Hom Bru Explained

Hom Bru
Origin:	Shetland, Scotland
Genre:	Folk
Years Active:	1978 – present
Website:	http://www.hombru.co.uk
Current Members:	Gary Peterson Davie Henry Brian Nicholson John Robert Deyell

Hom Bru are a folk group from Shetland who formed in 1978.^[1] They moved to Edinburgh in 1980 and using the city as their base, toured all over Europe. In 1982 they moved back to Shetland and continue to perform regularly.^[2]

The band play a mixture of instrumental music, mainly traditional Shetland and Scandinavian tunes, and songs sung in Shetland dialect.

Personnel

Current members

• Gary Peterson - tenor banjo, mandolin

• Brian Nicholson - guitar, vocals

• Davie Henry - mandolin, vocals
• John Robert Deyell - fiddle

Previous members

• Alec Johnson - bass, vocals
• George Faux - fiddle, mandolin, guitar, vocals
• Steven Spence - fiddle
• Peter Miller - bass, guitar, vocals
• Ivor Pottinger - guitar
• John Hutchison - guitar, vocals
• Stewart Isbister - bass, vocals
• Davy Tulloch - fiddle
• Bob Maclaine - fiddle
• Andrew Tulloch - guitar, vocals

Discography

The First Swig

Italic Title:	no
The First Swig
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Hom Bru
Cover:	HomBruAlbumFirstSwig.jpg
Released:	1978
Genre:	folk
Label:	Viking Vision

First Swig was Hom Bru's debut album released in 1978. The album was recorded by Douglas Bentley in his Viking Vision "studio" which was actually the front shop of his electrical retail premises.^[3] The recording was released on cassette only.

Track listing

Side 1:

1. Nine points of roguery
2. Greenland whaling
3. Delta dawn
4. Till the rivers all run dry
5. Gardebylaten

Side 2:

1. Never on a Sunday
2. Fiddler's green
3. Banks of Newfoundland
4. The alamo
5. Scotland the brave

Personnel

Davie Henry (vocals, rhythm guitar, mandolin); Alec Johnson (bass, harmony vocals); Gary Peterson (drums, mandolin); Brian Nicholson (vocals)

Obadeea

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Obadeea
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Hom Bru
Cover:	HomBruAlbumObadeea.jpg
Released:	1982
Genre:	folk

Obadeea features a recording of "The Unst Boat Song" which is sung in the old Norn language^[4]

Track list

1. Christmas Day/The bonnie Isle of Whalsay (Trad.)/Leather reeches (Trad.)
2. Gardebylatten (Trad.)
3. Lassie lie near me (Trad.)
4. Chicago reel (Trad.)/The scholar (Trad.)/St Anne's reel (B. Scott)
5. Ragtime Jane (J. Elliot) - listen
6. The new song on the turnout (Lyrics trad, tune G. Faux)
7. The brolum (Dr.C.Bannatyne)/Pete da mill (G. Peterson)
8. Janine's shell (G. Faux), Sandy Bell's hornpipe (R. Smith)
9. Unst boat song (Trad.)
10. Garster's dream (Trad.)/Da brig (Stickle)/Da sooth end (W. Hunter)
11. Sandy burn reel (F. Jamieson)
12. Banks of the bann (Trad.)
13. The eighth Black Watch on Passchaendale Ridge (S. Bremner)/John Murray of Lochee (J. Hastings)

Personnel

Pete Miller (vocals, guitar, electric bass); George Faux (fiddle, mandolin, guitar, vocals); Gary Peterson (mandolin, tenor banjo, fiddle); Ivor Pottinger (guitar)

Rowin Foula Doon

Italic Title:	no
Rowin' Foula Doon
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Hom Bru
Cover:	HomBruAlbumRowinFoulaDoon.jpg
Released:	1990
Genre:	folk

Track list

1. Sylvia / Tulloch's farewell tae da Hagdale
2. Rowin' Foula doon - Da song o' da Papamen
3. Huckleberry hornpipe / Homesteader's rell / Donkey reel
4. Caladonia
5. Niamh's capers / Toss the feathers / The pinch of snuff
6. Shaskeen / Paddy Faheys / Fair Jenny
7. Miss Rowan Davies
8. Smugglers
9. I'll remember you this way
10. Moving cloud

Personnel

Peter Miller (vocals, guitar); Steven Spence (fiddle); Gary Peterson (mandolin, tenor banjo); Davie Henry (vocals, mandolin); Ivor Pottinger (vocals, guitar)

No Afore Time

Italic Title:	no
No Afore Time
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Hom Bru
Cover:	HomBruAlbumNoAforeTime.jpg
Released:	2003
Genre:	folk

Track list

1. Coopers Reels
2. Da Sang O' Da Delting Lass
3. Suzi's Waltz
4. Scarce O' Tatties Set
5. Da Sang O' Da Fisher Lad
6. Recuerdos De La Alhambra
7. Hornpipes
8. Da Trowie Song
9. Serendipity
10. Hoedown Set
11. High Rockin Swing
12. Da Lass O' Hascosay
13. Bonnie Nancy
14. The Harley Set
15. Simmer Dim

Personnel

Brian Nicholson (vocals, guitar, bass guitar); John Robert Deyell (fiddle); Gary Peterson (mandolin, tenor banjo); Davie Henry (vocals, mandolin); John Hutchison (vocals, guitar)

External links

• Archived copy of official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shetland Music - Hom Bru . 15 December 2008 . 10 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081210232727/http://www.shetland-music.com/prominent_artists/artistes/hom_bru/ . dead .
2. Web site: Scottish Music from Hom Bru . 15 December 2008 . 3 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081203203938/http://www.footstompin.com/artists/hom_bru . dead .
3. Web site: Hom Bru - music from Shetland and beyond . 15 December 2008 . 28 August 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080828051435/http://www.hombru.co.uk/years11.htm . dead .
4. Web site: Shetland's written and spoken form : Unst Boat Song - Shetlink . 2008-12-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716055159/http://www.shetlink.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=95548 . 2011-07-16 . dead .