Description
Experience the powerful connection between past and present with Ian Bruce & The Tartan Spiders' Young Territorial. This CD features songs, poems, and stories, all set to music by renowned Scottish singer Ian Bruce, paying tribute to the legendary London Scottish Regiment.
With the iconic Hodden Grey 'tartan' as the unit's symbol, this emotional and unifying album tells the real human story behind the soldiers. Cherish the unique and extraordinary tales that make a regiment more than just a badge.
The Tartan Spiders are: Carol Jamieson (piano and more), Fiona Forbes (of Sangsters on backing vocals), Denise Crighton-Ward (bass), Janet Weatherston (backing vocals), Katharina Bramkamp (recorders, backing vocals), Alasdair Gibbs (bagpipes), Charlie Milne (of Ragged Glory on lead and harmony vocals), Kev Green (lead and harmony vocals), Shaun Blandford (bass, electric guitar), John Blackwood (of Sangsters on backing vocals), Gregor Lowrey (accordion, melodeon), Pete Clark (fiddles), Alastair Morrow (drums) and Major Rob Pitt, VR Rifles (recitations).
There is also an introduction by Major General Alastair Bruce of Crionach, OBE, VR and DL.
A-Diddleo (pipe tune); Introduction by Maj Gen Alastair Bruce of Crionach, OBE, VR DL (spoken word); Inverness; Soldiers in The Chapel; Sandy’s Conversion; Sandy The Piper; The Somme Offensive (pipe tune); Halloween; The Young Territorial; The Abbey (pipe tune); The Big Drum Major; The Auld Corps; The Glenworple Highlanders; Donald and The De’il; Grey Kilts; Wey Hey For The Hodden Grey; The Legend of Sheppey.