Hom Bru
Hom Bru are a folk group from Shetland who formed in 1978. They moved to Edinburgh in 1980 and using the city as their base, toured all over Europe. In 1982 they moved back to Shetland and continue to perform regularly.
The band play a mixture of instrumental music, mainly traditional Shetland and Scandinavian tunes, and songs sung in Shetland dialect.
Personnel
Current members
- Gary Peterson - tenor banjo, mandolin
- Brian Nicholson - guitar, vocals
- Davie Henry - mandolin, vocals
- John Robert Deyell - fiddle
Previous members
- Alec Johnson - bass, vocals
- George Faux - fiddle, mandolin, guitar, vocals
- Steven Spence - fiddle
- Peter Miller - bass, guitar, vocals
- Ivor Pottinger - guitar
- John Hutchison - guitar, vocals
- Stewart Isbister - bass, vocals
- Davy Tulloch - fiddle
- Bob Maclaine - fiddle
- Andrew Tulloch - guitar, vocals
Discography
''The First Swig''
First Swig was Hom Bru's debut album released in 1978. The album was recorded by Douglas Bentley in his Viking Vision "studio" which was actually the front shop of his electrical retail premises. The recording was released on cassette only.Track listing
Side 1:- Nine points of roguery
- Greenland whaling
- Delta dawn
- Till the rivers all run dry
- Gardebylaten
- Never on a Sunday
- Fiddler's green
- Banks of Newfoundland
- The alamo
- Scotland the brave
Personnel
Davie Henry ; Alec Johnson ; Gary Peterson ; Brian Nicholson''Obadeea''
Obadeea features a recording of "The Unst Boat Song" which is sung in the old Norn languageTrack list
- Christmas Day/The bonnie Isle of Whalsay /Leather reeches
- Gardebylatten
- Lassie lie near me
- Chicago reel /The scholar /St Anne's reel
- Ragtime Jane - listen
- The new song on the turnout
- The brolum /Pete da mill
- Janine's shell, Sandy Bell's hornpipe
- Unst boat song
- Garster's dream /Da brig /Da sooth end
- Sandy burn reel
- Banks of the bann
- The eighth Black Watch on Passchaendale Ridge /John Murray of Lochee
Personnel
Pete Miller ; George Faux ; Gary Peterson ; Ivor Pottinger''Rowin Foula Doon''
Track list
- Sylvia / Tulloch's farewell tae da Hagdale
- Rowin' Foula doon - Da song o' da Papamen
- Huckleberry hornpipe / Homesteader's rell / Donkey reel
- Caladonia
- Niamh's capers / Toss the feathers / The pinch of snuff
- Shaskeen / Paddy Faheys / Fair Jenny
- Miss Rowan Davies
- Smugglers
- I'll remember you this way
- Moving cloud
Personnel
Peter Miller ; Steven Spence ; Gary Peterson ; Davie Henry ; Ivor Pottinger''No Afore Time''
Track list
- Coopers Reels
- Da Sang O' Da Delting Lass
- Suzi's Waltz
- Scarce O' Tatties Set
- Da Sang O' Da Fisher Lad
- Recuerdos De La Alhambra
- Hornpipes
- Da Trowie Song
- Serendipity
- Hoedown Set
- High Rockin Swing
- Da Lass O' Hascosay
- Bonnie Nancy
- The Harley Set
- Simmer Dim