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Michael's wonderful album of Scottish themed songs was one of The Scotsman's album of the year when it was first released. Some of the songs have gone on to become classics in the Marra Songbook.

Hear why by listening to the tracks at
FEATURING THE GAELS BLUE ORCHESTRA

DEREK THOMSON KEYBOARDS
KEVIN MURRAY GUITARS
GERARD GRIMES
RAB ADAMS BASSES
GARY CLARK
ARLENE GOWANS
LLOYD ANDERSON
FRANCES CARLIN
PAULINE ROURKE VOCALS
CHRISTOPHER MARRA GUITAR
ALAN BARTY VIOLIN
ALLAN MCGLONE SAXOPHONE
FRANK ROSSITER TROMBONE
STEWART EVENS HARMONICA
BRIAN MCDERMOTT
DONNY COUTTS DRUMS & PERCUSSION

RECORDED AT INNER CITY SOUND STUDIOS. DUNDEE
EXCEPT 'GAELS BLUE'
ASSISTANT ENGINEERING BY
MURRAY WERSTER & KIT CLARK
ADDITIONAL KEYBOARDS BY
DONNA FARRELL & PETER BAILLIE
SLEEVE DESIGN BY JOHN HAXBY
COVER ILLUSTRATION BY PAT SANTOS

LYRICS REPRINTED BY KIND PERMISSION OF
B.A.T. MUSIC LTD
ENGINEERED BY ALLAN MCGLONE
COMPOSED ARRANGED & PRODUCED IN SCOTLAND BY MICHAEL MARRA

ECLECTIC RECORDS 1992 - ECL CD 9206

Western agents Mary Beveridge and Jim Wilkie
Hair by Marie at Victors
Transport by Henry Robertson, Harry Nelson
and Andy McPherson
Spititual and financial guidance by Dougie Taylor
and Gordon Sharp
Wild Life by Alan Hayman
Conception by Edward Francis Macra
Newtyle by Dundee

A wee selection of Michael's songs old and new, borrowed and blue, just for you.

Listen to this selection at

The boxed set that is too big to fit in a box. Demos, covers, home recordings, outtakes, radio and TV spots.
Pull up a chair and sit a spell, get a glass of your favourite poison. Me I prefer Ole Death Whisper courtesy of Jake Santee. Michael's sitting in the chair right next to you ready to sing your requests.

Listen to ever increasing number of tracks on

Michael shares the vocals and accompaniment with the likes of Pat Kane, Archie Fisher and Leo Sayer. Michael's good friend and fellow Dundonian Rod Paterson also joins him on a number of songs.

Listen to these tracks at

Listen to the songs that would have made up Michael's
second official release. The working title was Dubiety was produced by Mike Vernon of Blue Horizon fame who was responsible for the early albums of Fleetwood Mac.
Dubiety never saw the light of day unfortunately but Polydor did release a single which is now very collectible. Like A Frenchman/ There's No Such Thing

Have a listen to

Here is a unique opportunity to see Michael perform
in the flesh so to speak through the magic of online video. The clips are taken from theatre and television performances.

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Click on the links below, you will need the latest version of one of the following media players... Windows Media Player, Winamp, DivX, or Real Player.
Please be patient while the video files load as some of them are large and will take a wee minute. We Trust that it does not spoil you enjoyment of the performances.


A young Michael Marra appearing in Wildcat Theatre Company's production of Border Warfare.

MINCING WI CHAIRLHI

The following clips are from Butterstone Burns filmed in Dougie Maclean's home near Dunkeld in Perthshire.

RACING FROM NEWBURGH
THE LASS WI THE FLAX IN HER HAIR

These clips are taken from a recent Burns programme hosted by Michael with guests, Eddi Reader, Rod Paterson and Christine Hansen

AE FOND KISS
GREEN GROW THE RASHES

David Kane's film Ruffian Hearts features Michael's version of the old Doris Day song Que Sera Sera

QUE SERA SERA

Michael enjoys singing with a big band. He also enjoys singing classic soul music. In these clips from Drumbeat he is joined by Pat Kane and fellow Dundonian Gary Clark.

LUCEILLE
SOUL SISTER, BROWN SUGAR
MISTRA KNOW IT ALL

Finally Michael was the musician in residence on the Channel 4 series The Ken Fine Show which was hosted by Jack Doherty. The programme dealt with Scots language and dialect. The musicians playing with Michael are Christopher Marra on guitar, Blair Douglas on accordian and keyboards,
Calum McKenzie on bass and LLoyd Anderson on drums.

BARNYARDS OF DELGATY
BROOM OF THE COWDEN KNOWE
JOCK O' HAZELDEAN
LETTER FROM AMERICA
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Michael is due to appear at this year's Celtic Connections according to the updated Celtic Connections website.

Michael will be one of the artistes featured in Canadian Cellist Christine Hansen's New Voices Concert in the Strathclyde Suite at 1pm on Sunday 30 January 2005 -

"Taking her inspiration from Robert Service's poem The Cremation of Sam McGhee, cellist Christine Hanson reflects on the poem's resonance with her own personal intertwining of Scottish and Canadian cultures. Weaving a tapestry of sound around the recitation of the poem by one of Scotland's best-loved storytellers and wordsmiths, Michael Marra, her formidable ensemble line-up includes Bruce McGregor and Gillian Frame (fiddle), Brian McAlpine (accordion), Kevin McGuire (bass), Kevin Murray (guitar/mandolin), Rick Taylor (trombone/horns) and James MacKintosh (percussion)"

Check out the website for details. For your information Dr John is also down for an appearance at the Glasgow Concert Hall earlier in the month.

Make your Good Friday a Great Friday by tuning into BBC Radio Scotland on Friday 25 March at 4.05 pm when they are repeating Billy Kay's documentary on Michael Marra.

Friday March 25th at 1605 Radio Scotland

Hermless? A Portrait of Michael Marra

Fans, musicians and fellow artists like Liz Lochhead and Barbara Dickson join Billy Kay to celebrate the work of Dundonian songwriter Michael Marra.with guest appearances by Grace Kelly, Frida Kahlo, St Andrew and Abba!

An Odyssey Production for Radio Scotland.

BBC Scotland archive all their broadcasts so if you miss it first time round you can always listen to it again online at -