Davy Steele was born in a miners’ row in Prestonpans and wrote many songs about the people and places of East Lothian. After army service and work with teenagers in crisis, he sang with Drinker’s Drouth and Ceolbeg, was a founding member of Clan Alba and joined Battlefield Band in 1998. He died of a brain tumour in an Edinburgh hospice.
Davy Steele
Singer and songwriter; Ceolbeg, Clan Alba, Battlefield Band
- Born
- 1948, Prestonpans, East Lothian
- Died
- 11 April 2001, Edinburgh, Scotland
Further reading: Wikipedia · Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame