Caledonia's Hardy Sons Explained

Caledonia's Hardy Sons
Type:	Album
Artist:	Silly Wizard
Cover:	Silly Wizard - Caledonia's Hardy Sons.jpg
Released:	1978
Genre:	Folk
Length:	40:58
Label:	Shanachie
Producer:	John Zollman, Silly Wizard
Prev Title:	Silly Wizard
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	So Many Partings
Next Year:	1979

Caledonia's Hardy Sons is the second album by the Scottish band Silly Wizard.^[1] It was released in the U.K. on Highway Records in 1978, and in the U.S. in 1980 on the Shanachie label.

Track listing

1. "Mo Chuachag Laghach (My Kindly Sweetheart)" (02:26)
2. "The Isla Waters" (03:50)
3. "The Twa Brithers" (06:15)
4. "The Auld Pipe Reel/The Brolum" (03:38)
5. "Glasgow Peggy" (03:21)
6. "Monymusk Lads" (03:32)
7. "The Ferryland Sealer" (03:24)
8. "Fhear A Bhata (The Boatman)" (04:38)
9. "Jack Cunningham's Farewell to Benbecula/Sweet Molly" (04:34)
10. "Broom O' the Cowdenknowes" (05:20)

Personnel

• Phil Cunningham - Accordion, whistle, synthesizer, string synthesizer, harmonium, vocals
• Johnny Cunningham - Fiddle, viola, bouzouki, mandolin, mandola, vocals
• Martin Hadden - Bass, harmonium, vocals
• Gordon Jones - Guitar, bodhran, bouzouki, mandola, vocals (Lead vocals on "Ferryland Sealer")
• Andy M. Stewart - Vocals, tenor banjo, mandolin, mandola
• Bob Thomas - Guitar, mandola

Notes and References

1. News: Johnny Cunningham . The Daily Telegraph . 19 Dec 2003 . Obituary . 25.