Gary West: The Islay Ball

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Media: CD
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

  1. The Mason's Apron
  2. Pipe Jigs of the Border Country
  3. Chi mi'n Gheamhraidh
  4. 2/4 Marches
  5. The Coupit Yowe
  6. The Plummeting Piper
  7. Kilworth Hills
  8. Scarce o Tatties
  9. A Camilo Jorge
  10. The Islay Ball
  11. Loosen the Ties
  12. Last Waltz at the Islay Ball

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