Maid of the Loch (You and I and the Sky)
I wrote this with the lovely Sushil K Dade, Future Pilot AKA. He wrote the tune for his grandfather, who loved to visit Loch Lomond and sail on the boat up there (which is called The Maid of The Loch). A gorgeous instrumental version of the tune opens up the Future Pilot album "Tiny Waves Mighty Sea". Sushil asked several folks to write words for the piece, including also the Scots poet Alasdair Gray and the late Grant McLennan of The Go Betweens frontman. Hear more of Sushil's work on "Secrets From The Clockhouse" (Creeping Bent, 2007). I sing with him on several tracks, including the spiritual "Shenandoah". I tour Scotland (and Gateshead!) with Sushil in May 2008 as part of a collaborative tour called BURNSONG.
