Since it is so difficult to trace the roots of the Bluesbunny as he has for many years has lived a nomadic existence, we are particularly fond of music that pays tribute to its roots. Take for instance, the Battlefield Band, who for the past three decades have been marching "forward with Scotland's past" with considerable pride and musical dexterity.
As was the case with their older Irish cousins, The Dubliners, The Battlefield Band not only made an impression on their homeland but on nations far and wide. To this day, people from all over the world rejoice in seeing the Battlefield Band in concert and this album is the perfect justification of their popularity. It's funny to think that, like their younger Irish cousins The Pogues, this album upset many a folk purist upon its release in 1980.
Traditional songs and instrumentals take up much of the album, but there's still room for a new compositions of their own. The true sounds of Scotland are heard on this album. Well, the true sounds of a Scotland less polluted and depraved than the one we know today anyway.
This album - like many albums now considered classics - has stood the test of time and it's hardly a coincidence that, despite numerous line-up changes, the Battlefield Band have lasted also. Music like this has no expiration date.