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THE PLACE WELCOMES BACK ARCHIE FISHER: SATURDAY, JUNE 14th
 One of the ‘Glasgow Boys and Girls’ of the early 60s generation of the Scottish Folk Song Revival, Archie Fisher has diversified over the last forty years into broadcasting, record production and songwriting.
His repertoire has a perspective that few can share and his interpretations of traditional songs, his own compositions and the material of his fellow contemporary songwriters are fully endorsed by those
who know and care. His guitar playing was once enigmatically described by a reviewer as ‘deceptively simple’ and still carries the nuances and rhythmic structures of his early 60s development.
The nineties brought a new surge of songwriting and a return to the recording studio. The American label Red House Records have signed him up for two new albums, the first is due for release jointly with Greentrax in the UK on July 1st 2008.
He regards himself as more of a journeyman musician than a celebrity and is resigned to the advice that his old friend Christie Moore gave him some time ago. Christie told him; ‘You’ll never be famous because everybody knows you’.
‘Described by some as the father of modern folk, folks' equivalent of James Dean or Frank Sinatra and, by a great many as a legend, Fisher, now an MBE, showed that he could do at least three things: Write and sing great songs; play guitar very well indeed; and tell wonderful stories.’ – Review of gig in Edinburgh, Evening News
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