"Dun Ollaigh" genre: World Fusion
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	Inspired by the ruins of an actual Scottish castle, this instrumental tells of the ghostly echoes of a clan being summoned for war.
	CD: Warmer, Latha-Feile Credits: Music by J. Morrison, Arrangement by August
	Story Behind the Song The musical idea of Dun Ollaigh (Dunollie) came to me while I was viewing the remains of Dunollie Castle near Oban, Scotland one winter afternoon. My plan was for the guitar to immitate the sound of bagpipes with some 'ghostly' orchestration for a back-drop and a human voice supplying some 'haunts'. I hammered out the guitar melody and some of the vocal line, knowing that the piece was never going to be a stand-alone guitar solo. I had to wait three years before the opportunity to record it with the right musicians came about. My two collaborators and I had so much fun recording Dun Ollaigh, that we decided to record a few more songs, then a few more... and the musical trio, August, was born. In this recording, the guitar is trippled, the voice doubled, and the funny sounding horn in the beginning and end of the song are produced by the guitar using an E-bow with some massive echo effects. We later developed a live version of Dun Ollaigh Lyrics There is actually one lyric in Dun Ollaigh. If you listen closely you will hear the 'ghost' whisper "Buidh no Bas!" (boo-ee no bass) a battle cry of the Clan Mac Dougal, who owned Dunollie Castle in its glory-days.

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