Jimmy MacBeath went to work as a farm hand at thirteen and built a great store of bothy ballads while living and working across northeast Scotland. After service in the Gordon Highlanders he earned his keep singing in streets, pubs and hiring fairs. Alan Lomax and Hamish Henderson recorded him in 1951, and he became a mentor and source for many singers of the revival.
Jimmy MacBeath
Bothy ballad singer
- Born
- 1894, Portsoy, Banffshire
- Died
- 1972, Aberdeen, Scotland
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