Gary West: The Islay Ball
Genre: Folk & Traditional
Catalogue Number: CDTRAX221
Released: 2001
On this his first solo album, Gary plays the Highland bagpipe, Scottish smallpipes and various whistles and is accompanied by such talents as Wendy Stewart[c/n](harps); Kath Campbel[c/n]l (piano & cello); Colin Campbell (fiddle); David Milligan (piano); Carlos Arredondo (vocals & guitar) and Tony McManus (bouzouki and guitar). One track features the ceilidh band, Hugh MacDiarmid's Haircut[c/n] (Gary, Colin Matheson, Marcos Watt & Stan Wilson).
The tunes are a mixture of Gary's own compositions, that of other composers and several traditional items. Tony McManus produced the album .
"The cutting edge of Gary's forceful piping" The Guardian
Tracklist
- The Mason's Apron
- Pipe Jigs of the Border Country
- Chi mi'n Gheamhraidh
- 2/4 Marches
- The Coupit Yowe
- The Plummeting Piper
- Kilworth Hills
- Scarce o Tatties
- A Camilo Jorge
- The Islay Ball
- Loosen the Ties
- Last Waltz at the Islay Ball
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