Jimmy MacBeath (1894–1972) was a Scottish Traveller and Traditional singer of the Bothy Ballads from the north east of Scotland. He was both a mentor and...
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Look up MacBeath or Macbeath in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. MacBeath or Macbeath may refer to: Alexander Murray Macbeath (1923–2014), British mathematician...
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John Strachan, Jimmy MacBeath, Jeannie Robertson and Flora MacNeil. In the 1960s there was a flourishing folk club culture and Ewan MacColl emerged as...
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the Third Anglo-Afghan War. The folk singer and Scottish Traveller Jimmy MacBeath served with the regiment during the war. The 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders...
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(c 1970) Two Gentlemen of the Road (Jimmy MacBeath and Davie Stewart) (2002) Wild Rover No More (Jimmy MacBeath) (1967) There is a Man Upon a Farm -...
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1965, during the fruit picking. The first festival saw Robertson, plus Jimmy MacBeath and other valuable source singers, who learned folk songs without the...
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John Strachan, Jimmy MacBeath, Jeannie Robertson and Flora MacNeil. In the 1960s, there was a flourishing folk club culture and Ewan MacColl emerged as...
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(1849-1934) [Aberdeenshire] John Strachan (1875-1958) [Aberdeenshire] Jimmy MacBeath (1894–1972) [Aberdeenshire] Belle Stewart (1906-1997) [Perthshire] Jeannie...
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branch of the Great North of Scotland Railway system. It closed in 1968. Jimmy MacBeath, the wandering singer, was born in Portsoy and is buried there William...
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acts including Jeannie Robertson, John Strachan, Flora Macneill and Jimmy MacBeath. In Wales the key figure was Dafydd Iwan, who founded the Sain record...
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