The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #33567   Message #448078
Posted By: GUEST
24-Apr-01 - 10:34 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The Cruel Brother (Child #11)
Subject: RE: 'thecruelbrother'lyrics
Sandy, I agree, "Witch" is perhaps the best thing Archie has written. I still play "Man with a Rhyme" a lot.
He first recorded "Witch" with Barbara Dickson on vocals, on her "Beggar's Mantle Fringed with Gold," album, so it was a great delight when you got him to record it himself. Your album was not easy to find 25 years ago in Scotland, (but it still sounds as fresh today), ah, the internet is a wonderful thing.
A big thank you by the way for recording the trilogy of Fisher albums you made with Archie, Ray, and Cilla & Artie. Scottish artists, but only an American label was recording them at the hight of their creativity.
I suppose in some ways you were the mid-wife for Artie's Kettle Records label, so we have that to thank you for as well.
Thanks for all the great music (Scottish and American), you have got out over the years.
love. john.