My friend Gifford Savage has tempted Graeme and I out of our musical semi-retirement to play at this event in a few weeks time. A few years ago Gifford and I worked on the redesign of the Abbey's historical book, which was a real pleasure.
Bangor Abbey is an amazing building with a wonderful Ulster-Scots heritage. It will be an honour to play at such a significant venue - I wonder how old-time mission hall gospel music will sound in such a place! It will also feature a re-enactment of the life of Sir James Hamilton, which will be interesting as he is buried under the Abbey floor!
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(ex Low Country Boys) - Welcome to the Thompson Brothers' blog, by Mark Thompson and Graeme Thompson, founders and original lead vocalists of the Low Country Boys. These days we're doing something similar but simpler - old-time gospel music in the classic mandolin/guitar "brother duet" tradition of the early 1900s. This blog will tell you more about the great brother duets, and other aspects of evangelical rural American culture and its Scotch-Irish / Ulster-Scots cultural roots - and a wee bit about our own music too.
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