Fergie MacDonald - The Ceilidh King
Traditional Scottish Celidh Music Played on The Button Accordian

Fergie MacDonald, who play the button accordian, has given the world ceilidh music. He has a background in crofting, hunting, poaching, fishing, whisky making, fighting peat cutting and also talks Gaelic. Geals define a ceilidh as a meeting of a few friends in a thatched croft house. Music, singing, dancing and romance are the main ingredients. Traditional ceilidh music is at the heart of everything that Fergie MacDonald is about, but he also has a great sense of humour as he demonstrates in his off the wall calendar for 2012. His albums Ciilidh House, Jiggy Jig, A Blast From The Past, The Ceilidh King, Live from Lochinver and Live from Achiltbuie are available to buy and either download or receive an autographed copy via post. His latest album Connections is also now available online. Fergie MacDonald and the rest of the band can be heard at anytime via cd, or when you visit scotland remember to look him up and experience his type of ceilidh music live.

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Fergie MacDonald - The Ceilidh King
Traditional Scottish Celidh Music Sold On This Site
Played By Fergie MacDonald
Autographed CDs Available

FERGIE MACDONALD
The one that got away!  John Macdonald (Clanranald) was a swordsman in Bonnie Prince Charlie's Jacobite Army at Culloden.  Having survived the battle, he returned to Moidart.  In the period that followed, Moidart was alive with Cumberland's Redcoats, seeking out soldiers who served in the Jacobite army, and of course Prince Charlie himself.  This period of mayhem changed Moidart's culture forever.  Killings, deportation, rape and violence continued for a long time.  Yet, the destruction of a culture had a more devastating effect.  The clamping down on Gaelic, Tartan, Music and of course the clearances changed Moidart forever.
  However, John Macdonald escaped the pursuing Redcoats, and therefore the John Macdonald (clanranald) family line goes down to the present day.  Fergie's son John continues to maintain this link to one of history's most dynamic and controversial periods in the history of the Highlands. 
  This however is Fergie's own background!  His own life sounds more like fiction than reality.  How about this:-

1)Soldier (Physical Training Instructor) in the British Army.
2)Crackshot. 14 Scotland International caps for shooting.
3)Qualified Physiotherapist.
4)Deer Stalker.
5)Highland Games Athlete.
6)Hotelier.
7)Local Gaelic Historian.
8)Gaelic Speaker (first language).
9)Addicted Salmon Poacher. Interesting! Although being caught on camera by the gracious and highly respected owner of the Kinlochmoidart River, Mrs Stewart, she refuses to have him convicted.  She terms him "a delightful rascle who just wants one for the pot".
10)Gardener.
11)Crofter.
12)Newspaper columnist.
13)Writer.
14)Music Composer.
15)Bitton Accordian - a story in itself!
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