Re: [scots-l] Re: obscure folk groups

2003-03-10 Thread David Francis
I was talking to Kenny Kemp last night who was telling me more about Desperate Danz Band including, I think, the time you were supported by a young outfit called Capercaillie. That was actually DDB's predecessors, the equally ludicrously named Reel Aliens. Infused with the spirit of punk

[scots-l] Re: obscure folk groups

2003-02-21 Thread David Francis
There was a very good duo who were residents at Dumfries Folk Club in the early 70s who went under the name of The Layabouts (two guitars, harmony vocals). I think they were brothers and one of them was Billy ? (his surname escapes me for the moment) who was later in the first line-up of Black