Cause of death Cancer Education Lochaber High School Years active 1987-2016 Parents Aonghas Grant | Nationality British Occupation Fiddler Home town Lochaber, Scotland, UK | |
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Full Name Angus Roderick Grant Born 14 February 1967 Fort William, Scotland, UK Died 9 October 2016, Scotland, United Kingdom Albums Troots, Venus in Tweeds, The Arms Dealer's Daughter, Radical Mestizo, A Whisky Kiss | ||
Scottish tradition angus grant fiddler
Angus Grant (14 February 1967 – 9 October 2016) was a Scottish fiddler who was the frontman of Shooglenifty, a folk rock group, since the groups creation in 1990.
Contents
- Scottish tradition angus grant fiddler
- Angus grant bowing trick
- Early life and career
- Shooglenifty
- Personal life
- Death
- Songs
- References
Angus grant bowing trick
Early life and career
Angus Roderick Grant was born on 14 February 1967 in Fort William, Highland. His father, Aonghas, was also a fiddler.
During his teenage years, he played with his father at Highland dances and celidhs and later formed his own trio, Pennycroft, which played around the pubs of Lochaber.
Upon leaving Lochaber High School, he attended an art school in Edinburgh, where, with the drummer and percussionist James Mackintosh, the guitarist Malcolm Crosbie, the Orcadian banjo player Garry Finlayson and the bassist Conrad Molleson he formed a “punk-bluegrass” band called Swamptrash in 1987.
Swamptrash broke up in 1990 and many of its members founded Shooglenifty.
Shooglenifty
Shooglenifty began developing their distinctive “acid croft” sound in Edinburgh pubs in 1990. They became so successful in their genre that by 1995, Shooglenifty were playing at the Hogmanay celebrations in Princes Street Gardens in front of a crowd of 250,000 - arguably their biggest ever concert.
Grant became the face of the band and was the most recognizable member.
Personal life
Grant never married. He was a private man who eschewed the mobile phone and spent as much time as he could on the west coast of Scotland.
Death
On 9 October 2016, on the band's website, it was revealed that Grant had died after battling with a short bout of cancer.
Songs
Da Eye WifeyA Whisky Kiss · 1996
Two Fifty to VigoVenus in Tweeds · 1994
A Whiskey KissA Whisky Kiss · 1996