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Bonnie Lass O Gala Water

from Burn the Witch 1978 by McCalmans

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We first recorded this song on our first album, "All in One Mind" and the most noticeable change, apart from almost learning the lyrics, is the speed of the song. It's much faster and I noticed that the whole album is fairly frenetic, we don't hang about in the songs we know well. It's not entirely a good trend but I think it was the influence of so many live gigs at that time. I remember performing 42 gigs in 37 days on a tour of Denmark and although we always got a bit nervous and definitely tried our best, it was inevitable that we attacked the songs with more confidence, but a slight compromise in the "feel" of the performance might have been the downside.

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from Burn the Witch 1978, released June 6, 1978
Hamish on mandolin
Derek and Ian on guitars
Derek: Bodhran

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McCalmans Edinburgh, UK

Formed 1964, Edinburgh, studying Architecture. Ian McCalman, Derek Moffat, Hamish Bayne, for 18years.Then McCalman, Moffat, Nick Keir for 27yrs. Then McCalman, Keir, Stephen Quigg for 9yrs. 27 albums, multiple TV series. World tours. "Best live act" award, "Hall of Fame", "Hamish Henderson award", recorded 400 songs, retired 2010. folk singers, writers, talkers, travellers, Love Scotland. Friends! ... more

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