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Alastair McDonald (born 28 October 1941) is a Scottish banjo-playing folk and jazz musician.
McDonald has mainly recorded songs written by other songwriters, such as Robert Burns and Jim MacLean, but has also written songs himself (Culloden's Harvest, The Village Green at Gretna), and reworked traditional songs (The Bell Rock Light, Mingulay Boat Song). He has toured the United States (every state except Hawaii and Alaska), Canada, Israel, Denmark, and Thailand. Much of his work in recent years has been political songs, usually socialist and/or republican, such as his tribute song to John MacLean and The Wee German Lairdie. He supports Scottish independence. He is also seen regularly performing the honky tonk.
McDonald lives in Netherlee, East Renfrewshire.
Selected Discography
- Scotland First (1970) Nevis (NEV LP108)
- Scottish Battle Ballads (1973)
- Scotland In Song Alastair McDonald and Leo Maguire (1993)
- Bonnie Prince Charlie with Leo Maguire (2003)
- Songs of Scotland (2012)
References
- "On this day: Italy invaded Greece". The Scotsman. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- Borland, Craig (30 April 2009). "Bute ready for jazz spectacular". Buteman Today. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- "They just don't make them like they used to". Borders Today. 6 August 2009. Archived from the original on 19 August 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- "Ali Mac is back with his banjo". Ayrshire Post. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019 – via PressReader.