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Davie Stewart
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Davie Stewart Topic Records 12T293 (LP, UK, 1978) |
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Recorded by Hamish Henderson in Dundee and Edinburgh in 1954, 1955, and 1962;
Produced for Topic by Tony Engle;
Notes by Hamish Henderson;
Photography by Mike Yates;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle
Musical Traditions CD review by Vic Smith
Musicians
Davie Stewart: vocals, accordion
Tracks
Side 1
- MacPherson's Rant (Roud 2160; G/D 3:697) (6.09)
- The Jolly Beggar (Roud 118; Child 279; G/D 2:274) (4.27)
- The 74th Highlander's Farewell to Edinburgh / The Piper's Bonnet / Mrs MacLeod of Raasay cantering (2.00)
- I'm Often Drunk and I'm Seldom Sober (Roud 3135) (3.20)
- Taghter Jack Walsh / The Connaughtman's Rambles jigs (1.09)
- The Overgate (Roud 866) (3.25)
Side 2
- The Merchant's Son (Roud 2153; G/D 2:303; TYG 65) (2.50)
- The Daft Piper (Roud 5140) (6.25)
- Boulavogue (Roud 2356) (3.47)
- Harvest Home hornpipe (2.11)
- The Dowie Dens o' Yarrow (Roud 13; Child 214; G/D 2:215) (4.00)
All tracks trad.
> Folk Music > Records > Jimmy McBeath & Davie Stewart: Two Gentlemen of the Road
Jimmy McBeath & Davie Stewart: Two Gentlemen of the Road
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The Alan Lomax Collection Rounder Records 82161-1793-2 (2 CD, UK, 2002) |
Recorded 1951-57 by Alan Lomax and Hamish Henderson;
Introduction and notes by Ewan McVicar
Musicians
Jimmy McBeath: vocals;
Davie Stewart: vocals, accordion
Tracks
CD 1
- [DS] The Merchant's Son (Roud 2153; G/D 2:303; TYG 65) (3.26)
- [DS] Cowpin the Dishes (interview) (4.25)
- [JMcB] Hey Barra Gadgie (a song in cant) (1.16)
- [JMcB] It Wis a Beggin That We Did (interview) (0.41)
- [JMcB] Kindness from a Policeman (interview) (3.10)
- [JMcB] Grat for Gruel (Roud 935) (2.29)
- [DS] How To Build a Bender (interview) (6.08)
- [JMcB] Chantin Griddlin, and Laldyin (interview with two song fragments) (8.35)
- [DS] The Day We Went to Rothesay-O (Roud 2142) (3.24)
- [DS] Playing for an All-Night Hooley (interview) (6.09)
- [DS] March, Strathspey and Reel (accordion) (1.32)
- [DS] Were You Always Alone? (interview) (3.50)
- [JMcB] The Forfar Sodger (Roud 2857; G/D 1:69) (2.41)
- [DS] They Put a Different Turn in Their Tunes / Diddling (interview) (2.32)
- [DS] Outside, on the Safe Side (interview) (1.39)
- [JMcB] The Ox and the Fox Dug a Hole for Me (story) (2.59)
- [DS] It's a Long Drow at the End (interview) (2.20)
- [DS] Old Bodies, Five or Six Pounds Each (berker story) (3.09)
- [DS] Did they Kill Children As Well? (berker story continued) (10.09)
CD 2
- [JMcB] My Darling Ploughman Boy (Roud 843; Laws M22) (1.54)
- [JMcB] From the Top of the Deck (interview) (3.18)
- [JMcB] Ah Likit Ma Mother (interview with four song fragments) (3.46)
- [JMcB] He Used to Diddle a Lot o Songs (interview) (2.22)
- [DS] We Are Called the Buchan Stewarts (interview) (4.43)
- [DS] Dark-Eyed Lover (Roud 16637) (2.34)
- [JMcB] It Wis a Slave Drivery (interview) (2.46)
- [JMcB] The Barnyards of Delgaty (Roud 2136; G/D 3:347) (2.51)
- [JMcB] Singin Along at Their Plough (interview) (5.37)
- [DS] The Laird o Dainty Doonby (Roud 864; G/D 7:1488) (3.08)
- [JMcB] The Horseman's Grip and Word (ritual initiation story) (5.10)
- [JMcB] It Wis Torn, Rippit, Tattered (song fragment and interview) (3.04)
- [JMcB] The Trooper and the Maid (Roud 162; Child 299; G/D 7:1470) (3.32)
- [DS] The Story Lives Forever (a story of fairy abduction) (19.24)
> Folk Music > Records > Davie Stewart: Go On, Sing Another Song
Davie Stewart: Go On, Sing Another Song
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The Alan Lomax Collection: Portraits Rounder Records 82161-1833-2 (CD, UK, 2002) |
Recorded and produced by Alan Lomax in his London apartment in 1957;
All tracks except [11, 19] are previously unreleased.
Musical Traditions CD review by Vic Smith
Musicians
Davie Stewart: vocals, accordion
Tracks
- The Tarves Rant (Roud 4847; G/D 3:576) (6.06)
- The Hash o' Bennagoak (Roud 1527) (2.47)
- Last Nicht I Was in the Granzie (Roud 2159) (2.47)
- Onything at all for a few coppers interview (4.39)
- Mormond Braes (Roud 2171; G/D 6:1142) (3.34)
- Go on, sing another song interview (2.02)
- Tramps and Hawkers (Roud 1874; G/D 3:487) (5.49)
- A wagon of their own, maybe three or four ponies interview (3.06)
- McGinty's Meal and Ale (Roud 2518; G/D 3:630) (4.54)
- The first song that I ever learned interview (1.25)
- MacPherson's Rant (Roud 2160; G/D 3:697) (6.44)
- Auld Jock Bruce o' the Fornet (Roud 3937; G/D 3:372) (3.26)
- Nicky Tams (Roud 1875) (2.58)
- The Highland Tinker (Roud 863) (1.38)
- Maggie the Milkmaid (Roud 857; G/D 5:1014; Henry H175) (2.48)
- The Dying Ploughboy (Roud 2514; G/D 3:700) (4.02)
- Jamie Raeburn (Roud 600; G/D 8:1535; Henry H151) (4.30)
- Bing Avree, Dilly interview (1.44)
- The Dowie Dens of Yarrow (Roud 13; Child 214; G/D 2:215) (6.26)
> Folk Music > Records > Davie Stewart
Other records with Davie Stewart
Various Artists,
Folk Song Today,
LP, HMV DLP 1143, 1955
Various Artists,
The Travelling Stewarts,
LP, Topic 12T179, 1968
Various Artists,
Back o' Benachie: Songs and Ballads from the Lowland East of Scotland,
LP, Topic 12T180, 1968
Various Artists,
Festival at Blairgowrie,
LP, Topic 12T181, 1967
Various Artists,
Songs of Courtship
(The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 1),
LP, Caedmon TC1142, 1961; Topic 12T157, 1968
Various Artists,
Songs of Seduction
(The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 2),
LP, Caedmon TC1143, 1961; Topic 12T158, 1968;
CD, Rounder 1778, 2000
Various Artists,
Jack of All Trades
(The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 3),
LP, Caedmon TC1144, 1961; Topic 12T159, 1968
Various Artists,
The Child Ballads 1
(The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 4),
LP, Caedmon TC1145, 1961; Topic 12T160, 1968;
CD, Rounder 1775, 2000
Various Artists,
The Child Ballads 2
(The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 5),
LP, Caedmon TC1146, 1961; Topic 12T161, 1968;
CD, Rounder 1776, 2000
Various Artists,
Songs of Animals and Other Marvels
(The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 10),
LP, Caedmon TC1225, 1961; Topic 12T198, 1970
Various Artists,
Songs of the Travelling People: Music of the Tinkers, Gipsies and Other Travelling People of England, Scotland and Ireland,
CD, Saydisc CD-SDL 407, 1994
Various Artists,
Come All My Lads That Follow the Plough
(The Voice of the People Vol. 5),
CD, Topic TSCD655, 1998
Various Artists,
A Story I'm Just About to Tell
(The Voice of the People Vol. 8),
CD, Topic TSCD658, 1998
Various Artists,
They Ordered Their Pints of Beer and Bottles of Sherry
(The Voice of the People Vol. 13),
CD, Topic TSCD663, 1998
Various Artists,
Scottish Traditional Tales
(Scottish Tradition 17),
2 CD, Greentrax CDTRAX 9017D, 2000
Various Artists,
The Bothy Songs and Ballads of North East Scotland Vol. 3,
CD, Sleepytown SLPYCD011, 2001
Various Artists,
Three Score and Ten: 70 Years of Topic Records,
7 CD, Topic TOPIC70, 2009
Various Artists,
Whaur the Pig Gaed on the Spree,
LP, Drag City DC488, 2011
Various Artists,
Scotland's Voices,
CD, Greentrax CDTRAX400, 2018