Five Hand Reel was a Scottish/English/Irish Celtic rock band of the late 1970s, that combined experiences of traditional Scottish and Irish folk music...
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Dick Gaughan (section Five Hand Reel)
Celtic rock band Five Hand Reel. Between 1976 and 1978 the pace of Gaughan's life was hectic. He recorded four albums with Five Hand Reel (three under their...
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Rebellion!, 1967 Alastair McDonald – Scottish Battle Ballads, 1973 Five Hand Reel – Five Hand Reel, 1976 Jean Redpath – The Songs of Robert Burns, Volumes 5 &...
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rock by Scottish groups including the JSD Band and Spencer's Feat. Five Hand Reel, who combined Irish and Scottish personnel, emerged as the most successful...
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Dreaming Dropkick Murphys The Duhks The Elders Eluveitie Enter the Haggis Five Hand Reel Gaelic Storm Glengarry Bhoys Great Big Sea Horslips Irish Stew of Sindidun...
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Now (1975) Paddy Reilly, on the album The Town I Loved So Well (1975) Five Hand Reel, on the album For A' That (1977) Bryan Ferry, on the album The Bride...
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Horslips and Scottish acts like the JSD Band, Spencer's Feat and later Five Hand Reel, to use their traditional music to create a brand of Celtic rock in...
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band in this genre, combining Irish and Scottish personnel to form Five Hand Reel. Two of the most successful groups of the 1980s emerged from the dance...
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folk scene, Gaughan soon became a veteran. After Gaughan left the band Five Hand Reel towards the end of 1978, he started having on-off bouts of depression...
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Steeleye Span in 1971 to the astonishment of many in the folk music world. Five Hand Reel, a band formed out of the remnants of Spencer's Feat, proved to be one...
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