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	Encyclopedia: Dick Gaughan
		Richard Peter Gaughan was born on 17 May 1948 in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, where his father was temporarily working as an engine driver.
		Dick Gaughan is deeply committed to fighting social injustice and standing up for the common man in the face of oppression.
		As an indefatigable worker among workers, Dick was often found collecting on street corners for the miners during their last strike and has supported workers throughout his career through fund-raising concerts.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Dick-Gaughan (1506 words)

	CD Baby: DICK GAUGHAN: Sail On
		Scotland's Dick Gaughan has one of the finest and most sublime voices on the planet, capable of capturing the heart with the most tender of traditional ballads and stirring the fire of the spirit with his uncompromising commentary on social injustices.
		Born in Leith, Scotland, in 1948, Dick Gaughan was brought up immersed in the musical traditions and culture of the Gaels, both Scots and Irish, which provide the foundation for everything he does.
		Gaughan is deeply committed to fighting social injustice and standing up for the common man in the face of oppression.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/dgaughan3?cdbaby=d4dbe02c630c9686757e5bb7d8e596d4 (462 words)

	BBC - Celtic Roots - Review - Dick Gaughan
		Dick Gaughan is a special treat and rounds off an excellent Fringe series at the Acoustic Music Centre.
		Gaughan is in marvellous form tonight, apparently light of heart and evidently full of passion.
		Gaughan is near incandescent on this one and has now made his hero's song his own.
	www.bbc.co.uk /scotland/musicscotland/celticroots/standard/reviews/dick_gaughan.shtml (467 words)

	The Music Show - 08/03/2003: Paul Brady & Dick Gaughan
		Dick Gaughan, you talk about listening to working-class music, you think it’s important to listen to what a working-class listen to, and to identify.
		Dick Gaughan Yes, I mean the working-class wasn’t only people like me, the working-class people that listen to what everybody, what’s on the charts and all the rest of it.
		Dick Gaughan I think those songs were written in a period where people performancewise, like when I started singing and Paul started singing, you could stand up with an acoustic guitar on a stage, and sing, that was the old way.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/music/mshow/s820339.htm (2959 words)

	Dick Gaughan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Gaughan often tries to dispel a little of that nonsense during his one-man tours of America.
		Gaughan, whose career on the Celtic folk music scene spans three decades, doesn't fit the mold of the traditional folksinger.
		Born in Glasgow, Gaughan was raised in Leith, an Edinburgh port on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth.
	www.rambles.net /gaughan.html (523 words)

	Dick Gaughan b
		A veteran of Scotland's thriving folk circuit, Gaughan rose to national prominence in the '70s as a member of the Boys Of The Lough.
		Gaughan has since enjoyed a fervent popularity both at home and abroad while continuing to pursue his uncompromising, idiosyncratic musical path.
		Gaughan calls himself a ‘hard-nosed Communist’ and is a passionate lover and supporter of Scotland, while not tolerating any anti-English feeling.
	www.centrohd.com /biogra/g1/dick_gaughan_b.htm (245 words)

	STONEYPORT AGENCY - Dick Gaughan bio April 15 2004
		Dick's father - also Dick - was born in Leith of an Irish father who spoke the Irish version version of Gaelic and played the fiddle.
		Dick was soon in the thick of the burgeoning folk revival, and at the age of 22 decided to hit the road as a solo singer and guitarist.
		Dick greeted the New Year of 2004 with a project to write 90 minutes of music and song for a full, classically-trained orchestra and guest singers, premiered at the huge Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow, a magnet for international folk stars, in January 2004.
	www.stoneyport.demon.co.uk /bio/gaughanbio.html (1329 words)

	Dick Gaughan - Midlands Arts Centre - macarts.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Dick made his mark in many of Scotland's seminal bands; The Boys of the Lough, Five Hand Reel and Clan Alba, and his solo albums, among them Handful of Earth and Redwood Cathedral, are acclaimed as landmarks of the Scottish revival.
		Dick is unequivocally of the political left and steadfastly espouses "the cause" (Billy Bragg is a major fan).
		"Gaughan's music is that of affirmation, of the struggle to transcend the idiocies and savagery of which we are capable and seek common ground and common aims." The List, Ireland.
	www.macarts.co.uk /?page=event.html&id=790 (164 words)

	Dick Gaughan at the Cecil Sharp House, London, December 3, 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Dick Gaughan at the Cecil Sharp House, London, December 3, 1999
		Dick Gaughan playing at the Cecil Sharp House seems like a strange combination, since Cecil Sharp House is the home of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, and there on stage was Dick Gaughan, Scottish nationalist and campaigner for the People´s Republic of Scotland.
		Nowadays, Dick Gaughan is a very political man. You sometimes get the impression that he picks his songs from the messages of the lyrics, rather than going for nice tunes.
	www.greenmanreview.com /gaughan_live.html (857 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Singer, songwriter and guitarist Dick Gaughan was born in Glasgow and has been on the road as a professional musician for over 25 years.
		Throughout that decade, Gaughan created a formidable solo reputation before embarking in 1991 on the ambitious Clan Alba project with seven other top Scottish musicians; their long-awaited album was released in 1996 to critical acclaim.
		Dick is unequivocally on the "left" and, in concert, Gaughan explores themes of injustice and impoverishment like no other as he remains unflinchingly true to his own political stance.
	www.soup.org /pr-brto.html (401 words)

	CD Baby: DICK GAUGHAN: Live in Edinburgh - from evor
		Another classic recording from the great Dick Gaughan, who is one of the founding members of many trailblazing Celtic groups including Boys of the Lough, Five Hand Reel and Clan Alba.
		Gaughan has made many excellent albums, but if you want to find out what he's all about, this is not a bad place to start.
		Gaughan gives a terrific performance here mixed with the sharp little bits of political commentary that mark his live shows as different from his studio albums.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/dgaughan5/from/evor (613 words)

	DIG Internet Radio - In Concert: Dick Gaughan
		Scottish singer and guitarist Dick Gaughan is just as strong and inspirational as when he started 30 years ago.
		Gaughan grew up steeped in the music of the Gaels with his Scottish and Irish ancestry.
		Gaughan has always insisted that the greatest singer of ballads he was ever privileged to hear, and to learn from, was the late Jeannie Robertson.
	www.abc.net.au /dig/stories/s977981.htm (375 words)

	FAME Review: Dick Gaughan - Outlaws and Dreamers
		Gaughan accompanies his groaning Celtic-tuned guitar with a melodious Scottish voice that cannot be replicated.
		Yet even potential ideological critics must surely acknowledge that Gaughan's message is a charitable, encompassing vision of hope, reminding his audience of an obligation to use talents for a common good.
		The lyrics likewise describe Gaughan's thirty-five years of itinerant singing and playing, living "life at the edge," "laughing at tyrants, and spitting at despots," reaffirming a vision, a burning "fire," a "heart's pledge" not diminished by time.
	www.acousticmusic.com /fame/p01983.htm (419 words)

	Dick Gaughan, Redwood Cathedral
		Displaying surety in his song styling and interpretational ability, Dick Gaughan's latest release is an eclectic mix of mostly Celtic compositions, including two of his own, and a few songs from American songwriters.
		Gaughan's "Why Old Men Cry" twines the experiences of soldiers in World War I with the economic and social upheavals caused by the disappearance of so many manufacturing and coal mining jobs in Scotland.
		Gaughan notes "a certain sorrowful look in the eyes of men who had been in World War I" and "I have observed the same in the eyes of old men witnessing the decimation of industrial employment." His use of the piano and electric guitar have an especially good effect in this surprisingly low key tale.
	www.rambles.net /gaughan_redwood.html (778 words)

	Dick Gaughan Discography: Slipcue.Com Folk Guide
		Gaughan's social conscience remains undiminished as he resurrects Pete Seeger's warning to LBJ, "Waist Deep In The Big Muddy", refashioning it from a Vietnam parable into a broadside about the complacency in the Clinton era.
		Scotland's gruff-voiced Dick Gaughan, who contributes several excellent performances to this disc, revisited the miner's plight on a couple of albums that came out in the mid-1980s.) At any rate, this is a fine album, featuring an celebrated Northumbrian ensemble anchored by Alastair Anderson on concertina, along with Johnny Handle, Colin Ross and Tommy Gilfellon.
		Gaughan sings on a couple of songs and Lancashire's Harry Boardman on a couple others -- the whole album is nice, with goofy, sprightly, humorous songs and lots of that oddball Celtic musical charm.
	www.slipcue.com /music/international/celtic/artists/gaughan.html (1343 words)

	'Redwood Cathedral' by Dick Gaughan from The Portsmouth Chorus.
		Dick Gaughan has once more found the right mix of songs to produce a beautiful and evokative album.
		As always Gaughan wears his political beliefs on his sleeve, from the story of 19th century revolutionary 'Thomas Muir of Huntershill', to a cutting critisism of the current labour government in 'All The King's Horsemen'.
		For long time fans this album proves that after over 25 years of producing great songs, Dick Gaughan is still one of the finest folk singers in Scotland today.
	www.theportsmouthchorus.com /music-cd/B0000252CP/Redwood-Cathedral.htm (265 words)

	eastbayexpress.com \| Music \| Dick Gaughan, Nic Jones \| 2002-01-09 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Admittedly, one of these troubadours might bristle at being characterized as a "UK" artist -- political folkie Dick Gaughan represents those in Scotland who are still a bit leery of the Union Act of 1707, which created the United Kingdom as we know it today.
		Gaughan's unrepentant lefty-socialism forms the heart of his new album, which includes modern material by Phil Ochs and Si Kahn, alongside traditional songs that remind us how the heritage of rebellion and dissent trails back over the centuries.
		Musically, this is one of Gaughan's strongest releases in years, with stripped-down acoustic arrangements that highlight his skill as a guitarist and allow his passion and sincerity to win listeners over.
	www.eastbayexpress.com /issues/2002-01-09/music/hearsay7.html (370 words)

	RootsWorld: an interview with Dick Gaughan
		Sprung from Highland Scots and Irish parents, Dick Gaughan is the established Bard of Edinburgh, a central figure in the 1970s Celtic folk revival with The Boys of the Lough, and one of the world's most admired guitarists and songwriters.
		Dick Gaughan is a politically-committed man. He cites his ties to the Scottish working class and their hardbitten years of struggle under Tory rule that forged his committment through strikes and turmoil.
		Gaughan's in-your-face progressive politics, and the effectiveness of his delivery, doubtless were a factor in the visa problems he experienced over the years when trying to get into the US to perform.
	www.rootsworld.com /rw/feature/gaughan.html (1281 words)

	Outlaws and Dreamers (Dick Gaughan)
		The song itself or the music of itself is always foremost with Gaughan, and he seeks to live within the lyrics as fully as possible, be it his affinity for Woody Guthrie, Phil Ochs or Si Kahn, or his own Scots Nationalist convictions.
		I am not sure this is a tune worthy of Gaughan, and certainly, it finishes the CD on a less than compelling note.
		The more important thing is that Gaughan remains a force to be reckoned with and continues to speak and sing and play with a conviction that puts every one on notice that music and the power it commands demands all you have.
	johnkeyes.com /a/B00005R625-outlaws-and-dreamers.html (371 words)

	Freight and Salvage: DICK GAUGHAN
		Dick Gaughan, Glasgow-born singer and guitarist, has been a major influence on the international folk and topical song scenes since his days with Boys of the Lough in the 1970s.
		As the (UK) Guardian newspaper notes, "his voice is made from girders and shoots out over steel-fingered guitar-picking, unconstrained by fashion or singalong fakery, always urgent and moving." Dick carries on the musical tradition of the Scottish working class, and, by extension, the working class of the world.
		"Folk music is dangerous stuff; it's subversive to admit that ordinary working class people have a culture and artistic merit." Along with the seriousness of his commitment, Dick has the fl humor of his Celtic forebears and a bite and directness that are anything but sentimental.
	www.thefreight.org /2001/september/info_27.html (181 words)

	Scottish music from Dick Gaughan
		His father, Dick, was born in Leith of an Irish father, an Irish speaker and fiddle player, from Doohoma in Mayo.Gaughan was brought up immersed in the musical traditions and culture of the Gaels, both Scots and Irish, which naturally, therefore, provide the foundation for everything he does.
		Over the years, Gaughan has recorded and performed many of these "Muckle Sangs", The great Scots Ballads are mostly of very great antiquity with some of the themes and motifs being traceable back thousands of years.
		A double CD compilation of Dick's favourite tracks showcasing his versions of traditional ballads, 'muckle sangs', contemporary and self-penned songs and guitar instrumentals.
	www.footstompin.com /artists/dick_gaughan (434 words)

	dick gaughan, appleseed recordings.
		"Gaughan is one of my favorite artists and has been a tremendous influence on my career."
		He has one of the finest and most sublime voices on the planet, capable of capturing the heart with the most tender of traditional ballads in one moment and stirring the fire of the spirit with his uncompromising commentary on social injustice in the next.
		He is an unforgettable artist, able to change the way that you think and feel through the power of music.
	www.appleseedrec.com /dickgaughan (303 words)

	Dick Gaughan, Outlaws and Dreamers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This is the 11th solo album from Dick Gaughan and to my mind it's his best in years.
		Gaughan is a singer who only sings songs that he believes need to be heard, and cares not a whit for the vagaries of fashion.
		Dick Gaughan's web site is a wonderful resource for anyone interested in traditional music, songs, politics, Celtic issues, the internet and a host of other things.
	www.greenmanreview.com /outlawsanddreamers.html (397 words)

	Dick Gaughan - Sail On: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		While not the best album in Gaughan's impressive canon, Sail On [+] is testament to the fact that he sounds best in a stripped-down setting.
		Unfortunately, it proves the point by a number of over-arranged pieces, like "Land of the North Wind" and "Son of Man," which utilize a band, it seems, just because they can, diluting the power of the songs.
		But the good stuff simply throws into relief how little Gaughan needs the extraneous instruments, and his production, especially on the fuller arrangements, is curiously flat.
	www.music.com /release/sail_on/4 (276 words)

	Gaughan Official Website Of Scottish Musician Dick Gaughan, Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, Composer And (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Dick Gaughan talks with Bill Nevins a Michael Martin Murphey song recorded by Dick Gaughan and dedicated in performance to Native American hero.
		Demonstrated in Outlaws and Dreamers, Dick Gaughan is truly a Celtic troubadour of his songs highlight Scottish nationalism, Gaughan transcends provincialism with a broad.
		Dick Gaughan's bio-page is only one page of many in the official web-site of the Stoneyport Agency from Edinburgh, Scotland, representing high-quality Scots and Irish folk music and some blues.
	www.99hosted.com /names9024.html (494 words)

	dick gaughan............appleseed recordings.
		In this sharply focused album, Gaughan continues his return to a strongly acoustic sound in a series of songs of politics and life on a human scale.
		This is one of the more acoustic records Gaughan has made this decade, and a welcome addition to the collection.
		In addition to these recordings that Dick recorded for Appleseed, we are also proud to offer three of his classic albums, long unavailable and now reissued (with additional tracks) in the U.S. for the first time.
	www.appleseedrec.com /dickgaughan/songs.html (404 words)

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