Apart from being a citizen of the world, which he undoubtedly was, he had a strong Scottish connection. Both of his parents were Scots having emigrated to England before he was born. Both were musical and MacColl grew up listening to Scottish folk music daily. He sang Scottish songs with a strong Scottish accent.
As a young shop steward interested in folk music, Ewan also plated a part in my political education. I remember him very fondly.
Ewan Mac coll and Peggy Seeger, what an inspirational couple.
An enigma wrapped in another enigma..
The Ballad of Ho Chi Minh which Ewan wrote in 1954 was translated into Vietnamese and became almost a second national anthem there.
Ewan obtained his name from the a character in the great Scots trilogy A SCOTS QUAIR by Lewis Grassic Gibbon.
Whole of the north was in heavy industries. We had to go where the work goes
Ledgend!
I thought he was Scottish?
Apart from being a citizen of the world, which he undoubtedly was, he had a strong Scottish connection. Both of his parents were Scots having emigrated to England before he was born. Both were musical and MacColl grew up listening to Scottish folk music daily. He sang Scottish songs with a strong Scottish accent.