I wrote this tune this morning for my friend Louise, who sadly died yesterday. We hadn't kept in touch much over the last two years and I didn't know she was ill until very recently. 

I know Louise from the German course we both attended in Landau 16 years ago. She kindly arranged for me to come in from the cold busking streets and play in the bar she worked at. Later I played at the opening of the pub that her and her partner Mark set up in Landau. The pub is a real success and I played there many times over the years and it was always a good chance to catch up with Louise and marvel at how popular she was with the staff and customers. No wonder - she was always smiling and always good fun. 

I can imagine there is a strange silence in that bar tonight...

So this tune is for Louise Brennan of Brennan's Pub in Landau. And it's for Mark and their girls and all their family and friends. She'll never be forgotten. 

The Quiet Bar - Fiddle Version

I thought I would head in a traditional vein this week. 3 reels from one of Scotland's top fiddle composers William Marshall (nineteenth century). There are 3 tunes:

Mr Alexander Laing's Hornpipe (E Major)
Master Frank Romily (F Major)
Mr John Angus' Reel (E Major)

I think the final reel may have been played as a strathspey due to the 2nd part but it's too late to worry about that...

William Marshall Reels

Two more fantastic William Marshall tunes from the 2nd volume of a collection of Scottish Melodies , Reels, Strathspeys. Both fiddle tunes are in F major and I loved them as soon as I played them. They are the precursor to my Private Dancer piece which I recorded directly afterwards. Don't know what was going on there.

The Duchess of Buccleuch / The Duke of Buccleuch

Here are some excerpts from the Broom Bezzums album, No Smaller Than the World. Release date: 23rd October 2015
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Broom Bezzums - No Smaller Than The World - Album Trailer

Here is an unmixed track from one of Scotland top ever bands Deaf Shepherd. It's a set of reels!

Malcy's Reels

My final track of 2015 is a... Christmas carol. Seems fitting! Originally written in Latin as Adeste Fideles, Oh Come, All Ye Faithful  is a Christmas carol which has been attributed to various authors, including John Francis Wade (1711–1786), with the earliest copies of the hymn all bearing his signature, John Reading (1645–1692) and King John IV of Portugal (1604–1656). Thankyou Wikipedia!! 

The Quiet Bar - Fiddle Version

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