Da Trows o Truggles Water - Chris Stout, solo fiddle & mp3

Da Trows o Truggles Water - Chris Stout

solo fiddle & mp3

My great friend and band mate – Maurice Henderson – and I were on an overnight fishing trip at Truggles Water on the west mainland of Shetland. Truggles Water is one of many beautiful hill lochs we have in Shetland. The barren scenery in the area can be spectacular. This particular day, my luck was against me and Maurice somehow managed to catch all the fish... After a dram and a good yarn or two we settled in for the night, but it was only a matter of time before we were awoken by ‘scrufflin’ and ‘scratchin’ going on outside the tent. We knew by the sound of the voices that we had finally met with the very folk who had inspired our music for so many years: the Trows. It was the one and only time I encountered the Trows, and in the morning the sound of this tune was all that was left in my memory of the night before. Maurice and I have never spoken of this trip since.