Monthly Archives: July 2017

Terry Russell – Scottish vocalist

In 1964, Terry and friends in Alford, Scotland. He would have been about 16 when the photo was taken on an old camera. This was at Woodend, Bridge of Alford where Doreen Watson lived with her family. “Back: Charlie Dey,

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BEAT on Orkney Island

In the 1960’s, beat music gained a following in far north of Scotland when the British Government built a large-scale nuclear reactor at nearby Dounreay across the water [near Thurso]. https://scotbeat.wordpress.com/2017/05/10/opium-trail-scotland/ The beat music scene became popular on Orkey Island as

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british soul 1960’s

http://www.manchesterbeat.com/groups/exits/exits.php “Widespread British interest in soul music developed after the advent of rock and roll from the mid-1950s and the subsequent interest in American music. In the early 1960s, rhythm and blues, including soul, was particularly popular among some members

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