Nigel Gatherer's First Collection of Tunes

Nigel Gatherer has always composed music, and some of his tunes have been played in sessions, recorded on CDs and used in teaching purposes. In response to many requests, he has now compiled many of these tunes into a new publication, the grandly named Nigel Gatherer's First Collection of Reels, Jigs, Strathspeys, Marches, Airs, Polkas and Waltzes. His understanding and love of the idiom has meant that Nigel's tunes fit very much into the tradition.

Contents:

• Air for America slow air composed after 11th September 2001
• Air for Linda slow air for a late art school friend
• Alan Shute's jig in tribute to a fine accordionist and a fine man
• Alison & Iwan's waltz composed for a wedding
• Alligan Burn slow march
• Anna-Wendy's jig in tribute to Anna Wendy Stevenson, the fiddler
• Auchindrain slow reel
• Ballintra House march
• Bass Rock Hermit strathspey named for St Baldred of East Lothian
• Bill & Morag's waltz composed for my late father's wedding
• Braid Burn (waltz) the Braid Burn is in Edinburgh
• Cas-Chrom, The reel named after the Gaelic foot-plough
• Compliments to Finlay Allison jig for someone I look up to
• Cowan Road (jig) where Johnny Cradden lived once upon a time
• Crowe's Nest polka for Jim Crowe
• Crown At Portpatrick waltz titled after a particularly nice meal
• East Parkside slow air named for a street where I rediscovered my love of music
• Gorgie Farm jig for a city farm in Edinburgh
• Innerpeffray Chapel reel
• John Carmichael's Welcome march for a great accordionist
• Johnny Cradden's reel for someone who was musically influential to me
• Jonesy's jig for Alan Jones of East Kilbride
• June's reel for my beautiful June McEwan
• Knock, The reel named for the hill at the back of Crieff
• Lewis's Air slow air for a former band-mate's baby
• London's Big jig in reference to the town of Biggar
• Morag Turner's reel for my stepmother
• My Beautiful Mandolin Friend slow air for my late friend Alison Stephens
• Nuala's jig for Nuala Kennedy, musician extraordinaire
• Rusty Nail reel named after a cocktail - a mixter of Scotch and Bourbon
• Sandy Gatherer's jig for my uncle, Dr Alex Gatherer
• Seonaid Lynn's reel for a fiddler in Edinburgh
• Soggy Path, The polka - after a walk on Skye
• Stairhead Critics reel
• Water Wynd reel named after the former name of the street where I live in Crieff
• Weaver, The polka for Alan Jones of East Kilbride
• Wistfulness slow air inspired by Wiston Lodge, Lanarkshire