Willie's Rare

Audio file
Date recorded: 1956
Contributor(s): Performer: McEwen, Rory; Performer: McEwen, Alex; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: ballad
Culture: Lowland Scotland, Scottish
Instruments: guitar (acoustic), voice
Location: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T3356
Track Number: 2
Archive ID: T3356R02
Belongs to: Rory and Alex McEwan 1956
About the session: Dubbed from Peter Kennedy. Several songs performed by Berwickshire natives Rory (best known as a painter) and Alex McEwen in London. They recorded an album for Folkways this same year entitled "Scottish Songs and Ballads" on which two of the songs here were included.
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