In the 1960s' and '70s The Corries, a duo featuring multi-instrumentalists, songwriters and vocalists Roy Williamson and Ronnie Browne were the face of folk music in Scotland. The duo performed the length and breadth of the country and made many television appearances and there song, "Flower Of Scotland," written by Roy Williamson, has gone on to become Scotland's unofficial anthem.
The Corries started out as a trio that Williamson and Browne formed with Bill Smith (at Edinburgh College Of Art where they were students) in 1962. The group was expanded the following year with the addition of female singer from Ireland Paddie Bell. As their popularity grew, three albums were released viz The Corrie Folk Trio With Paddie Bell, The Promise Of The Day and Retrospect. Paddie Bell left the group to start a family in 1965 and Smith left a year later. The following year, Browne and Williamson, continuing as a duo, became known as "The Corries". Roy Williamson was also a very talented instrument designer and maker and several of his creations were used by the pair in their performances.
In 1983, the duo received an International Film and Television Festival gold award for their STV series, The Corries & Other Folk. Williamson and Browne's collaboration ended with Williamson's death of a brain tumor in 1990. Ronnie Browne has continued to perform and record as a soloist.
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