Roy Williamson

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Roy Murdoch Buchanan Williamson (25 June 1936, Edinburgh - 12 August 1990, Forres, Scotland) was a Scottish songwriter and folk musician, most notably with The Corries. It was in 1955 that Williamson met Ronnie Browne at Edinburgh College of Art, with whom he would team up in The Corries. This meeting started a 35 year long partnership. The "Corrie Folk Trio" began in 1962 and consisted of Roy Williamson, Bill Smith and Ron Cockburn. After a few weeks Cockburn left. As they had already accepted an engagement at the Edinburgh Festival, Williamson suggested that Ronnie Browne should be brought in to make up numbers. They also added female Irish singer Paddie Bell to become the "Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell". By 1965, Paddie Bell and Bill Smith left. Under the new name, The Corries, Williamson, a talented multi-instrumentalist, and Browne, the singer, performed at the Jubilee Arms Hotel in Cortachy, Angus. Williamson was a skilled woodworker. In the summer of 1969 he invented the 'combolins', two complementary instruments which combined several into a single instrument. One combined a mandolin and a guitar (along with four bass strings operated with slides) , the other combined guitar and the 12-string Spanish bandurria, the latter being an instrument Williamson had played since the early days of the Corrie Folk Trio. Originally conceived as a way to combine several of the many instruments they carried around on tour - the Corries' long row of chairs behind them on sta

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Anthems

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The Ayoub Sisters

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Melodies From Scotland

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Flower Of Scotland: Timeless Classics from the Land of the Brave

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The Sound of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (By Classic FM)

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Highland Spirit

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Rugby 2011

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World in Union (International Version)

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The Long Journey South

Ocean Wave

For Queen & Country

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World in Union 2007 - Final Album

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