Which Scottish pop band, formed 1985, released albums including Raintown, Fellow Hoodlums, Walking Back Home?
"2019 for another series of live shows, claiming that ""Spain has a very special place in our hearts"". Current members of Deacon Blue as of May 2017 Deacon Blue Deacon Blue are a Scottish pop rock band formed in Glasgow during 1985. The line-up of the band consists of vocalists Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh, keyboard player James Prime and drummer Dougie Vipond. The band released their debut album, ""Raintown"", on 1 May 1987 in the United Kingdom and in the United States in February 1988. Their second album, ""When the World Knows Your Name"" (1989), topped the UK Albums"
"Lorraine McIntosh, bass guitarist Ewen Vernal and Dougie Vipond on drums. Their 1987 debut album, ""Raintown"", was well received and followed by others such as ""When The World Knows Your Name"" (1989) and ""Whatever You Say, Say Nothing"" (1993), with a succession of hits such as ""Real Gone Kid"" (no. 8 in the UK), ""I'll Never Fall in Love Again"" (no. 2) and ""Twist and Shout"" (no.10). The band grew to be one of Scotland's best-known acts of the 1980s, but split in 1994. They reformed later to produce several more albums; including ""Walking Back Home"" (1999), ""Homesick"" (2001), ""The"
"James Prime, Dougie Vipond, Ewen Vernal and Graeme Kelling. Ross, a former school teacher originally from Dundee, was the group's frontman, penning the majority of Deacon Blue's songs. He married vocalist Lorraine McIntosh in 1990. In 1986, the band contributed a track (""Take the Saints Away"") to a compilation cassette entitled ""Honey at the Core"", featuring then up-and-coming Glasgow bands, including Wet Wet Wet and Hue and Cry. The band's debut album, ""Raintown"", produced by Jon Kelly was released in 1987. It spawned the singles ""Dignity"", ""Chocolate Girl"" and ""Loaded"". The city that the album's title refers to is Glasgow"
"East Greenwich, Rhode Island where he lives. The Raindogs The Raindogs were a band formed in Boston, United States around 1985 after several members had disbanded the rock band The Schemers. They combined Celtic and American music to form their own hybrid of rock and roll. Based in Boston, the band was made up of Mark Cutler, Emerson Torrey, members of recently disbanded New Orleans band Red Rockers Darren Hill and Jim Reilly (also of Ireland’s “Stiff Little Fingers""), and Johnny Cunningham, formerly of Silly Wizard. The Rhode Island based Schemers had previously won the Providence Rock Hunt and the"
"Guitar/vocals<br> Jim Fitting - Harmonica<br> Gordon Beadle/Scott Shetler/Curtis Stone/Myanna Pontoppidan - Horns<br> Richard Reed/Peter Henderson - Keyboards<br> Cheryl Hodge - Background vocals<br> Tony Cuffe - Whistles<br> Sa Davies - Percussion<br> Ralph Tufo - Accordion Lost Souls (The Raindogs album) Lost Souls is the debut album by Boston-based American/Scottish/Irish folk/roots rock band The Raindogs, released in 1990 on the Atco label. Entirely written by lead singer Mark Cutler and featuring the band's trademark hybrid roots rock sound with Celtic elements, ""Lost Souls"" garnered a great deal of critical attention and praise in Boston and New England. A national breakout could not"
"Lost Souls (The Raindogs album) Lost Souls is the debut album by Boston-based American/Scottish/Irish folk/roots rock band The Raindogs, released in 1990 on the Atco label. Entirely written by lead singer Mark Cutler and featuring the band's trademark hybrid roots rock sound with Celtic elements, ""Lost Souls"" garnered a great deal of critical attention and praise in Boston and New England. A national breakout could not be achieved however, and the album's market remained largely confined to the said region. Mark Cutler - Lead vocals/guitar<br> Johnny Cunningham - Fiddle/mandolin<br> Jim Reilly - Drums<br> Darren Hill - Bass<br> Emerson Torrey -"
"The Raindogs The Raindogs were a band formed in Boston, United States around 1985 after several members had disbanded the rock band The Schemers. They combined Celtic and American music to form their own hybrid of rock and roll. Based in Boston, the band was made up of Mark Cutler, Emerson Torrey, members of recently disbanded New Orleans band Red Rockers Darren Hill and Jim Reilly (also of Ireland’s “Stiff Little Fingers""), and Johnny Cunningham, formerly of Silly Wizard. The Rhode Island based Schemers had previously won the Providence Rock Hunt and the Boston Rock Rumble band competitions, and their"
"Perth, Scotland. The Carloways, an upcoming band were classmates at Dunbarney primary school. The band have toured Scotland for over 4 years and have played as Alex Salmond's house band on his Edinburgh fringe tour and Scottish nationwide tour. The Carloways have played at Belladrum tartan heart festival for the past 4 years and released their well-received debut EP in July 2018. The band intend to record their debut album in 2018 or early 2019. On the south west outskirts of the village, there is the independent Kilgraston School, which is centred upon a mansion house built around 1800 by"
"Fatherson Fatherson are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in Kilmarnock, consisting of Ross Leighton (Guitar, lead vocals), Marc Strain (Bass) and Greg Walkinshaw (Drums). They have toured with the bands Biffy Clyro, Frightened Rabbit, Panic! at the Disco, Feeder, Twin Atlantic, Enter Shikari and Idlewild. The band have released three studio albums, ""I Am an Island"" (2014), ""Open Book"" (2016) and released their third studio album, ""Sum Of All Your Parts"" in September 2018. Fatherson have released two singles. ""Hometown"", through King Tuts Recordings, and in 2012 ""First Born"". Following the inclusion of a song on BBC Radio 1's"
"Sacred Paws Sacred Paws is a Scottish rock band, comprising Rachel Aggs (guitar, bass, vocals) and Eilidh Rodgers (drums, vocals), who met as members of the band Golden Grrrls. Their debut album ""Strike a Match"" won the 2017 Scottish Album of the Year Award. Sacred Paws were born from the ashes of Rachel Aggs (vocals, guitar) and Eilidh Rodgers (vocals, drums) previous indie pop group Golden Grrrls. Despite Aggs living in London and Rodgers in Glasgow they set about recording their debut EP after signing to the Mogwai-owned label Rock Action. They released a 6-track EP, ""Six Songs"", in 2015,"
"recorded two sessions for John Peel's BBC radio show, in 1980 and 1981. In 2015 they reformed and released ""The Undisco Kidds"", an album of recordings from the 1980s. Boots for Dancing Boots for Dancing are a post-punk band from Edinburgh, Scotland, active between 1979 and 1982. They reformed in 2015. The band was formed in late 1979 by Dave Carson (vocals), Graeme High (guitar), Dougie Barrie (bass), and Stuart Wright (drums). Showing influences from the likes of Gang of Four and The Pop Group, they signed to the ""Pop Aural"" label for their eponymous debut single, receiving airplay from"
"for their fourth studio album and went on to form now defunct bands Cold Night Song and Our Lunar Activities, and William Campbell formed Our Small Capital and The Open Day Rotation. Both Campbell and Clark continue to work on their solo careers. Astrid reformed in the summer of 2016 for a series of gigs throughout Scotland, and began recording material for a planned new album. Astrid (band) Astrid is a guitar-pop foursome formed in Glasgow in the mid 1990s, but with strong ties to Isle of Lewis in the Hebrides, Scotland. The group released three studio albums, as well"
"he has played with Leeds-based band ""The Sewer Suckers"" who supported bands such as ""My Older Ego"" in his home town... His current band, Hawklords have annually released an album in each of the last six years, namely; 'We Are One' (2012), 'Dream' (2013), 'Censored' (2014), 'Re:volution'(2015), 'Fusion' (2016) and 'Six' (2017). Ron Tree Ronald 'Ron' Tree (born 8 April 1963 in Leeds) is an English musician and song writer, best known as frontman and bassist for the English space rock band Hawkwind from 1995 to 2002. He also played both these roles in the reunited Steve Took's Horns in"
"the album, digitally remastered by Davies and Ryan Scott, with four bonus tracks. All songs written by Iva Davies. ^Originally used on the score for the Russell Mulcahy 1984 film ""Razorback"". The 2002 reissue also featured bonus tracks: Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Sidewalk (album) Sidewalk is the third studio album by Australian rock band Icehouse. It was originally released in June 1984, on the labels Chrysalis, Regular, and reached No. 8 on the National albums chart with singles ""Taking the Town"" (No. 29 in May), ""Don't Believe Anymore"" (No. 31 August) and ""Dusty Pages"" (No. 82"
"Thistletown (band) Thistletown are a psychedelic folk band from Falmouth, Cornwall. They came to public attention through a Guardian Newspaper column by Will Hodgkinson concerning his year-long project to start a record label, after he saw them playing in The Jacobs Ladder pub in Falmouth. The band lived together on a boat, and formed due to a collective love of obscure 1970's folk bands such as 'Heron' and 'Trees'. They recorded an album, 'Rosemarie', named after their boat, in the garden of a Cornish cottage with Circulus main man, Michael Tyack, and Benet Walsh producing. The album was well received"
"by Brian Guthrie. The band's website, ""Permanent Sleep"", reported that Craig Lorentson died on 4 June 2010, at the age of 44 after a period of liver and kidney problems. Lorentson's funeral took place on Friday, 11 June 2010. Guthrie, Brian, ""Eternity Road: Reflections of Lowlife 85-95"" (2006) CD Liner notes, LTM. Lowlife (band) Lowlife was a Scottish alternative rock/dream pop band, active from 1985 to 1997. Although the group never obtained mainstream popularity, they developed a cult following that continues to this day. Dead Neighbours was an early-1980s psychobilly band from Grangemouth, Scotland, originally consisting of Craig Lorentson (vocals),"
"The Redlands Palomino Company The Redlands Palomino Company are a UK country rock band. The band was formed in 1999 in London, and features husband and wife singers Alex and Hannah Elton-Wall. They have made regular festival appearances in the UK and in Norway, France and Spain over the years and have toured extensively with a wide range of Americana artists including: Richmond Fontaine, The Sadies, Peter Bruntnell, The Rockingbirds, Tift Merritt and The Deadstring Brothers. The band is described by ""The Guardian"" newspaper as ""Alt-country heroes"", and BBC Radio 2's Bob Harris as ""Exceptional"". ""The Sun"" newspaper wrote ""Her"
"lineup, the band announced further dates for October 2016 in Glasgow, Edinburgh and London, as well as reissues of their back catalogue and the recording of a new album. Also in 2016, Thomson was confirmed as one of the main contributors to Paul McGeechan's ""Starless"" EP. The Bathers (band) The Bathers are a Scottish chamber pop band. The vehicle for singer-songwriter, Chris Thomson, they are sometimes referred to as """"the best-kept secret in Scottish music"""" and have released seven albums. Initially active between 1985 and 2001, they reformed in 2016. Chris Thomson originally came to attention with the 1980s Glasgow"
"The Bathers (band) The Bathers are a Scottish chamber pop band. The vehicle for singer-songwriter, Chris Thomson, they are sometimes referred to as """"the best-kept secret in Scottish music"""" and have released seven albums. Initially active between 1985 and 2001, they reformed in 2016. Chris Thomson originally came to attention with the 1980s Glasgow funk/pop/Celtic soul band Friends Again, which also featured future Love and Money members Paul McGeechan, James Grant and Stuart Kerr. When Friends Again split up in 1985, Thomson secured a solo deal with Go! Discs Records, using the project name of ""The Bathers"" and drawing on"
"now working on a part-time basis. The band released another album, ""Homesick"", in 2001. Graeme Kelling died of pancreatic cancer in 2004; the band has continued to record and perform, and 2006 saw them returning to the studio to record three new tracks for a ""Singles"" album — including the track ""Bigger than Dynamite"". New studio albums were released in 2012, 2014 and 2016, all making the UK Top Twenty. McIntosh took a break from music to play the character Alice Henderson in the Scottish soap opera ""River City"", which was set in a fictitious suburb of Glasgow. Her character"
"Lorraine McIntosh Lorraine McIntosh (born 13 May 1964) is a Scottish singer best known as a vocalist with Scottish band Deacon Blue. She has also achieved success as an actress, starring in ""River City"" and appearing in ""Taggart"" among her most notable roles in television. The name Deacon Blue comes from the title of the Steely Dan song ""Deacon Blues"". The band consists of vocalist Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh, keyboard player James Prime and drummer Dougie Vipond. The band released their debut album ""Raintown"" on 1 May 1987 in the United Kingdom. It was released in the United States"
"flight of stairs falling down a flight of stairs"") to a sweeping, melodic rock sound as displayed on ""The Remote Part"" and ""Warnings/Promises"". In 2010, the band entered an indefinite hiatus, but reunited in late 2013 to record their seventh album, ""Everything Ever Written"", released in 2015. Idlewild, named after the quiet meeting place in ""Anne of Green Gables"", formed in December 1995 in Edinburgh, Scotland when a 19-year-old Roddy Woomble met drummer Colin Newton at a party. The two discovered that they had much in common, including similar musical interests and record collections. By the end of the night,"
"Clubhouse Records in April 2014. Work is planned for a fifth album with a summer of gigs lined up in the UK and Norway for 2015. UK Americana as a feature on the BBC by Bob Harris The Redlands Palomino Company The Redlands Palomino Company are a UK country rock band. The band was formed in 1999 in London, and features husband and wife singers Alex and Hannah Elton-Wall. They have made regular festival appearances in the UK and in Norway, France and Spain over the years and have toured extensively with a wide range of Americana artists including: Richmond"
"Benet Walsh - Bass, Mandolin, Clarinet. Mikey the dog - Vibes. Thistletown (band) Thistletown are a psychedelic folk band from Falmouth, Cornwall. They came to public attention through a Guardian Newspaper column by Will Hodgkinson concerning his year-long project to start a record label, after he saw them playing in The Jacobs Ladder pub in Falmouth. The band lived together on a boat, and formed due to a collective love of obscure 1970's folk bands such as 'Heron' and 'Trees'. They recorded an album, 'Rosemarie', named after their boat, in the garden of a Cornish cottage with Circulus main man,"
"""Making Waves"" was followed up with singles ""Charm school"" and ""Reflection"". Fatherson Fatherson are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in Kilmarnock, consisting of Ross Leighton (Guitar, lead vocals), Marc Strain (Bass) and Greg Walkinshaw (Drums). They have toured with the bands Biffy Clyro, Frightened Rabbit, Panic! at the Disco, Feeder, Twin Atlantic, Enter Shikari and Idlewild. The band have released three studio albums, ""I Am an Island"" (2014), ""Open Book"" (2016) and released their third studio album, ""Sum Of All Your Parts"" in September 2018. Fatherson have released two singles. ""Hometown"", through King Tuts Recordings, and in 2012 ""First"
"Sanchez and Fred LeBlanc. James Singletary currently plays guitar for the New Orleans-based band Alexander Fly. Jim Reilly and Darren Hill joined the Boston-based Raindogs in 1985. Eventually Reilly moved back to the UK and currently plays with Scottish band The Dead Handsomes. Hill stayed in Boston, forming Klover in the mid-1990s; he now runs a management company, Ten Pin Management, which has represented Paul Westerberg, Roky Erickson, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The New York Dolls, and others. Red Rockers Red Rockers were a musical band from New Orleans, Louisiana, active from 1979 to 1985. Originally formed as a hard-charging"
"Matthew J. Tow Matthew J. Tow is an Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Perhaps best known as the singer and guitarist of 1990s Sydney indie band Drop City, Tow currently fronts international neo-psychedelic rockers The Lovetones. ""Rolling Stone"" hailed Matthew J. Tow's songwriting as being worthy of Ray Davies, Bowie, Lennon and McCartney. Matthew's first experience as a recording artist came with early 1990s Sydney indie band Splash (which also included singer-songwriter Gavin Mclean), who released a 4 track EP titled Pendulum in 1991. The Tow-Mclean songwriting partnership would spill over onto early Drop City releases. Matthew formed Drop City (also"
"""Flippin'"" from the album ""I Need Mine"" (No. 15 on the ""Billboard"" Top 200 and Top 5 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop and Top Rap Albums charts). Mercury/Phonogram Virgin Records Endgames (band) Endgames were a Scottish pop band, who had some success in the 1980s with singles such as ""First-Last-For Everything"", ""Waiting for Another Chance"", and ""Ecstasy"". Not being among the power players in their day, they are still a charming reminder of the new wave heyday. Endgames were formed in Glasgow by David Rudden, Paul Wishart (Guitar, Saxophone, Flute) and David Murdoch (Keyboards). The band started to gig clubs and colleges"
"at number 21 in the ""Amazon.co.uk Folk/Roots/World 30"" in November 2015, described by the magazine as the ""non-budget price CD sales from Amazon.co.uk"" for folk, roots and world albums from that month. Morrison and Couper discussed the album on the BBC Radio Scotland show ""Travelling Folk"" on 31 May 2015; the same edition of the show played three songs from the album. The following day, ""Is This Your Son?"" featured on the ""Foot Stompin' ""Podcast No. 141. Blackhouse (album) Blackhouse is the seventh studio album by Scottish celtic fusion band Peatbog Faeries, released in May 2015 by the band's label"
"Saturday"" (2013) ""I Was A Punk In Europe (But My Mum Didn’t Mind)"" (2013) ""Oh Phantom, Please Don't!"" (2014 as ""Hootin' Terrors Klub"") ""Jasper/Standing Knees"" (2015) ""Kathleen Sat On The Arm Of Her Favourite Chair"" (2015) ""P.O.W.E.R.F.U.L. P.I.E.R.R.E."" (2015) ""Barstool Blues"" (by Neil Young) (split with The Wytches) (2015) ""Katy-Anne Bellis"" (2016) ""Bootcut Jimmy The G"" (2016) ""O Man, Won't You Melt Me?"" (2016) Hooton Tennis Club Hooton Tennis Club is a four-piece indie-rock band from the Wirral consisting of Ryan Murphy (vocals/guitar), James Madden (vocals/guitar), Callum McFadden (bass) and Harry Chalmers (drums) formed in 2013. They are signed to"
"Your Swaying Arms ""Your Swaying Arms"" is the first single from the album ""Fellow Hoodlums"" by the Scottish rock band Deacon Blue. Released in May 1991, it reached #23 on the UK singles chart, but went as high as #6 in Ireland, the last in the group's run of seven Irish top 10 hits between 1988 and 1991. The releases contained two B-sides, ""Fourteen Years"" and ""Faifley"", both of which are rough, bluesy songs that Ricky Ross speaks and sings in a deep, raspy voice. The 10"" vinyl version, surprisingly, contained techno dance remixes of the otherwise placid track. All"
"subsequently came to an agreement that they could continue to share the name. Blue (Scottish band) Blue are a Scottish pop rock band, formed in Glasgow in 1973. The band currently consists of Hughie Nicholson, Ian MacMillan and David Nicholson. Formed and fronted by ex-Marmalade guitarist Hughie Nicholson, Blue signed to RSO Records and released their eponymous debut album the same year. Nicholson was a member of Marmalade between 1971 and 1973, writing fifteen songs to fulfil their Decca recording contract, including the hits, ""Cousin Norman"", ""Back On the Road"", and ""Radancer"" before he left to form Blue. He wrote"
"music project, Mouth Music. In 2011, Patterson, Medley, McGregor and Jordan reformed the band for the first time since 1987 for their performance at the 2011 Rewind Festival. Fiction Factory Fiction Factory were a Scottish new wave band from Perth. Formed in 1983, they are best known for their single ""(Feels Like) Heaven"", which peaked at #6 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was written by Eddie Jordan and Kevin Patterson. Before they began Fiction Factory, Kevin Patterson (vocals), Eddie Jordan (keyboards), Grant Taylor (trumpet) and Chic Medley (guitar) played in skinhead ska band The Rude Boys (later shortened"