Tannahill Weavers - Leaving St Kilda

The Tannahill Weavers are one of Scottish music’s most consistently exciting bands, known for their blazing, high-energy combination of highland pipes, flutes and percussive guitars. The five-piece band that recorded Leaving St. Kilda [1996] is the Tannahill Weavers’ most versatile lineup ever. Their new member, Duncan Nicholson, is another in the line of Tannies’ pipers that has also included Allan MacLeod and Kenny Forsyth, and his masterful playing of the highland pipes is matched by his skill on the Scottish smallpipes. Band stalwart Roy Gullane (guitar, vocals) is getting better with every passing year. His singing, rich and craggy, is an integral part of the hallmark Tannahill Weavers sound. Phil Smillie, the band’s other original member, plays the flute and whistle, and adds the thunder of the bodhran to the group’s driving arrangements. Les Wilson’s fiercely strummed bouzouki, atmospheric keyboards, and booming bass pedals are indispensable to the Tannahill sound, while John Martin (formerly of The Easy Club and Ossian) brings the lift and swing of the Scottish fiddle into the group’s arrangements. All together, these boys make a mighty sound that shouldn’t be missed!

1 Good Drying Set: Good Drying/The MacFarlanes/The Whistlebinkies Reel/Mulhair's Reel...
2 Hieland Harry: Hieland Harry/The Wee Highland Laddie (2nd Part)/Lieutenant Colonel D.J.S. M
3 The Rigs O Rye
4 The Athol Gathering: The Arthol Gathering/Donald MacLeod Reel
5 St. Kilda Set: Leaving St. Kilda/Major W. Knox, M.C./The Highland Brigade At Magersfontein
6 The Shearin's No For You
7 The Three Healths
8 Crann Tar Set: Angus G. MacLeod/Crann Tara/Fiona MacLeod
9 The Wars O' Germany
10 Islay Charms Set: Donald MacLeod/Islay Charms/Alena MacAskill/Donnie MacGregor
11 Last May A Braw Wooer
12 Farewell You Silver Darlin's

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Tannahill Weavers - Leaving St Kilda