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Considering my Scottish heritage, it was about time I did my own take of this song, usually thought of as a children’s folk song telling of a faraway lover across an ocean. However, it’s actually a “code song” for Scottish political insurgency in the 1740s, tributing the exiled Bonnie Prince Charles (I like the kid’s version better). I recorded this in a grunge-y San Francisco warehouse loft: Fast, dirty, and just for fun, perhaps subconsciously prompted by the rock’n’roll remake of it by Tony Sheridan & The Beatles. On a cosmic jukebox, this track would play next to “Hang On to Yourself” (David Bowie), “I Knew the Bride When She Used to Rock’n’Roll” (Dave Edmunds), “Jailhouse Rock” (Elvis Presley), and “God Save the Queen” (Sex Pistols)...and maybe something by The Georgia Satellites.

My original 1990 demo of this track was remixed and re-dubbed in 2007 for my GRATEFUL CD.

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from LOST & FOUND VOL. 1: ROCKERS & SHAPE​-​SHIFTERS Deep Cuts & Rarities, released January 21, 2018
JJB: accordion, bass, drums, drum programs, engineer, guitars, producer, vocals
Xavier Scott Francis: remixing & remastering

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Johnny J Blair "Singer at Large" San Francisco, California

"Johnny is a virtuoso"--Brian Wilson
"Pop music with a conscience.”--Goldmine
“the Harry Houdini of rock and roll.”-- Spotlight. Listen to Johnny's fast-paced mix of old school soul, psychedelia, punk/new wave, & classic pop/rock. Singer-songwriter in his own right, he was also a sideman for Davy Jones and The Monkees + performed with David Cassidy, Al Stewart, Buddy & Julie Miller, & others. ... more

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