The Tannahill Weavers
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The Tannahill Weavers | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Paisley, Scotland |
Genres | Scottish traditional |
Years active | 1968–present |
Labels | Compass, Green Linnet, Plant Life |
Website | www |
Members | |
Past members | Bill Bourne Dougie MacLean Struan Thorpe Gordon Duncan Hudson Swan Iain MacInnes David Shaw |
The Tannahill Weavers are a band which performs traditional Scottish music. Releasing their first album in 1976, they became notable for being one of the first popular bands to incorporate the sound of the Great Highland Bagpipe in an ensemble setting,[1] and in doing so helped to change the sound of Scottish traditional music. In 2011 the band were inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame.[2]
The band was formed in 1968[1] and practiced in a back room of the McKay family's rented council house at 41 St. Ninian's Road, Hunterhill, Paisley. The band first performed at St. Peter's Folk Club, Glenburn, Paisley which was run by Pat Doherty, father of Weavers' founding member .
As of 2021, they continue to tour and release new recordings. They are named after Scottish poet Robert Tannahill, known as the 'Weaver Poet,'[2] and have recorded several of his songs.
Members[]
The current members of the band are:
- (guitar, vocals)[1]
- (flute, tin whistles, bodhrán, vocals)
- (fiddle)
- (Highland bagpipes, Scottish smallpipes, tin whistle)
Past members have included:
- (fiddle, vocals)
- (Highland bagpipes, Scottish smallpipes, tin whistles)
- (bouzouki, keyboards, bass pedals, guitar, vocals)
- (Highland bagpipes, tin whistles, mandola, organ, vocals)
- Bill Bourne (vocals, bouzouki, guitar, electric guitar, fiddle, keyboards, bass pedals)
- Dougie MacLean (fiddle, mandolin, vocals, guitar, tenor banjo)[3]
- (Highland bagpipes, Scottish smallpipes, tin whistles)
- Struan Thorpe (Highland bagpipes, Scottish smallpipes, flute, tin whistles, guitar)
- Gordon Duncan (Highland bagpipes, tin whistles)
- Hudson Swan (bouzouki, vocals, fiddle, glockenspiel, mandolin)
- Iain MacInnes (Highland bagpipes, Scottish smallpipes, tin whistles, vocals)
- (Highland bagpipes, Scottish smallpipes, tin whistles)
- (fiddle, guitar, vocals)
- (bouzouki, fiddle, bass pedals, vocals)
- (fiddles, bones, guitar)
- (fiddle, vocals)
- David Shaw (guitar, bass guitar)
- (fiddle)
- (whistles, vocals) - founding member
- (vocals, guitar, penny whistle) - founding member
- (vocals, guitar, mandolin, penny whistle) - founding member
- (vocals) - founding member
Timeline[]
Discography[]
Albums[]
- Are Ye Sleeping Maggie (1976)
- The Old Woman's Dance (1978)
- The Tannahill Weavers (1979)
- Tannahill Weavers IV (1981)
- Passage (1984)
- Land of Light (1986)
- Dancing Feet (1987)
- Best of the Tannahill Weavers 1979 - 1989 (1989)
- Cullen Bay (1990)
- The Mermaid's Song (1992)
- Capernaum (1994)
- Leaving St. Kilda (1996)
- The Tannahill Weavers Collection: Choice Cuts 1987-1996 (1997)
- Epona (1998)
- Alchemy (2000)
- Arnish Light (2003)
- Live and In Session (2006)
- Òrach (2018)
Contributing artists[]
See also[]
- Compass Records
- Hedera Records
- Green Linnet Records
- Plant Life Records
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Gilchrist, Jim (8 August 2015). "The Tannahill Weavers ready for trip down memory lane". The Scotsman. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b MacDonald, Hamish (24 July 2018). "How Paisley poet Robert Tannahill made his mark on history". The National. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ Brocklehurst, Steven (24 January 2018). "Caledonia - a simple love song to Scotland". BBC News. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
External links[]
- Tannahill Weavers (official site)
- MySpace page
- Musical groups established in 1968
- Scottish folk music groups
- Green Linnet Records artists
- Compass Records artists