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Charles Kennedy’s father, Ian on the fiddle, and accompanied by Charles’ mother, Mary, on the piano

By | Fri 12th June 2015 - 4:00 pm

On Desert Island Discs, Charles Kennedy chose, as his one disc to take onto the island, his father, Ian Kennedy, playing “The Cameron Highlanders”. We were unable to find that version of the tune, so posted a version by someone else earlier. To make up for that, here’s two clips of Charles’ father, Ian, playing the fiddle.

Firstly, here’s Ian Kennedy from 2011, introducing and playing “The Dark Island”

Secondly, Ian Kennedy, “the Lochaber fiddler” on the fiddle accompanied by Mary Kennedy on the piano in British Columbia, Canada in 1987.

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