Dave Goulder

Dave Goulder
Born	(1939-01-01) 1 January 1939 (age 86) Derbyshire, England
Genres	Folk
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Instrument	Guitar
Years active	1961–present
Labels	Fellside Records Outer Green Records Timberhead Music Argo
Website	http://www.davegoulder.co.uk

Dave Goulder (born 1 January 1939) is a British singer, guitarist, dry stone wall builder, ^[1] mountain climber, railway fireman, humorist, and composer. He is best known for his song "January Man" and for his collections of railway songs which have received acclaim by critics and enthusiasts alike. ^[2]

Family and personal life

Goulder is married to his wife Mary and lives in Rosehall in the Scottish Highlands.

Musical career

Early work

Dave Goulder left the railway in 1961 and began mountaineering while recording his first folk records in the late 1960s progressing in time to collections of railway songs.

Selected discography

Release Date	Album Title	Record Label
1975	The Golden Days of Steam	Argo
1974	Stone, Steam and Starlings	Argo
1973	The Man Who Put The Engine in the Chip Shop	Argo
1971	The Raven & The Crow	Argo
1971	Requiem for Steam	Argo Big Ben Record
1970	January Man	Argo
1969	LP	Argo

Quotes

From Goulder

• "[The jaw harp] is particularly well suited to Scottish music; the drone effect being perfect for pipe marches in any time signature, in fact just about all bagpipe tunes will richly reward the player." ^[3]

Notes

1. Wicked Local, "Dry stone wall building workshop slated in Franklin". Archived from the original on 8 November 2012.
2. "New head of steam for railway songs". www.northern-times.co.uk. 6 November 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2018.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. Celtic Music Net.

References

• Goulder, Dave. How To Build and Repair Dry Stone Walls, A 60-minute video/DVD explaining the basic principles of dry stone walling. Filmed in Scotland and the Cotswolds, Dry Stone Walling Association, produced and filmed by Nigel Waterhouse.DSWA.

External links

• Dave Goulder Homepage
• Notes On Building A Cairn (pdf), by Dave Goulder for the DSWA, Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain. Practical notes to help those embarking on a cairn-building project.
• Dave Goulder sings "Seven Summers" live on YouTube