tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post5099548966175754829..comments2023-08-10T12:55:23.427+01:00Comments on SUBROSA: Kenneth McKellar 1927-2010subrosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-71969913336629747252010-04-10T04:11:52.344+01:002010-04-10T04:11:52.344+01:00Dearie me DL, did you not notice I specifically sa...Dearie me DL, did you not notice I specifically said 'male' singer. Tut tut. :)<br /><br />Amy's fine but unfortunately lots of traditionally popular Scottish songs are no longer on TV or radio. Now any content has too much Gaelic for me, but some of the voices are wonderful and worth listening to I admit.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-16463668869409617052010-04-10T02:54:22.323+01:002010-04-10T02:54:22.323+01:00He was a braw singer in his day. But he had becom...He was a braw singer in his day. But he had become a coffin dodger, Amy MacDonald has taken over. You have to move with the times Rosie!Dark Lochnagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09086636653505467565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-1486717756469011402010-04-10T01:19:07.591+01:002010-04-10T01:19:07.591+01:00Love it Dram! Aye he was quite convincing with th...Love it Dram! Aye he was quite convincing with that one. :)subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-32858742247472314832010-04-09T23:40:47.996+01:002010-04-09T23:40:47.996+01:00I'll never forgive him for encouraging me to m...I'll never forgive him for encouraging me to march through heather........after I'd picked myself up half a dozen times I just knew he'd never done it!Dramfinedayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15317798317549135378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-16386084487773020552010-04-09T22:28:27.658+01:002010-04-09T22:28:27.658+01:00Oh dearie me scunnert, you can't compare Andy ...Oh dearie me scunnert, you can't compare Andy Stewart with Kenneth McKellar. From a musical point of view there is no comparison.<br /><br />Kenneth McKellar was a musician, Andy Stewart was a music hall singer. He certainly didn't come in the league of Harry Lauder in my generation. He was a respected musician who sang.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-13823883986810625012010-04-09T22:26:25.577+01:002010-04-09T22:26:25.577+01:00Auch he was part of the music scene here WFW and o...Auch he was part of the music scene here WFW and of course I forgive you.<br /><br />Younger generations won't have a clue who he was but that's life.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-81988690166696494252010-04-09T21:19:04.219+01:002010-04-09T21:19:04.219+01:00Kenny McKellar and Andy Stewart did more harm to S...Kenny McKellar and Andy Stewart did more harm to Scottish traditional music and the image of Scotland both home and abroad than anyone else. They were the Harry Lauders of my parents generation - music hall caricatures.McGonagallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14887321534801112949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-8133308608363711402010-04-09T21:03:20.499+01:002010-04-09T21:03:20.499+01:00As an Englishman SR, I mourn your country's lo...As an Englishman SR, I mourn your country's loss.<br /><br />Or should that be 'one of the outposts of the English Empire's loss"? Forgive my 'humour' on a serious matter - could not resist the 'dig'.<br /><br />Kenneth McKellar was a fine singer, a gentleman of the 'old order', and a true ambassador for Scotland. He will, in Witterings Mansions, be sadly missed.Witterings from Witneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11349563961787006775noreply@blogger.com