A Perth -born songwriter who's studying, recording and rewriting 892 Robert Burns songs is nearing the midway stage of his immense musical rejuvenation undertaking.
Come Could 25, Eddie Cairney (70) can have accomplished tune quantity 446 in his revamp of the Nationwide Bard’s prolonged musical discography.
The undertaking was launched on July 21 final yr to mark the 225th anniversary of Burns’ passing and can take till March 2023 to finish.
Eddie mentioned that Burns had a really brief profession as a author, not more than 10 years, however that in that point he managed to craft a number of the best tune lyrics ever written.
He was a musician, may play the violin and notate music however his makes an attempt at composing weren't successful, so he gave it up and as an alternative relied on accumulating custom tunes which he crafted his lyrics round.
Eddie mentioned due to Burns’s premature dying at simply 37 he didn’t have time to type collaborations with composers of the day.
The native musician additionally felt for years that the handful of identified songs by Burns has not but totally revealed his true greatness as a songwriter, prompting him to set out and redress that.
“I'm not positive nevertheless it might be the most important rewrite undertaking ever undertaken,” Eddie mentioned.
“Each Wednesday I end a brand new album, and put up the songs on Fb virtually each single day.
“I've had quite a lot of flattering feedback in regards to the undertaking, largely by way of Fb.
He added: “I've realized rather a lot about him on this time. There's quite a lot of garbage been spoken about him over time I really feel.
“Robert Burns was an excellent poet, however in precise reality he was primarily a songwriter. Via the poems and songs you possibly can see what the man was actually like. He was undoubtedly eccentric.
“He was going to be a slave runner in Jamaica however he couldn't have achieved that job I believe.
“He had extra concepts that have been sensible and he lived in his personal head.
“His spouse gave him quite a lot of leeway and he even wrote a touching tune about his illegitimate daughter after his spouse welcomed her in to their residence. He was a pleasant particular person however was a bit neurotic.”
Eddie hopes his new assortment of songs will rekindle individuals’s curiosity in Burns.
The songs have been written in a number of totally different kinds so “there’s a tune for everybody”.
He's eager that these new songs of Robert Burns ought to be there as a useful resource for colleges, teams and people.
One new album is launched each Wednesday and may be accessed by way of https://rbtns.scot