Re: Who is Robin Williamson?

["T.W. Hartnett" <hartnett.t@apple.com>]

>        Robin Williamson is a Scot (from Glasgow, I believe) who in the 
>60s
>was part of the Incredible String Band.  He has done a great many 
>recordings
>since then of traditional harp music, using the wire strung harp, the 
>nylon
>harp and he's also one of the only people I've heard who uses "buzzers" 
>one
>his strings on some tunes.  (Buzzers are a very old way of getting a sort 
>of
>sitar-like twang/buzz from your wire strung hard.).  He did a great album
>(not available on CD as far as I know) where he played all the instruments
>(he plays over 35) called Music For The Mabinogion.  (A collection of 
>Welsh
>Tales, originally from the oral bardic tradition, written down in the
>1400s).  Its great stuff if you can find it.  

I believe he's on Green Linnet now.  I've got a couple of his CD's 
(including one with John Renbourn), and they're quite good.  He's also a 
world-class nutter--one of his CD's is live and includes his between song 
patter.  Worth the price of admission by itself.

Travis Hartnett