The Best of Silly Wizard
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The Best Of Silly Wizard is an album by Silly Wizard
released in 1985 on the Shanachie Records label. This album has selections from previous recordings by the band.
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 1985 on the Shanachie Records label. This album has selections from previous recordings by the band.
Track listing
- "The Valley of Strathmore (6:17)"
- "Donald McGillavry / O'Neill's Cavalry March (4:09)"
- "A.A Cameron's Strathspey / Mrs. Martha Knowles / The Pitnacree Ferryman / The New Shillin' (4:26)"
- "The Fishermen's Song (5:53)"
- "The Queen of Argyll (3:28)"
- "Finlay M. MacRae (3:36)"
- "The Pearl (3:54)"
- "Isla Waters (3:53)"
- "Mo Chuachag Laghach (My Kindly Sweetheart) (2:27)"
- "Broom O' the Cowdenknowes (5:24)"
- "Green Fields of Glentown / The Galtee Reel / Bobby Casey's Number Two / Wing Commander Donald MacKenzie's Reel (4:43)"
Line-up
- 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, whistle, vocals, keyboards, mandola, guitar, synthesizers, electric piano, piano, harmonium - 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...
: Fiddles, vocals, viola - 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, whistle, mandolin - Martin Hadden: Electric bass, fretless bass, guitar, harmonium, string synthesizers, piano, electric piano, vocals
- Gordon Jones: Guitar, bodhran, mandola, vocals
- Bob Thomas: Guitar