| Simon T Posts: 8540 |
Posted: 27-May-2010 09:58 From email Dougie MacLean news Dougie MacLean Songmaker - The New DVD Available Soon Plans are for this to be the first of a series of DVDs so dont worry if your favourite isn't included this time. Perth Concert Hall Gig Definitely not to be missed, this will be THE Dougie concert of the festival. Celebrating the success of Dougie's top selling compilation album "The Essential Dougie MacLean", he will perform a selection of his classic songs and melodies from the past 30 years as a songwriter and composer. The prestigious Perth Concert Hall is the perfect place to stage this Dougie MacLean Extravaganza, with its state of the art lighting and dramatic architecture. This will be a spectacular night, but this year we will be leaving the fireworks for the final bash at Edradour Distillery! We will be running a shuttle bus to and from the Perth Concert Hall which will leave from Pitlochry Festival Theatre and have a collection point in Dunkeld. Perthshire Amber - The Dougie MacLean Festival 2010 - UPDATE Artists joining Dougie this year include Julie Fowlis, Crooked Still (USA), Eamon Coyne & Kris Drever, Eliza Lynn & Will Straughan (USA), Grada and Fred Morrison. There will also be a few special concerts by Dougie (The Heritage Concert, The Essential Dougie MacLean and an afternoon fiddle concert at Castle Menzies) as well as the ever popular Dougie MacLean & Friends Finale Concert on Saturday 6th November. We also have tickets available for our wide ranging selection of workshops, talks and walks over the duration of the festival as well as the Songbus. Upcoming Gigs JULY- ENGLAND & WALES WeeGuitar.com http://www.footstompin.com/artists/dougie_maclean |
| JAJ Posts: 14287 |
Posted: 27-May-2010 10:07 You can't deny that this man is very enterprising and works extremely hard to promote himself and his music. :-) So, good luck to Dougie and all his projects. |
| Pict Posts: 2111 |
Posted: 27-May-2010 23:08 He is actually also a very distinctive writer and performer, sticking to his own style come what may, which is also worth a salvo or two. Not a reed to be blown in the wind. And not a one-hit wonder either. Love him or feel-rather-irritated-by-his-(slow) 'style-consistency', you can't write him off. ;-) He has given us some crackers, though. |
| boula2 Posts: 2596 |
Posted: 28-May-2010 00:52 Dougie is brill, but hand one of his songs to Dolores Keane and you have sheer bloody magnificence. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqPnRp9NIos&feature=related Good to see people enjoying singing a song, - a rare event in scottish folk ! |
| Pict Posts: 2111 |
Posted: 28-May-2010 13:02 Nice clip, boula, though I have have to say I don't think 'people enjoying singing' is particularly rare in Scottish folk in my experience. People seem usually enjoy singing everywhere I've been on my travels - even the Sasannachs! ;-). |
| boula2 Posts: 2596 |
Posted: 28-May-2010 15:13 Perhaps I need to borrow your spectacles Pict :-) As the song in the clip 'Solid Ground' asks “Where is the simple smile?” :-) Some other singers also played with his words, - don’t think I would like that. He is the man ! |
| boula2 Posts: 2596 |
Posted: 28-May-2010 15:39 You might like this Pict - and fairly recent. Motto: keep working at your audience and you can win them over in the end I can bet in the first half of the song Dougie wished he could join Murdo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbgTwVr1yq4 Warning: Any Gaelic Choirs tuned in avoid this clip in the second half. Time to flame up the ol’ barby, ........G’day mate! |
| Pict Posts: 2111 |
Posted: 28-May-2010 23:21 Nice one, boula - had to have a chortle there! ;-) |
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