The first grouping of The Gaugers, in 1965/6, consisted of Peter Hall (concertina), Tom Spiers (fiddle), John Cormack (guitar), Charlie Crockett (moothies) and Sandy Cheyne (banjo). For over thirty years they championed the music of North East Scotland. They even invented a new way of promoting it, and Scottish traditional music more generally, with their 'themed presentations'. Following the death of founder member Peter Hall, however, they disbanded. Tom Spiers and Arthur Watson, the surviving members of The Gaugers, still sing together, in a trio with Pete Shepheard, and in Flash Company, an 'informal conjunction' with the female a cappella group Palaver.
More information on The Gaugers : http://www.thetraditionbearers.com/htmfiles/article_006_thegaugers.htm
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