A Corries Tribute Site

Subject: RE: A Corries Tribute Site
From: GUEST,Mary
Date: 07 Feb 06 - 12:31 PM

I've spent the last few hours reading various threads and came across this one with the mention of Paddy Bell.
At the same time I'd opened another browser to link to the Corries page and found this article there:
http://www.corries.com/news.php

My condolences, Murray


From Gavin Browne:
'My dad called me last night to tell me the sad news that Paddie Bell passed away after a long illness at 6pm on the 3rd of August. Paddie was a founder member of The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell, and together they recorded 2 albums in 1964 and 1965 called "The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell" and "The Promise of The Day". In 1965, Paddie left the group to become a mother, but she continued recording as a solo artist. In 1965 she recorded the album 'Herself' accompanied by Martin Carthy, and in 1968 she recorded 'I know where I'm going' with Finbar and Eddie Furey. Paddie returned to the Edinburgh folk scene in the 1990s with her own celebrated Festival show. She was a great supporter and regular attendant of Edinburgh Folk Club and appeared frequently at Festival Folk at the Oak during the Festival. In 1993 she released the solo album "The Dawn of a Brand New Day" and this was followed by 2 more albums in 1997 and 1998 titled "Make me Want to Stay" and "An Irish Kiss".

I was only a small child when Paddie was singing with the Corrie folk Trio and my memories of Paddie are from the last few years when I had the good fortune to visit her in her home here in Edinburgh. Paddie's voice was truly unique and she will be missed by everyone who knew her.'

Subject: RE: A Corries Tribute Site
From: DonMeixner
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 03:59 PM

Murry,

I think those chords are by way of the site originator and not those used by The Corries. But I'll look in my Corries Song Books and see.

And tell Paddie Bell I haved her voice since 1966.



Don

Subject: RE: A Corries Tribute Site
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 01:50 PM

On a cautionary note, I have just had a look at their chords for "Massacre of Glencoe" and they are decidedly iffy ....

Subject: RE: A Corries Tribute Site
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 01:41 PM

If it had been a Coronation Street thread, presumably the title would have read "A Corrie Tribute Site ".

That's Corrie, singular, no "s" at the end, "Corrie" being the puerile abbreviation used by the intellectually challenged to describe their favorite soap.

Corries in a thread title, that's C-O-R-R-I-E-S ,plural, should be an indication to anyone with the remotest interest in traditional music that the thread is about the now-defunct Scottish Folk Duo of Ronnie Browne and Roy Williamson.

Thanks for posting the link, Don. We took Paddie Bell to see Jesus Christ Superstar in Edinburgh last night, btw. She enjoyed it immensely ...

Subject: RE: A Corries Tribute Site
From: Ross
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 01:17 PM

I wish I could have been one of Elsie's bridesmaids

If only my legs & ears hadn't been so hairy

Subject: RE: A Corries Tribute Site
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 09:43 AM

Hi Don, Viewers followed Coronation Street in such enormous numbers that when Elsie Tanner married US Army sergeant Steve Tanner in 1967, over 20 million viewers were glued to the box - the sort of audience only a royal wedding would normally command.

Subject: RE: A Corries Tribute Site
From: DonMeixner
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 09:24 AM

And Coronation Street is musical how? And why would they have a Chord Finder and a Lyrics file. You Brits and your television, think the whole world cares about what you watch and do. SUch hubris!

:-)))))))))

Don

"Turn about is fair play."

Subject: RE: A Corries Tribute Site
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 09:17 AM

Elsie Tanner for Queen

Subject: RE: A Corries Tribute Site
From: Ross
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 08:22 AM

So did I - I want my money back

Subject: RE: A Corries Tribute Site
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 08:18 AM

Christ - I thought you meant Coronation Street.

Subject: RE: A Corries Tribute Site
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 04:35 AM

A nice site kept by an enthusiast. It is nice that people don't let us forget bands such as the Corries, who had a big influence on the development of the Folk Scene.
Quack!
GtD.

Subject: A Corries Tribute Site
From: DonMeixner
Date: 23 Mar 04 - 09:56 PM

Here is a Corries Tribute site I have found that is pretty OK as tribute sites go. But the links to other bands and an amazing lyric listing is worth the price of admission. So too is the Chord Finder
engine that accompanies this site.

http://www.corries-appreciation.org.uk/information.html

http://www.corries-appreciation.org.uk/information.html