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charlie mCKerron
charlie mckerron
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"fiddle player writes tune"
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49 years old
aviemore scottish highlands
United Kingdom
Last Login: 12/8/2009
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adam sutherland and bo jingham for a couple of lessons but enough about them and more about me......
hello there! a little bit of info about me.
i first got into fiddle music through my father's playing.
my pa being keith mckerron. he used to have music sessions in the house occasionaly with my aunt charlotte mckerron and a great uncle called tom mckerron.this was my first exposure to northeast fiddle music and i took up the instrument aged 9 years.
my fiddle teachers through school were drummond cook (forres) and jimmy taylor (elgin) at hopeman primary and then lossiemouth high school. when i was around 14 i joined the elgin strathspey and reel society and went on to compete at many fiddle festivals throughout scotland.
i suppose my biggest success in the competition circuit was in 1983 when i won the daily record golden fiddle award.
some fiddle playing influences ...hector macandrew,douglas lawrence,willie macpherson,sean mcguire,angus cameron,aly bain,liz carroll,nollaig casey, the gavin,grapelli and of course my father and great uncle.
but i don't think that you ever stop being influenced in this living tradition.
also was a big fan of t'rex, slade,the rolling stones, the police, elo etc but as time has moved on i've got more into world music.
in 1984 i graduated from napier university edinburgh and went straight into touring with a scottish show called the white heather show .i did this periodically until joining celtic band capercaillie in 1985.
on top of my commitments with capercaillie i am also involved with fiddle based band session a9.
i started writing music at school but my first fiddle tunes didn't emerge until i was in my 20's.
i love writing music and working with other musicians.i have written music for film and documentary with capercaillie and in my own right. highlights would be hollywood blockbuster rob roy and closer to home a six part drama series for bbc2 gaelic called...gruth is uachdar (crowdie and cream) for which co writer donald shaw and myself received 2 royal television society awards.
in december 2005 i was also voted best composer in the bbc scottish trditional music awards.
during my life so far i have worked as a deep sea fisherman,chainman,labourer,forestry commission worker,musician in residence and music instructor but best job would have to be a performing musician.
"they say there is only one thing worse than touring and thats not touring."
in the pipeline...new cd from session a9...new cd from capercaillie..and a book of my own fiddle music.
cheers charlie.....oh yeah ..enjoy life!
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