Happy Birthday Jean Redpath (born 28 Apr 1937)

Subject: Happy Birthday Jean Redpath
From: GUEST,Eddie
Date: 28 Apr 13 - 12:10 PM

One of the sweetest voices I've ever heard and this girl has perfect pitch. Have a very happy 76th Jean!

Sonny's Dream

Eddie

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Jean Redpath
From: Elmore
Date: 28 Apr 13 - 12:12 PM

And many more.

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Jean Redpath
From: gnu
Date: 28 Apr 13 - 12:28 PM

Happies atchya!

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Jean Redpath
From: Lighter
Date: 28 Apr 13 - 12:53 PM

One of the greatest! I've been a fan since 1964.

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Jean Redpath
From: open mike
Date: 28 Apr 13 - 01:48 PM

Thank you for being born and for bringing us so much good music!

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Jean Redpath
From: Anne Neilson
Date: 28 Apr 13 - 02:11 PM

A happy birthday to a great ambassador for Scots song.

Jean has been part of my awareness for many, many years, and only last year I delivered to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (from which Jean has an honorary doctorate) a copy of a poster from an early event in Edinburgh on which the late Arthur Argo had gathered signatures from the great guest list -- Jeannie Robertson, Jimmy MacBeath, Willie Scott (and perhaps also Davy Stewart?) from the source singers, and a wheen of younger performers including Ray Fisher, The Corries, Gordon McCulloch and Bobby Campbell, John Watt -- and Jean herself. Her signature included a wee devil cartoon, if I remember rightly!

And her name also came up today at the Glasgow Ballad Workshop, where there was much pleasure in recalling her performance of The Kirk Soiree - not a ballad, I know, but a grand piece of story-telling.

Many happy returns, Jean, and lang may yer lum reek!

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Jean Redpath
From: GUEST,kendall
Date: 28 Apr 13 - 03:34 PM

Beautiful voice, a nice person, and a great sense of humor.

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Jean Redpath
From: Gallus Moll
Date: 28 Apr 13 - 06:23 PM

Many Happy Returns Jean!

And thanks for all those wonderful, unforgettable summer schools at Stirling / Airthrey.

(Your version of The Gairdner Child was also mentioned at the Glasgow Ballads Workshop today!)