Scottish Folk Singers - Donovan, Billy Connolly, Kt Tunstall, Al Stewart, Karine Polwart, Alex Campbell, Belle Stewart, Julie Fowlis (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Donovan, Billy Connolly, KT Tunstall, Al Stewart, Karine Polwart, Alex Campbell, Belle Stewart, Julie Fowlis, Alistair Hulett, Findlay Napier and the Bar Room Mountaineers, Aneka, Maeve Mackinnon, Jean Redpath, Lori Watson, Alasdair Roberts, Eric Bogle, John Strachan, Tormod MacGill-Eain, Alyth, Archie Fisher, Jeannie Robertson, Stanley Robertson, Dougie MacLean, Malachy Tallack, Kathleen MacInnes, Emily Smith, Nancy Whiskey, Robin Hall, Maggie MacInnes, Mairi Campbell, Jimmie MacGregor, Hamish Imlach, Rachel Walker, Lizzie Higgins, Eilidh Shaw, Phil Colclough, Josh MacRae. Excerpt: William "Billy" Connolly, Jr., CBE (born 24 November 1942) is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname The Big Yin (The Big One). His first trade, in the early 1960s, was as a welder (specifically a boilermaker) in the Glasgow shipyards, but he gave it up towards the end of the decade to pursue a career as a folk singer in the Humblebums and subsequently as a soloist. In the early 1970s he made the transition from folk-singer with a comedic persona to full-fledged comedian, a role in which he continues. He also became an actor, and has appeared in such films as Indecent Proposal (1993); Mrs. Brown (1997), for which he was nominated for a BAFTA; The Boondock Saints (1999); The Man Who Sued God (2001); Water (1985);The Last Samurai (2003); Timeline (2003); Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004); Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006); and The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008). Connolly reprised his role as Noah "Il Duce" MacManus in Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. Connolly appears as the King of Lilliput in the 2010 remake of Gulliver s Travels. Connolly was born at 69 Dover Street ("on the linoleum, three floors up" "at six o'clock in ...