This Week’s Memory Road Trip

Creatively curated by the inimitable William P Hayes....

My late father-in-law was a great guy. He was from a little town in Scotland and when I met him he had been in Canada long enough that I could understand him. If you know any Scots you know the accent is very thick and it’s hard sometimes to understand. I guess he had been here long enough to round out the edges!  From him I grew to appreciate soccer (although to him it was always football), the country’s history and of course his daughter! I’ve been there three times and love it. And the music is pretty good too.

There are icons represented here like Gerry Rafferty, Annie Lennox, The Blue Nile, Simple Minds and Lewis Capaldi but it’s the ones you may not know that fascinate me. Deacon Blue named after the Steely Dan song. The Snuts with a great song about their hometown and one of my favourite unknown artists, Jackie Leven. The band Travis , Gerry Cinnamon, Teenage Fanclub , Calvin Harris, The Proclaimers and The Waterboys.

There’s a lot to enjoy so as the Scot’s may say, “ Away ye go! “

As always, enjoy!

1. Days Gone Down (Still Got the Light In Your Eyes) - Gerry Rafferty 

2. Why- Annie Lennox 

3. Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi 

4. I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers 

5. New Shoes - Paolo Nutini 

6. When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)? - Deacon Blue 

7. Glasgow - The Snuts 

8. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand 

9. Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol 

10. Why Does It Always Rain on Me? - Travis 

11. Sometimes - Gerry Cinnamon 

12. Like Dylan In the Movies - Belle and Sebastian 

13. The Downtown Lights - The Blue Nile 

14. This Is What You Came For - Calvin Harris & Rihanna 

15. Asleep - Twin Atlantic 

16. Alive and Kicking  - Simple Minds 

17. The Concept - Teenage Fanclub 

18. In Demand - Texas 

19. Classic Northern Diversions - Jackie Leven 

20. A Girl Like You - Edwyn Collins 

21. Walk Out to Winter - Aztec Camera 

22. The Whole of the Moon - The Waterboys 

LISTEN on Spotify: 

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4oCHP73XoLefSd02DhJ0IC?si=0feoe-FbQEqd9f6B3wmLoA&pi=yisrUsecQdyGA

LISTEN on Apple Music:

https://music.apple.com/ca/playlist/scotlands-finest/pl.u-06oxo33t3zvRL