Songwriting Basics Section II – Analysis 43: Drover tae Cowboy
From the Wild Western Highlands to the Wild West …
Celtic songwriter
Songwriting Basics Section II – Analysis 42: Caledonia
Anthem, folk song, or Scottish soul music? Why not all three?!?
Songwriting Basics Section II – Analysis 41: Annie Laurie
This woman’s brow is in serious danger of melting …
Songwriting Basics Section II – Analysis 39: Wagon Wheel
A song that rolls along like a south-bound train …
Songwriting Basics Section II – Analysis 37: Tho We Lang Syne Landit Oan Fair Isle
In the middle of an island,
in the middle of the sea …
Songwriting Basics Section II – Analysis 36: The Last Thing on My Mind
First thing on many an acoustic player’s mind!
Songwriting Basics Section II – Analysis 35: Now Westlin Winds
A love song by a pretty exceptional 16-year-old “ploughboy”!
Songwriting Basics Section II – Analysis 34: Big Dead Bob
A cheery voice from beyond the grave …
Songwriting Basics Section II – Analysis 31: Lands o the Sioux an the Cree
Fiddling away on Hudson’s bay … all the way from Orkney!
Bob Leslie 