Annotation:Mr. John Walker

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 MR. JOHN WALKER. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Alexander Walker (b. 1819, Aberdeenshire) in honor of Mr. John Walker, a contrabassist in the Castle Newe Band. Alexander Walker was a gardener at Castle Newe for the Baronet and probably the leader of the band.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866; No. 179, p. 61.  Recorded sources:

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