- The Electrics
The Electrics are a
Celtic rock band fromDumbarton ,Scotland . They formed in 1988 when former Infrapenny members Sammy Horner (vocals and bass guitar) and Paul Baird (guitar) asked drummer Dave McArthur and sax/keyboard player Allan Hewitt to play a gig at Glasgow's Impact Festival. The band released a self-financed cassette album, "Views in Blues", in 1989. Following this recording the band evolved a celtic rock sound, heavily influenced byThe Waterboys andThe Pogues . Subsequent recordings included "Vision and Dreams" (1990) which was distributed by Word Records, and "Big Silent World" (1993), on Germany's Pila Music label.Renowned for their energetic performances, the band have performed in the UK, Europe and the USA.
The band have not officially disbanded but have no plans to play any shows in the near future; Horner is currently busy with solo engagements and Devlin has recently moved to the States.
Band members
Current members
*Sam Horner - Lead Vocals, Bass
*Jim Devlin - Guitars, Mandolin, Backing Vocals
*Jim Cosgrove - Drums
*Tim Cotterell - Fiddle, MandolinFormer members
*Dave McArthur - Drums, Bodhran.
*Paul Baird - Guitar and backing vocals.
*Allan Hewitt - Keyboards, accordion, saxophone, whistle and backing vocals.
*Heather Negus - Accordion, keyboards.
*Kris McEwan - Fiddle/mandoin.
*David Lyon - Accordion, Keyboards
*Kenny MacNicol - Highland/ Uhllean Pipes, whistles.
*Robin Callander - Fiddle/mandolin.Discography
*1991: "Visions And Dreams" (Review: [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/The_Electrics/Visions_And_Dreams/4966/ Cross Rhythms] cite journal |last=Massey |first=Dave |year=
1991 |month=August |title=The Electrics - "Visions And Dreams" |journal=Cross Rhythms |issue=7 |pages= |accessdate=2007-04-24] )
*1993: "Big Silent World"
*1995: "The Whole Shebang!"
*1997: "The Electrics" (Reviews: [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/The_Electrics/The_Electrics/4964/ Cross Rhythms] cite journal |last=Cummings |first=Tony |year=1997 |month=October |title=The Electrics - "The Electrics" |journal=Cross Rhythms |issue=41 |pages= |accessdate=2007-04-24] , [http://www.tollbooth.org/reviews/elec.html The Phantom Tollbooth] )
*1998: "Livin' It Up When I Die" (Review: [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/The_Electrics/Livin_It_Up_When_I_Die/4982/ Cross Rhythms] cite journal |last=Rimmer |first=Mike |year=1998 |month=December |title=The Electrics - "Livin' It Up When I Die" |journal=Cross Rhythms |issue=48 |pages= |accessdate=2007-04-24] , [http://www.tollbooth.org/reviewm/electrics98.html The Phantom Tollbooth] , " [http://web.archive.org/web/20010222184244/www.hmmagazine.com/issue74/74Albums.htm HM Magazine] "cite journal |last=McGovern |first=Brian Vincent |year=1998 |month=November/December |title=THE ELECTRICS "Livin' it Up When I Die" |journal=HM Magazine |id=ISSN|1066-6923 |issue=74 |pages= |accessdate=2007-04-24] )
*1999: "Danger Live" (1999) (Review: [http://www.tollbooth.org/2000/reviews/electrics.html The Phantom Tollbooth]
*2001: "Reel, Folk'n'Rock'n'Roll" (Review: [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/The_Electrics/Reel_FolknRocknRoll/4513/ Cross Rhythms] cite journal |last=Cummings |first=Tony |year=2002 |month=May |title=The Electrics - "Reel, Folk'n'Rock'n'Roll" |journal=Cross Rhythms |issue=68 |pages= |accessdate=2007-04-24] )
*2005: "Old, New, Borrowed & Green" (Review: [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/The_Electrics/Old_New_Borrowed__Green/12633/ Cross Rhythms] )amples
* [http://www.theelectrics.co.uk/audio/grassisgreener.mp3 Grass is greener]
* [http://www.theelectrics.co.uk/audio/rollinhome.mp3 Rolling Home]References
Further reading
*cite journal |last= |first= |title=the Electrics |month=September / October |year=1998 |issue=20 |journal=7ball Magazine
External links
* [http://www.theelectrics.co.uk/ Official Web Site]
* [http://www.tagworld.com/theelectrics The Electrics @ Tagworld]
* [http://www.garageband.com/artist/theelectrics The Electrics @ Garage Band.com]
* [http://www.purevolume.com/theelectrics The Electrics @ Pure Volume]
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