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The Rambling Fever Story

The Band hails from Glasgow and was formed 31 years ago in 1976.
They take their name from the title of the classic "Merle Haggard" song.

Gordon and John are two of the original founding members and met while playing in the "Social Club" circuit in and around the Glasgow area with another two friends.

The original line up was Gordon Thomson (lead guitar/vocals), John McCaig (bass guitar/lead vocals), Tommy Tugwell (drums/vocals) and Owen McGeachy (rhythm guitar/lead vocals).

After playing the club circuit around Glasgow for a few years, they then went on to top the bill in their own right and back up many Cabaret Artists as far afield as Blackpool to Inverness, making many friends along the way.

The name Rambling Fever actually came about in 1980 whilst standing at the bar in the Central Railway Club, in Glasgow. The Band were doing more and more Cabaret work and the Railway Club's Social Convenor was saying he needed a name for the Band to put on a poster he was having made for a big upcoming show. We all looked at each other for ideas for a few minutes, then we had it. We had just finished singing Rambling Fever and that seemed as good a name as any, and so the story began.
Around this time they started playing some "Country Music" and "Country Western" clubs in Central Scotland, picking up many awards in the process.

Willie Dundas (drums) joined in 1989 after a change in the original line up, when Owen left, and Tommy moved on to rhythm guitar. Again the Band topped the bill all over the country, but now devoted most of their enthusiasm and time to Country Music. The Band had always been a four piece outfit up until Tommy's retirement in 1995, when with the advent of computer enhanced music which they could produce and mould to their own particular style, they decided to go on as a three piece.

Willie the drummer decided to retire from the music business February 2000. So now the band keeps rolling along as a duo. The two originals are still going strong and god willing intend to keep doing so. Over the past two and a bit decades that they have been together there have been many changes in trends and styles of Country Music. However the boys hope that their brand of "Country", both on stage and recording, reflect this while keeping their roots firmly planted in the "Traditional" mould.

The boys would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of their fans and supporters throughout the years for making them and their music welcome in the clubs and other venues throughout the country.

2006 saw us celebrating 30yrs together and to mark the occasion we recorded a double album  which we hope you enjoy

Keep It Country
Gordon and John