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Colin Campbell and His Highland Band were a west coast swing band in Scotland through the mid-1960s to the 1980s. Dressed in Ancient Campbell tartan jackets, they released several albums, EPs, singles and cassette tapes for both the Beltona/Decca and Lismor Recording Companies. [1]
The band performed numerous shows and dances throughout their career, from Lewis to London. [2] They played various venues included village halls, hotels, and theatres, including The Royal Albert Hall and The Festival Hall in London.
Colin Campbell and his Highland Band represented Scotland at the Welsh Eisteddfod for two years running playing with Alasdair Gillies, Jimmy Shand, Edinburgh City Pipe Band, The Corries and many others.
Colin Campbell and his Highland Band accompanied Alasdair Gillies in over sixty programmes with Scottish Television in the early seventies called "Alasdair Sings" and on many tours. Colin also worked with many other leading Gaelic singers including Donald Macrae, Calum Kennedy and Norman Maclean.
They were also invited to Canada three times to star on a series called Ceilidh which reached number one on the Canadian Network. The first visit was in 1973 with Calum Kennedy. The next visit was a year later in 1974, again with Calum Kennedy, also Helen MacArthur (soprano) and Campbell also played along with The Cape Breton Fiddlers. The third and final visit was in 1975 and joining them on this trip were, Alasdair Gillies, and Robin Hall and Jimmie Macgregor.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Campbell gave up touring with the band to concentrate on playing in local hotels and restaurants, such as McTavish's Kitchens and The Park Hotel in Oban, entertaining the summer tourists and locals. Campbell was also in the resident trio at the Strathspey Hotel in Aviemore for three years.
Colin retired and lived in Oban with his wife Lorna until his death in September 2015. [3]
The Isle of Mull or just Mull is the second-largest island of the Inner Hebrides and lies off the west coast of Scotland in the council area of Argyll and Bute.
Stornoway is the main town of the Western Isles and the capital of Lewis and Harris in Scotland.
The village of Ballachulish in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, is centred on former slate quarries. The name Ballachulish was more correctly applied to the area now called North Ballachulish, to the north of Loch Leven, but was usurped for the quarry villages at East Laroch and West Laroch, either side of the River Laroch, which were actually within Glencoe and South Ballachulish respectively.
The Royal National Mòd is an Eisteddfod-inspired international Celtic festival focusing upon Scottish Gaelic literature, traditional music, and culture which is held annually in Scotland. It is the largest of several major Scottish Mòds and is often referred to simply as the Mòd.
Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, legal name Alexander MacDonald, or, in Gaelic Alasdair MacDhòmhnaill, was a Scottish war poet, satirist, lexicographer, political writer and memoirist. The poet's Gaelic name means "Alasdair, son of the Reverend Alasdair". His father, also named Alasdair, was known as Maighstir Alasdair which was then the way of referring to a clergyman in Scottish Gaelic. In English, Maighstir Alasdair was known as the "Reverend Alexander MacDonald".
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Anne Lorne Gillies is a Scottish singer, writer, and activist.
Jori Lance Chisholm is an American professional bagpipe player and teacher who lives in Seattle, Washington. Chisholm is a successful solo competitor winning the United States Gold Medal four times and has placed in the top three in Scotland's Argyllshire Gathering Gold Medal competition. He played with the six-time Grade One World Champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band and was a featured solo performer for the band on multiple occasions. Chisholm has performed in front of sold-out audiences with The Chieftains and with ex-Grateful Dead rocker Bob Weir and his band Ratdog, and has been featured as a soloist or band member on over 20 recordings. His debut solo album Bagpipe Revolution was nominated for Album of the Year by Pipes|Drums magazine. He writes the "Sound Technique" column for the National Piping Centre’s bi-monthly Piping Today Magazine. The New York Times featured Chisholm's online teaching program, BagpipeLessons.com, and described him as a "top-tier teacher" in a front-page story about the growth of Skype music lessons. A cover story in American Profile Magazine named Chisholm one of the "world's elite pipers."
Calum Kennedy was a Scottish singer who performed in both English and Scottish Gaelic.
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Dr John Lorne Campbell FRSE LLD OBE was a Scottish historian, farmer, environmentalist and folklorist, and recognized scholar of both Celtic studies and Scottish Gaelic literature.
Eden Court Theatre is a large theatre, cinema and arts venue situated in Inverness, Scotland close to the banks of the River Ness. The theatre has recently undergone a complete refurbishment and major extension, adding a second theatre, two dedicated cinema screens, two performance/dance studios, improved dressing room and green room facilities and additional office space. The theatre's restaurant and bar facilities have also been totally overhauled and improved.
Oban is a resort town within the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. Despite its small size, it is the largest town between Helensburgh and Fort William. During the tourist season, the town can have a temporary population of up to over 24,000 people. Oban occupies a setting in the Firth of Lorn. The bay forms a near perfect horseshoe, protected by the island of Kerrera; and beyond Kerrera, the Isle of Mull. To the north, is the long low island of Lismore and the mountains of Morvern and Ardgour.
The Brooch of Lorn or Braìste Lathurna in Gaelic, is a medieval "turreted" disk brooch supposedly taken from Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Dalrigh in 1306. However it is today dated long after this period.
Scottish Gaelic literature refers to literary works composed in the Scottish Gaelic language, which is, like Irish and Manx, a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. Gaelic literature was also composed in Gàidhealtachd communities throughout the global Scottish diaspora where the language has been and is still spoken.
Flora MacNeil, MBE was a Scottish Gaelic Traditional singer. MacNeil gained prominence after meeting Alan Lomax and Hamish Henderson during the early 1950s, and continued to perform into her later years.
Alasdair Gillies was a Scottish bagpiper and tutor, and one of the most successful competitive solo players of all time.
Skerryvore is a Scottish Celtic rock group formed in Tiree, Argyll and Bute islands in 2004. Its founding members are the Gillespie brothers, Daniel and Martin. Regular Tiree visitors include Fraser West and his friend Alec Dalglish, both from Livingston, West Lothian. The group took their name from the Skerryvore lighthouse which lies 12 miles (19 km) off the coast of Tiree. The group's current members include Craig Espie, Alan Scobie, Jodie Bremaneson and Scott Wood. Skerryvore have released six studio albums, with the addition of a ‘deluxe’ version of one. It includes some live tracks, a compilation album, and a live album.
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