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Owen Hand
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Owen Hand Born 28 December 1938 In Edinburgh Died 16 February 2003 Was A British Singer-Guitarist. It Was During His National Service That Hand Picked Up A Guitar. In The Sixties He Began Mixing With The Likes Of Archie Fisher Roy Guest And Bert Jansch And Was Getting Better All The Time As A Singing Guitarist With A Penchant For The Blues. He Always Acknowledged The Immense Influence Of Len Partridge On His Music At This Time. His First Solo Performance Was At The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Of 1962. Hand Went On To Record Two Fine Albums Something New 1965 And I Love A Lass 1966 . Later In Life In 1993 He Proudly Graduated With An MA With Honours In Scottish Ethnology With A Thesis Entitled "The Political Influences Behind The Folk Song Revival In Britain C 1950s-1960s".
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Owen-Hand - Border Lands: The Best Of Scottish Folk
Penned By Owen Hand During The Early 60's. It Reflects The Fact That He Was A Whaler At The Time. It Was First Released As A Track On His First Album Something New Issued In 1965 By Transatlantic Records. He Was To Make Only One Other Album The Following Year Again For Transatlantic Records. It Was Of Traditional Folk And Showed His Width Of Abilities And Interests Compared With The First Album Which Showed The Newer Side Of The Folk Revival As It Consisted Of Modern Compositions By The Likes Of Cyril Tawney And Archie Fisher. He Died In 2003 At The Age Of 64.
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Owen Hand Born 28 December 1938 In Edinburgh Died 16 February 2003 Was A British Singer-Guitarist. It Was During His National Service That Hand Picked Up A Guitar. In The Sixties He Began Mixing With The Likes Of Archie Fisher Roy Guest And Bert Jansch And Was Getting Better All The Time As A Singing Guitarist With A Penchant For The Blues. He Always Acknowledged The Immense Influence Of Len Partridge On His Music At This Time. His First Solo Performance Was At The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Of 1962. Hand Went On To Record Two Fine Albums Something New 1965 And I Love A Lass 1966 . Later In Life In 1993 He Proudly Graduated With An MA With Honours In Scottish Ethnology With A Thesis Entitled "The Political Influences Behind The Folk Song Revival In Britain C 1950s-1960s".
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Penned by Owen Hand during the early 60's. It reflects the fact that he was a whaler at the time. It was first released as a track on his first album Something New issued in 1965 by Transatlantic Records. He was to make only one other album the following year, again for Transatlantic Records. It was of traditional folk and showed his width of abilities and interests compared with the first album which showed the newer side of the folk revival as it consisted of modern compositions by the likes of Cyril Tawney and Archie Fisher. He died in 2003 at the age of 64. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.