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Tuesday, 04 September 2007 |
Gordon Duncan died in December 2005, aged 41. He is widely recognised for his fresh and sometimes radical approach to highland piping. A grand tribute!
Album: Just for Gordon Buy direct from Footstompin
The CD “Just For Gordon” consists of vintage ‘live’ solo material gleaned from BBC archives, competition performances at Festival Interceltique, Lorient, Brittany, 1997, and the The Scottish Pipers’ Association Knockout Competition of 1993, plus some tracks from a limited issue Cassette of 1990 and a solo track from the Vale of Athol Pipe Band, Motherwell Concert, of 1996. The album has a playing time of 76 minutes.
Gordon Duncan, from Pitlochry in Perthshire, was widely regarded as one of the most skilled and innovative traditional music performers and composers of modern times. While steeped in the art of traditional highland piping, his approach to his music was always imaginative, fresh and at times radical, to the extent that his influence can be heard within an entire generation of younger musicians across Scotland and well beyond. Gordon died in December 2005, aged 41.
The Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust has now been formed to raise funds for the promotion of piping and other forms of traditional music amongst young people in Scotland.
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"..Allow Gordon's music on this Cd to touch your soul and, raise a glass to the memory of the msn - this one Gordie - is - "Just for you" - "your music says it all"."........Hamish Moore
Track list1. Set of Reels ‘Pipeline’ Session 2. Solo Set. Vale of Atholl PB Motherwell Concert 3. Set from The Scottish Pipers Assoc Knockout Comp. Final 4. Solo Set. Broadcast by TheVale of Atholl PB 5. Scottish Selection (MSR) at ‘The MacAllan’ Piping comp. L’Orient 6. Pibroch – from a cassette only release 7. Two Marches - from a cassette only release 8. Set of Jigs ‘Pipeline’ Session 9. Set from The Scottish Pipers Assoc Knockout Comp. Final 10. Mr & Mrs Duncan’s Golden Wedding Set from ‘Pipeline’ Session 11. Four Jigs– from a cassette only release 12. Breton Selection at ‘The MacAllan’ Piping comp. L’Orient 13. Thunderstruck Set ‘Pipeline’ Session 14. Charlotte - - from a cassette only release (bonus track) |