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Thread #16531 Message #1448884
Posted By: GUEST,aiberdonian
01-Apr-05 - 07:57 AM
Thread Name: Killiecrankie:Anyone play it?
Subject: RE: Killiecrankie:Anyone play it?
Jack Beck is absolutely correct[ How are you, Jack ? - long time no see ]. There's the song [ie - with words ] "Killiecrankie", made famous by the "Corries" I would suggest, and regularly murdered in pubs far and wide by people who look like they came off the front of a shortbread tin. Fair enough if you like that sort of thing.
But the air "Killiecrankie" is a different beast altogether. I think it was originally a harp/clarsach piece, and Alison Kinnaird has a particularly fine version recorded featuring Cathal McConnell on whistle. The sleeve notes [ sorry - can't remember which CD it's on ] have full information on the tune's origins, and I think it is the predecessor of the Irish version "Planxty Davies", which was indeed recorded by Nic Jones and Finbar Furey [ "Roy's Hands" - mentioned above - is a completely different tune ]. I too prefer the harp piece.
Kenny