Annotation:Glen Grant

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GLEN GRANT. Scottish, Canadian; Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by C. Grant in honor of the disctict. The original site of the distillery that gave birth to the famous Glen Grant label was at Dandaleith, although nowadays the whiskey is distilled in Rothes. Paul Cranford says the first Cape Breton fiddler to record the tune was Bill Lamey. Not to be confused with Skinner's "Glengrant."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 125. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 10, No. 3, p. 8.

Recorded sources: A & M Records 79602 2000-2, Ashley MacIsaac - "Close to the Floor" (1992). Rounder CD 11661-7033-2, Natalie MacMaster - "My Roots are Showing" (2000).

See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]



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