Live at Lochgelly 2002; to the mountain montage of the Munro Beinn Sgulaird. Bird rise high from the cinders Leave it all behind All the ruins and the fire Bird raise your head from the ashes Many men lay dead You can see them like I Phoenix rise Raise your head to the sky
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Barcelona [March 2006] including a visit to the Nou Camp Football Stadium and more. Soundtrack 'Barcelona' - Freddy Mercury. ANOTHER VIDEO RUINED BY YOUTUBE AND THEIR UNAUTHORISED INSERTION OF ADVERTS ON MY VIDEO,
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Cheers Ray for the free download of this music and guarantee of no copyright issue! This is the sand dunes at Corralejo, Fuerteventura with Lanzarote over in the distance as seen Jan/Feb 2011. Music provided freely by Ray Hatfield 'King of the West'. The Canary Islands are set off the coast of western Africa, the archipelago consists of 7 islands and 6 islets and is divided into two provinces. At the east, the first one is called Las Palmas with 3 islands - Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and the islets. At the west is Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro which form the second province named Santa Cruz de Tenerife.The islands belong to Spain and although part of the European Union, avoid various European custom/duty charges. The Canaries enjoy hot sunny weather all year round, duty free prices and are home to some of the best beaches in Europe. [text and pictures roddymck 2011].
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By road to Mallaig then by ferry to Inverie in the Knoydart peninsula. We did Ladhar Bheinn in a misty day from Inverie then headed to the bothy beyond the Brocket memorial and did Meall Buidhe in a somewhat blustery and wet day. Heavy rain and gale force winds resulted in everyone gathering at 'The Old Forge' to listen to the shipping channel the following day for the break in the weather that enabled the retreat back to Mallaig.
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Scottish scenery including Ben Challum above the West Highland Way and distant views of Ben Nevis. The old Gaelic phrase "Land of mountains, glens and heroes" aptly describes Scotland as anyone who has walked the West Highland Way would agree with. This is 'Bonnie Scotland volume 3" . . .
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Andy Powell's Wishbone Ash on their 'Real Deal Tour' at Glasgow's Renfrew Ferry, October 2008. This is PHOENIX .... "Bird rise high from the cinders - Leave it all behind - All the ruins and the fire - Bird raise your head from the ashes - Many men lay dead - You can see them like I - Phoenix rise - Raise your head to the sky"
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Victor; One foot in the Italian Lakes! I don't bloody beleive it! Must be someone out there with some more Italian pics of Vic or Vic and me at that bar? Let me know as I'd like some copies. A tour of the Italian Lakes Garda, Como and Maggiore also provided the opportunity to travel into the Swiss mountain resort of Zermatt from where a 40-minute mountain train journey through aromatic Stone Pine and Larch, led to the 3089m higb station of Gornergrat and impressive views of perhaps the most familiar mountain in the European Alps and Switzerland's most famous landmark, the mighty 4478m Matterhorn. The rest of the week was spent amongst the crystal waters, lush countryside and towering mountains of Lake Maggiore, the small but deep cobalt blue waters and magnificient mountain, lush garden and grand villa scenery of romantic Lake Como as well as time to explore the ancient fortified town of Sirmione on the southern periphery of Lake Garda, the largest of the Italian Lakes.
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From Zermatt .....the MATTERHORN. A tour of the Italian Lakes Garda, Como and Maggiore also provided the opportunity to travel into the Swiss mountain resort of Zermatt from where a 40-minute mountain train journey through aromatic Stone Pine and Larch, led to the 3089m high station of Gornergrat and impressive views of perhaps the most familiar mountain in the European Alps and Switzerland's most famous landmark, the mighty 4478m Matterhorn. Switzerland's highest open-air station on the Gornergrat Bahn electric railway opened for business in 1898, hauling tourists from Zermatt to this scenic platform with such impressive views of the mountain that derives its name from the German words 'Matte', translating to valley or meadow, and 'Horn' which means peak. With time to spend at Lake Lugano or just to wander around the modern, trendy and stylish city, the tour included a visit to a site of one of Switzerland's most famous exports at the Caslano chocolate factory!
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[Glasgow April 2010] - The Ferry used to be a great place to go for a gig but with all those stupid tables upstairs preventing folk - except a chosen few - from watching the gig, it really has lost that great atmosphere. More significantly, the bands observe this as soon as they enter the stage. In fact, it will soon be 'FRONT PAGE NEWS' . . .
Live version of 'Penicillin Blues' at Renfrew Ferry [June 2008]. Maggie Bell was born in Glasgow on 12 Jan 1945) and came from a musical family. As a teenager she sang with local dance bands, then went to Germany in the mid-sixties to sing at US airforce bases. Returning to Scotland, she and the band's guitarist Leslie Harvey, formed a new group called Power which later became Stone The Crows. They were managed by Mark London and Peter Grant, the man behind Led Zeppelin. After Leslie was accidentally electrocuted on stage in 1972, the heart went out of the group. They worked for a while with fellow Scots guitarist Jimmy McCulloch, but broke up after a year. Explains Maggie: "When Leslie died, it was never the same. The band continued for a while, then we agreed it was the end of an era. Colin Allen, our drummer, was offered a job with Focus and Jimmy joined Wings". This video clip is from the British Blues Quintet gig at 'the Ferry' - a British blues band formed in London in 2006 by five veteran UK blues musicians. Its members are Zoot Money (keyboards and vocals), Colin Allen (drums), MAGGIE BELL (vocals), Colin Hodgkinson (bass and vocals) and Miller Anderson (guitar and vocals).
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Wishbone Ash on their 'Real Deal Tour' at Glasgow's Renfrew Ferry - October 2008. "There's a light that shines on Persephone, - Always a fire in her eyes, - And the last time that I went to her - I could tell things weren't right. - I just don't care to see your years go wasting, - There's no longer magic in your eyes. - In your time, you could outshine everybody else around, - But your off-stage ways might be a bore - You take a bow, you take a fall. - I came to be here in the footlights, - To live with you through every song, - And your face displays a peaceful field. - I can't believe the curtain has to fall. - Now I know your years were never wasted, - Tonight I saw the magic in your eyes."
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The superb AndyPowell's WISHBONE ASH in GLASGOW APRIL 2010 performing ''BLOWIN'FREE'' . . .
[Glasgow April 2010] - The Ferry used to be a great place to go for a gig but with all those stupid tables upstairs preventing folk - except a chosen few - from watching the gig, it really has lost that great atmosphere. More significantly, the bands observe this as soon as they enter the stage - now you need a 'REASON TO BELIEVE' . . . . Anyway, " - Reason To Believe is the first single Wishbone Ash have released since 1989s Cosmic Jazz, and was recorded as a result of the Facebook group We want Wishbone Ash to release a new single!. This doesnt mean that theyve been on hiatus Wishbone Ash have always been more of an albums band, and a quick look at their discography reveals that over the years theyve actually released more albums than singles. This one opens with some urgent riffing that showcases the double guitar harmonies that Wishbone Ash are so well known for and, as it happens, the introduction is the best bit. While there is some impressive guitar playing that interjects at various points, the meat and bones of Reason To Believe is rather dull. In fact this song sounds almost exactly like a comeback single from a dormant classic rock band and the sad thing about that is that Wishbone Ash havent been dormant at all. "
Wishbone Ash 'Persephone' recorded live at Rythmeposten, Odense, Denmark 2nd Feb 2001; mountain montage - Sgurr Eilde Mor above the West Highland Way in the Mamores, Scotland.[April 2007]. The 'big peak of the hind' is the most easterly Mamore and was identified as Sgor na h-Eilde on Victorian maps. The walk alone simply just to reach the lochan beneath the mountain can only be recommended to anyone staying an additional night at Kinlochleven for the spectacular views of this Munro ........Sgurr Eide Mor. nb theres a different live version of 'Persephone' on the Binnein Mor vid and theres a further different version on the 'Ullapool to Stornoway' vid. "There's a light that shines on Persephone, Always a fire in her eyes, And the last time that I went to her I could tell things weren't right. I just don't care to see your years go wasting, There's no longer magic in your eyes. In your time, you could outshine everybody else around, But your off-stage ways might be a bore - You take a bow, you take a fall. I came to be here in the footlights, To live with you through every song, And your face displays a peaceful field. I can't believe the curtain has to fall. Now I know your years were never wasted, Tonight I saw the magic in your eyes."
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[Glasgow April 2010] Not often we get a track from 'WISHBONE FOUR', but heres 'Sorrel'.
From Achnasheen a short stroll alongside the burn then up the grassy hillside leads to the 933m 'White Hill' summit, from where the the view extends from Handa to Cape Wrath and eastwards, Morven is a distinctive conical hill. Indeed, the distant Ben Hope and Ben Loyal beyond it can be spotted. From the summit it can also be appeciated that this is not just a hill but rather a hill range. On the opposite side of Strath Dionard to Fionn Bheinn a Mosquito crashed at high speed in inclement weather during the Second World War. Seton Gordon from his 1951 "Highlands of Scotland" recalls: "The view was very clear towards the north and north-west, and I had just found Suleskerry Stack in the field of my telescope when a golden eagle soared into the field; Suleskerry Stack was perhaps forty miles distant. It was remarkable to see the dark form of the eagle and, far beyond it, the ocean stack, whitened by the great colony of gannets which breed here".
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"Del Bromham began playing guitar at the age of eleven and while still at school in West London he formed the band STRAY in 1966. " - This is a couple of clips from "support band" STRAY at the Groundhogs gig, Renfrew Ferry. [Feb 2009].
West Highland Way: edited concise compilation/version of those 2005 vids - this time to a live soundtrack of 'Flower of Scotland'. From Milngavie to Drymen from where the Rob Roy Way also emanates, this 95-mile trek leads the walker to Fort William. "In early times the great Caledonian forest extended over vast areas, from the extreme western limits of Scotland to the lands adjoining the east coast, and it is doubtless the remants of this forest which are present among the Cairngorm mountains.Relics of the Caledonian forest are in evidence near Fort William, extending across to Rothiemurchus, and farther eastward, and are also found on the Moor of Rannoch and in certain districts of Argyllshire. As a general rule, it is the tree stumps and the roots alone which are present in these peat mosses." From the 1912 'Charm of the Hills' Seton Gordon also concludes "our theory that the climate is becoming more arctic" - certainly reveals how climate change was viewed very differently almost one hundred years ago.
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www.onetruemedia.com Watch the public advert free version of this video on OneTrueMedia. An 'event-full' few days and a 'Highway to Hell' . . . . .
The 95-mile West Highland Way became Scotland's first official Long Distance Footpath when it officially opened on 6th Oct. 1980. The walk commences at Milngavie and takes the walker through varied terrain, beneath Mugdock Castle, past Scotland's oldest Inn, along the shores of Loch Lomond under the shadow of Ben Lomond ("Right up Ben Lomond could he press, - And not a sob his toil confess. - His form accorded with a mind - Lively and ardent, frank and kind;" - Sir Walter Scott), past Inversnaid and Rob Roy's cave then onto Doune bothy and up to the ruins of Blarstainge en route to Inverarnan beneath the Beinglas Falls. Thereafter, the Way passes the Falls of Falloch en route to Tyndrum, over the Scheduled Ancient Monument of the Bridge of Orchy before going over Rannoch Moor beneath the Fleming memorial and past Blackrock Cottage before ascending the Devil's Staircase towards Kinlocleven and onwards over a mountain pass en route to Fort William. This video is subject to a YouTube audio-swap due to copyright reasons.
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MAGGIE BELL pictured at Renfrew Ferry to the live soundtrack of 'What You Got is So Good'. From a musical family, Maggie sang from her teenage years, leaving school at the age of fifteen, to work as a window dresser by day and singer at night. She was introduced to Leslie Harvey, by his older brother Alex, after getting up on stage to sing with him; Leslie Harvey was, at that time, a guitarist with the Kinning Park Ramblers. Bell joined the group as one of the vocalists. After the band split up, Bell moved to the Mecca Band at the Sauchiehall Street Locarno, and later to the Dennistoun Palais Band. She then rejoined Harvey, forming a group, initially known as Power, eventually travelling to Germany to sing on United States Air Force bases in the mid 1960s. Peter Grant, who was managing The Yardbirds at the time, spotted Power playing at one of these bases, and agreed to produce and manage them, impressed by the vocal ability of Bell and the guitar playing of Harvey. Power was renamed as Stone the Crows, an expression used by Grant upon hearing this band. This group lasted until 1973, finding that Harvey's death from accidental electrocution, on 2 May 1972, took too much out of the group for them to continue. The live chemistry between Bell and Harvey was missing. Peter Grant remained as Bell's manager after the split, and organised her first solo album, Queen of the Night, which was recorded in New York with record producer Jerry Wexler. The pictures featuring in this <b>...</b>
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