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Barbara Allen (Bawbie Allen)
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Bell Robertson's Scottish words to Barbara Allen, from the Greig Duncan Collection, with a conflated tune
singer songwriter acoustic folk british guitarist song celtic traditional fingerstyle scottish scotland guitar kelso
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Solo singer-songwriter and tunesmith playing British fingerstyle steel and nylon string guitar, and historic instruments. Scots and Irish influences.
I've been writing and playing songs and tunes since teenage years in folk clubs and pubs. I co-organise the Kelso Friday night live music sessions at the Cross Keys (hosted singaround 7.45-10pm) and Cobbles Inn (10-12pm open mic with The Cobbles Band) with the help of many friends. All welcome! Visit us at kelsofolkandlive co uk. It is worth clicking on the tab because the sound quality of my tracks is far higher than the auto player on this page. Many can be streamed or downloaded at 320KBps and the enhancement for solo guitar/voice far exceeds the benefit you get for highly compressed band recordings. My recordings are full dynamic, not compressed. Just select Hi-Fi for the first song, and an MP3 high bitrate window will open - you will still get a sequence of songs. Most of my downloads are free, but some 320KBps tracks are paid-for. These are selected because they make up my main instrumental album. I now have a YouTube page and have started doing some video recordings for fun: @daviddkilpatrick I have mainly played Lowden guitars since 1999. I current play a 1985 S5FN (nylon string), 1986 S22 (jumbo O-size mahogany/cedar), and 1995 S32 (small body rosewood/spruce). I also play my own 1997-built Martin 'kit' Grand Auditorium rosewood/spruce, a Sigma OM-T, Furch Little Jane, Tacoma Papoose, Guild 8-string baritone, Vintage V880 parlour guitar and Gordon Giltrap signature model, a Troubadour mahogany/spruce classical and an Adam Black 12-string. And that's just the guitars... also viola, mandolin, mandola, waldzither, bouzouki, Appalachian dulcimer, low D whistle, keyboards.
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Peak #29
Peak in subgenre #4
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David Kilpatrick
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David Kilpatrick 2005
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May 18, 2005
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MP3 5.1 MB 192 kbps 3:42
Story behind the song
This was originally part of a long recording made with all the versions of the Barbara Allen tune shown in the Greig Duncan Collection, in response to a request from a classical guitar newsgroup. I finished the recording with this complete rendition of one set of words, and here I've cut all the introductory examples of tunes, and just left the final choice which I made from all the variations and the words.
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David Kilpatrick
Sep 11, 2010
Thanks, Briar Rose. I don't have much time now for recording, so I neglect Soundclick too much (I did not even know there were Comments...). Too busy with our local music sessions, which have taken off to the point we can't fit all the people in. Last night we had an entire Morris dance side from Yorkshire turn up... great!
Briar Rose
Nov 20, 2008
I love all your music, and this is a particular favorite! I can and have played this for hours at a stretch. I never tire of it. Your SoundClick catalogue is very impressive. One of my SC stations showcases Scottish music. The program is currently four hours long--and almost half the tunes are yours! Thank you for this enjoyment.