Dick gaughan definitive collection

Fine Horseman. The Recruited Collier Traditional. In October , an MRI scan confirmed Dick had suffered a stroke several months previously, from which he is now gradually recovering but which has prevented him from touring. Dick Gaughan. Introspection Late Night Partying. Aggressive Bittersweet Druggy.

Tracks 1, 3, trad. Sail On. Create a free account. Musician, songwriter, composer, orchestrator. He instigated the setting up of "Perform", an organisation which aimed to facilitate co-operation across the folk music world, [13] he joined the agitprop theatre group [14] and during the UK miners' strike —85 he was Chair of the Leith Miners' Support Group. Gaughan also extended his political activism to areas other than singing. Genre International Folk.

Fine Horseman. Archived from the original on 17 February His Leith-born father played guitar, his Irish grandfather played the fiddle and his Glaswegian grandmother played button accordion. Gaughan was born in Glasgow 's Royal Maternity Hospital , when his father was working in Glasgow as an engine driver.