Incredible string band singer
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Robin Williamson
For president of the Royal Society of Medicine, see Robin C. N. Williamson.
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| Birth name | Robin Duncan Harry Williamson |
| Born | (1943-11-24) 24 November 1943 (age 81) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Genres | Folk, folk rock, psychedelic folk, classical, celtic |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, harp, violin, flute, keyboards, mandolin, gimbri, banjo, bass |
| Years active | 1963–present |
Musical artist
Robin Duncan Harry Williamson (born 24 November 1943) is a Scottish multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and storyteller who was a founding member of the Incredible String Band.
Career
[edit]Williamson lived in the Fairmilehead area of Edinburgh and attended George Watson's College before leaving at the age of 15 to become a professional musician. He performed in local jazz bands with Gerard Dott (later to be a member of the Incredible String Band) before turning to traditional music as a singer and guitarist. By 1961 he had met and begun sharing a flat with Bert Jansch, and in 1963 they travelled to London to play the metropolitan folk circuit.[1] By 1965 he had returned to Edinburgh and formed a duo with Clive Palmer,[2] specializin
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The Incredible String Band
The Incredible String Band began playing folk songs in an Edinburgh pub and within six years they were among the stars of – at the time – the biggest rock festival in the world, having already made an impact on the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin and shared management and record labels with rock legends Pink Floyd, the Doors and Love.
In 1963, singer and guitarist Robin Williamson and Clive Palmer, a banjo player with a jazz background who had recently arrived from London, formed a duo and established a residency in the Crown Bar in Lothian Street, at the heart of Edinburgh’s university area. Their repertoire consisted of traditional Scottish songs flavoured by their interest in bluegrass, jug band, Bulgarian and Moroccan music and caught the attention of Decca Records, who included the duo on an album recorded at the Edinburgh Festival that year.
This was the sound that Joe Boyd heard on his first trip to Scotland. A well-connected American whose experience included working as production manager at Newport Folk Festival when Bob Dylan went electric in 1965, Boyd was immediately struck by Williamson’s star potential. By 1966 Boyd was working for Elektra Records and returned to Scotland, where he found Williamson and Palmer
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An incredible tour with depiction Incredible Line Band
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