Killiecrankie:Anyone play it?

Subject: RE: Killiecrankie:Anyone play it?
From: GUEST,aiberdonian
Date: 01 Apr 05 - 07:57 AM

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

Subject: RE: Killiecrankie:Anyone play it?
From: GUEST,Scotus
Date: 01 Apr 05 - 09:21 AM

That's not Kenny Hadden is it?

Jack beck

Subject: RE: Killiecrankie:Anyone play it?
From: Boab
Date: 02 Apr 05 - 02:16 AM

Robert Burns noted an aside by this song "the verses are mine, but the chorus is very old...".[ I'm not quite sure in memory if he meant all verses, or some designated.]

Subject: RE: Killiecrankie:Anyone play it?
From: BanjoRay
Date: 02 Apr 05 - 10:42 AM

In January,I was driving the American old time band Tom, Brad and Alice to gigs around the UK, when Tom Sauber asked me if we'd be going anywhere near Killiekrankie, so I took them there from Glasgow and showed them the leap. Tom told me the reasion he'd wanted to go was that years ago he'd learned a hoedown tune from an old South Texas fiddler that was called Killemakrankie (or maybe kill 'em a cranky). Tom's tune bore no relation at all to the Scottish march tune, but was a fine reel. Anyone know anything?
Ray

Subject: RE: Killiecrankie:Anyone play it?
From: Big Tim
Date: 03 Apr 05 - 06:07 AM

The late Stuart Adamson of "Big Country" did a great rock version!

Subject: RE: Killiecrankie:Anyone play it?
From: GUEST,Steven
Date: 29 Jun 06 - 12:52 PM

Could anyone tell me the chords for Killcrakie, The Corries version. I cant find them anywhere.

Thanks alot.