So Many Partings
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So Many Partings is an album by Silly Wizard
released in 1979 on the Shanachie Records label. On this album the songs "The Valley Of Strathmore" and "The Highland Clearances" were written by Andy M. Stewart.
Silly Wizard
Silly Wizard was a Scottish folk band that began forming in Edinburgh in 1970. The founder members were two like-minded university students—Gordon Jones and Bob Thomas...
released in 1979 on the Shanachie Records label. On this album the songs "The Valley Of Strathmore" and "The Highland Clearances" were written by Andy M. Stewart.
Track listing
- "Scarce O'Tatties / Lyndhurst"
- "The Valley Of Strathmore"
- "Bridget O'Malley (Brid Og Ni Mhaille)"
- "A.A. Cameron's Strathspey / Mrs. Martha Knowles / The Pitnacree Ferryman / The New Shillin'"
- "Donald McGillavry / O'Neill's Cavalry March"
- "The Highland Clearances"
- "Miss Catherine Brosnan"
- "Wi' My Dog and Gun"
- "Miss Shepherd / Sweeney's Buttermilk / McGlinchey's Reels"
Line-up
- Andy M. StewartAndy M. StewartAndy M. Stewart is a Scottish singer and songwriter, formerly the frontman for Silly Wizard.Stewart toured with Silly Wizard until the band broke up in 1988. Since then, he has recorded four solo albums, as well as three with Manus Lunny...
: Lead vocals, tenor banjo - Phil CunninghamPhil Cunningham (folk musician)Phil Cunningham, MBE, born 1960 in Edinburgh, Scotland is a Scottish folk musician and composer.-Biography:Phil played accordion and violin from a very young age. He attended school in Portobello, and was raised Mormon, attending church regularly and playing organ...
: Accordion, synthesizers, acoustic piano, whistles, backing vocals - Johnny CunninghamJohnny CunninghamJohnny Cunningham was a Scottish folk musician. He was a founding member of Silly Wizard, as well as a member of Relativity, The Raindogs, and Nightnoise. Throughout his career, Cunningham was also a fiddler, composer and producer. His younger brother, Phil Cunningham, is a multi-instrumentalist...
: Fiddle - Gordon Jones: Guitar