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Silly Wizard

Silly Wizard were a Scottish folk band that began forming in Edinburgh in 1970. The founder members were two like-minded university students—Gordon Jones (guitar, bodhran, vocals, bouzouki, mandola), and Bob Thomas (guitar, mandolin, mandola, banjo, concertina). In January 1972, Jones and Thomas formed a trio with their flatmate Bill Watkins (guitar…

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Genres
Celtic, traditional
Labels
Transatlantic, Highway, Shanachie, Green Linnet
Origin
Edinburgh, Scotland
Past members
Andy M. Stewart Johnny Cunningham Phil Cunningham Martin Hadden Bob Thomas Gordon Jones Bill Watkins Chris Pritchard (folk singer) Madelaine Taylor Neil Adam Freeland Barbour Al…
Years active
1970–1988

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Silly Wizard

Nodes40
Edges39
Triples62
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.05
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Silly Wizard

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related to Formation · 21
Silly Wizard → An, April, Bill Watkins, Chris Pritchard, Cunningham, December, Edinburgh, French, From September, In February, In October, January, Jones, Madelaine Taylor, March, Pritchard, Saturday, The, Thomas, Transatlantic Records XTRA
related to Discography · 15
Silly Wizard → America1985 Golden Golden1985 The, Beautiful1983 Kiss, Best, Concert2012 Live Again, Glint, High Road, Recorded, Silly Wizard1978 Caledonia's Hardy, Silly Wizard1986, Silver1988 Live Wizardry, Sons1979 So Many Partings1980, Take, Tears Away1985 Live, The Early Years, Wild
related to Honours · 8
Silly Wizard → Awards, Celtic Connections, Fame, February, In December, In Scots Trad Music, Members, Scottish Traditional Music Hall
related to External links · 6
Silly Wizard → Home Page, Home PagePhil Cunningham's Home, PageGordon JonesMartin HaddenBill Watkins, Rambling RoversAndy, Stewart's Home PageJohnny Cunningham's, Wizard's
related to Musical style · 6
Silly Wizard → Cunningham, Once Stewart's, Phil Cunningham, Scottish, Stewart, While
Genres · 1
Silly Wizard → Celtic, traditional
Labels · 1
Silly Wizard → Transatlantic, Highway, Shanachie, Green Linnet
Origin · 1
Silly Wizard → Edinburgh, Scotland
Past members · 1
Silly Wizard → Andy M. Stewart Johnny Cunningham Phil Cunningham Martin Hadden Bob Thomas Gordon Jones Bill Watkins Chris Pritchard (folk singer) Madelaine Taylor Neil Adam Freeland Barbour Al…
Website · 1
Silly Wizard → Silly Wizard's "Official" History Pages

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band silly wizard cunningham vocals 1972 johnny folk thomas phil jones watkins edinburgh guitar bill pritchard trio barbour replaced began

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Silly WizardGenresCeltic, traditional1.00infobox
Silly WizardLabelsTransatlantic, Highway, Shanachie, Green Linnet1.00infobox
Silly WizardOriginEdinburgh, Scotland1.00infobox
Silly WizardPast membersAndy M. Stewart Johnny Cunningham Phil Cunningham Martin Hadden Bob Thomas Gordon Jones Bill Watkins Chris Pritchard (folk singer) Madelaine Taylor Neil Adam Freeland Barbour Al…1.00infobox
Silly WizardWebsiteSilly Wizard's "Official" History Pages1.00infobox
Silly WizardYears active1970–19881.00infobox
Silly Wizardrelated to DiscographySilly Wizard1978 Caledonia's Hardy0.60section
Silly Wizardrelated to DiscographySons1979 So Many Partings19800.60section
Silly Wizardrelated to DiscographyTake0.60section
Silly Wizardrelated to DiscographyHigh Road0.60section
Silly Wizardrelated to DiscographyWild0.60section
Silly Wizardrelated to DiscographyBeautiful1983 Kiss0.60section

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