The Iron Horse (Scottish band)
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The Iron Horse were a Scottish Celtic music band formed in 1990 and retired in 2001.
They became better known when they created the music for the BBC TV documentary series, "The Gamekeeper" (1995). They wrote and performed powerful Scottish folk music covering a broad spectrum, from slow airs and ballads to driving instrumentals. Five Hands High is one of their notable albums, opening with 8-Step Waltz, in fact a reel, but the band are best known[citation needed] for their last album Demons and Lovers, especially the fourth song on the album, "The Luthier".
Though they split in 2001, they reunited in 2004 for another album, seen as a return to earlier sounds by the band.
[edit] Band members
- Annie Grace: whistles, Great Highland bagpipe, Scottish smallpipes and vocals
- Ross Kennedy: guitars and vocals
- Gavin Marwick: fiddle (now with Ceilidh Minogue)
- Lynn Morrison: keyboards and vocals
- Rod Paul: whistles, mandolin, banjo, guitar
- Stevie Lawrence: Percussion, Guitars
[edit] Discography
- The Iron Horse (1992)
- Thro Water, Earth and Stone (1993)
- Five Hands High (1994)
- Voice Of the Land (1995)
- Demons and Lovers (1997)
- The Wind Shall Blow For Ever More (2004)
- The Collection (2009)
Additionally, they appear on
- The Rough Guide to Scottish Music (1996)
- with the song "The 8-Step Waltz". A various artists album which also includes acts like Wolfstone.
- Naciones Celtas: Buscando el norte (1997)
- with the song "Glasgow Pelly".
