A reel from my "Kale Water" album. Towford is a hamlet quite well up the Kale valley, popular for picnics and also has an outward bound centre. Composer website: http://www.bobliddlemusic.com Publisher: Tune type: Reel Listen: If you have a question for Bob Liddle you can contact them here. If there is no link there is […]
Ian And Elsie Of Thorn Cottage composed by Bob Liddle
Ian and Elsie are my uncle and aunt, Ian Liddle being my Dad's brother. I wrote this tune quite a long time ago and it won Newcastleton Music Festival "Own Compositions" a few years ago. Another poignant one as Elsie passed away this April. Composer website: http://www.bobliddlemusic.com Publisher: Tune type: Waltz Listen: If you have […]
The Cardrona Crisis composed by Bob Liddle
A reel from my "Softly Flows The Tweed" album. Cardrona is a new village between Peebles and Innerleithen on the Tweed. I can't really remember what the "crisis" was! Composer website: http://www.bobliddlemusic.com Publisher: Tune type: Reel Listen: If you have a question for Bob Liddle you can contact them here. If there is no link […]
Talla Water composed by Bob Liddle
This is the 3rd tune on the 1st set of my "Softly Flows The Tweed" album, Talla Water being a small stream coming from Talla Reservoir near the source of the Tweed. Composer website: http://www.bobliddlemusic.com Publisher: Tune type: Reel Listen: If you have a question for Bob Liddle you can contact them here. If there […]
Roxburgh Tower composed by Bob Liddle
Not to be confused with "Roxburgh Castle". I wrote this tune when I was about 16, so about 42 years ago, and it has been recorded by 5 or 6 of the top Scottish Dance Bands. Again a simple tune but seems popular. Roxburgh Tower is and old ruined peel tower in a field next […]
Kelso Accordion And Fiddle Club composed by Bob Liddle
I wrote this tune when I was about 15 or 16, so about 42 years ago. It was recorded by the late Willie Atkinson on harmonica from Northumberland and the tune found it's way into the Alnwick Pipers Society tune book. If you search for it on YouTube you will find an assortment of English […]
Master Benjamin R. C. Platts composed by Bob Liddle
Written in 2017 for my daughter's son, our first Grandchild. I now have 3 more Grandchildren so time to get writing again! Composer website: http://www.bobliddlemusic.com Publisher: Tune type: March Listen: If you have a question for Bob Liddle you can contact them here. If there is no link there is no contact address.
Frank And Jenny’s Diamond Wedding Waltz composed by Bob Liddle
Another waltz written last year, this time a commission for a friend of a friend, luckily, they liked it! Composer website: http://www.bobliddlemusic.com Publisher: Tune type: Waltz Listen: If you have a question for Bob Liddle you can contact them here. If there is no link there is no contact address.
Tom And Isobel’s Diamond Wedding Waltz composed by Bob Liddle
I wrote this tune last year for my Mum and Dad's Diamond Wedding in August 2018. It's particularly poignant now as my Dad passed away aged 82 in January this year. Composer website: http://www.bobliddlemusic.com Publisher: Tune type: Waltz Listen: If you have a question for Bob Liddle you can contact them here. If there is […]
Tweed’s Well composed by Bob Liddle
The opening tune of my album "Softly Flows The Tweed". The spring Tweed's Well rises in the Moorfoot Hills to the sound of the wind and rain and the birds of the moor. The slow air opening track combines pan pipes, synthesiser pad and accordion to achieve the mood. Composer website: http://www.bobliddlemusic.com Publisher: PRS Tune […]
Tweedsmuir composed by Bob Liddle
This is the second tune on my "Softly Flows The Tweed" album. It is a lively reel which is meant to simulate the river bursting into life from it's source at Tweed's Well. (Which is the first tune on the album, a slow air) Composer website: http://www.bobliddlemusic.com Publisher: PRS Tune type: Reel Listen: If you […]
Banff Mill composed by Bob Liddle
Banff Mill is a mill house a few miles downstream on the Tweed from Kelso. There is a large cauld across the river there and it use to be a popular spectator spot when we used to have raft races on the Tweed. From my "Softly Flows The Tweed" album. Composer website: http://www.bobliddlemusic.com Publisher: PRS […]
Crown Point Cottage composed by Bob Liddle
Crown Point Cottage is the house on the opposite bank of the river Tweed at Crown point rapids downstream from Mayfield walk in the town. My father was born in this house. Composer website: http://www.bobliddlemusic.com Publisher: PRS Tune type: March Listen: If you have a question for Bob Liddle you can contact them here. If […]
The Auld Brig O’ Kelso composed by Bob Liddle
The auld brig o' Kelso used to be the only bridge over the river Tweed at Kelso until the new one was built about 15 years ago! Also known as Rennie's Bridge after it's architect John Rennie, it is a smaller version of London's Waterloo Bridge which he also designed. A march from my "Softly […]
Gateshaw Braes composed by Bob Liddle
Another farm on the banks of the Kale near Morebattle. From my "Kale Water" album. Composer website: http://www.bobliddlemusic.com Publisher: Tune type: Jig Listen: If you have a question for Bob Liddle you can contact them here. If there is no link there is no contact address.
Gathering At The Grange composed by Bob Liddle
"The Grange" in question is Hownam Grange, a farm on the banks of the Kale Between Morebattle and Hownam. The home of the late Sandy Ramage, a Shand Morino button box player after whom I named "The Sandy Ramage Polka". From my "Kale Water" album. Composer website: http://www.bobliddlemusic.com Publisher: PRS Tune type: Jig Listen: If […]
Hounds on Hownam Law composed by Bob Liddle
Hownam Law is a hill overlooking the Kale Water, often a location for the local hunt, hence the name. From my "Kale Water" album. Composer website: http://www.bobliddlemusic.com Publisher: PRS Tune type: Jig Listen: If you have a question for Bob Liddle you can contact them here. If there is no link there is no contact […]
The Beirhope Burn composed by Bob Liddle
The Beirhope Burn is a small tributary of the Kale Water and it meets the Kale up in the Cheviot Hills near Towford. From my "Kale Water" album where it gets the country "Hoe-down" treatment. Composer website: http://www.bobliddlemusic.com Publisher: PRS Tune type: Reel Listen: If you have a question for Bob Liddle you can contact […]
Pot O’ Kale composed by Bob Liddle
Another reel from my "Kale Water" album. I thought the name "Pot O' Kale" was a nice play on words, a pot o" kale in the Borders being a hearty bowl of soup. Composer website: http://www.bobliddlemusic.com Publisher: PRS Tune type: Reel Listen: If you have a question for Bob Liddle you can contact them here. […]
Grubbit Brig composed by Bob Liddle
Grubbit Brig is a wee bridge on the Morebattle to Yetholm road in the Scottish Borders and is a popular meeting place for the Jedforrest Hunt. The tune is a reel from my "Kale Water" album. Composer website: http://www.bobliddlemusic.com Publisher: Tune type: Reel Listen: If you have a question for Bob Liddle you can contact […]