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((Short description|Scottish folk group))
((Redirect|Corries|the geological feature|Cirque))
((More citations needed|date=October 2019))
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((Infobox musical artist  <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name             = The Corries
| image            =
| caption          = Ronnie Browne and Roy Williamson live
| image_size       = 
| background       = group_or_band
| alias            = 
| origin           = Edinburgh, Scotland
| instrument       = guitar, [[banjo]], [[mandolin]], [[bodhrán]], [[combolin]], harmonica, [[tin whistle]], [[bouzouki]], [[concertina]], [[Northumbrian smallpipes]], [[banduria]], [[psaltery]], flute
| genre            = [[Music of Scotland|Scottish folk]]
| occupation       = Musician, Songwriter
| years_active     = 1962–1990
| label            = 
| associated_acts  = The Corrie Folk Trio <br /> The Corrie Folk Trio & Paddie Bell
| website          = ((url|corries.com))
| past_members     = [[Roy Williamson]]<br />[[Bill Smith (folk musician)|Bill Smith]]<br />[[Paddie Bell]]<br />[[Ronnie Browne]]
))

'''The Corries''' were a Scottish [[folk group]] that emerged from the Scottish [[roots revival|folk revival]] of the early 1960s.<ref name="Larkin">((cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=304))</ref>  The group was a trio from their formation until 1966 when founder Bill Smith left the band but [[Roy Williamson]] and [[Ronnie Browne]] continued as a duo until Williamson's death in 1990.

They are particularly known for the song "[[Flower of Scotland]]", written by Williamson, which has become an unofficial national anthem of Scotland

==History==
===Early years===
In the early 1960s, Bill Smith (born in 1936 in [[Edinburgh]]), Ron Cruikshank and Andy Turner had formed a trio called '''The Corrie Voices'''. The trio was named after Smith's daughter, Corrie Smith, but because a [[Cirque|corrie]] is a deep bowl in a mountain, the name was particularly appropriate as it evokes imagery of the Scottish landscape.((citation needed|date=February 2020)) After Turner dropped out in 1962, Roy Williamson teamed up with Smith and Cruikshank to form the '''Corrie Folk Trio'''.<ref name="Larkin"/> Their first performance was in the Waverley Bar in St Mary's Street, Edinburgh. After a few weeks, Cruikshank left due to illness. They had already accepted an engagement at the [[Edinburgh Festival]] so Williamson suggested that Ronnie Browne should be brought in to make up the numbers.

The band added female Irish singer [[Paddie Bell]] to become the '''Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell'''. The audience was only eight people for the debut of this line-up but by the end of the festival there was a full house at every performance.((citation needed|date=October 2019))

===Television===
Within a year of formation, they appeared on television. The [[BBC]] began a television series set in a folk club. The resident group on the ''Hoot'nanny Show'' was the Corrie Folk Trio. Another BBC series, ''[[The White Heather Club]]'', began in 1958. It featured [[Andy Stewart (musician)|Andy Stewart]], [[Jimmy Shand]] and his Band, [[Robin Hall]] and [[Jimmie Macgregor]], and the Corries. While the rest of the show was set in a studio, the Corries were filmed in location: [[Sea shanties|sea songs]] were sung in a harbour, and "[[The Braes o' Killiecrankie]]" was sung at the Pass of [[Killiecrankie]].

===As The Corries===
In 1965 Paddie Bell departed, followed by Bill Smith in 1966. In the duo left behind, Williamson was a multi-instrumentalist while Browne handled lead vocals. They cancelled all engagements for a few months to practise intensely and, emerging under the new name, '''The Corries''',<ref name="Larkin"/> they performed at the Jubilee Arms Hotel in [[Cortachy]], Angus.

===1970s===
In 1969, "[[Flower of Scotland]]" featured on the Fontana release, "The Corries in Concert". The song was quickly adopted by world lightweight boxing champion [[Ken Buchanan]], whose fans sang it on his entering the ring. It was then taken up by supporters of [[rugby union]] as the unofficial [[national anthem]] and is still used at Scotland's rugby internationals.<ref name="Larkin"/> "Flower of Scotland" has since been adopted as the national anthem at international [[Association football|football]] matches. 1974 saw the first release of a series of ''Live from Scotland'' albums on their own Pan-Audio / DARA label, all featuring live recordings from the group's famed tours of concert halls around Scotland, extending to a total of four volumes. The [[Flower of Scotland]] live performance from ''Live from Scotland Volume 1'' was released as a single backed by Browne's song, "Roses of Prince Charlie", in several versions including one with special cover artwork for the 1974 [[FIFA World Cup]] campaign. The 1977 album, ''Peat Fire Flame'', saw the group return to the studio album format, with a move towards love songs and celebrations of the landscape. By the 1980s however, the group would return to live albums for the rest of their recording career.

===1980–present===
Roy Williamson suffered from [[asthma]] and before a series of concerts he would deliberately cease treatment to provoke attacks and gain temporary immunity. During the Corries' 1989 tour, Williamson's health went into decline and he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. He spent his last years living in [[Forres]], close to where he spent his school years. He died on 12 August 1990.<ref name="Larkin"/>

Ronnie Browne continued recording and moved into acting, as well as expanding his painting career. He toured as a soloist for a few years after Williamson's death, and even released a solo album, but never reached the same level of success that he achieved as part of the duo. He has now retired from performing, but occasionally sings "[[Flower of Scotland]]" along with the crowd at Scottish rugby or [[shinty]] matches.

Paddie Bell continued to make solo albums following her departure from the trio, most notably with Irish musicians Finbar and Eddie Furey, but withdrew from the folk scene followed by a period of dependency on alcohol and anti-depressant medication. In the 1990s Bell, with the help of several friends and fans on the folk scene in Edinburgh, revived her singing career with new recordings and became something of a celebrity again. She died in 2005, aged 74.

In December 2007, The Corries were inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame at the Scottish Trad Music Awards in [[Fort William, Scotland|Fort William]], promoted by concertina virtuoso [[Simon Thoumire]]'s Hands Up for Trad organisation.

==The Combolins==
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((Unreferenced section|date=October 2019))
In 1969, Williamson invented the "combolins", two complementary instruments that combined several into one single instrument. One combined a [[mandolin]] and a guitar (along with four bass strings operated with slides), the other combining guitar and the Spanish [[bandurria]]. The latter was an instrument Williamson had played since the early days of the Corrie Folk Trio.

Originally conceived as a way to combine several of the many instruments they carried around on tour the combolins in fact became an additional two instruments for the tour van. Most often, Browne played the guitar/mandolin instrument with bass strings, and Williamson the other, which also had 13 sympathetic strings designed to resonate like the Indian [[sitar]]. The wood for the instruments was obtained from antique hardwood furniture as well as premium grade Tyrolean spruce, and featured Williamson's embellishments in silver and mother of pearl.

The Corries' album, ''Strings and Things'' (1970), was specifically designed to showcase these instruments and featured detailed descriptions of them on the rear sleeve. Usually the combolins were played to accompany long ballads such as "The Silkie of Sule Skerry" and "[[The Gartan Mother's Lullaby]]", as well as a number of the compositions of [[Peebles]] baker George Weir, including "Lord Yester" and "Weep ye Weel by Atholl".

==Legacy==
[[Gotye]] cites The Corries as the inspiration behind his music.<ref>((cite news |title=Gotye: The Corries made me |publisher=Sunday Mail |date=22 July 2012))</ref>

The Scottish Traditional Hall of Music describes the Corries as “the godfathers of the modern folk-music scene in Scotland.” <ref>((cite news |last1=Leadbetter |first1=Russell |title=1982: The day the Corries’ faces were a picture |publisher=The Herald |date=22 August 2018))</ref>

==Discography==
{| class='wikitable'
! rowspan=2| Year
! rowspan=2| Album
! colspan=1| Chart Position
|- style=font-size:smaller;
![[UK Albums Chart]]
|-
| 1964
|''[[The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell]]''
|align="center"| –
|-
| 1965
|''[[The Promise of the Day]]''
|align="center"| –
|-
| 1966
|''Those Wild Corries''
|align="center"| –
|-
| 1967
|''Bonnet, Belt and Sword''
|align="center"| –
|-
| 1968
|''Kishmul's Galley''
|align="center"| –
|-
| 1969
|''Scottish Love Songs''
((smalldiv|
*Released 9 May 1970
*Label/Cat. No.: Fontana (6306 004)<ref name="officialcharts.com">((cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/corries/|title=CORRIES - full Official Chart History |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]))</ref>))
|align="center"| 46
|-
| 1969
|''The Corries In Concert''
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*Label/Cat No.: Fontana (STL5484)))
|align="center"|  –
|-
| 1970
|''Strings and Things''
|align="center"| –
|-
| 1970
|''In Retrospect''
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|-
| 1972
|''Sound The Pibroch''
((smalldiv|
*Released: 16 September 1972
*Label/Cat No.: Columbia (SCX 6511)<ref name="officialcharts.com"/>))
|align="center"| 39
|-
| 1973
|''A Little of What You Fancy''
|align="center"| –
|-
| 1974
|''[[Live from Scotland Volume 1]]''
|align="center"| –
|-
| 1975
|''[[Live from Scotland Volume 2]]''
|align="center"| –
|-
| 1975
|''[[Live from Scotland Volume 3]]''
|align="center"| –
|-
| 1977
|''[[Live from Scotland Volume 4]]''
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|-
| 1977
|''[[Peat Fire Flame]]''
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|-
| 1977
|''Spotlight on the Corries''
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|-
| 1980
|''[[Stovies (album)|Stovies]]''
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| 1982
|''The Dawning of the Day''((smalldiv|
*Live))
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|-
| 1983
|''Love From Scotland''((smalldiv|
*Compilation))
|align="center"| –
|-
| 1985
|''Scotland Will Flourish''((smalldiv|
*Live))
|align="center"| –
|-
| 1987
|''Barrett's Privateers''((smalldiv|
*Live))
|align="center"| –
|-
| 1988
|''The Bonnie Blue''((smalldiv|
*Live))
|align="center"| –
|-
| 1990
|''Flower of Scotland''((smalldiv|
*Live))
|align="center"| –
|-
|}

Many of The Corries recordings have now been re-issued on CD by Moidart Music, a company set up originally to release Williamson's posthumous ''[[Long Journey South]]'' solo album. The recordings are now overseen by Browne's son Gavin, who runs the official Corries website along with original recording engineer, Allan Spence, and David Sinton.

== References ==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* [http://www.corries.com The Official Corries Merchandise Outlet]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120918222045/http://www.theballadeersscotland.com/scots/cor_01.htm theBalladeers Scotland]
* [http://www.moray.gov.uk/museums/corries/index.htm The Corries online Museum] by Moray Council
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