5018081039722

1953 - 2013: Reflecting The Talents Of Nick Keir

Nick Keir

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: CDTRAX397

Release Date:  02 June 2017

Label:  Greentrax

Packaging Type:  Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  5018081039722

Genres:  Folk  Scottish Folk  

  • Description

    After a time with the group Finn McCuill, a tour with Norman McCaig and his work with the 7:84 Theatre Company, the late Nick Keir joined THe McCalmans in 1982. He remained with the group for the next 30 years and toured all over the world as one of the best known and most successful Scottish Traditional acts.


    Many of Nick's songs entered the repertoire of The McCalmans but at the same time Nick made many solo performances, including his sell-out Edinburgh Festival Fringe sell-put shows and still found time to record four solo albums.


    In 2004 The McCalmans were inducted into the Scottish Traditional Hall of Fame and were presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The McCalmans retired in 2010 and Nick died of a serious illness in 2013 at far too young an age. Nick has been described as a modest and infinitely courteous man, a true poet and remarkable singer/songwriter.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Festival Lights
      • 2. Portnahaven
      • 3. All Over This Town
      • 4. Fires Of Edinburgh
      • 5. Applecross Bay
      • 6. Slow French Waltz
      • 7. American Accent
      • 8. The Bonny Maid Of Fife
      • 9. MIddle-Aged Men
      • 10. Envy The Wind
      • 11. It's A Lie
      • 12. The Seige
      • 13. On This Island
      • 14. Mephistopheles On Minto Street
      • 15. Cold Night In This Old Town
      • 16. Borderland
      • 17. Sorrowlessfield
      • 18. Running Home
      • 19. Here's To You

      Disc 2

      • 1. Corryvrekan Calling
      • 2. East Lothian Sky
      • 3. Far Down The Line
      • 4. Nowhere Else To Go
      • 5. The Beatles Played Kirkcaldy/Happy To Dance WIth YOu
      • 6. Crooked Smile
      • 7. Song Of The Plough
      • 8. The Heron
      • 9. Ainster Harbour
      • 10. Everybody Lies
      • 11. The Heart
      • 12. Loves The Rising Sun
      • 13. The Field Behind Our House
      • 14. White Horses
      • 15. Norman's Dram
      • 16. The Daybreak Carol
      • 17. The Long Road
      • 18. Take MY Time