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    Silly Wizard was a Scottish folk band that began forming in Edinburgh in 1970. The founder members were two like-minded university students—Gordon Jones...
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  • Andy M. Stewart (category Silly Wizard members)
    instrumentalist, formerly the frontman for Silly Wizard. He was born in Alyth, Perthshire. With Silly Wizard he not only sang, but also played the tenor...
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    Phil Cunningham (folk musician) (category Silly Wizard members)
    musician and composer. He is best known for playing the accordion with Silly Wizard, as well as in other bands and in duets with his brother, Johnny. When...
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  • The Best of Silly Wizard is an album by Silly Wizard released in 1985 by Shanachie Records. This album has selections from previous recordings by the band...
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  • Gordon Jones (folk musician) (category Silly Wizard members)
    of Silly Wizard. Performed with Silly Wizard during their entire 17 years together as well as composing and producing both music and albums for Silly Wizard...
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  • featured a drum roll introduction. Silly Wizard performed another version which was released on record in 1980. The "Silly Wizard" theme tune was replaced by...
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    October 15, 2021. "Silly Wizard". Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame. November 1, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2021. "Silly Wizard: Scotland's finest...
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    Dougie MacLean (category Silly Wizard members)
    recording. In the late 1970s, he spent six months touring with Scottish band Silly Wizard. "Caledonia", from MacLean's first album with Alan Roberts (1978), is...
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  • Johnny Cunningham (category Silly Wizard members)
    Warning (1983) With Phil Cunningham Against the Storm (1980) With Silly Wizard Silly Wizard (1976) Caledonia's Hardy Sons (1978) So Many Partings (1979) Live...
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    interpret traditional material through into the 1970s included Ossian, Silly Wizard, The Boys of the Lough, Natural Acoustic Band, Battlefield Band, The...
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  • musician and songwriter, best known for fronting the Scottish folk band Silly Wizard Andy Stewart (rugby union) (born 1953), Australian rugby union player...
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    Capercaillie Johnny Cunningham Phil Cunningham Dougie MacLean Tannahill Weavers Silly Wizard Ar Log Fernhill Dafydd Iwan Sian James Carreg Lafar Julie Murphy Meic...
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  • brother of Phil, and member of Silly Wizard[citation needed] Phil Cunningham, Scottish folk musician, member of Silly Wizard Cytherea, American pornographic...
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  • ensemble Celtic Fiddle Festival in 1993, at the time consisting of former Silly Wizard fiddler Johnny Cunningham, Bothy Band fiddler Kevin Burke, and Kornog...
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  • band Sìleas, harp duo The Silencers Silibil N' Brains, hip-hop duo Silly Wizard, folk group Simple Minds Habbie Simpson (1550–1620), town piper in Kilbarchan...
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  • Cunningham (folk musician), Scottish accordionist with the folk group Silly Wizard Phil Cunningham (rock musician), English musician Ralph E. Cunningham...
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  • his 1993 album Sings Like Hell Andy M. Stewart, former lead singer for Silly Wizard, covered this version on his 1994 album Man In The Moon The song was...
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  • Finland's entry in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest "Blackbird", a song by Silly Wizard from Live Wizardry "Blackbird", a song by Nina Simone from Nina Simone...
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  • Alastair Donaldson (category Silly Wizard members)
    of William Mysterious. He was a formative member of the folk ensemble Silly Wizard prior to his involvement with the Rezillos, and appears on many of their...
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  • Caledonia's Hardy Sons (category Silly Wizard albums)
    Caledonia's Hardy Sons is the second album by the Scottish band Silly Wizard. It was released in the U.K. on Highway Records in 1978, and in the U.S. in...
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    material through into the 1970s included The Tannahill Weavers, Ossian, Silly Wizard, The Boys of the Lough, Battlefield Band, The Clutha and the Whistlebinkies...
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  • Kiss the Tears Away (category Silly Wizard albums)
    Kiss the Tears Away is the fifth album by Silly Wizard released in 1983 on the Highway Records label in the U.K. and on the Shanachie label in the U.S...
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  • (1932–2003), British racehorse trainer Neil Adam, musician in the band Silly Wizard Neil Adams (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles about...
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  • Oskay's departure, Scottish fiddler Johnny Cunningham, a former member of Silly Wizard who had played with Tríona and Mícheál in the band Relativity, took over...
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  • Portsmouth Sinfonia Gerry Rafferty John James John Renbourn The Sallyangie Silly Wizard Skin Alley Storyteller Stray Unicorn The Young Tradition Big Country...
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  • So Many Partings (category Silly Wizard albums)
    So Many Partings is the third album by Silly Wizard released in 1979 on the Highway Records label in the U.K. and 1980 on the Shanachie label in the U...
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  • who also reads the introduction to "Dun Ringill" on the same album. Silly Wizard includes a snippet of a gale warning from the shipping forecast in the...
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  • Bennett Matt McGinn Phil Cunningham Rachel Hair Shooglenifty Sìleas Silly Wizard Simon Thoumire Skipinnish The Corries The House Band The Incredible String...
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  • A Glint of Silver (category Silly Wizard albums)
    A Glint of Silver is an album by Silly Wizard released in 1986 on the Green Linnet Records label. This is final studio album recorded by the band. "Roarin'...
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  • radio personality, actor, and writer Bob Thomas, founder member of Silly Wizard Robert Thomas (newspaper proprietor) (1781–1860), founder of the South...
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