Jock DuncanJock Duncan from Pitlochry was brought up in the ballad-rich farming country around New Deer and Fyvie in Aberdeenshire where he developed his love of traditional ballads and songs. Fiddle, melodeon and bothy ballads were the staple diet at the Saturday 'splores' (house ceilidhs) that took place most weekends. He has won numerous traditional singing and bothy ballad competitions and is acknowledged as one of the foremost traditional singers - a 'national treasure'. He is a mine of knowledge of songs and ballads and of a farming way of life now long past. Whether a big ballad or a comic cornkister, Jock's rich performance is matched by his knowledge of the history of the piece.
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