Oban Set

Dick Glasgow

The Sound of Kerrera: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/12185
Maurice Duncan’s trip to Ballycastle: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/12170
Gylen Castle: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/12186
McCaig’s Tower: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/12188

A set of Scottish tunes composed by Dick Glasgow & played on Fiddle, Mandolin, Tenor Guitar, Tenor Banjo & Swedish Nyckelharpa.

If you would like to hear a Nyckelharpa only version, then follow this link:
https://vimeo.com/50121805

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The March was written to celebrate a recent visit to Ballycastle, in Co. Antrim, of the excellent Scottish Fiddler Maurice Duncan.

The other three tunes celebrate Oban in Argyll & remind me of a magical family holiday I had, as a boy back in the early ’60s on the island of Kerrera. To reach the island, we had to sail across the Sound of Kerrera.
As well as the wonderful scenery & calm, tranquil nature of the place, I remember many happy hours spent Bird Watching & Fishing. I even saw my first wild Otter, while fishing off the rocks, looking over the Sound of Kerrera towards Oban.

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Oban:
http://www.oban.org.uk/

Kerrera:
http://www.ikdt.co.uk/

Gylen Castle, built in 1582:
http://www.argyllcoast.co.uk/scotland_castles/gylen_castle.htm

McCaig’s Tower:
http://www.obanargyll.com/mccaigs-tower.html

Oban & Lorne Strathspey & Reel Society:
spanglefish.com/olsrs/index.asp?pageid=270244

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