Jim Reid (5 May 1934 - 6 July 2009) was a Scottish

Scotland

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 folk music

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

ian who was born in Dundee

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. Many of his songs are about his home town of Dundee and the people and places of the surrounding county of Angus

Angus

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Biography

The first folk group he was in was The Taysiders in the 1970s, but he became better known as the driving force behind The Foundry Bar Band from Arbroath

Arbroath

Arbroath or Aberbrothock is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus in Scotland, and has a population of 22,785...

 recording three albums with them in the 1980s. Later Reid partnered up with John Huband the Dundee accordionist, to record the album Freewheeling Now.

Reid's solo work has included his debut in 1984 I Saw The Wild Geese Flee, followed by The Better o a Sang in 1996, Emfae Dundee in 2001 and Yont The Tay in 2005. In 2005, Reid released a songbook with a collection of his own songs titled after his second album The Better o a Sang.

Reid guest featured on many other artists recordings including the ninth to twelfth volumes of the twelve volume series of Linn Records

Linn Records

Linn Records is a Glasgow-based record label which specialises in classical, jazz and Scottish music. It is part of Linn Products.-History:While Linn engineers were testing their flagship product, the Sondek LP12 turntable, they became frustrated with some of the specialist test LPs they were using...

 The Complete Songs of Robert Burns. He appeared on other works such as the Hamish Henderson

Hamish Henderson

Hamish Scott Henderson, was a Scottish poet, songwriter, soldier, and intellectual....

 tribute album

Tribute album

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, A The Bairns O Adam and Life In The Kingdom which was with the children of Fife primary schools.

In 2005 he won the "Scots Singer of the Year" award, and Reid regularly played at festivals

Music festival

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 until he was diagnosed with dementia

Dementia

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On 10 July 2009, it was reported that Reid had died on 6 July 2009, at the age of 75.

Solo albums

• I Saw The Wild Geese Flee (1984)
• The Better o' a Sang (1996)
• Emfae Dundee (2001)
• Yont The Tay (2005)

with The Foundry Bar Band

• The Foundry Bar Band (1981)
• On The Road with The Foundry Bar Band (1983)
• Rolling Home (1988)