‘Herd Laddie o’ the Glen’ Launch of Willie Scott’s landmark song collection
Thursday, November 23 2006
Date: Sunday 26th November 2006 Time: 4:00pm Place: Buccleuch Arms, St Boswells
A revised and expanded edition of Willie Scott’s landmark song collection, ‘Herd Laddie o the Glen’ is being launched to the media at the Buccleuch Arms, St Boswells on Sunday 26th November at 4:00pm.
The song collection is a tribute to Willie Scott, a unique figure whose significant presence at the time of the folk song revival bridged the old world with the new. He was a masterly, veteran tradition-bearer and ambassador of the songs and lore of the Borders.
Friends and the surviving family of Willie Scott will gather to celebrate the release of the revised and expanded new edition of this exciting publication at a special event at the Buccleuch Arms on Sunday 26 November.
You are cordially invited to send a media representative and/or photographer to the official media event at the Sunday celebration.
For further information contact – Iain MacAulay, telephone 01835 825092
Notes to the Editor
Alison McMorland who worked with Willie Scott himself to compile this song collection has paid a fitting tribute to the memory and legacy of Willie Scott. “Willie Scott's legacy cannot be overestimated. A son of the Borders, his song collection portrays a long tradition that has expressed people’s hardships and love stories; their humour and sadness; their sense of history and connection with the land,” explained Alison. “The original edition was a landmark but this enlarged publication includes an extensive introduction by Hamish Henderson; over sixty songs and poems, song notes, memories, photographs and commentary, capturing a rare glimpse into a shepherding community and a way of life now gone.”
Councillor Val Robson explains her enthusiasm for Willie Scott’s work, “The name of Willie Scott is well-known and much loved in Liddesdale where I am fortunate to live myself. The sense of time and place that imbued his life and work over the decades still lives on in music and poetry which is played, read and enjoyed not just in annual music festivals, ceilidhs and concerts in Newcastleton and the Borders but all over Scotland throughout the year. The way of life may have gone, but many of the values still live on in this farming community. On the 26 November we will again remember and celebrate not only the life and work of Willie Scott but also the people of the rural communities he served – past and present.”
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