This album was recorded in the ballroom of Blair Castle, Perthshire. Pete Clark, one of todays outstanding musicians, used Niel Gow's original fiddle for the recordings.

Using a modern bow and gut strings, Pete Clark produces a sweet and mellow sound when playing tunes by wonderful 18th century fiddler Niel Gow and his contemporaries. Second fiddler Martin MacLeod, cellist Neil Johnstone and pianist Jim Leighton add attack to create an attractive and important album of classical elegance and contemporary energy.

Niel Gow (1727 – 1807)  was not only a great fiddler but he also composed a number of well-known tunes such as ‘Miss Drummond of Perth’, ‘The Atholl Volunteers’ and ‘Fairweel to Whisky’. He demonstrated his talent early in life and at eighteen played in an entertainment given to Prince Charles. He even joined the Prince’s army, but soon left though he always remained a Jacobite. He formed his own orchestra and was very much in demand for entertainments particularly at the castle of his patron and landlord the Duke of Atholl. Neil Gow was closely associated with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Dukes and his portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn, his chair and fiddle are displayed on the stage in Blair Castle’s  Grand Ballroom . The house where he lived in the village of Inver is still occupied and contains a plaque commemorating the fact of his occupancy there.

Musicians:
Pete Clark - Niel Gow's Fiddle
Martin MacLeod - Fiddle & Viola
Neil Johnstone -  Cello
Jim Leighton - Piano