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I was asked by one of my friends in Shetland Adaline Christie-Johnston to compose a tune for her husbands birthday yesterday The tune is called Alastair Christie- Johnston.Luckily they both love it.
RTs used were kept to a bare minimum to let the melody be heard properly without clutter.

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I WAS feeling crap when I recorded it as I'd had a fever for a week and for the last three days it had reached 38.4. The cause is a leg infection. It's only tonight it's finally been back to normal, so I hop you enjoy the first tune of my own for some time ?


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First and foremost I'm glad that you are feeling better. That was quite a fever you had there!

Second, of course they would love it. It is a beautiful piece of music.

The accordion maestro is also a master songwriter.

Great work here Graham.


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Hiya buddy & thanks I was beginning to think nobody likes it .. It WAS some fever as you say, still not quite over it yet either

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Erm Bump ?????

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What a great birthday present Graham!! Lovely melody! Glad to hear you're on the mend! Take care. Greg

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Very nice and very kind of you to do that for a friend.

We enjoyed it and hope you are feeling better.

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Hi Graham,

It's not luck that your friends liked this song. It is your quality! I got jealous watching you play so easily on the accordion. For me it was an impossible instrument. I've tried it several times but ended on a 12 string. Something quite different!

And I am happy to read you are feeling better than before. I hope that upward trend continues!

Stay safe,
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Originally Posted By: Greg Johnson
What a great birthday present Graham!! Lovely melody! Glad to hear you're on the mend! Take care. Greg



Hi Greg thanks so much, the lady in question is the sister of a well known musician who died suddenly in his 30s, I was touched she asked me to compose this tune as there's so many great musicians in the Shetland Islands where she lives

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Graham, this is simply STUNNING - full stop. What a beautiful, wistful melody! Thank you for sharing it with us!!!

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Graham,

Glad you are feeling better and that you are back at it. Pretty melody, no wonder your friends loved it. Nice thing for you to do for them. Thanks for sharing.

Stay well, stay safe—

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Hi Graham,

So nice to have you back here... it is a nice performance and melody...

I enjoyed it a lot!
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Originally Posted By: Janice & Bud
Very nice and very kind of you to do that for a friend.

We enjoyed it and hope you are feeling better.

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J&B Thanks for watching and, as always for the kind comments

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Originally Posted By: Birchwood
Hi Graham,

It's not luck that your friends liked this song. It is your quality! I got jealous watching you play so easily on the accordion. For me it was an impossible instrument. I've tried it several times but ended on a 12 string. Something quite different!

And I am happy to read you are feeling better than before. I hope that upward trend continues!

Stay safe,
Hans



Thanks so much Hans, People often ask me years ago how long did it take you to learn to play that. I always answered I'm still learning and hopefully will never stop learning.

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Beautiful.

Creating music for others to hear is the whole point. And when that's done specifically for someone you know, that's very special.

Well done.

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I assume the "hop" comment was a pun based on your crook peg. Hope you're on the med now.
The melody is great and a wonderful gift.


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Great job, lovely melody, I'd feel amazing if someone wrote this for me. You are a true maestro.

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Originally Posted By: musician17
Graham, this is simply STUNNING - full stop. What a beautiful, wistful melody! Thank you for sharing it with us!!!


Hi James thanks for the comment old friend

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Graham,

Glad you are feeling better and that you are back at it. Pretty melody, no wonder your friends loved it. Nice thing for you to do for them. Thanks for sharing.

Stay well, stay safe—

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Hi Deej, thanks a million for your comments

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Hi Graham,

So nice to have you back here... it is a nice performance and melody...

I enjoyed it a lot!
Will



Hi Will thanks for watching, yeah all ok now thanks apart from a vertigo attack yesterday which scared the hell out of me

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Beautiful.

Creating music for others to hear is the whole point. And when that's done specifically for someone you know, that's very special.

Well done.



Thanks for the lovely comment, really appreciate that

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