Dougie MacLean

Dougie MacLean is among Scotland’s premier vocalist/songwriters. A past person in the Tannahill Weavers and Silly Wizard, MacLean offers used his tunes, including “Caledonia,” “The Performing Property,” and “Solid Floor,” to fully capture the natural splendor of his hometown within the border between your Highlands as well as the Valley of Strathmore. MacLean 1st attracted interest as an adolescent when he created a music group with long term Silly Wizard users Andy Stewart and Martin Hadden. While carrying out like a road musician in Kinross in 1974, MacLean was asked to become listed on the Tannahill Weavers. He continued to be using the group for 3 years before he relocated to Germany and released his single career. For some time, MacLean also performed within a trio with Alex Campbell and Alan Roberts. MacLean’s discovery came with the discharge from the record Caledonia in 1979. Time for Scotland in 1980, he spent half a year as the alternative to fiddler Johnny Cunningham in Silly Wizard. Although he briefly returned towards the Tannahill Weavers, he resumed his single profession in 1981. Furthermore to his active schedule being a touring vocalist/songwriter, MacLean continues to be an important record professional, having founded Dunkeld documenting studios and record label along with his wife, Jennifer, in 1983. At tradition-rooted Scottish music artists who have documented for the label, whose slogan is normally “Scotland’s new traditions music,” are Sheena Wellington, David Allison, Gordon Duncan, Hamish Moore, and Frieda Morrison. A tour of america in 1989 was carried out together with Fiona Ritchie’s Country wide Public Radio display, Thistle & Shamrock. The next year, MacLean came back towards the U.S. to get a 17-concert tour with additional Dunkeld performers. In 1995, MacLean performed acoustic guitar and sang tranquility on country designer Kathy Mattea’s VERY GOOD NEWS recording and toured because the starting work for Mattea’s UNITED STATES tour. Many of MacLean’s tracks were heard within the soundtrack from the film THE FINAL from the Mohicans. In 1993, MacLean offered as music movie director from the Label Theater Company’s creation of the Scots Quair. A 40-minute documentary on MacLean’s existence and music, The Property: The Tracks of Dougie MacLean was shown from the BBC. Paths from MacLean’s three albums within the VEGETATION label were constructed within the 1997 recording The VEGETATION Years. A sampling of music from MacLean’s albums on Dunkeld had been included on the 1995 recording The Dougie MacLean Collection. MacLean’s following noteworthy releases possess included Riof (1997), Perthshire Amber and Live through the Ends of the planet earth (both 2000), Who Am I (2002), In the Thunder (2006), as well as the limited-edition EP Muir of Gormack (2007).