Tune: The Road to the Isles

Also known as »Callanish Vows«, »The Burning Sands of Egypt«

Composed by:

P/M John MacLellan

Recommended for (14):

Airth Castle (Strathspey-32, Peter Knight)
Amang The Farthest Hebrides (Strathspey-32, John Drewry)
Amazing Grace (Strathspey-32, Ron Adams)
Burning Sands (Strathspey-48, John W Mitchell)
Corrievreckan (Medley-128, Arthur C Boswell)
Eilean Donan Castle (Strathspey-32, William C Scott)
The Far Cuillins (Strathspey-32, Barry Priddey)
Lovely Highlands (Strathspey-32, Nancy Owen)
Queen Anne (Strathspey-48, Cissie Tout)
The Road To The Isles (Strathspey-32, James B Cosh)
Sands of Egypt (Medley-48, John W Mitchell)
The Simkins of Dartmoor (Strathspey-32, Brenda Porter)
The Solway Sailor (Medley-128, Evelyn Ramwell)
The Tangle (Strathspey-32, Ian Cruickshanks)

Recordings (15): Show tune in context

Corrievreckan (Marian Anderson and her Band) tune 1
Road to the Isles Medley (Bobby MacLeod and his Band) tune 1
The Road to the Isles (Jimmy Blair and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 1
The Road to the Isles (Jimmy Shand and his Band) tune 1
The Solway Sailor (The Ian Muir Sound) tune 1
The Winding Road (Caber Feidh) tune 1
The Winding Road (Jim Dawson and his Scottish Country Dance Band) tune 1
Strathcare (Muriel A Johnstone) tune 2
The Winding Road (Graham Geddes and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 2
The Ellwyn Strathspey (Schiehallion SCD Band) tune 3
Herself (Bobby Brown and The Scottish Accent) tune 3
Monymusk (John MacGregor Scottish Dance Band) tune 3
The Braes of Balquhidder (Andrew Rankine and his Band) tune 4
Gay Gordons (Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 4
Miss Milligan's Strathspey (Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 7

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