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The Tannahill Weavers
Formed in 1968
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The Tannahill Weavers are a traditional Scottish music musical group. They released their first album, Are Ye Sleeping Maggie, in 1976, and were one of the first popular bands to incorporate the Great Highland Bagpipe in an ensemble setting. In doing so, they helped change the sound of Scottish traditional music. In 2011, the band were inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame.
The band was formed in 1968 and practised in a back room of the McKay family's rented council house at 41 St. Ninian's Road, Hunterhill, Paisley. The band first performed at St. Peter's Folk Club, Glenburn, Paisley which was run by Pat Doherty, father of Weavers' founding member Neil Doherty.
As of 2021, they continue to tour and release new recordings. They are named after Scottish poet Robert Tannahill, known as the 'Weaver Poet,' and have recorded several of his songs.
In 2022 Roy Gullane published an autobiography entitled Goulash Soup and Chips: The Reminiscences and Occasional Rantings of an Aging Folk Singer, which includes numerous anecdotes about The Tannahill Weavers' 50-plus-year touring history.
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The Tannahill Weavers est un célèbre groupe écossais de musique folk. Les musiciens sont Roy Gullane (guitare et chant), Phil Smillie (flûte, bodhran et chant) tous deux fondateurs du groupe, Leslie Wilson bouzouki et chant, John Martin (violon et chant) et Colin Melville cornemuse. Le groupe a vu le jour en 1976 lors d'un concert d'improvisation à Paisley en Écosse et fut baptisé d'après le nom du poète écossais Robert Tannahill. Ils ont participé à plusieurs festivals au Canada et y connurent un grand succès.
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Discography
Albums
- 1976 Are Ye Sleeping Maggie
- 1978 The Old Woman's Dance
- 1979 The Tannahill Weavers
- 1981 Tannahill Weavers IV
- 1986 Land of Light
- 1990 Cullen Bay
- 1992 The Mermaid's Song
- 1994 Capernaum
- 1996 Leaving St. Kilda
- 1998 Epona
- 2000 Alchemy
- 2003 Arnish Light