> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nigel Gatherer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 01 October 2000 18:22
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [scots-l] Whistlebinkies
>
>
> David, Stephen, Cat and Cynthia:
>
> Sorry guys, I should have made it clearer. The reason I said
>
> > ...a group called The Whistlebinkies (yes, really)...
>
> was because this is ANOTHER group with the same name. Stuart Eydmann, who
> occasionally contributes to the list (when he's got time), is a member of
> the celebrated, still existing, Whistlebinkies, as is Eddie McGuire, who
> is also well respected in the contemporary classical music scene (can I
> say contemporary classical? Not after a couple of pints, anyway).
>
> My record is by an unknown outfit who sang such staple Scottish and Irish
> songs as "Twa Recruiting Sergeants", "Mormond Braes", "Banks of the Roses"
> and so on. I find it extraordinary that they were apparently unaware of
> the other mob; or was it the other way around?.
>
As I pointed out in my previous post, this was actually an early incarnation
of the same band. A later version included concertina player (and
photographer)
Gordon Hotchkiss and singer Maggie Faulds, in addition to Mick Broderick and
Jim
Daly. I think Rab Wallace had also joined by that time. Gordon Hotchkiss
and
Jim Daly split to form the "Auld Howff Band" with flute player Davy Lees. If
I
remember correctly, Sean McGee also reappeared as a guitarist in that band.
Stuart
Eydmannn didn't join the band until their Whistlebinkies 3 album.
If you want a *really* obscure band, how about the "Invernesky Firemen"
featuring
the aforementioned Stuart Eydmann, Jamie McMememy (later to join the
Battlefield
Band) and Sandy Stanage (Kentigern), along with singer Martin Hunter. Like
the
"Old Howff Band", I don't think this lineup ever got round to recording.
Regards,
Ted
Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To
subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
