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"Wild Mountain Thyme" (also known as "Purple Heather" and "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?") is a Scottish/Irish folk song.The lyrics and melody are a variant of the song "The Braes of Balquhither" by Scottish poet Robert Tannahill (1774–1810) and Scottish composer Robert Archibald Smith (1780–1829), but were adapted by Belfast musician Francis McPeake (1885–1971) into "Wild Mountain Thyme" and ...
All tracks composed by Bert Jansch; except where indicated "Is It Real?" "Up to the Stars" "Give Me the Time" "If I Were a Carpenter" "Wild Mountain Thyme" (Traditional) "Heartbreak Hotel" (Mae Boren Axton, Thomas Durden, Elvis Presley)
Al Petteway was an American guitarist known primarily for his acoustic fingerstyle work [1] both as a soloist and with well-known folk artists such as Amy White, Tom Paxton, Jethro Burns, Jonathan Edwards, Cheryl Wheeler, Debi Smith, Bonnie Rideout, Maggie Sansone and many others.
Note the very title "The wild mountain thyme" is taken directly from Tannahill's text. It is not, however just a single line. Tannahill's lines. I will twine thee a bower, By the clear siller fountain, And I'll cover it o'er. Wi' the flowers o' the mountain; were directly rendered into
The website's critics consensus reads: "Fatally undermined by dodgy accents and a questionable story, Wild Mountain Thyme is a baffling misfire for a talented filmmaker and impressive cast." [16] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 45 out of 100 based on reviews from 24 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [17]
Under the Covers, Vol. 3 is the third and final collaboration between alternative rock artist Matthew Sweet and Bangles singer/guitarist Susanna Hoffs. Released by Shout! Factory on November 12, 2013, it contains 14 cover versions of songs from the 1980s.
In 1979, they met and formed a post-punk/new wave project called Fingerprintz, [2] [3] and released three albums under that name: The Very Dab, Distinguishing Marks and Beat Noir. [2] They earned some critical recognition and notable appearances on John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show and the BBC's In Concert radio series. The group split in 1985.
Fahey in studio with Recording King guitar, c. 1970 While Fahey lived in Berkeley, Takoma Records was reborn through a collaboration with Maryland friend ED Denson.Fahey decided to track down blues legend Bukka White by sending a postcard to Aberdeen, Mississippi; White had sung that Aberdeen was his hometown, and Mississippi John Hurt had been rediscovered using a similar method.