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Thread #165020   Message #3955451
Posted By: Shug Hanlan
08-Oct-18 - 12:55 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Humblebums & Billy Connolly
Subject: RE: Origins: The Humblebums & Billy Connolly
Thanks for all the valuable info. I've listened to the "Dunoon" number. Must really have increased tourist numbers in the area!

Pete Haywood who used to run the Irvine Folk Club has also offered to help me out. He even claims to have a couple of cassettes of Humblebum shows at The Sun Inn.

First saw Connolly at the Stirling Folk club in 1972. His solo career had just started to kick off then. I remember him doing "The Crucifixion" but also singing a few songs.

Did anything about Billy stand out from the other "life enhancers" (nice phrase) that inhabited the Scottish folk scene at the time?