 | Jack Beck - O Lassie, Lassie
CDTRAX027
(May 2002 re-release of 1989 recording) 10 tracks (46 mins): Birnie Boozle; Matt Hyland; Twa Corbies; Kilbowie Hill; The Bleacher Lass o' Kelvinha'; Bound to Be a Row; Ned of The Hill; The Jolly Beggar; Love is Teasing; The Merchant’s Son.
Jack Beck (guitar and vocals) is a highly rated singer of traditional song, and is joined on this album by musicians Gary Coupland (accordion), Pete Clark and Davy Lockhart (fiddle), Mike Ward (whistle, Northumbrian smallpipes, keyboard), Lindsay Porteous (jaws harp), Chris Miles, Andy Hunter and Colin Stuart (backing vocals), George Haig (banjo, autoharp, mandola) and Alistair Marshall (Highland bagpipes, flute).
"One who forms the bridge between the old rural tradition and the urban revival." (Archie Fisher)
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