The Electrics
{{Short description|Scottish Celtic rock band}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = The Electrics
| background = group_or_band
| alias =
| origin = Dumbarton, Scotland
| genre = Celtic rock, Christian rock
| years_active = 1988 – present.
| label = {{hlist|Word|Pila|5 Minute Walk|Pleitegeier}}
| associated_acts =
| website = {{url|www.theelectrics.com}}
| current_members = Sammy Horner
Paul Baird
Davie McArthur
Allan Hewitt
| past_members = Tim Cotterell
Jim Cosgrove
Jim Devlin
Heather Negus
Kris McEwan
David Lyon
Kenny MacNicol
Robin Callander
}}
The Electrics are a Celtic rock band from Dumbarton, Scotland. They formed in 1988 when former Infrapenny members Sammy Horner (vocals and bass guitar) and Paul Baird (guitar) asked drummer Dave McArthur and sax/keyboard player Allan Hewitt to play a gig at Glasgow's Impact Festival. The band released a self-financed cassette album, Views in Blues, in 1989. Following this recording the band evolved a celtic rock sound, heavily influenced by The Waterboys and The Pogues. Subsequent recordings included Vision and Dreams (1990) which was distributed by Word Records, and Big Silent World (1993), on Germany's Pila Music label.
The band performed in the UK, Europe and the US. The band never officially disbanded.
Sam Horner has returned to live in Ireland once again, and spends much of the year touring the world performing concerts with his wife, Kylie Horner, as The Sweet Sorrows.
Band members
Current members
- Sammy Horner - Lead Vocals, Bass
- Paul Baird - Guitar and backing vocals.
- Davie McArthur - Drums, Bodhran.
- Allan Hewitt - Keyboards, accordion, saxophone, whistle and backing vocals.
- Tim Cotterell - Fiddle, Mandolin
Former members
- Jim Devlin - Guitar, Mandolin
- Jim Cosgrove - Drums
- Heather Negus - Accordion, keyboards.
- Kris McEwan - Fiddle/mandolin.
- David Lyon - Accordion, Keyboards
- Kenny MacNicol - Highland/ Uhllean Pipes, whistles.
- Robin Callander - Fiddle/mandolin.
Discography
- 1991: Visions And Dreams (Review: [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/The_Electrics/Visions_And_Dreams/4966/ Cross Rhythms]{{cite journal |last=Massey |first=Dave |date=August 1991 |title=The Electrics - Visions And Dreams |journal=Cross Rhythms |issue=7 }})
- 1993: Big Silent World
- 1995: The Whole Shebang!
- 1997: The Electrics (Reviews: [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/The_Electrics/The_Electrics/4964/ Cross Rhythms],{{cite journal |last=Cummings |first=Tony |date=October 1997 |title=The Electrics - The Electrics |journal=Cross Rhythms |issue=41 }} [http://www.tollbooth.org/reviews/elec.html The Phantom Tollbooth])
- 1998: Livin' It Up When I Die (Review: [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/The_Electrics/Livin_It_Up_When_I_Die/4982/ Cross Rhythms],{{cite journal |last=Rimmer |first=Mike |date=December 1998 |title=The Electrics - Livin' It Up When I Die |journal=Cross Rhythms |issue=48 }} [http://www.tollbooth.org/reviewm/electrics98.html The Phantom Tollbooth], [https://web.archive.org/web/20010222184244/http://www.hmmagazine.com/issue74/74Albums.htm HM Magazine]{{cite journal |last=McGovern |first=Brian Vincent |date=November–December 1998 |title=THE ELECTRICS Livin' it Up When I Die |journal=HM Magazine |issn=1066-6923 |issue=74 }})
- 1999: Danger Live (Review: [http://www.tollbooth.org/2000/reviews/electrics.html The Phantom Tollbooth]
- 2001: Reel, Folk'n'Rock'n'Roll (Review: [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/The_Electrics/Reel_FolknRocknRoll/4513/ Cross Rhythms]{{cite journal |last=Cummings |first=Tony |date=May 2002 |title=The Electrics - Reel, Folk'n'Rock'n'Roll |journal=Cross Rhythms |issue=68 }})
- 2005: Old, New, Borrowed & Green (Review: [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/The_Electrics/Old_New_Borrowed__Green/12633/ Cross Rhythms])
- 2014: The Norway Sessions (recorded 2005, released as a [https://sammyhorner.bandcamp.com/album/the-norway-sessions-the-electrics digital album on Bandcamp] almost 10 years later)
- 2024: Big Pub in the Sky (recorded 2023)
;Samples
- [http://www.theelectrics.com/audio/grassisgreener.mp3 Grass is greener]
- [http://www.theelectrics.com/audio/rollinhome.mp3 Rolling Home]
References
{{Reflist}}
;Further reading
- {{cite journal |title=the Electrics |date=September–October 1998 |issue=20 |journal=7ball}}
External links
- [http://www.theelectrics.com/ Official Web Site]
- [http://www.tagworld.com/theelectrics The Electrics @ Tagworld]
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