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It seems incredible that 25 years have passed since
Duncan wrote 'Always Argyll' with the able assistance of Jimmy Jamieson of
Tighnabruaich, home also of the late Celly Paterson, whose collaboration with
Duncan resulted in the memorable and much loved 'Home of the
Kyles'.
Collaboration is an essential feature today of the well-made and
in this respect Mr McCrone is well-served by his long term friend and co-writer
Cy Jack along with the young idea - in the shape of Chris Stout and Catriona
Mackay, both wonderful players who add a sparkling Northern sheen to a
succession of fine tracks.
Duncan (and Cy)'s creative muse has been hard
at work in the provision of a clutch of new songs ranging far and wide,
employing contrasting arrangements and sourced from a diverse range of
experiences. Needless to say, several of those experiences involve the joys of
transportation at high speed; witness the Zephyr Zodiac in the title track and
Donald Campbell's 'Bluebird' in the closing song. Not that the Z.Z. ever did
300mph!
His new setting of 'Just a Glasgow Boy' proves what a good song
it is, while the full Jacobite context of 'Loch Lomond' makes plain what has
often been guesswork down through the years!
All you need to know about
this album is that these songs span a goodly number of fertile years and that
their selection suggests a very broad brush indeed. We are all for
that.
But there is something, too, for those of us who prefer life in
the slow lane! The good thing is that you can switch lanes as you change
tracks! IAIN
ANDERSON BBC RADIO
SCOTLAND
TRACKS 1. ALL
YOU NEED TO KNOW 2. LOCH LOMOND 3. THE SLIPPERY
ROAD 4. DRIVING NORTH 5. WAKING UP IN
LONDON 6. THE LEA-RIG 7. JUST A GLASGOW
BOY 8. DANCING AT WHITSUN 9. ONE FOR THE
ROAD 10. LOSER'S MOON 11. ALWAYS ARGYLL 12.
GUIDNICHT, AND JOY BE WI' YE A' 13.
BLUEBIRD
THE MUSICIANS
DUNCAN McCRONE
(VOCALS/ACOUSTIC GUITAR) CY
JACK (DOUBLE BASS/BASS GUITAR/KEYBOARDS/BACKING
VOCALS) STEVIE LAWRENCE
(GUITAR/MANDOCELLO/CITTERN/BOUZOUKI/PERCUSSION) CHRIS STOUT
(FIDDLE/VIOLA/KEYBOARDS) FRASER
SPEIRS (HARMONICA) CATRIONA McKAY (CLARSACH) RAY
LAIDLAW
(PERCUSSION)
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