Six Nations time and i enjoyed recording my own version of Scotland's unofficial anthem. The song was composed in the mid-1960s by Roy Williamson of the folk group the Corries. Since the 1990s it has become the anthem sung by Scottish rugby players before a match. Enjoy!
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FLOWER OF SCOTLAND

Flower of Scotland  is a Scottish song, frequently performed on special occasions and at sporting events as an unofficial national anthem of Scotland.
The song was composed in the mid-1960s by Roy Williamson of the folk group The Corries. It was first heard publicly in a 1967 BBC television series. The words refer to the victory of the Scots, led by Robert I, over Edward II of England at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.
It has always been a favourite of mine, but it is one of those songs that seems to be either loved or hated by the Scots. My arrangement of the song is very much in a folk tradition but with the added snare drums to give it a military feel, to embody the historic events depicted in the lyrics. 
As well as a guest vocalist who prefers to remain anonymous, I also used a guest fiddle player on the track who performs and records under her stage name “Shimna”

Flower Of Scotland

Adaptation of Scottish folk song composed by Hugh Roberts

Mingulay Boat Song

Voice, guitar, uilleann pipes, bouzouki. I live near Bergamo, Italy. 
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Since I first picked up a guitar at the age of 14, music has dominated my leisure time. As a teenager growing up in the 60s, I was influenced by the folk music revival in that decade as well as the renewed interest in blues music. Over the years, my love of varying musical genres has fluctuated with the various trends of each subsequent decade, but at heart, my love of the simplicity of acoustic arrangements tends to pervade. 

I am now retired and I am dedicating my remaining years to systematically recording as much of the music that I have played throughout my life as I can remember. My recorded works are put into collections to represent their relevance to me. They are presently:

“The Lincolnshire Poacher” - My earliest recordings in 2012/2013 with a collection of predominantly folk tunes that reminds me of where music playing began for me.

“Backlog” - a random collection of pieces that have become important to me over the last 50 years. Some of them are my own compositions. I anticipate that this collection will eventually be the largest as I gradually remember more and more pieces from my past playing.

“Synergy” - a range of music, both old and new, where I have collaborated with others in their creation

“Legacy” - predominantly pieces from the “classical” music world that have inspired me, and I have wanted to finally arrange in my own way.

“Taking Flight” - new pieces that are all personal compositions.

In all my recordings, the guitar tends to figure as the central instrument. In many pieces I have added other orchestral instrument sounds to enhance the arrangement. These have been created on my Roland digital piano.

New tracks tagged #the corries