Member Since: 5/23/2006
Band Website: shoogle.com
Band Members: SHOOGLENIFTY: Malcolm Crosbie: Guitars (Acoustic and Electric); Garry Finlayson: Banjo and Banjax; Angus R. Grant: Fiddle; Quee MacArthur: Bass, Percussion; James MacKintosh: Drums, Percussion; Myself on Mandolin, Tenor Banjo.FUNKY STRING BAND: Peter Daffy: Vocals, Guitar, Ukelele; Angus R. Grant: Fiddle, Vocals; Myself on Mandolin, Tenor Banjo, Vocals.BIRNAM QUARTET: Angus R. Grant: Fiddle; Jamie Jauncey: Piano; Anna-Wendy Stevenson: Fiddle; Myself on Mandolin.DUO with SIMON BRADLEY: Simon Bradley: Fiddle, Mandolin; Myself on Bouzouki and Mandolin.
Influences: Influences...
Musical is hard. Brought up on Planxty and Greek bouzouki music but then by the time I could actually properly listen the world exploded with the Grateful Dead, Miles, Terry Riley. Could never get enough of playing Bach keyboard music. Obsessive flirtations with Andy Irvine counterpoint in the late teens, Dylan... Dylan - too much.Life took a serious turn with Tarkovsky. That's another story.
Record Label: Shoogle Records
Type of Label: Indie