Welcome Whisky Back Again
| ID | JSS0084 |
| Title | Welcome Whisky Back Again |
| Document Reference | MS2726/77 |
| Format | 248 x 299 mm |
| Medium | pen & ink on music manuscript paper |
| Item Type | Manuscript |
| Subject | Music, Scottish Fiddle Music, Strathspey |
| Item Description | Skinner's manuscript of the strathspey 'Welcome Whisky back again' (by) Neil Gow / original Key B (flat). Below the music he adds that: for (a) racy anecdote of the veteran see 'Annals of Perthshire' (JSS0085). Gow (1727-1807) from Inver, Perthshire, was easily as famous then as Skinner was in his own time. He was renowned for his up-bow ('driven') stroke in strathspeys, and his landlord and patron, the Duke of Atholl (see JSS0083) was a life-long friend. Gow wrote the 'very slow and pathetic' Farewell to Whisky when distilling was prohibited in 1799 due to poor harvests. His Whisky, Welcome Back Again [sic] did just that on its return. |
| Creator | James Scott Skinner |
| Creator Manuscript | James Scott Skinner |
| Time Period | 1890's - 1900's |
| Related Images | MS2726/77 (attached words) |
| Relationships | JSS0085, JSS0086 |
| Location | University of Aberdeen |
| Collection Name | Harp & Claymore |
| Copyright | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/documents/copyright |
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