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Phil Cunningham
Phil Cunningham
Scottish musician
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Johnny Cunningham
Johnny Cunningham
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De Dannan
De Dannan
band
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Andy M. Stewart
Andy M. Stewart
Scottish singer
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The Prodigals
The Prodigals
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Dougie MacLean
Dougie MacLean
Scottish singer
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The Boys of the Lough
The Boys of the Lough
band
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David Lindley
David Lindley
American musician
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Geraint Watkins
Geraint Watkins
Welsh musician
9
Norman Blake
Norman Blake
American musician
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The Rezillos
The Rezillos
British punk/new wave band
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Celtic Fiddle Festival
Celtic Fiddle Festival
band that plays Celtic music
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Aly Bain
Aly Bain
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The Youngbloods
The Youngbloods
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Pure Prairie League
Pure Prairie League
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Ian Campbell Folk Group
Ian Campbell Folk Group
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New Celeste
New Celeste
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Battlefield Band
Battlefield Band
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Sara Watkins
Sara Watkins
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Oysterband
Oysterband
British band
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Runrig
Runrig
scottish celtic rock band
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Nightnoise
Nightnoise
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John Stewart
John Stewart
American songwriter and singer
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Duck Baker
Duck Baker
American guitarist
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Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
American progressive acoustic music trio
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David Spinozza
David Spinozza
American musician
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Ronnie Lane
Ronnie Lane
English recording artist; musician, songwriter and record producer
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Barclay James Harvest
Barclay James Harvest
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We Five
We Five
American folk rock group
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The Albion Band
The Albion Band
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Mägo de Oz
Mägo de Oz
Spanish folk/heavy metal band
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Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
band
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Paul Cook
Paul Cook
British drummer (born 1956)
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D'Arcy Broderick
D'Arcy Broderick
Canadian musician
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Kevin Burke
Kevin Burke
British-Irish fiddler
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Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
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Jack the Lad
Jack the Lad
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The Tannahill Weavers
The Tannahill Weavers
band
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Nic Jones
Nic Jones
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band
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Silly Wizard was a Scottish folk band that began forming in Edinburgh in 1970. The founder members were two like-minded university students—Gordon Jones (guitar, bodhran, vocals, bouzouki, mandola), and Bob Thomas (guitar, mandolin, mandola, banjo, concertina). In January 1972, Jones and Thomas formed a trio with their flatmate Bill Watkins (guitar, vocals, fiddle) and performed (occasionally unpaid) under various band names in Edinburgh folk clubs. In the spring of 1972, Watkins returned to Birmingham and, in June 1972, Chris Pritchard (vocals) came in as his replacement. In July 1972, this newly formed trio were offered their first paid booking at the Burns Monument Hotel, Brig O' Doune, Scotland, and needed a band name in a hurry. The name "Silly Wizard" was chosen and the continuing stream of bookings ensured that the name became permanent. In September 1972, the trio recruited Johnny Cunningham (1957–2003) (fiddle, viola, mandola, vocals) and Silly Wizard started to take off.