The sleeping tune THIS WILL SEND A SHIVER DOWN YOUR SPINE !!!!

[Luckey]

I am deeply moved by that piece!

[beloitpiper]

Beautiful! Does anybody have the mp3 file?

[Arlen]

Wow.
Absolutely beautiful.
I'm also going to ask if anyone has an MP3 or knows where I can buy a copy.

[Warhoover]

Arlen and beloitpiper,

If you look at one of my earlier posts I have put a link to the album site on Tradtunes.com. You can buy the individual tracks or the whole album if you wish. It's track 3 "Gillies" on the album and its the first half of the tune.

[ccga3359]

So this paticular piece is not Gordon Duncan's work?

[Warhoover]

It is my understanding the Gordon played off and on with Wolfstone, whether it was full time or not I do not know but he is credited on a couple of Wolfstone albums.I understand it was Gordon that played pipes on the "Sleeping Tune" (the first half of the "Gilles track) and not Stevie Saint. If anyone can correct me if I am wrong please do.

[beloitpiper]

I caved and bought the individual track from iTunes. The rest of the tune is really amazing as well!

Warhoover, I'm pretty sure that was Duncan, seeing as how he wrote that tune.

[ccga3359]

With such a haunting tune in my head and a Gordon Duncan cd on the way (Just for Seamus), I searched for the Wolfstones album (The half tail) and order that as well. Sure glad I like the pipes.

[McG]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK9LXdl-6eo

The sleeping tune by the late and much missed Gordon Duncan

by Wolfstone featuring Gordon on the pipes

absolutly incredible
the Pics are of Gordon

Gordon was renown for his incredible speed, but just listen to the emotion he gets into the pipes - an instrument sometimes criticised for having no dynamics

Is it possible tae git the sheet music fur that tune Daz?

[highlander_Daz]

Its Is Gordon o the CD, He wrote the tune and performed on a fairly regular basis with Wolfstone and the Tanhill weavers, as well as the Vale of Atholl pipe band.

He did write some tremendous tunes, and played some tremendous performances, there is a tune called "Lorient mornings" on the Thunderstruck album which has a similar haunting feel , strangly Gordons chanter is very slightly flat on the intro to this tune which adds to the haunting feel of the tune, it starts of as a slow air and develops into a frightningly menacing tune. a new CDs just been relesed called "just for Gordon" featuring sessions for the BBC various live recordings rare tracks as well as a head to head in a pipeing competition (Gordon wins)
I wish someone would write a book about him, he we such an intersting character, one story features him connecting his irish whistle to the oxygen mask on a aeroplane, another throwing himself through the xray machine at an airport, one time he played for a group of children and played "how much is that doggy in the window" and lets his drones drift in and out to make a barking noise,

he would scandalise traditionalists by sometimes performing in jeans or a baseball cap, using C and F naturals, combining piobaireachd and dance beats, yet he won countless traditional pipeing competitions and twice won the Macallan trophy.

Gordons Wicki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Duncan

McG PM me if you want the sheet music