> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nigel Gatherer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 13 October 2000 20:29
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [scots-l] Scottish Folk Groups of the 1970s
>
>
> Charles McGregor wrote:
>
> > ...Bitter Withy: Yes
>
> 5 Hand Reel...Yes - I remember seeing a couple of superb performances
down in London - and a dreadful one at Govan Town Hall. At their best
they were as good as Steeleye Span, at their worst they sounded like
an electric Gaberlunzie - but so did Gaberlunzie - remember the leather
suits and the strobe lights?
> Anyone remember Beggar's Mantle (Bruce Davies & Bill McArthur)? No
> The Gaugers? Yes
> Dingly Dell (Dave Davidson, Chic Bachelor & Jan Caldon)? No
> The Islanders (featuring a very young Ian Mackintosh)? (actually, they
don't
count - they're from the 60s.) No, but I do remember Iain with The Skerries,
along with Jackie Jeanette and a VERY young Gavin Livingstone.
> Finn MacCuill? Yes: Nick Keir as a wee boy.
In the interests of total irrelevance, I have to add that Frank McKay (of
the
Livingstones) was my History teacher at school, and ran the school folk
club,
on of the major reasons I became involved in traditional music in the 1960s.
I last heard of him selling calculators in Paris ...
Regards,
Ted
>
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