CECIL MACKENZIE. Scottish, Pipe Strathspey (whole time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Cecil MacKenzie" was composed by piper Rod Campbell (1873-1937). Paul Stewart Cranford (2015) notes that Campbell's student, John Wilson, moved to Ontario after World War II and became highly influential in the piping community there. The tune was recorded under the title "Appin House" by fiddlers John A. MacDonald and, later, by Howie MacDonald, although this title for the tune may be a misnomer.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Cranford (The Cape Breton Highland Collection), 2015; p. 3. Logan’s Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music vol. 2, c. 1905; No. 17, p. 11.
Recorded sources : - JC-123, John Campbell - "Heritage Remembered." Rodeo Records RLP-75, John A. MacDonald - "Marches, Strathspeys, Reels & Jigs of the Cape Breton Scot."
See also listing at : Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]
