Crauford Thomson - BassCrauford was born into a household of musicians who would run Ceilidh in the front room regularly and in particular at Hogmanay. Steeped in Scottish music Crauford took up violin and singing at an early age, Joined the Glasgow Islay Junior Gaelic Choir and won the national MOD once and runner’s up on a second occasion. He then went to the Royal school of Music and Drama Scotland and to learn classical and Scottish Folk music from a violin perspective. Later Crauford started to gig as a Bass player in a country rock band, he has toured as a bass and vocalist for years and occasionally playing/working with some big name performers. He then returned to his classical and Scottish folk roots playing fiddle in Ceilidh for various bands and worked as part of a Folk Rock duo playing small theatres. Amongst other things he has directed large scale performances at Lincoln Cathedral and is the Musical Director of the International Bomber Command Choir and Orchestra and worked with composers to bring new works to life. Now teaching, writing, and playing for various Folk based bands, some fusion, some more acoustic and runs a popular folk session based on rediscovering Scottish Folk Music that was published in Scotland from 1680 to the late 1800. |