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Live From Scotland Volume 1
Live from Scotland Volume 1 was a 1974 album by The Corries recorded at the Glasgow City Halls. Line-Up * Roy Williamson * Ronnie Browne Tracks Side One: *1. Fallaldy, R.G. Browne/trad. Arranged The Corries. Pub. The Corries (music) Ltd. R. Williamson Flute, R. Browne Guitar. *2. Mingulay Boat Song, Words Sir Hugh S. Roberton. Arranged The Corries. Pub. Roberton. R. Williamson Mandoline, R. Browne Mandoline. *3. Lads Among The Heather, Trad. From the Singing of Jock Anderson. Arranged The Corries. Pub. The Corries (music) Ltd. R. Williamson Mandoline, R. Browne Mandoline. *4. A Scottish Holiday, Parody of words by J.W. Hill. Pub. The Corries (music) ltd. Music: Road to the Isles by kind permission of M. Kennedy Fraser Est. Pub. Boosey & Hawkes Ltd. R. Williamson Guitar, R. Browne Guitar. *5. Hugh The Graeme, Trad. Arranged The Corries. Pub. The Corries (music) Ltd. R. Williamson Guitar, R. Browne Guitar. *6. Maggie Lauder, Trad. Arranged The Corries. Pub. The Corries (mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Corries
The Corries were a Scottish folk group that emerged from the Scottish folk revival of the early 1960s. The group was a trio from their formation until 1966 when founder Bill Smith left the band but Roy Williamson and Ronnie Browne continued as a duo until Williamson's death in 1990. They are particularly known for the song "Flower of Scotland", written by Williamson, which has become an unofficial national anthem of Scotland. History Early years In the early 1960s, Bill Smith (born in 1936 in Edinburgh), Ron Cruikshank and Andy Turner had formed a trio called The Corrie Voices. The trio was named after Smith's daughter, Corrie Smith, but because a corrie is a deep bowl in a mountain, the name was particularly appropriate as it evokes imagery of the Scottish landscape. After Turner dropped out in 1962, Roy Williamson teamed up with Smith and Cruikshank to form the Corrie Folk Trio. Their first performance was in the Waverley Bar in St Mary's Street, Edinburgh. After a few we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow City Halls
Glasgow's City Halls and Old Fruitmarket is a concert hall and former market located on Candleriggs, in the Merchant City, Glasgow, Scotland. History The City Halls are part of a market complex designed by John Carrick in 1882, but the grand hall itself was designed by George Murray and opened in 1841. It was the first hall suitable for large gatherings and concerts to be built in the City and played host to the likes of Benjamin Disraeli, Charles Dickens, Hungarian patriot Lajos Kossuth and William Ewart Gladstone. From its early days it hosted a wide variety of popular and classical concerts including those by touring groups such as Louis-Antoine Jullien's celebrated London-based orchestra and Charles Halle's orchestra from Manchester. Glasgow's first regular orchestral subscription concert series, played by an orchestra managed by the Glasgow Choral Union, was given in the grand hall from 1874 until the opening of the much larger St Andrew's Hall in 1877. Arthur Sullivan was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live From Scotland Volume 2
Live from Scotland Volume 2 was a 1975 album by The Corries recorded at the Glasgow City Halls, Motherwell Town Hall, Dunfermline Carnegie Hall and Edinburgh Usher Hall, in 1974 and 1975. Line-Up * Roy Williamson * Ronnie Browne Tracks The tracks were: Side One: *1. Lock The Door Lariston, Trad. Arr/Adpd. The Corries. Pub. Corries (music) Ltd. R. Williamson Guitar, R. Browne Guitar. *2. Sunday Driver, Words by J.W. Hill. Arr. The Corries. Pub. Corries (music) Ltd. R. Williamson Guitar, R. Browne Guitar. *3. Come O'er The Stream Charlie, Trad. Arr. The Corries. Pub. Corries (music) Ltd. R. Williamson Borahn, R. Browne Borahn. *4. King Fareweel, Trad. From Isabel Sutherland. Arr/Adpd. The Corries. Pub. Corries (music) Ltd. R. Williamson Northhumbrian Pipes, R. Browne Harmonica. *5. Yur Losin' Them, Tune Trad. Words Anon. Arr. The Corries. Pub. Corries (music) Ltd. R. Williamson Borahn, R. Browne Borahn. *6. Ettrick Lady, Tune Harmony Music Ltd. Words Trad. Arr/Adpd. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Williamson
Roy Murdoch Buchanan Williamson (25 June 1936 – 12 August 1990) was a Scottish people, Scottish songwriter and folk musician, most notably with The Corries. Williamson is best known for writing "Flower of Scotland", which has become the de facto national anthem of Scotland used at international sporting events. Early life Roy Williamson's father, Archibald Moir Macrae Williamson, was an advocate (a lawyer); his mother, Agnes Ethel Cumming Buchanan Williamson, was a talented pianist who frequently took her two sons, Robert and Roy, to musical events. As a schoolboy, Williamson learned to play the recorder (musical instrument), recorder by ear, pretending to read music. A teacher found out and banned him from music lessons. He went to Wester Elchies School, then Aberlour House and Gordonstoun in Moray. He taught seamanship and navigation at Burghead before going to Edinburgh College of Art. It was there in 1955 that he met Ronnie Browne, with whom he would team up in The Corrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronnie Browne
Ronald Grant Browne ("The Voice") (20 August 1937 in Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland) is a Scottish folk musician and songwriter, who is a founding member of The Corries. Biography Browne was born in Edinburgh to John Albert 'Bertie' Browne, a truck driver, and Anne 'Nancy' Browne. He was raised in Scotland. Aside from singing, Browne's other abilities are painting, sketching and rugby, having once played as a winger for his secondary school Boroughmuir. He met Roy Williamson on the rugby field, as Williamson had played as a winger also for Boroughmuir's rivals Edinburgh Wanderers. This led to meeting multi-instrumentalist Bill Smith at Edinburgh College of Art in 1955 and the formation of the Corrie Folk Trio in 1962. The group was expanded the following year with the addition of female singer Paddie Bell. Shortly after releasing three albums in 1965, Bell left to begin a solo career. With the departure of Smith, the following year, Browne and Williamson cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mingulay Boat Song
The "Mingulay Boat Song" is a song written by Sir Hugh S. Roberton (1874–1952) in the 1930s. The melody is described in Roberton's ''Songs of the Isles'' as a traditional Gaels, Gaelic tune, probably titled "Lochaber". The tune was part of an old Gaelic song, "Òran na Comhachaig" (the 'Creag Ghuanach' portion); from Brae Lochaber. The song describes fishermen sailing homeward to the isle of Mingulay where their families wait. Lyrics Roberton's lyrics are as follows: Alternative lyrics Later performers have adapted the song via folk process, with alterations to Roberton's lyrics. For example: The McCalmans sang their own version on the 1973 album ''An Audience with the McCalmans''. The Corries, among the best known performers of the song, used the following words: The Longest Johns adapted the lyrics on their album ''Between Wind And Water'': Recordings *The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem perform this song on their 1966 album, ''Isn't It Grand Boys''. *Richard Thom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh S
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Roses Of Prince Charlie
"Roses of Prince Charlie" is a modern Scottish folk song composed by Ronnie Browne of The Corries. It was written ''circa'' 1973 and first appeared in their album released in 1974, ''Live From Scotland Volume 1''. The title of the song refers to the symbol of Charles Edward Stuart, which was a white rose. The words represent Jacobitism and modern Scottish Nationalism. In the first verse, Browne mentions two battles between Scotland and England as well as the Jacobite uprising of 1745–6; Bannockburn, Flodden, and Culloden. The second verse mentions Scottish mass emigration and the industry of Scottish immigrants ("carved out the New World with sweat, blood, and hand"). The 'New World' refers to countries such as America and Canada, where the Scottish population emigrated to in the 1800s (or were shipped to penal colonies there in earlier periods). The third verse of the song references Scottish industrialisation of the 20th century and seems to mentions the hopes for a devolved o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flower Of Scotland
"Flower of Scotland" is a Scottish song, frequently performed at special occasions and sporting events as an unofficial national anthem of Scotland. The song was composed in the mid-1960s by Roy Williamson of the folk group the Corries. It was first heard publicly in a 1967 BBC television series. The words refer to the victory of the Scots, led by Robert I, over Edward II of England at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. Although there is no official national anthem of Scotland, "Flower of Scotland" is one of a number of songs which are used, along with the older "Scotland the Brave". The song was composed and is sung in English, with one Scots word ("Tae" for "To"). It has been translated into Scots. Popular use The song has been used as an anthem by the Scotland rugby union team, ever since the winger, Billy Steele, encouraged his team-mates to sing it on the British Lions tour of South Africa in 1974. The song was adopted as the pre-game anthem for the 1990 Five Nations C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Corries Albums
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