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Hi Kenneth,
13-Jul-97 13:01:11, Kenneth Newman wrote to Robbie Wilson Subject: ROLL
CALL
 RW>> You might receive a lot of replies from this, but Scotland
 RW>> _is_ a country
 KN>  Do I get any credit for saying I thought of it as a country?
 KN> ;-)
Bien sur (-:
 RW>> We have totally separate legal and education systems, and
 RW>> will soon have a devolved parliament with tax-raising powers for
 RW>> the first time since 1707.
 KN>  Q. Are we not devo? A. Och aye, laddie!
 KN> Now for the ObProg:
 KN> How about a rundown on Scotprog? I know that technically the
 KN> Shulman family of Gentle Giant was from the Gorbles (Scottish slang
 KN> for "testicles" yes?)
The Gorbals is an area of Glasgow. But I suppose there was a time you
had to have your testicles well protected when you visited there (-:
 KN> though only Phil grew up there, the other
 KN> lads came after the family moved to Portsmouth. And Fish is a Scot,
 KN> right?, though Marillion is an Aylesbury band, like Gary Glitter.
 KN> Some of the prog folk is good, like Five Hand Reel, Tannahill
 KN> Weavers, Battlefield Band, Silly Wizard. What else can you tell us?
 KN> I notice that Dave Stewart was the animal trainer on Hamish
 KN> MacBeth, but maybe it's not the same one that was in the
 KN> Eurythmics. Well, lang may yer chillum reek! Cheers, Kenneth
Yes, Fish (or Derek William Dick to his mum) was born in Dalkeith which
is near Edinburgh. He now lives in Haddington (near Edinburgh) and runs
Dick Brothers Record Co and Studios.
I suppose the other notable Scottish prog bands are Jethro Tull (whose
leader Ian Anderson is Scottish) and Pallas (from Aberdeen) who were
signed to EMI UK just after Marillion and released two albums on that
label (Atlantis and Knight's Wedge). There have also been notable Scots
in other Prog bands (Francis Lickerish in The Enid).
You could also stretch the point and include B.A. Robertson's
involvement in Mike + The Mechanics, but I think the point might break
being stretched that far (-:
Cheerio
Robbie
email : rgwilson@compura.com
.!. NP: Pallas - East West _Atlantis_
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