S 10 E 05 Dixon Playthrough Part 2 With a Tune from Chris Norman and David Greenberg
February 22nd, 2026
1 hr 21 mins 4 secs
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William Dixon: Dorrington, Have a Care of Her Johnny, Hacky Honey
Daniel Dow: Sandy Gow's Three Pints
John McLachlan: Sandy Gow's Three Pints,
From David Greenberg and Chris Norman: a John Reid Piece, Garb of the old Gaul and Hacky Honey
Big Thank You to David Greenberg and Chris Norman for allowing me to play their full track: General Reid from their album Let Me In This Ae Night the track is a set of a John Reid Piece, Garb of the old Gaul and Hacky Honey. You can and should buy their whole album, but in the mean time you can stream it on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4DWQdp7wKySlfzuPMVkdO0
amazon music: https://music.amazon.com/albums/B003AMICX2?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US
You can check out Chris Norman’s website here:
https://boxwood.org/
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1733: Dorrington, Have a Care of Her Johnny, Hacky Honey from William Dixon's Manuscript
https://www.mattseattle.scot/product-page/the-master-piper-new-edition
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1776: Strike the Bell from William Vickers' Manuscript
http://www.farnearchive.com/farneimages/jpgs/R0310200.jpg
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1787: Sandy Gow’s Three Pint’s [sic] From Daniel Dow’s: A Collection of Ancient Scots Music for the violin, harpsichord or German flute:
http://web.archive.org/web/20250708073125/https://www.wirestrungharp.com/library/local_books/dow_17-25.pdf
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1854: Sandy Gow’s Three Pints, and The Maid of Glengaresdale From John McLachlan’s The Piper’s Assistant
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105010347
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Hacky Honey
Thanks to Fin Moore for chatting with me a bit about Dixon, more on this to come later, Check out Far North Retreat Here:
https://www.facebook.com/farnorthretreats
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Big thanks to David Greenberg and Chris Norman for allowing me to play their full track: General Reid from their album Let Me In This Ae Night the track is a set of a John Reid Piece, Garb of the old Gaul and Hacky Honey. You can and should buy their whole album, but in the mean time you can stream it on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4DWQdp7wKySlfzuPMVkdO0
amazon music: https://music.amazon.com/albums/B003AMICX2?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US
Here are some ways you can support the show:
Check out the Recording of Pete Stewart Competeing with Hacky Honey in 2014 here:
https://lbps.net/j3site/index.php/events-reports/competition-results-blog/343-2014-competition-results
Watch Brighde's Performance of Hacky Honey from the 20teens here:
https://youtu.be/Urzt_3PuFEs?si=dE4sg8bnKBhX_zT7
Read Pete's Interview with Brighde Chaimbeul Here:
https://lbps.net/j3site/index.php/common-stock/archive-issues/138-june-2016/825-bbc-radio-2-folk-award-brighde-chaimbeul
Listen to Brighde Chaimbeul and Nicola Benedetti play Hacky Honey here:
https://youtu.be/OhDuTwJeE-4?si=gXx5K7SuKXXXWEmg
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