- Audio CD (6 Nov 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Appleseed
- ASIN: B00005R625
- Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 595,930 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. The Yew Tree |
| 2. Florence In Florence |
| 3. Dowie Dens O Yarrow |
| 4. Tom Joad |
| 5. Outlaws & Dreamers |
| 6. When I'm Gone |
| 7. John Harrison's Hands |
| 8. What You Do With What You've Got |
| 9. Tom Paine's Bones |
| 10. Strong Women Rule Us All |
| 11. Wild Roses |
Product Description
CD Description
Dick Gaughan has been on the road as a professional musician since the early 70's and is one of the most respected and sought after singers in the UK. The new album consists almost entirely of Dick on guitar and vocals only - much requested by his hugefollowing of admirers. Brian McNeill plays fiddle and concertina on a couple of tracks but the album is as close to a solo 'live' performance as Dick could achieve in a studio. His choice of songs, as always, is impeccable and includes two Brian McNeill masterpieces plus gems from such prolific pens as Kimmie Rhodes, Si Khan and Phil Ochs. There is not a weak song on this collection.
From the Label
As requested by his fans, an album consisting almost entirely of Dick on guitar and vocals, also featuring Brian McNeill on fiddle and concertina on a few tracks. A very 'live' feeling.
Dick was voted one of the Top 10 Folk Voices of the 20th Century by listeners of BBC Radio 2's Mike Harding Show.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I only heard baout Dick Gaughan a month ago. I heard one song on a documentary. I found his website and read about this album. Recorded in only 40 hours and featuring some songs he had not previously performed or had not sung for many years it is an attempt to capture the feel of the live performance.
It does. I was immediately hooked. It is a wonderful album full of strong vocals and some beautiful guitar playing. I recommend it to anyone who likes good, uncompromising music with a message.
It does. I was immediately hooked. It is a wonderful album full of strong vocals and some beautiful guitar playing. I recommend it to anyone who likes good, uncompromising music with a message.
This man is wonderful musician and I'm glad I came across his work.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you like Martin Simpson, Ewan MacColl, Planxty, Christy Moore, etc. I suspect & hope you'll love this great artist.All his records are Political,wonderful.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Liking taking a visit to Scotland
13 Jun 2009
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Dick Gaughan's an acquired taste. He's not your soft spoken, funny Scot. His music talks of the harsh life quite often and doesn't pull punches. His voice is about as harsh as gorse, too. He's also one of the best gifts Scotland's given us.
This 11 song collection is penned by various authors from Scotland's Brian McNeill (Formerly of the Battlefield Band) and Woody Guthrie. Here's a summary of just a few of the songs.
When we were in Scotland, we visited the "Yew Tree" he's singing about, the same yew that John Knox preached beneath and started a revolution. You enter what seems to be a hedge and the next thing you know you're in a cathedral of green. Our tour group was about 40 people and we fit quite comfortably. Knox's crowds were in the hundreds and the verdant green foliage hid them from view hundreds of years ago.
"What you do with what you've got" is a song we all need to hear. The message is that it doesn't matter what your abilities are, just how you use them. Very inspiring.
"Tom Joad" is a lyrical retelling of John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath." This is Woody Guthrie's two-part version, one of the best of the great folksinger's writings.
The rest, I will let you discover on your own. Gaughan is well worth listening to and this collection is as good a place as any to start.
Rebecca Kyle, June 2009
This 11 song collection is penned by various authors from Scotland's Brian McNeill (Formerly of the Battlefield Band) and Woody Guthrie. Here's a summary of just a few of the songs.
When we were in Scotland, we visited the "Yew Tree" he's singing about, the same yew that John Knox preached beneath and started a revolution. You enter what seems to be a hedge and the next thing you know you're in a cathedral of green. Our tour group was about 40 people and we fit quite comfortably. Knox's crowds were in the hundreds and the verdant green foliage hid them from view hundreds of years ago.
"What you do with what you've got" is a song we all need to hear. The message is that it doesn't matter what your abilities are, just how you use them. Very inspiring.
"Tom Joad" is a lyrical retelling of John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath." This is Woody Guthrie's two-part version, one of the best of the great folksinger's writings.
The rest, I will let you discover on your own. Gaughan is well worth listening to and this collection is as good a place as any to start.
Rebecca Kyle, June 2009
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Another terrific collection from Scots artist Gaughan
1 Dec 2001
Format:Audio CD
Early on, advance notice on this disc was that it was every bit the match of "Handful of Earth." Well, that is slightly overstating the case, but as with Gaughan's entire ouvre, this is strong, passionate and compelling music played and sung in Gaughan's idiosyncratic style. Heavily percussive, Gaughan's attack on the guitar strings provides its own rhythm patterns, especially in an instrumental such as "Florence in Florence."
The song itself or the music of itself is always foremost with Gaughan, and he seeks to live within the lyrics as fully as possible, be it his affinity for Woody Guthrie, Phil Ochs or Si Kahn, or his own Scots Nationalist convictions. Accompanied by the remarkable Brian McNeil, who has authored several on the songs on this disc, the music is uncluttered and all the more dramatic in its effect as a result. The production, handled by Gaughan, is clean, clear and puts the music front and center. This is extraordinarily well crafted.
But is it "Handful of Earth"? No. How could anything be? That album set standards that all by themselves assured Gaughan's reputation and notched his contribution to music, and to Scots music in particular, for all time. "Handful" was brilliant start to finish. "Outlaws" isn't quite "Sail On" or even "Redwood Cathedrals," yet is entirely worth repeated and rewarding listens for the sheer power Gaughan brings to his craft. Even a rather weak tune like "Wild Roses" achieves a dynamic that it does not really command on its own. I am not sure this is a tune worthy of Gaughan, and certainly, it finishes the CD on a less than compelling note. Without Gaughan, it is just another tepid effort from an American singer-songwhiner.
But this is a minor quibble, and perhaps others love this track. The more important thing is that Gaughan remains a force to be reckoned with and continues to speak and sing and play with a conviction that puts every one on notice that music and the power it commands demands all you have. Gaughan never delivers anything less.
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