Dagger Gordon video

[John Kelly]

Great sound from your Sobell, Dagger, and a tune that is new to me. Well played, sir, and once again you demonstrate the virtues of a good traditional breakfast. Just finished my porridge and raspberries as I write this!

[Simon DS]

Lovely tone and playing Dagger.
Porridge made with 2 village chicken eggs, French rich-milk powder, bananas, apple/lemon peel compot, and cinnamon for me.
First snow today by the way, and apples have dropped from €4.50/kilo to €1.30/kilo. (very hot summer and gas prices, but the prices of foods are easing because people are rioting again ).

[Dagger Gordon]

Here's another early morning video which I did after breakfast today.

It's an old Scottish air from the Simon Fraser Collection called Ruairi Dubh, also known as Roderick Dhu, the Clanalpin Chief. I heard Cheyenne Brown playing it on the harp last Saturday night and thought that it would sound good on my ten string Sobell mandolin.

[John Kelly]

Comment posted over on the Videos, Pictures and Soundfiles section of the forum, Dagger. Great playing.

[Dagger Gordon]

Haven't had an after breakfast tune for a wee while. This is Jimmy Shand's classic tune The Bluebell Polka. It was very popular when I was young, indeed it was a great favourite of my mother who would sometimes sing it about the house. This kind of tune seems quite old-fashioned nowadays, but I think it's great.
Played on the Sobell 10 string mandolin.

[John Kelly]

You must have had a good porridge breakfast before playing this old classic, Dagger! You seemed to be really enjoying it (tune as well as breakfast). Great stuff, and I was singing along to what I could remember of the lyrics - Picking the bluebells in the merry month of May.... The Sobell sounds great.