Jim Reid was a founder member of the legendary Foundry Bar Band, after an apprenticeship in various Scottish groups including The Taysiders. His interest in the travelling folk is well known and he had a very special relationship with the late Belle and Alex Stewart of Blairgowrie. Jim Reid is without a doubt an outstanding singer and songwriter, and as a lover of the work of poet Violet Jacob, has set many of her poems to music, including the hugely successful Wild Geese (or Norland Wind), which has now become one of the classic folk songs of the twentieth century.
Some of Scotland's finest musicians session with Jim on this album - Aaron Jones (cittern), Sandy Brechin (accordion), Marc Duff (whistle, recorder), Malcolm Stitt (bouzouki), Frank McLaughlin (guitar) and Ian Anderson (vocals).Daft Donul, Up The Noran Water, Mormon Braes, Baron O Brackley, Tommy Curtiss, Harlaw, The Tinkler’s Weddin, Cairn O Mount, The Freedom Come All Ye, Bonnie Joann, The Band O Shearers, The Sodger’s Cairn, Sleepytoun, Bonnie Moorhen, The Wild Geese.