Van Der Graaf Generator, Hammill and String Driven Thing violinist Grahame Smith jumped ship from classical music to rock ,joining Charisma Records with String Driven Thing initially in the early 1970s. He trained with Sir John Barbirolli and played with the Halle Orchestra and the Scottish National Orchestra before jamming with Chris Adams in a flat in Glasgow and joining SDT. SDT 's line up with Grahame fronting it were described as "With animated, shock-headed violinist Grahame Smith their visual selling-point" ,After amazing stints with SDT on tour with Genesis and a move to Charisma stablemates Van Der Graaf Generator and Hammill, Grahame went off to Iceland to make three albums - this one, "Kalinka", is the third release in our Grahame Smith series. A must for all Van Der Graaf Generator, Hammill and String Driven Thing completists and fans of violin in rock music! Comes with full colour biographical CD booklet with many pictures of Grahame Smith at his rock and roll best.
Disc 1: IRISH JIG WEDDING DANCE REYKJAVIKURBORG SCOTTISH GRETTISRIMUR CONDOR KALINKA GREENSLEEVES A SPRENGISANDI HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND SAKNADARLJOD DANCE FOR A DANCE