Vincent Campbell RIP
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 5:41 pm
I'm surprised nobody has noted the death of Donegal fiddle legend Vincent Campbell.
He died on 2nd December aged 80 and there's a nice tribute to him on the last Rolling Wave on RTE.
Searches on Youtube throw up a number of videos and of course there was a double CD of his playing released a while ago titled The Purple Heather containing over 80 tracks of tunes and stories. A vital link with the music of the Dohertys and others we are lucky to have such a store of Vincent's music. His brother Jimmy is still playing and his nephew Peter also carries on the tradition.
He was buried in Glenties cemetry on 4th December.
Ken
He died on 2nd December aged 80 and there's a nice tribute to him on the last Rolling Wave on RTE.
Searches on Youtube throw up a number of videos and of course there was a double CD of his playing released a while ago titled The Purple Heather containing over 80 tracks of tunes and stories. A vital link with the music of the Dohertys and others we are lucky to have such a store of Vincent's music. His brother Jimmy is still playing and his nephew Peter also carries on the tradition.
He was buried in Glenties cemetry on 4th December.
Ken