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Val Doonican

Started by Inchlaggan, July 02, 2015, 06:04:38 PM

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Inchlaggan

July 02, 2015, 06:04:38 PM
Maybe not to the taste of many on the forum, but the guy could sing.
For those of us of a certain age, he was a feature of our Saturday nights for nearly 21 years.
Still not cool enough for you?
He was a close friend of Sandy Denny.
That not do it?
OK then. He provided the Gaelic-inspired harmonies for one of Sandy's most famous recordings.
"The Battle for Evermore" by Led Zeppelin.
'til a voice as bad as conscience,
rang interminable changes,
on an everlasting whisper,
day and night repeated so-
"Something hidden, go and find it,
Go and look beyond the ranges,
Something lost beyond the ranges,
Lost and waiting for you,
Go."

rannoch raider

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July 02, 2015, 06:36:10 PM
Well, I will be wearing my Arran cardi tonight to mark his passing.

gerrymaguire

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July 02, 2015, 06:53:13 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAcRug1saTY      not many people know he could play this

Wildfisher

#3
July 02, 2015, 07:15:04 PM
I'm more of a Des O'Connor man.     :D

corsican dave

#4
July 02, 2015, 11:13:56 PM
great musicians are great musicians whatever genre they're pigeon-holed into; and val doonican was truly a great. bet you didn't expect that from me, eh? still not sure about the knitwear tho'... :8)
If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're probably doing something wrong - John Gierach

Bobfly

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July 02, 2015, 11:33:01 PM
He ain't quite up with the Sonny Terry though ...... !
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