Dunblane School Massacre - Musical Tributes

Musical Tributes

With the consent of Bob Dylan, the musician Ted Christopher wrote a new verse for "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" in memory of the Dunblane school children and their teacher. The recording of the revised version of the song, which included brothers and sisters of the victims singing the chorus and Mark Knopfler on guitar, was released on 9 December 1996 in the UK, and reached number 1. The proceeds went to charities for children. The English punk rock band U.K. Subs released a song called "Dunblane" on their 1997 album "Quintessentials", with the chorus "After Dunblane how can you hold a gun and say you're innocent?". Australian band The Living End recorded a song called "Monday", which was released on their self-titled album in 1998. The a capella choral piece, "A CHILD'S PRAYER" was composed in Glasgow during March and April 1996, and copyrighted in 1997 by composer James MacMillan (b. 1959) with a dedication to the "dead of the Dunblane tragedy." It is set to the traditional text: "Welcome Jesu, deep in my soul forever stay, joy and love my heart are filling. On this glad Communion day." On 3 August 2000, Bonnie Rideout, a Scottish fiddler from Alexandria, Virginia, along with bagpiper, Paula Glendinning, recorded "Dunblane," on a CD called "Scottish Rant" featuring the City of Washington Pipe Band. "Dunblane" was written by Charlie Glendinning and adapted by Bonnie for two violins and viola. All of the stringed instruments were multi-tracked by Bonnie. Eric Bogle a Scottish/Australian folk singer wrote a song called "One Small Star" as his tribute to the events of the massacre. Italian jazzman Angelo Comisso dedicated a piece to the children who died in Dunblane, composing his beautiful "Lullaby for Dunblane" recorded in his album "Towards Home" (Newport Studios 1999).