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Scottish Folk Groups
The Ideal Band
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The Ideal Band were Chris Miller, Ken Campbell and
Alasdair Robertson. Chris and Ken had been in
Molendinar and subsequently toured
Europe as a duo and released an LP, "The Piper's Maggot" (Topic Records). Alasdair had been in the rock band Cado Belle. The Ideal Band took their name from >Bob Smith's Ideal Band (further details).
Founder Ken Campbell went on to work with Hamish Moore as a duo, and then Wendy Weatherby, toured Russia with them both, and recorded soloprojects, "Going Solo" (Fellside Records 063, 1988) and
"Hand Pict" (Watercolour, 1996). Ken has recently considered
reforming the band, possibly with a different line-up.
Some of The Ideal Band's recordings are detailed below:
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The Ideal Band: A Measure of Freedom (Lismor LIFL 7003, 1984)
Side One: Dominic McGowan/The Train Journey North/Barbara's
Jig/Alan MacPherson of Mosspark; The Wars o' Germany; Cumbrian Girl
(Robertson); Two Swedish Waltzes; Coshieville (Stewart
MacGregor); Two Breton Dance Tunes
Side Two: Miss Ailie (K Campbell)/McHugh's Other Foot
(Gahagan); The Sturdy Tinker (Murray/Campbell);
The Itinerant Worker (Robertson); Horseguard's Blue;
Song for Glasgow (Robertson); Tam Bain's Lum/Tir Aluinn/The
Black Watch Polka
All tracks traditional except where indicated
Chris Miller (vocals, Northumbrian smallpipes, fiddle);
Ken Campbell (vocals, Northumbrian smallpipes, guitar, cittern);
Alasdair Robertson (vocals, keyboards, 6 string guitar, 12 string guitar)
with Jim Sutherland (bodhran, congas)
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