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| Tape/Side | NPS-JFC-B-031-01-13 | Length m | 38m | Date rec’d | Quality | ||
| Title | Alnwick Gathering with Dennis Weatherly, Will Atkinson mouth organ. | Contents | LIve Concert(s?) to 27m, then Competition? | ||||
| Notes | Reference by MC to the audience having already heard bones and spoons so poss related to NPS-JFC-A-001-02-24?? Denis Weatherly may have been a professional singer so maybe Performing Rights issues depending on date | ||||||
| Help? | Identification of Will Atkinson’s tunes Identification of Border Hills Band tunes ? copyright status of Scott Skinner’s compositions? | 2nd half: | Identification of several tunes Confirmation that it’s three different performers Views on whether it’s a competition and if so when and where. | ||||
| Start-End | Performer | Tunes/Titles | Instruments | Notes | by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0:11:20 | Denis Weatherly named by MC at end, with his wife as accompanist | Footie Agyen the Wall (in progress); Sair Fyel’d, Hinny (named); The Shoemaker (named), Pot Pies and Puddings (named), Wor Nanny’s A Mazer (named) | Voice accompanied by piano | First song in progress as tape starts Pot Pies and Puddings is by Jack Robson of Wideopen; Wor Nanny’s A Mazer by Tommy Armstrong | MD |
| 11:20-18:25 | Billy Atkinson (named) Unnamed pianist | The Greencastle Hornpipe The Lass on the Strand aka The Belfast Hornpipe (but not the same as the Belfast Hornpipe that also goes under the title of Millicent’s Favourite) The Sunshine Hornpipe Unidentified Rant Unidentified Strathspey The Iron Man (J Scott Skinner) | Moothie (Mouth Organ) accompanied by piano | MD CO | |
| 18:38 -22:00 | random noises incl tuning up | MD | |||
| 22:00-23:20 | MC | Closing remarks | Closing remarks: Thanks to George Mitchell for organising the evening; | MD | |
| 23:20-27:01 | Border Hills Band | My Love She’s But a Lassie Yet Caddam Woods Teribus | Piano accordion, drums, fiddle? | “I’ve a recollection that the band at the Alnwick Gathering was usually a “scratch” band comprised of members of the Cheviot Ranters and other prominent local country dance musicians.” Chris Ormston | MD CO |
| 27:01-38:10 | Following are identified as three different pipers based on the very different sound of their Pipes. Reasonable quality live recording with audience noise and applause. | MD | |||
| 27:01-29:40 | Unidentified | Unidentified (fragment)/ Small Coals and Little Money; Unid/unid | Probably Northumbrian Smallpipes (NSP) Very full sound. | Starts in middle of tune | MD |
| 29:40-36:00 | Possibly Norman | Whittingham Green Lane/Lamshaw’s Fancy; unidentified; Scotland the Brave; | NSP | Preceded by “Righto Norman” spoken to someone; uncertain as to tune and pauses to retune drones. Piping competition? | MD |
| 36:00-38:01 | Unidentified | The Cuckoo’s Nest Unidentified air | NSP | No audible introduction | MD CO |
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