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Artist
Jim McLean
12+ albums
about
1 - Scottish folk singer & songwriter. Born in 1959 and from the West Coast of Scotland, now based in London. As The London Evening Standard and Time Out! Magazine so succinctly put it: "Jim McLean...who IS he?" Born in the West Coast of Scotland, Young Jim (as he was then called) was brought up on a staple diet of Scottish and Irish Folk, with lashings of Old-Timey and Country Music for desert. Yummy! It was Alex Campbell, the “Big Daddy of Folk Music” who gave McLean the performing bug. First, listening to his records and copying them note from note, then, at the age of 14 travelling to Glasgow where he knew he would find him, McLean was befriended and encouraged by his Hero. It was on Alex’s advice that Jim learned to play “Far far away”. At 17 Jim McLean left his island home (to the relief of the locals who now knew every Alex Campbell song in the book!) and travelled to Europe, where he thought all the action was. In the tradition of his idols like Campbell, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Derroll Adams and Woody Guthrie, McLean busked and gigged his way through France and Belgium. Arriving in Holland McLean found Amsterdam the perfect place to stay, not just for the usual reasons but he also found the music scene more vibrant than anywhere back home. Gigs in Holland, Germany and Denmark allowed McLean to meet and play with the best in Celtic and American music. He was busy developing his own distinctive guitar style, a blend of Celtic and American styles with the
