Description
Robin Laing's 4th album on the subject of whisky, Whisky For Breakfast. This time all of the songs are self-penned. An eclectic mix of songs, they might go down well with a dram but they can also be enjoyed in their own right by anyone at all, young or old, male or female, drunk or sober.
A Turquoise Frame Of Mind; Talisker Bay; Special Sippin' Whisky; Macallan; The Arran Dram; Old Minmore; Whisky For Breakfast; Black Art; The Wee Cooper O' Fife; Monkey Shoulder; Snuffed Out; The Bruichladdich Dram; Paul Campbell; Loons Is Loons; The Smallest Whisky Bar; Ein Letztes Glas.
Robin Laing is Scotland's "Whisky Bard". This is his fourth album of whisky songs, and this time, whether following his Muse or the thread spun for him by the Fates, he has put together a collection of his own songs, all on the tasty subject of Scotch whisky. An eclectic mix of songs, they might go down well with a dram but they can also be enjoyed in their own right by anyone at all., young or old, male or female, drunk or sober.
Robin's previous whisky albums are The Angels' Share, The Water of Life and One For The Road. All are popular buys, especially within the whisky and tourist industries. Robin presents his `whisky shows' both at home and abroad.
Robin is of course also established as a very productive and creative songwriter of many subjects, including his award-winning The Forth Bridge Song and has recorded other albums: Edinburgh Skyline, Walking In Time and Imaginary Lines. Robin has also published two books with Luath Press Limited.
The new album consists of fifteen of Robin's own songs plus a bonus track, Tin Letztes Glas', the words of which are by Hans-Willi Ohl and set to music of Ian Sinclair of Thurso. Robin covers various subjects relating to whisky from `Special Sippin' Whisky', and via 'Talisker Bay' and `The Arran Dram', to `Loons is Loons' and `The Smallest Whisky Bar' (in Santa Maria, Switzerland).
The album is brilliantly produced by David Scott (of The Pearlfishers fame) who contributed additionally on guitars, keyboards, mandolin and backing vocals. Ursula Laing (Robin's wife) and Maisie Laing (their daughter) also added backing vocals on some tracks. The other session musicians are Jim Gash (drums), Brian Motley (saxophone), Jenna Reid (fiddle) and Derek Star (percussion).
David Scott considers this to be Robin's finest body of work to date and we would agree. There is a wonderful mix of sounds on the album and some tracks have a solid country feel to them. It is a compelling and thoroughly enjoyable album.
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