Scottish Fiddle Master

Seems to have 4 names but 3 tunes. Does anyone know how these properly match up?

Also, how has there not been a comment on this yet? It’s a great record!

The third tune on track 5 is actually a traditional reel called “James Millar, Bullionfield”.

Nigel, that’s a good tune. I particularly like “The Morrisonian” strathspey, do you know anything about it?

Thanks to the information on Gonnella you’ve put up on your site, Nigel, I was able to answer my question about “The Morrisonian Strathspey”: composed by the fiddler. Seems Gonnella was a decent tunesmith as well as a brilliant player. Again, thanks for compiling that info on him.

Morrison’s Academy is in the next street from me in the wee town of Crieff, Perthshire, and it’s where Ron Gonnella was a teacher. He published at least one book of his own compositions (’The New Atholl Collection" 1986), but he wrote many more than is in that book.

I assumed it had to do with Morrison’s Academy based on its authorship and your notes about Gonnella’s connection to it. Thanks for the confiramation. 🙂

This is back in my focus again, as the strathspey “Dandie Dinmont” (track 3, first tune) has gotten stuck in my head over the last day. Such a great tune, and so magnificently interpreted. It’s one of the only times I can think of when Gonnella recorded a tune in a minor key. Nigel can correct me if I’m wrong.