Difference between revisions of "Willy Taylor"

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William Cowans (Willy) Taylor, shepherd, Wooler, Northumberland

Born January 5 1916; died November 2 2000

Influential fiddler and tune composer

Obituary by Alistair Anderson in the Guardian newspaper

Discography - (Very incomplete so far)

Various - Northumberland Rant (Traditional Music From The Edge Of England) ‎(HDCD, Comp) Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40473 1999

Willy Taylor - Classic Celtic Music (From Smithsonian Folkways) album art

Various - Classic Celtic Music (From Smithsonian Folkways) ‎(CD, Comp) Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40560 2013

Ranting and Reeling (Topic, 1954, 1991)

Harthope Burn (MWM, 1983)

Welcome to the Dene (Common Ground, 1990)

Northumberland Rant (Smithsonian Folkways, 1986, 1994, 1996)

An audience with the Shepherds, Willie Taylor, Will Atkinson & Joe Hutton VT159CD

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-Northumbrian Shepherd - Fiddler and tune composer.
+William Cowans (Willy) Taylor, shepherd, Wooler, Northumberland
+Born January 5 1916; died November 2 2000
+Influential fiddler and tune composer
+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Taylor Wikipedia article]
+[http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2000/nov/16/guardianobituaries1 Obituary] by Alistair Anderson in the Guardian newspaper
+Discography - (Very incomplete so far)
+Various - Northumberland Rant (Traditional Music From The Edge Of England) ‎(HDCD, Comp)	Smithsonian Folkways	SFW CD 40473	1999
+Willy Taylor - Classic Celtic Music (From Smithsonian Folkways) album art
+Various - Classic Celtic Music (From Smithsonian Folkways) ‎(CD, Comp)	Smithsonian Folkways	SFW CD 40560	2013
+Ranting and Reeling (Topic, 1954, 1991)
+Harthope Burn (MWM, 1983)
+Welcome to the Dene (Common Ground, 1990)
+Northumberland Rant (Smithsonian Folkways, 1986, 1994, 1996)
+An audience with the Shepherds, Willie Taylor, Will Atkinson & Joe Hutton VT159CD
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