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Thread #57584   Message #906283
Posted By: GUEST,Billy
10-Mar-03 - 02:30 AM
Thread Name: The Band Contraband...70's
Subject: RE: The Band Contraband...70's
Contraband featured Mae McKenna, vocals; Peter Cairney, guitar; John Martin, fiddle; George Jackson, mandolin,accordion, guitar, fiddle, banjo; Billy Jackson, bass guitar, cello, double bass, vocal; Alec Baird, drums
The Album "Contraband"
Side One: Rattlin' Roarin' Willie; The Black Rogue/Sir Philip McHugh/ Alice Cooper's Favourite; Lady for Today(Rosemary Hardin); The Devil's Fiddle (John Martin); On the Road (Billy Jackson); The Spanish Cloak/ Pea-Pod McGinley/The Youngest Daughter; Alec's Interlude
Side Two: Stainforth Blues (John Martin/Peter Cairney); Come Up Smiling (Richard Digence); The Banks of Claudy; Edward Sayers' Brass Band (Richard Digence)

Mae McKenna pursued a solo career
Peter Cairney plays with Isla out of Nashville, TN
John Martin, George Jackson and Billy Jackson formed Ossian with Billy Ross and Tony Cuffe (deceased)   
Alec Baird ????

Buy the reissued album Contraband at
http://www.rootsandrhythm.com/roots/NEWSLETTER123/newsletter123_angfolk.htm