Guest Musicians: Ruthie Dornfeld, fiddle; Doug Scott, hammer dulcimer; Barbara Russell,
bass and harp; Gary McGrath, drums
“Milestone albumfor the Boston Celtic community” –Boston Globe “Precious artistic jewel ... no lover of Scottish music should miss the opportunity to acquire a copy.” –TACTalk (Teachers’ Assoc. Canada
1 Lord Huntly's Cave (march, J.S. Skinner) / The Rocket Hornpipe / Mackin Street
(hornpipe, Ed Pearlman)
2 The Mill Mill O (song/strathspey) / New Claret (918 jig) / Loch Earn (reel, Nath.
Gow) / Earl of Breadalbane's Hermitage(reel, Niel Gow) / Bob Johnson's Reel
3 Laura's Slow Reel (Ed Pearlman)
4 Mrs. Maj. L. Stewart of Java (air, W. Marshall) / Banks of Spey (strathspey, Wm.
Marshall) / Lady Madelina Sinclair (strathspey) / Lord John Scott (reel, Wm. Marshall))
/ Mrs. Gordon's Reel (Wm. Marshall)
5 Lachlann Dubh (air) / As a thoiseach-Keep It Up (reel, S.Fraser) / Lexi MacAskill
(bagpipe reel, Dr. J. MacAskill)
6 Rumle Quadrille (trad. Danish)
DANCE Tunes
7 Boston Hospitality (jig, Ed Pearlman) / Farewell to the Creeks (P.M. J Robertson)
/ Pipe Major Sam Scott (P.M. P R. MacLeod)
8 Gillan's Reel (reel, P. Milne) / The Kilt is My Delight / Battle of the Boyne
9 Ms. Gillian McMullen of Cambridge (strathspey, Ed Pearlman) / The Forth Bridge
(W. Blyth) / Sailor Scotty (E. Pearlman)
10 Stool of Repentance (jig, Niel Gow) / Snaim a'phosaidh–Nuptial Knot (S. Fraser)
/ The Sailor's Wife
My Wife's a Wanton Wee Thing / Mr. Charles Graham's Welcome Home (Wm. Gow) / Earl
of Morton's Jig (Wm. Gow) / The Lassies of Dunse
11 Da Tushker (reel, R. Cooper) / Da Grocer (Tom Anderson) / Millbrae (R. Cooper)
/ Tame Her When da Snaw Comes / Calum Donaldson (R. Cooper) / Sleep Soond ida Moarnin
12 Man on the Couch (waltz, Beth Robinson) / Lady Lepley (Ed Pearlman)
The band, Boston Hospitality, began in the 1980s, led by Ed Pearlman on fiddle and Beth Robinson (soon to become Murray) on piano, plus various guest musicians. The band released an LP/cassette in 1987 featuring one side of music for Scottish country dancing, and one side of listening music. On Sept 8, 2007, the Boston Hospitality album was released for the first time on CD, using the original digital master for a fresh sound. This 20th anniversary rerelease was celebrated with a energetic and nostalgic dance and music party at Springstep, near Boston. Guest musicians on the recording were Ruthie Dornfeld, fiddle; Barbara Russell, harp and bass; Gary McGrath, drums (pipe band style); and Doug Scott, hammered dulcimer. The dances on the album were written by Boston area teachers Marianne Taylor, Jeanetta McColl, Evelyn Murray, and Barbara Russell, plus Pinewoods Reel, written by John Drewry in honor of the summer dance camp south of Boston near Plymouth.
