(probably) Scottish tune - need info

Subject: (probably) Scottish tune - need info
From: Scabby Douglas
Date: 28 Jul 10 - 08:43 PM

Hi - this tune has been driving me nuts - can't get it out of my head. It's *probably* a Scottish tune - and the pacing of it I have in my head, I would describe it as a march. I have recorded a very very rough version of it here: http://lnk.ms/9n8zL

Please can someone tell me : what it's called, who wrote it (if known), and when?

I'd be very grateful.

thanks


Steven

Subject: RE: (probably) Scottish tune - need info
From: Scabby Douglas
Date: 28 Jul 10 - 08:45 PM

Meant to say... it's just the badly-played mandolin snippet I need a name for - please ignore other tracks that might start afterwards.

Thanks

Subject: RE: (probably) Scottish tune - need info
From: Gutcher
Date: 29 Jul 10 - 03:41 AM

Steven
The tune is called " CALUM"S ROAD ". It was composed by Donald Shaw,
at the time,a member of the group " Capercaillie ".
It was written to commemorate the building of a road in the Isle of
Raasay by a crofter, Calum MacLeod,two miles long and with no
mechanical aids, just a pick, shovel and wheelbarrow.
the tune has become very popular in recent years with S.D.B"s
Joe.

Subject: RE: (probably) Scottish tune - need info
From: Scabby Douglas
Date: 29 Jul 10 - 05:16 AM

Joe

Thank you very much indeed. That's really interesting. I'd have thought it was older than that - but had a feeling it was under fifty years old.


Thanks for taking the time.

Regards


Steven