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The Moon Was A​-​Waning

from The Ettrick Shepherd 1980 by McCalmans

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Here we go again, another song of misery. It was late-on in a recording session. I remember going into the studio and Bill Leader turning down the lights. The guys were in the pub and I sang it in one take with the D35 Martin guitar, then I bunged on another guitar. The singing style is pretentious to my ears.
Hamish came back from the pub and pitched in with his concertina part and I think I added a bowed psaltery.
Actually there are nice wee sounds in the instrumental but the song, which is about someone's husband dying of hypothermia (cruel but honest) but it was sung with too much pathos.
The sad sound of sympathetic, suicidal singing.

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from The Ettrick Shepherd 1980, released May 19, 2021
Two guitars played by Ian. Hamish on concertina.

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McCalmans Edinburgh, UK

Formed 1964, Edinburgh, studying Architecture. Ian McCalman, Derek Moffat, Hamish Bayne, for 18years.Then McCalman, Moffat, Nick Keir for 27yrs. Then McCalman, Keir, Stephen Quigg for 9yrs. 27 albums, multiple TV series. World tours. "Best live act" award, "Hall of Fame", "Hamish Henderson award", recorded 400 songs, retired 2010. folk singers, writers, talkers, travellers, Love Scotland. Friends! ... more

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