Great Lost
Guireans
Tracks?
Despite the best
efforts of
"many", there
are some Guireans
tracks out there
which we haven’t
been able to
track down.
“Seaforth
Hotel”:
Can’t find this
on any of the
tapes but the
Guireans
definitely
recorded it. I
think it was
around
the time of "Hey
Hey We're Gordon
Macleod's
Guireans".
“Well
since my
baby left me
– I found a
new place to
dwell
It’s
downstairs
in the
Galaxy Suite
at the –
Seaforth
Hotel”
“Willie
Burns is at
the bar, he
thinks he’s
really cool,
‘I’ve got
the ‘tang
outside now
blone, come
on let’s
rock and
rool”...
“Bugsy
something
something,
he’s gone
and scored
some hash
he’s
going to
take it home
and put it
in his
saidhean
mash” etc.
“The
Only One Eyed
Blone”
Possibly
recorded at the
“Unplucked”
session, a
“Charlatans
Cover” on the
same subject as
“The One Eyed
Blone”:
“The only
one eyed
blone in
Plasterfield
is C****
A*one…”
etc.
In 2006 the
Guireans got
sick of looking
for it and
recorded a new
version, which
will be
appearing on the
long-awaited
"Hippy Hoovering
at the Harrisons'"
CD in 2010 or
so.
"Free
Muriel Gray"
Not a special
offer but a
variation on the
earlier "Free
Archie
Macpherson" and
the even earlier
"Free Nelson
Macantshronaich".
Suspected to
have been
recorded around
1989.
Rediscovered
under Roddy
Huggan's Stair
and now
online (see
The Brag Demos +
Free Muriel Gray
)
If you’ve got
any information
about these or
other tracks, if
you see anything
that’s missing
or untrue in the
tapeography
above, or if you
just want to add
your own
anecdotes,
rants, memories
or whatever,
then
fire a message
in to the board.
It's about time
somebody did.