The Electrics are a
Celtic rock
Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock, as well as a form of Celtic fusion which incorporates Celtic music, instrumentation and themes into a rock music context. It has been extremely prolific since the early 1970s and can be seen as a key foundatio ...
band from
Dumbarton
Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990.
Dumbarton was the ca ...
, Scotland. They formed in 1988 when former Infrapenny members
Sammy Horner (vocals and bass guitar) and Paul Baird (guitar) asked drummer Dave McArthur and sax/keyboard player Allan Hewitt to play a gig at Glasgow's Impact Festival. The band released a self-financed cassette album, ''Views in Blues'', in 1989. Following this recording the band evolved a celtic rock sound, heavily influenced by
The Waterboys
The Waterboys are a folk rock band formed in Edinburgh in 1983 by Scottish musician Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England. Mike Scott has remained ...
and
The Pogues
The Pogues were an English or Anglo-Irish Celtic punk band fronted by Shane MacGowan and others, founded in Kings Cross, London in 1982, as "Pogue Mahone" – the anglicisation of the Irish Gaelic ''póg mo thóin'', meaning "kiss my arse" ...
. Subsequent recordings included ''Vision and Dreams'' (1990) which was distributed by Word Records, and ''Big Silent World'' (1993), on Germany's Pila Music label.
The band performed in the UK, Europe and the US. The band never officially disbanded.
Sam Horner has returned to live in Ireland once again, and spends much of the year touring the world performing concerts with his wife, Kylie Horner, as The Sweet Sorrows.
Band members
Current members
*Sammy Horner - Lead Vocals, Bass
*Paul Baird - Guitar and backing vocals.
*Davie McArthur - Drums, Bodhran.
*Allan Hewitt - Keyboards, accordion, saxophone, whistle and backing vocals.
Former members
* Jim Devlin - Guitar, Mandolin
*Jim Cosgrove - Drums
*Tim Cotterell - Fiddle, Mandolin
*Heather Negus - Accordion, keyboards.
*Kris McEwan - Fiddle/mandolin.
*David Lyon - Accordion, Keyboards
*Kenny MacNicol - Highland/ Uhllean Pipes, whistles.
*Robin Callander - Fiddle/mandolin.
Discography
*1991: ''Visions And Dreams'' (Review
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*1993: ''Big Silent World''
*1995: ''The Whole Shebang!''
*1997: ''The Electrics'' (Reviews
Cross Rhythms
*1998: ''Livin' It Up When I Die'' (Review
Cross Rhythms
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*2001: ''Reel, Folk'n'Rock'n'Roll'' (Review
Cross Rhythms
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Cross Rhythms
*2014: ''The Norway Sessions'' (recorded 2005, released as
digital album on Bandcamp
almost 10 years later)
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References
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External links
Official Web SiteThe Electrics @ Tagworld
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Celtic rock music