Winter
Feis
(Alleged
Live
Appearance
1982)
Personnel:
Roddy
(Huggan)
Huggan??
Alasdair
(Bod)
Mackay??
??
The
Guireans'
appearance
at
this
Scout
Hall
townie
AGOFR
extravaganza,
featuring
primarily
Zing-Pop
and
Cyclefoot
-
is
disputed,
mythical
and
apocryphal
as
well.
Wattie
has
a
tape
supposed
by
some
to
have
been
recorded
there,
which
contains
a
brief
segment
of
what
sounds
like
the
Guireans.
And
Glenn
Valtos' authoritative and
apostropheless
1983
work
"The
Peasants
Guide
to
Musical
Misconceptions" cites
the
Guireans
as
having
played.
However,
no Guireans
can
actually
remember
doing
this
gig.
One
theory
is
that it
was actually
played
by
legendary
Guireans
"tribute"
band
"Balach
'Nog
&
The
4-Crowns".
The
"Crowns" were allegedly
formed
by a
shadowy
group
of Stornoway notables (names
such
as
B*g*e,
Coinneach
G*bh*, S***y
M*th***n and
C****y
Al*ne
have
been
suggested),
who
obtained a
perverse
delight from
ridiculing
the unfortunate
Guireans
in a
crass
and predictable
manner
over
many
years.
(Collectors'
Note:
The
4-Crowns 1984
Guireans
covers
bootleg
"Roddy
Huggan
gets
Run
Over", and
its
successor
"Bod
goes
to
Ballanthrushal"
are
said
to
be
highly
sought
after,
as
was
their
1985
compilation
"Dead Olac Guirean Jr
Drinks
the
4-Crowns").
Another
possibility
is
that
this
was
rival
Guireans'
splinter
group
"Ken
Livingstone's
Original
1970s
Bayhead
City
Guireans".
Ken
is
rumoured
to
have
been
in
litigation
against
the
remaining
Guireans
at
that
time
over some
£3.37 in
royalties
which he'd
calculated
were owed
to
him
for
"EMI
Cassette
Super
C60".
In a
fit
of
pique,
he
is
said
to
have gone
on
the
road
in
order
to
recoup
his
losses
and
sabotage
the revamped
Guireans'
line-up's
chances
by
being
even
worse
than
them. Little
information
is
available
on
the
Bayhead
City
Guireans
as
nobody
(including
Ken)
will
ever
admit
to
having
had
anything
to
do
with
them.
In
fact
many
reputable
specialists
in
the
field
have
speculated
that
I
made
the
whole
thing
up
just
now.
Whoever
played
it,
the
"Guireans"
material
on
the
tape
is
atrocious
but mercifully
minimal,
consisting
of a
period
of
aimless
"tuning
up"
in
which
the
bass
player
does
snippets
of "Jazz
Mucus"
and
Swedish
TV's
"22
Flights",
followed
by a
botched
and
cut-off
intro
to "Toilet
on
the
Sea".
The
Cyclefoot
lineup
at
this
gig allegedly
included both
Roddy
Huggan
and
Bod,
in
an
example
of
an
early
AGOFR
supergroup.
Tracks
1.
Aimless
tuning
up.
2.
Toilet
on
the
Sea
(botched
intro,
cut
off)