That Guy Fae Ronnie Browne

Publication Date: 21st January 2016 Format: B paperback ISBN: 9781910985069 Category: Biography RRP: £9.99 Extent: 390

ABOUT THIS BOOK One of the most easily recognised figures on the Scottish scene, Ronnie Browne was one half of The Corries until the untimely death of his musical partner, Roy Williamson, in 1990. He is also a gifted artist, a portraitist of distinction, who has received both critical and commercial success from childhood to the present day. He met his wife, Pat, when they both attended Boroughmuir High School in and formed the most important and enduring partnership of his life, together having three children and four grandchildren. Ronnie Browne writes revealingly of his childhood in pre-War Edinburgh, of The Corrie Folk Trio with Paddy Bell, and The Corries throughout their existence, of the many famous musical personalities he has rubbed shoulders with through the decades, of family, travel and his life as an artist. ‘Likeable because its tone is conversational and confiding, and there are few Scots who have a life SALES AND MARKETING HIGHLIGHTS story like Ronnie Browne’s to confide.’ -The Scots Magazine Follows the highly successful hardback edition published by Sandstone Press in 2015. ‘What unfolds is an incredibly evocative depiction of a young life in post-war Britain, and it is worth ABOUT THE AUTHOR reading the book for his reminiscences of those early days alone.’ Ronnie Browne was born in Edinburgh in 1937 and has lived in or near -Scots Whay Hae the city all through his life. Best known as a folk singer, especially as ‘It is also a book that tells with one half of The Corries, he is also an accomplished portraitist. In these disarming honesty the definitive story roles he has travelled the world and is a popular and unmistakable of the establishment of The Corries, figure. Closely associated with ’s anthem, , of their early trials and tribulations, of their growing success, and of their he has led the singing at many international sporting events and establishment as Scottish icons.’ gatherings. Ronnie Browne has made many musical albums not -Undiscovered Scotland only with The Corries but also in his own right. More information and downloads are available at: www.corries.com

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