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CD Review

	Missing Time
	The Gary Blair Ceilidh Band - Gary Blair
	Gary Blair
	8th May 1998
	Jig Time: Morrison' s Jig Rory MacLeod Glasgow City Police Pipers Jeanette Maclnnes Waltz Time: Kelly-Ann McLeod Reel Time: The Joys of Quebec Frenchie's Reel The Stumbling Block Margaret McLeod's Reel March Time: Linda MacFarlane Master Alastair Cunningham Weir Bobby Brown's Welcome to Scotland Waltz Time: The Red Rose Cafe Les Bicyclette de Belsize Strathspey Time: The Boys of Bluehill The March Hare Reel Time: Suzanna Barbour C.M.Barbour Miss Mary Printy Continental Time: Fliegende Blatter Two-Step Time Waltz Time Reel Time Slow Air Time

Gary Blair is well known as one of Scotland's foremost accordion entertainers and presents himself on this CD with a very enjoyable and entertaining choice of music. He has divided the programme into 12 sections, calling them: Waltz Time, Continental Time, March Time, etc…. making it easy for people to select which style of music they would like to listen to, without having to listen to it first!
Although Gary's performance consists of many traditional pieces, he changes them in a pleasantly unusual way. This has been achieved by colouring them with Scottish folk motives, which give them a unique and interesting style. In the pieces like Morrison's Jig, Glasgow City Police Pipers, Gary offers us a completely new sound, by combining the accordion with violin.

Gary and his band sound so alive, inventive and sophisticated and they play with such SPIRIT! They must really enjoy making music, as this is so apparent in this EXCELLENT recording.