Here’s a little treat for the Scottish Folk Music fans. This video is a compendium of songs from the famous Scottish Folk Duo The Corries’ Years Must Roll on features 18 different TV Performances of the groups classic songs from the pair and guaranteed to have fans intrigued from start to finish.
The Corries – Years Must Roll On
The video features the TV Scenes of The Corries dating from the Duo’s beginnings in 1966 up til 1987 when the compilation was produced.
Songs featured;
- Killiekrankie – 1966
- Flower of Scotland – 1968
- Cam Ye O’er Fae France – 1968
- The Toon O Kelso – 1968
- Scots Wha Hae – 1968
- Jock O’ Hazeldean – 1972
- Johnny Lad -1973
- The Rose of Allandale – 1974
- Leezie Lindsay – 1976
- The News Fae Moidart – 1978
- Bonnie Dundee – 1980
- Caw the owes te the Knowes – 1980
- Flower of Scotland – 1982
- North Sea Holes – 1987
- Loch Nagar – 1987
- The Haugh’s of Cromdale – 1987
- Kate Dalrymple – 1987
- Killiekrankie – 1987
Who were The Corries
The Corries were a Folk duet Roy Williamson and Ronnie Browne. They played regular live shows and TV appearances from 1966 up until 1990. Unfortunately the group were disbanded by the unfortunate death of Roy Williamson. However, the legacy of the group still lives on far and wide.
Williamson and The Corries commemoration has been secured over the years by the adoption of their 1968 single Flower of Scotland’, written by Williamson as national anthem. This song is widely known in every Scottish household and is sung regularly before Rugby games by the Scottish National Team.
Early Beginnings
The group first formed in 1958 as a Folk Trio that called themselves ‘The Corrie Folk Trio’. This consisted of Williamson and Browne along with friend Tam Harvey. They were soon joined by female singer Paddie Bell and the group played as a quartet for the next 6 years. They played many of the Traditional Scottish and Irish Folk ballads and became major players in the Folk revival scene of the time.
The Quartet regularly played alongside and collaborated with many of the Folk revival bands like The Dubliners, The Clancys, Pete Seeger, Ewan MacColl and many more contemporaries.
Scaling Down
However, Tam had to leave as he was feeling a bit crook with a bad back and Paddie told the group that she had to go sign on. So it was just Roy Williamson and Ronnie Browne left. So they decided to carry on as a Duet and rename themselves simple ‘The Corries’. They continued to play with this set up for a further Twenty-Four Years until Roy sadly passed away in 1990 after a battle with cancer.
However, it was this Due version of the group that became best known to most people and had a healthy discography and a solid fanbase.
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