Who's Who in Scottish Music - W

Last updated: 27th January 2006

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Wally Dugs, The The Wally Dugs, from Dundee, were Pat Finnegan (guitar, 5 string banjo, voclas), George Getty (guitar, mandolin, whistle, bagpipes, vocals) and Neil McLeod (guitar, voclas). They were active in the late 1970s, and recorded an LP, The Road to Dundee, in 1987. Watson, Marshall An insurance inspector in Arbroath, Marshall was the president of the Abbey Folk Club in 1969. Whistledown Perthsire-based outfit who started playing in the mid-1980s. The group consisted of Neil Campbell (guitar, banjo, vocals), John Slaven (fiddle, mandolin), Roddy Ross (vocals, whistle, bagpipes, bass), Bruce Hope (vocals, mandolin, bass) and Kenny Johnston (guitar, vocals). They released a cassette, "The Ale Is Dear" (Whistledown Sounds WD1, 1989). Now, in 2006, the band are still on the go with Ross, Campbell, Hope and Neil's daughter Fiona Campbell on vocals and fiddle, and they have just recorded a new CD.

Waverleys, The The line-up of this Glenrothes group in 1971 was Martin Gibney, Brian Duffin, Roy Bain and John Berwick. Woodlanders, The In 1971, the resident group at The Woodlands Folk Club in Dundee. Members were Alun Jones, Carol Cooper and Ted Clark. Ted was an original member of the Island Folk along with Bob and Vi Clark, and when The Woodlanders split up, The Island Folk renamed themselves...The Woodlanders!