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Great attitude he has to this song....love it. Great band too, Irv cottler and tony mottola two names to mention.

i love how people use the craig and ronnie situation just to get thumbs up, its quite sad

@pointreyes6 Apart from Qunicy Jones, I agree that he was the best big band arranger of all time.

Its nothing to do with ulster scots or scottish history for that fact.

Its a story about a fiddler who's has been imprisioned and about to be hung. He's playing his last tune on his fiddle before he has to die.

Is that George Burns at 0:12 in the background?

Tenor Sax solo stole from Dave Koz ;)

@Stunatra Yeah I stand corrected, forgot this was done with the basie orchestra under quincy's arranging and direction.

One of the most beautiful melodys and lyrics Ive heard....

Wouldn't like to try and take it off them...would you?

You really need to throw a piano in there, and mic up the bassist. The overall band is a bit bland. However the actual sax playing is very good.

@whiterockskater @nyerro If you watch the octave key, it does move accordingly to the playing, which is pretty hard to do in a fake unless you know all the correct notes anyway. Also the chorus at the start is being played from the "Real Book Eb (fith edition)", its the exact same arrangment. How...

You sing the song with great emotion and tell the story great. I think you have a really good voice, however I think you maybe went a little ott on the Reverb or Echo. it kind of spoils the quality.

@colegioesperanca Haha, Keely smith always looks like that, dead pan face. Dont know if its because she's always in a bad mood or if its for fun?

Originally by the great Louis Prima, thats where the dance comes from.

You sure have a great talent. Shame so few people have actually watched this