Silly Wizard - So Many Partings

Silly Wizard played a variety of Scottish folk music, both instrumental and vocal, from fast jigs and reels to slow airs. While the majority of the items they played were traditional songs or tunes, the band did write many compositions of their own. Phil Cunningham generally wrote instrumental music centered on the accordion, and Stewart wrote several songs in a style often distinctly traditional. Once Stewart's singing and the driving, impassioned instrumentals of the Cunningham brothers had established themselves at its centre, the group's overall sound changed little. So Many Partings was the third album by Silly Wizard released in 1979. On this album the songs "The Valley Of Strathmore" and "The Highland Clearances" were written by Andy M. Stewart.

Band
Phil Cunningham: Accordion, tin whistle, Synthesizers, piano, vocals
Johnny Cunningham: Fiddle, vocals
Martin Hadden: Electric bass, harmonium, guitar
Gordon Jones: Guitar, mandola, bodhran
Andy M. Stewart: Lead vocals, tenor banjo

Scarce O'Tatties/Lyndhurst

The Valley Of Strathmore

Bridget O'Malley (Brid Og Ni Mhaille)

A.A. Cameron's Strathspey/Mrs. Martha Knowles/The Pitnacree Ferryman/The New Shillin'

Donald McGillavry/O'Neill's Cavalry March

The Highland Clearances

Miss Catherine Brosnan

Wi' My Dog and Gun

Miss Shepherd/Sweeney's Buttermilk/McGlinchey's Reels

link to the free album

Silly Wizard - So Many Partings