George Jackson - Ossian
Nic Caciappo
>
> Apparently George died a couple of days ago from a heart ailment. Very
> sad news.
Do you mean WILLIAM Jackson, who recorded "St. Mungo", "Inchcolm" and
his newest "Celtic Experience"? I hope it's not true, I've enjoyed the
mans music a great deal for the last year or so....
Nic
Amy Fonoroff
Tom Nelligan
writes:
>
>> Apparently George died a couple of days ago from a heart ailment.
>>Very sad news.
>
>his newest "Celtic Experience"? I hope it's not true, I've enjoyed the
>mans music a great deal for the last year or so....
No, I believe she meant George. Tony Cuffe, who lives here in the
Boston area, was passing the news around today. George Jackson played
cittern, guitar, whistle, and flute in Ossian. William, known as Billy
in those days, played pipes and harp. Sad news indeed for those of us
for whom Ossian was part of our introduction to Scottish music.
--Tom Nelligan
Sandra Sparks
One of my favorite single recordings of all time was the cut "Little
Cascade" from "Cairistiona", a recording he made with Maggie
MacInnes. And everything from Ossian. I've always been in awe of that
band.
This is awful.
Sandra
Amy Fonoroff
>
>This is awful.
>
>One of my favorite single recordings of all time was the cut "Little
>Cascade" from "Cairistiona", a recording he made with Maggie
>MacInnes. And everything from Ossian. I've always been in awe of that
>band.
>
>This is awful.
>
>Sandra
>
I always thought they were the best of the Scottish bands of the time -
much more subtle and lyrical than some of the other groups. I followed
them around Scotland for 3 years before they ever came to the States, and
when they finally made it here, I worked with them every time they toured
my area (George always said I made them more money than any other
promoter!). They were a HUGE part of my life at the time...
Lawrence E Mallette
: Amy Fonoroff wrote:
: >
: > sad news.
: Do you mean WILLIAM Jackson, who recorded "St. Mungo", "Inchcolm" and
: his newest "Celtic Experience"? I hope it's not true, I've enjoyed the
: mans music a great deal for the last year or so....
William "Billy" Jackson was teaching at Swannanoa this past week,
and left suddenly sometime before breakfast on Thursday. It was
announced that his brother, George, had died. That is all I know
for sure.
I did hear second hand (read 'via the rumor mill') that he died of
some sort of infection that spread from his throat to his heart.
He apparently recently underwent heart surgery, and may not have
been back to full strength.
Billy had played beautifully on Tuesday night's concert and
had never said anything publically about his brother being
ill. The death was quite a shock and cast a bit of a pale
over the rest of the week, in a way...certainly encouraged
us to each thank our lucky stars for the time and opportunity
to share the music.
Amy Fonoroff
>
>William "Billy" Jackson was teaching at Swannanoa this past week,
>and left suddenly sometime before breakfast on Thursday. It was
>announced that his brother, George, had died. That is all I know
>for sure.
>
>I did hear second hand (read 'via the rumor mill') that he died of
>some sort of infection that spread from his throat to his heart.
>He apparently recently underwent heart surgery, and may not have
>been back to full strength.
>
>Billy had played beautifully on Tuesday night's concert and
>had never said anything publically about his brother being
>ill. The death was quite a shock and cast a bit of a pale
>over the rest of the week, in a way...certainly encouraged
>us to each thank our lucky stars for the time and opportunity
>to share the music.
I know George had not been well (to some degree or another) for quite
some time, but I don't know that anyone thought death was quite so
imminent. I don't believe he had had any recent surgery, but I could be
wrong. I got the bad news from Tony Cuffe, and he didn't mention any
such thing. Another friend, who phoned from Scotland to tell me, said it
had something to do with fluid in the artery between the heart and lungs
(?)...