatFace here on concertina.net) playing Roslin Castle in 2006. I forgot to include a link! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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