Scad the Beggars 2002 - 2004
After the success of Ptarmigan, I decided to keep the momentum going by forming a group to continue to promote the Traditional Tunes, the Songs and Rhymes that are popular throughout North Antrim, so I gathered up a few like minded souls and formed this new group.
We needed a name so we left it up to local wordsmith Charlie Gillen, to come up with some suitable couthie local words & expressions which might work as a suitable handle for this new ensemble. From all his suggestions we settled on - Scad the Beggars.
For those of you who are not familiar with this term, Scad the Beggar, is actually a local term for mealie-crushie, which is Oatmeal fried in Bacon Fat - so now you know!
The original line up included founder members Sabine, Charlie & Dick, plus 3 new musicians Alan, Colin & Greg.
So the initial line up & instrumentation was as follows:
Dick Glasgow: Fiddle, Hammered Dulcimer, Mandolin and Anglo Concertina.
Sabine Glasgow: Harp and Fifes.
Charlie Gillen: Rhymes and Banter.
Alan Wade: Scottish Smallpipes.
Colin Urwin: Vocals and Guitar.
Greg Gault: Guitar.
This line up lasted for a couple of years, with our final gig performing as guest artists at the 'Music on the Move' festival, in the Ulster American Folk Park, in May of 2004. Just before that concert Colin left the group & shortly afterwards Charlie decided to leave the group to spend more time at his writing & his radio career and that was effectively, the end of the 2nd chapter.
However, the remaining four members soldiered on, keeping the group's name alive, in order to continue to promote the traditional music of the area.
If you would like to learn a little more about this period in the groups history, then follow this link: Scad the Beggars
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We needed a name so we left it up to local wordsmith Charlie Gillen, to come up with some suitable couthie local words & expressions which might work as a suitable handle for this new ensemble. From all his suggestions we settled on - Scad the Beggars.
For those of you who are not familiar with this term, Scad the Beggar, is actually a local term for mealie-crushie, which is Oatmeal fried in Bacon Fat - so now you know!
The original line up included founder members Sabine, Charlie & Dick, plus 3 new musicians Alan, Colin & Greg.
So the initial line up & instrumentation was as follows:
Dick Glasgow: Fiddle, Hammered Dulcimer, Mandolin and Anglo Concertina.
Sabine Glasgow: Harp and Fifes.
Charlie Gillen: Rhymes and Banter.
Alan Wade: Scottish Smallpipes.
Colin Urwin: Vocals and Guitar.
Greg Gault: Guitar.
This line up lasted for a couple of years, with our final gig performing as guest artists at the 'Music on the Move' festival, in the Ulster American Folk Park, in May of 2004. Just before that concert Colin left the group & shortly afterwards Charlie decided to leave the group to spend more time at his writing & his radio career and that was effectively, the end of the 2nd chapter.
However, the remaining four members soldiered on, keeping the group's name alive, in order to continue to promote the traditional music of the area.
If you would like to learn a little more about this period in the groups history, then follow this link: Scad the Beggars
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