A Perth -born songwriter has taken it upon himself to learn, record and rewrite more than 892 Robert Burns songs in a huge music project that will take years to finish.
Eddie Cairney (69) is just more than 200 songs through his near 900-song challenge which will see him rewrite the verse of the National Bard’s entire musical discography.The project was launched on July 21 to mark the 225th anniversary of Burns’s passing and will run until March 2023.Eddie said that Burns had a very short career as a writer, no more than 10 years, but in that time he managed to craft some of the greatest song lyrics ever written.He was a musician, could play the violin and notate music but his attempts at composing weren’t a success so he gave it up as a
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