The Silent Ones
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A Legacy of the Highland Clearances


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Credits
Produced & Engineered by Angus Macleod
Mixed by Richard Knechtel & Angus Macleod
Assistant Engineer: Christian Robertson
Recorded & Mixed at Torquil Studio, Huron Township, Ontario
Highland Bagpipe for Track 1 recorded at Knox Presbyterian Church, Kincardine, Ontario
Some guitar overdubs recorded at the Knechtel Residence
Lead Vocals for It Lasts Forever recorded at The Monastereo, Guelph
Additional Engineering by Richard Knechtel & Andrew McPherson
Mastered by George Graves at the Lacquer Channel
Studio Design and Construction: Jackson B. Maidlow
All compositions written and arranged by Angus Macleod unless otherwise indicated
Tracks 2-11 © Torquil Music (SOCAN)
"Leaving Lewis" © Donald McLeod (MCPS)

Musicians
Angus Macleod
Sarah Buckingham
Jaime Jones
Richard Knechtel
Roger Williamson
James Gordon
Paul Haslem
Ken Brown
Chris Lazarenko
Bob Downer
Jay Weiler
Bruce MacLean
Mike Walsh
Domhnull Caimbeul
Keyboards, Programming, Lead & Backing Vocals
Lead & Backing Vocals
Lead & Backing Vocals
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar & Harmonica
Electric Guitar
Whistle & Backing Vocals
Hammer Dulcimer
Acoustic Guitar & Flute
Fiddle
Fiddle
Fiddle
The Highland Bagpipe
Backing Vocals
Gaelic & English Spoken Word


The following texts published and unpublished were used in researching The Silent Ones and are highly recommended reading.

Scottish Source Books
A Century of Scottish People T.C. Smoute Fontana Press, London 1987
A Registry of Immigrant Families from The Western Isles of Scotland to Ontario Canada Part 1 Bruce, Grey & Huron Counties Bill Lawson Bill Lawson Publications, Taobh, Tuath, Harris Scotland
HS3 3JA Isle of Harris
Diary 1851 Chamberlain of the Lews
John Munro Mackenzie
Acair Ltd. 7 James Street, Stornoway
Isle of Lewis
1994
ISBN 0 86152 908 1(Hardback)
ISBN 086152 923 5 (Paperback)
Highlanders A History of the Gael John Macleod Trafalgar Square
1998
ISBN:0340639911
Lewis Island A History of the Island Donald Macdonald Gordon Wright Publishing
Edinburgh
1978
ISBN 0 903065 73 8
On the Crofter's Trail David Craig PIMLCO
An imprint of Random House
20 Vauxhall Bridge Road London SW1V 2SA
1990
ISBN 0-7126-7383-0
Tales and Traditions of the Lews Dr.Macdonald of Gisla Mrs. Macdonald
22 New Street, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
1967
The Great Highland Famine TM Devine John Donald Publishers Ltd., Edinburgh 1999
ISBN: 0859763722
The Highland Clearances London, England John Prebble Penguin Books
The Making of the Crofting Community James Hunter John Donald Publisher Ltd., Edinburgl 1976
Canadian and Local (Bruce County) Source Books
A History of Huron and its Hub Ripley Commemorative Committee "The Town Crier", Mildmay 1975
Bemocked Of Destiny Author's Edition Toronto William Briggs 1908 Aeneas McCharles Aeneas McCharles
Author's Edition
Toronto William Briggs
1908
Bruce Township More Families & Farms As compiled by The Bruce Township Historical Society The Bruce Township Historical Society 1997
ISBN 0-9691740-3-9
Bruce Township Tales and Trails As compiled by the Bruce Township Historical Society Bruce Township Historical Society ISBN 0-9691740-0-4
Canadian Railway Records A Guide for Genealogists Althea Douglas, M.A. C.G.© J. Creighton Douglas, B. Sc. 1994 The Ontario Genealogical Society
ISBN 1-55116-932-0
County of Bruce Directory   Rooklidge, J.W. BCM&A 1867
Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada before Confederation Vol.1 Donald Whyte Toronto Genealogical Society 1986
Families and Farms of Huron Township Gwen Smith Harrison,Editor Ripley Huron Reunion Historical Committee 1985
ISBN 0-9692040-0-0
History of Bruce County Norman Robertson Province of Ontario, Canada The Bruce County Historical Society 1968
Jane F. Yemen's Scrapbook 1850-1950 Jane F. Yemen Stan Brown Printers Ltd. 1983
ISBN 0-9691523-0-2
Ripley Huron's Hub 1875-1992   Ripley Historical Group 1994
ISBN 1-55056-135-9
The Emigrants Guide Robert MacDougall
Edited by Elizabeth Thompson
Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc 1998
ISBN 1-896219-43-8
The Immigrant Experience Proceedings of a Conference held at the University of Guelph - June 1989. Edited by Catherine Kerrigan University of Guelph 1992 ISBN 0 88955-366-7
The Queen's Bush W. M Brown, MD John Bale, Sons & Danielsson Ltd 1932
The Upper Canada Trade 1834-1872 A Study of Buchanan's Business Douglas McCalla University of Toronto Press, Toronto 1979
Toil, Tears & Triumph A History of Kincardine Township Periodicals Editor: Wanita Hollands Fletcher Kincardine Township Historical Society 1990
ISBN 0919783-94-5
Bemocked of Destiny W. Grant McGregor Bruce County Historical Society Yearbook
Lewis Cemetery Ripley, Ontario M.I. Blue Bruce County Historical Society,Yearbook
The Lewis Settlement Mrs. W.J. Arnold Bruce County Historical Society Yearbook
Ripley Gladys Arnold Bruce County Historical Society Yearbook
UnPublished Material
Memories of the Township Pageant - Ripley-Huron Reunion 1975 Minnie Lock  

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