Neil Gow, First of a Famous Family of Fiddle Players and Composers, Born

Niel Gow (22 March 1727 — 1 March 1807) was a Scottish fiddler in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Gow was born in Strathbraan, Perthshire, in 1727, as the son of John Gow and Catherine McEwan. The family moved to Inver in Perthshire when Niel was an infant. He started playing the fiddle when very young, and at age 13 received his first formal lessons from one John Cameron.