My colleagues Harvey Smith and Graham Duncan and myself were collectively known as "BROCADE" and we were signed to the PAN-Audio Dara label by Roy Williamson. We recorded the songs "Johnny the Milk-Round Boy" and "My DEAR and Only Love", the lyrics of which were written by James Graham, Marquis of Montrose. I wrote the tune as performed by Brocade and later, by the Corries. My friends and I had idolised the Corries since childhood and to be signed to their record company was, to us, a great honour. We always found Roy and Ronnie to be the same off-stage as on. They were gentlemen and inveterate artists. Roy's guitar playing was under-rated, listen to some of his solo stuff. He was a great baroque player. I disagreed with the lyrics of Roy's Song, "Flower of Scotland", and told him so, and he agreed that the words might inspire hatred of the English. He saw the point of my lyrics in "Scotland will Flourish" and I believe, in some part agreed with them. In conclusion,The Corries are sadly missed but they must be included in any list of the greatest exponents of Scottish Folk Music. Ian Blacklaw Richardson.(Watch out for "The Ballad o'Sawney Bean" and "the Cruel Death o'Seigneur Davie",. a ballad of the murder of Riccio, which I shall be publishing on net soon)