Sound Recording, [Northumberland]

Description

Joe Hutton , [?recorded at home in Northumberland], plays the Northumbrian small-pipes [severe drop out after c. 1 min. for approx. 30 secs.]; plays two tunes, including a hornpipe; discusses his and other pipers' repertoires; learning tunes and the influence of Billy Pigg; plays ? 'Glen Allan'; learning tunes from books; tune tempi; preference for playing with accompanist; discusses tunes 'Heroes of Glencoe'and 'Plains of Boyd'; playing technique; JH's tutor George Armstrong; tune notation; plays a hornpipe by Mary Newton; plays 'Memories' by Tom Clough; plays 'Ash Grove' (variation) from a Jimmy Shand 78 record; talk of Tom Clough and the Clough family; JH's playing style; plays Irish hornpipe; differences between Irish and Northumbrian hornpipes. [First two minutes blank]; JH plays various hornpipe and reel tunes, accompanied on the piano by [?his daughter] Doreen Hutton. 4 of 8.

Metadata

Identifier gtzy5gy8
IRN 414366
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A315r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/gtzy5gy8
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Harrison, Stephen
Date 8 June 1976
Size and Medium 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 80' 38".

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