Wild Geese drums Marc Marnie also of Deathstar4 and Stagefright photography, and Jim Bryce on bass and or keyboards and Steve Tyler on vocals and guitar and myself Scottish Andrew - troubadour and weaver of tales and european tour veteran on starfish electric violin and calling the dances.
Complete with Angelic Roadcrew ... for bookings - contact us on 0131 657 3063
Edinburgh UK
Influences
This first vid is alan and I .. andrew and alan ARE xorg and shamalan gate with scottish trance act and the MacDizney Dance - just for laughs... [in memory of alan who passed away recently]. Peter Knight of Steeleye Span had the greatest influence on my development as a fiddle player & I also have happy memories of the Bothy Band, Iron Maiden, Mike Oldfield, Pink Floyd, Ibiza Mix, Steeleye Span, Black Sabbath, Vangelis, Planxty, Runrig, Techno, Trance, Tibet, the Corries, Alan Stivell, ZZ Top, ....
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Wild Geese 4 piece
............Wild Geese 3 PIECE LIVE IN EDINBURGH - morrison's jig -
Sounds Like
The Wild Geese with myself calling dances can do songs, latin and celtic guitar and electronic pipes, blues and some rock and country and can perform with bassist and keyboards jim bryce.
We can tailor your event to suit your needs and that can include as much or as little non-traditional add ons as you would like. Wild Geese Ceilidh can do a 3 or 4 piece with a Bass/Keyboards option
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This is a Celtic composition called Daughter of the Rain I wrote for my theatre show called CHILDREN OF THE STORM at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Myself on fiddle, Don Fraser arranged and played Keyboards and Joe Lynch engineered.
The Road to the Isles - electric version dedicated to the late James Calder QC, conductor, who arranged for the Edinburgh Highland Reels and Strathspey Society, 1970's
if you want live scottish ceilidh samples from Wild Geese click on the band website link to the left www.scottishceilidh.com also check out our live ceilidh dance video of morrison's jig and the live 4 piece clip opposite. MY THEATRE AND STORYTELLING with Scottish Andrew includes a number of products, Fringe shows, books, CD's and DVD's etc they have some wonderful contributions from many of the gifted people I have met on my journey. ............. Scottish folklore, mythology, history and culture have always fascinated me.
my Scottish pilgrimage began in 1969 as the Edinburgh Highland Reels and Strathspey Societys then youngest ever member and I played at all the fiddlers rallies in the Scottish concert halls such as the; Kelvin, Usher and Caird hall.
I have a fond memory as a youngster seeing all the battle-hardened kilted fiddle veterans come off the stage in a fast moving file at half time in the Albert hall in Perth, fiddle and bow clasped in their left hand whilst their right hand went down onto the long table offstage to snatch up the hundred or more white plastic cups full of whiskey as they strode past as if marathon runners grabbing the water of life on the home stretch and then the white cups rolling and bouncing around the floor having missed the bin.
From there in the 80’s and 90’s there was Simon and Lynn of Hopscotch a primarily English button box ceilidh band, and various folk trios and quartets, e.g. Cauther Fair and Jacouse the UN music club in Vienna and stints in various ceilidh and function bands, European Tours with the folk rock group THE FIFE and I wrote and composed on several theatre shows with my Solan Theatre Company founded in 1984 playing at the Edinburgh Fringe a few times, recorded etc - and finally in the second millennium I play with the Wild Geese Ceilidh Band and am also a story teller, dance caller and tour guide.
I guess that makes me an all-round Ceilidh artist in the traditional meaning of Ceilidh - which is; a multimedia free form Scottish community party entertainer.
our concert trio and scottish andrew has influences in:
folk, folk rock, medieval, jazz, world fusion, latin, scottish dance, electronica ...
I present all the story, tourism and myth, invention and facets of what it is to be Scottish but I am constantly reminded that I amount to nothing without people and that it is only by the labours of my brothers and sisters that I am still on the road !!
scottish andrew brings the spirit of troubadour scotland to a stage near you
the wandering bards keepers of folk myth and tellers of tales, dancer of dances, weavers of mystical metaphysics and players of electronic tunes ...
Well, I'm 1/2 rusian and the rest is Irish and Scot and Welch...so, I was close to my grandmother who was a Campbell and she always sang me a song when I was young that I remember! It went..." bayou ba-by bu-ntin dady's gone a huntin'... to get that baby rabit skin to wrap that baby's buntin in..." I'm not sure of the rest of the song, can you help me with its Scot or Irish origin"?? I care more for my Scot descent than any other for some reason...I know not why--so, I'm hoping it is of Scot origin..but what will be will be....I just need to know....The Scot stuff just speaks to me the most...It touches me the most.. I guess! Thanks for your help! Lu
thanks for the comment,ive been tested for diabetes and thats not it,it however is genetic whatever it is and have had it like this all my life our whole family has all sorts of mystery illnesses,without huge doses of caffeene durring the day i cant un glue my self from the bed to participate in life,its a huge drag but have mannaged to fight off the sleep disorder long enough to learn musical instruments and jam with some good people and also work on fixing stuff and building progects, it just sux that i have to feel so messed up but its not stopping me from doing stuff and working,wishing you the best !
Hello Scottish Andrew, many thanks for the add and a warm welcome to CAL support as a friend! It's a pleasure to have you "on board". All the best to you, take care and many greetings, Elke
Andrew. Your music rocks! It is beautiful and inspiring. My best friend and I will be visiting Edinburgh, Inverness and Stirling in early September. We can't wait to go to Scotland!
