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Brian McNeill (06 Apr 1950 - )

Male Person - United Kingdom Scottish multi-instrumentalist

Releases (9)

Official

Album

  1. The Busker and the Devil’s Only Daughter 1990
  2. The Back o’ the North Wind 1991
  3. Monksgate 1992
  4. Unstrung Hero 1994
  5. No Gods 1995
  6. To Answer The Peacock 1999
  7. The Baltic tae Byzantium 2009
  8. The Falkirk Music Pot 2015 (as Brian McNeill & Friends)
  9. No Silence 2020

Relationships (3)

Collaborator On

  1. Fiddlers 5

Member Of

  1. Battlefield Band ( - 1990) original
  2. Clan Alba background vocals, fiddle, guitar, concertina, cittern

Recordings by (122)

  1. The Sidewalk Reels: Cold Frosty Morning / Yankee Dollar / The Trip to Marblehead 5:13 (1990)
  2. High Handenhold 4:32 (1990)
  3. Lady Glasgow 3:57 (1990)
  4. The Golden Ox / The Silver Waltz 2:34 (1990)
  5. The Gilded Shadows 3:27 (1990)
  6. The Devil’s Only Daughter 4:25 (1990)
  7. The Busker 3:32 (1990)
  8. The Pavement Jigs: Salt the Pot / Miss Catherine Jane Spree’s / The Perfect Pitch 3:31 (1990)
  9. Miss Hamilton 2:31 (1990)
  10. Greenland’s Icy Waters 5:25 (1990)
  11. The Owl Waltz 3:13 (1990)
  12. McNeill’s Favourite: Captain O’Kane / The Mason’s Apron 5:49 (1990)
  13. The Back o’ the North Wind / The Entail 3:41 (1991)
  14. Strong Women Rule Us All With Their Tears 5:27 (1991)
  15. The Rock and the Tide 3:27 (1991)
  16. Destitution Road 3:38 (1991)
  17. Muir and the Master Builder 6:33 (1991)
  18. The Atlantic Reels: Mac Iain Oig’s / The Scot Erin Reel / The Yester Man’s Hand / The Old Man’s Answer 3:41 (1991)
  19. The Best o’ the Barley 4:58 (1991)
  20. Ewen and the Gold 6:43 (1991)
  21. Drive the Golden Spike / Lang Johnny Moir 5:12 (1991)
  22. Steel Man 5:16 (1991)
  23. The Bridal Boat 3:08 (1991)
  24. The Butterfly Chain 2:33 (Oct 1992)
  25. Queen of Sluts / Willie Is a Bonny Lad 3:37 (1992)
  26. The Flowers of the Thorn 3:48 (1992)
  27. The Oyster Girl / The Centenary / Shane’s Fancy 3:24 (1992)
  28. Master Crowley’s Reel / Bobby Casey’s Reel 3:18 (1992)
  29. The Duke of Fife’s Welcome to Deeside / Belladrum House / The Witch of the Wave 3:27 (1992)
  30. Rowley Burn / Roxburgh Castle 3:30 (1992)
  31. Planxty Charles Coote / Planxty Hugh O’Donnell 3:45 (1992)
  32. The Bag of Potatoes / The Little Pig Lamenting the Empty Trough / Brian O’Laimhin 3:06 (1992)
  33. Monksgate 3:32 (1992)
  34. The Hag at the Spinning Wheel 2:22 (1992)
  35. The Eclipse / The Mathematician 2:47 (1992)
  36. Modest Miss France / The Marchioness of Huntly / Miss Shepherd / Pretty Peg 3:40 (1992)
  37. Angela Morrision’s Pavanne / The White Dress / The Foggy Banks of Haines 4:28 (1994)
  38. The Boys that Broke the Ground / Ortiguera 3:44 (1994)
  39. The Tall Ships in Their Prime 2:13 (1994)
  40. The Ivory Reel / Miss Susan Feddersen / The Quill 3:56 (1994)
  41. Belle-Ile / Crookhill 3:07 (1994)
  42. The Laverock Sang 2:59 (1994)
  43. The Heron 2:29 (1994)
  44. Molly’s Roses / Hamish Henderson’s Refusal 3:31 (1994)
  45. Blue Jay and a Cardinal 3:17 (1994)
  46. Bothkennar 2:01 (1994)
  47. Down the Road to Galloway / Catherine Jane’s Polka 3:06 (1994)
  48. Lift Your Glass to the Landlady / Peter Calver’s Favourite / The Steeple Reel 3:22 (1994)
  49. No Gods and Precious Few Heroes 4:32 (1995)
  50. Miss Michison Regrets 4:29 (1995)
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On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. Scott Skinner's Compliments o Doctor Macdonald / The Boy's Lament for His Dragon / The Gothenburg Reel / Lift Your Glass to the Landlady / The Boys of Malin 6:12 Feast of Fiddles (2004)

Instruments

  1. Sauchiehall Street Salsa: McHugh's Other Foot / The Man With Two Women 3:12 Battlefield Band (1984) fiddle, mandocello
  2. The Port of Call 4:27 Battlefield Band (1984) fiddle
  3. The Snows of France & Holland 3:43 Battlefield Band (1984) fiddle, guitar
  4. The Old Changing Way 3:00 Battlefield Band (1984) fiddle, cittern
  5. The Yew Tree 4:04 Battlefield Band (1984) mandocello
  6. The Hook of Holland / Dominic MacGowan 4:38 Battlefield Band (1984) fiddle, mandocello
  7. Ina MacKenzie / The Braes of Mellinish / Troy's Wedding 3:19 Battlefield Band (1984) fiddle
  8. The Four Minute Warning: The Tide's Out / James MacLellan's Favourite / Dougie's Decision / The Ferry Man / Lady Doll Sinclair 4:36 Battlefield Band (1984) fiddle, mandocello
  9. Anthem 3:32 Battlefield Band (1984) fiddle
  10. I Am the Common Man 2:58 Battlefield Band (1984) mandocello, electric guitar
  11. The Keiking Glasse 2:29 Alison Kinnaird (1988) viola, fiddle
  12. The Colorado Trail 4:00 Connie Dover (1994) guitar
  13. Willie of Winsbury 8:27 Connie Dover (1994) fiddle
  14. Where Shall I Go? (A Cowboy’s Hard Times) 2:59 Connie Dover (1994) mandolin
  15. Lark and the Bowman 6:15 Clan Alba (1995) concertina
  16. Growing Wings 3:12 Clan Alba (1995) fiddle
  17. Òran na Cloiche 4:07 Clan Alba (1995) fiddle
  18. Dressed to Kill 4:44 Clan Alba (1995) fiddle
  19. Cam ye Owre Frae France 4:44 Clan Alba (1995) fiddle
  20. Bye Bye, Big Blue 6:40 Clan Alba (1995) cittern
  21. Tar the House 9:05 Clan Alba (1995) fiddle
  22. Cànan nan Gàidheal 4:26 Clan Alba (1995) fiddle
  23. Five to Six 4:49 Clan Alba (1995) fiddle
  24. Fred’s Jigs 5:39 Clan Alba (1995) fiddle
  25. Air a’ Ghille Tha mo Rùn (I Love the Boy) 4:08 Clan Alba (1995) fiddle
  26. No Gonnae Leave Here 5:21 Clan Alba (1995) fiddle
  27. Clan Alba 5:20 Clan Alba (1995)
  28. Farewell to Tarwathie / Bill Malley’s Schottische / Kitchen Girl 8:26 Feast of Fiddles (2007)

Vocals

  1. I Am the Common Man 2:58 Battlefield Band (1984)
  2. The Yew Tree 4:04 Battlefield Band (1984)
  3. The Snows of France & Holland 3:43 Battlefield Band (1984) lead vocals
  4. Bye Bye, Big Blue 6:40 Clan Alba (1995) background vocals
  5. Childhood’s End 4:36 Clan Alba (1995) background vocals
  6. Òran na Cloiche 4:07 Clan Alba (1995) background vocals
  7. Two Minutes’ Silence 7:37 Brian McNeill (2020)

Engineered

  1. Po' Boy 3:00 Blues ’n’ Trouble (1992)
  2. Please Mr. Postman 3:17 Blues ’n’ Trouble (1992)
  3. Sweet Little Cutie 4:35 Blues ’n’ Trouble (1992)
  4. Howling My Life Away 5:06 Blues ’n’ Trouble (1992)
  5. Gillian 4:42 Blues ’n’ Trouble (1992)
  6. Poor Moon 3:41 Blues ’n’ Trouble (1992)
  7. Looking for Something 3:22 Blues ’n’ Trouble (1992)
  8. Twistin' on the Moon 3:57 Blues ’n’ Trouble (1992)
  9. Pretty Thing 5:12 Blues ’n’ Trouble (1992)
  10. Living With My Blues 10:03 Blues ’n’ Trouble (1992)
  11. Boogywalou 2:37 Blues ’n’ Trouble (1992)
  12. Breaking the Ice 2:15 Blues ’n’ Trouble (1992)

Recording Engineer For

  1. Muskerraren Balsa & La balso de Conboscuro 3:49 Kepa Junkera (09 Sep 1998) additional
  2. Fali-Faly 6:06 Kepa Junkera (09 Sep 1998) additional

Credited as (9)

  1. Brian McNeill
  2. Brian McNeill & Battlefield Band
  3. Iain MacKintosh & Brian McNeill
  4. Alison Kinnaird & Brian McNeill
  5. Brian McNeill & Tom McDonagh
  6. Alan Reid & Brian McNeill
  7. Brian McNeill & Friends
  8. Ed Miller with Brian McNeill
  9. Brian McNeill & Drones & Bellows

Works (12)

Arranged

  1. Sonny’s Mazurka
  2. Miss Grant’s Jig

Wrote

  1. Bye Bye, Big Blue
  2. The Gallant Grahams
  3. Lads o' the Fair
  4. Danzig Willie
  5. John Harrison's Hands

Composed

  1. Strong Women Rule Us All
  2. The Ivory
  3. The Quill
  4. The Yew Tree

Lyrics

  1. The Yew Tree

Links (9)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.brianmcneill.co.uk/

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/13485831X
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77012730
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n77012730

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/225279

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1132377

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000935970

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/93458904

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1946972