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	HEAVY WEATHER SPEUG 0019 Fraser Nimmo is a singer/songwriter who mixes Scottish traditional material freely with his own songs. These days it takes a brave man to own up to numbers like, 'Any Spare Change?' And, 'Lament For John Smith', but it takes an even cannier one to pull it off. If occasionally, the listener needs a generous heart, some of the lyrics here more than compensate: 'Heaven has to be the place/Where God shows us his human face' (The Very Best of Friends) and 'But your moods change so fast/You make lightning look lazy' (Nothing of Love). When things start to sound a little shoestring, off the bench come Freeway Jam's side-kick, Ben Benion, ex-Fairporter Martin Allcock, fiddler Chris Haigh and Specncer Richards on Harmonica. Best of all, Nimmo invests Loch Lomond with an affection and gravity that threatens to overshadow the Runrig version.*** Rob Beattie- 'Q' HEAVY WEATHER SPEUG 0019 Last month I reviewed Fraser Nimmo's support set to Fairport Convention with growing praise. I'm glad to say this is also the case for his latest CD. Featuring as it does many of Fraser's own compositions of wry observations on life, it also includes the beauty of 'Ae Fond Kiss' and 'Loch Lomond' for the more traditionally biased among us. This CD is much more than a souvenir. Peter Fyfe - STEPPIN' OUT Nimmo belongs in the Harvey Andrews/Peter Sarstedt school of entertainers, without taking himself so seriously. While not quite an English Tom Paxton, he nevertheless has a lot of the latter's gentle charm; his lyrics can echo a pretty tune yet pack a punch, and he seems to be able to master many styles with ease. One gest the distinct impression this guy would be a real pro with a live audience. John C. Falstaff, DIRTY LINEN FRASER NIMMO ENDINBURGH FESTIVAL Fraser Nimmo revealed that he detest mopther-in-law jokes. He told one in favour, more or less, of his own, where he reported how she said about flowers given to her: 'They're that nice they could be artificial'. He delivered this with just the right intonation. Nimmo, however, is not a stand-up comic, but a first class musician and singer. He hails from Dundee and many of his songs, mainly with guitar accompaniment, are Scottish folk traditions, although he was also great at playing rhythm and blues. He radiates good humour, even if protest predominates in many of his numbers, on of the lighter ones about the extortionate price of beer. Marlo Rellch, THE SCOTSMAN HEAVY WEATHER Superb set from Sctottish singer/songwriter, with the highpoints being the thoughtful Dunblane song and the breathing of new life into Loch Lomond. FOLKROOTS Fraser Nimmo, already a name familiar amongst legions of Fairport Convention fans ofr his top class support slots on their latest winter tour. Scotsman Nimmo has a great warmth of delivery and a canny knack for penning songs that you have hanging on tenterhooks for the next line. He also chooses two fine examples of Scottish music to interpret. Burns', 'Ae Fond Kiss', and 'Loch Lomond', both approached with more than a fair ration of Nimmo's personal styling to superb effect. Quietly beautiful. Sean McGhee, ROCK 'N' REEL

HEAVY WEATHER
SPEUG 0019
Fraser Nimmo is a singer/songwriter who mixes Scottish traditional material freely with his own songs. These days it takes a brave man to own up to numbers like, 'Any Spare Change?' And, 'Lament For John Smith', but it takes an even cannier one to pull it off. If occasionally, the listener needs a generous heart, some of the lyrics here more than compensate:
'Heaven has to be the place/Where God shows us his human face' (The Very Best of Friends) and 'But your moods change so fast/You make lightning look lazy' (Nothing of Love).
When things start to sound a little shoestring, off the bench come Freeway Jam's side-kick, Ben Benion, ex-Fairporter Martin Allcock, fiddler Chris Haigh and Specncer Richards on Harmonica. Best of all, Nimmo invests Loch Lomond with an affection and gravity that threatens to overshadow the Runrig version.***
Rob Beattie- 'Q'

HEAVY WEATHER
SPEUG 0019
Last month I reviewed Fraser Nimmo's support set to Fairport Convention with growing praise. I'm glad to say this is also the case for his latest CD. Featuring as it does many of Fraser's own compositions of wry observations on life, it also includes the beauty of 'Ae Fond Kiss' and 'Loch Lomond' for the more traditionally biased among us. This CD is much more than a souvenir.
Peter Fyfe - STEPPIN' OUT

Nimmo belongs in the Harvey Andrews/Peter Sarstedt school of entertainers, without taking himself so seriously. While not quite an English Tom Paxton, he nevertheless has a lot of the latter's gentle charm; his lyrics can echo a pretty tune yet pack a punch, and he seems to be able to master many styles with ease. One gest the distinct impression this guy would be a real pro with a live audience.
John C. Falstaff, DIRTY LINEN

FRASER NIMMO
ENDINBURGH FESTIVAL
Fraser Nimmo revealed that he detest mopther-in-law jokes. He told one in favour, more or less, of his own, where he reported how she said about flowers given to her: 'They're that nice they could be artificial'. He delivered this with just the right intonation.
Nimmo, however, is not a stand-up comic, but a first class musician and singer. He hails from Dundee and many of his songs, mainly with guitar accompaniment, are Scottish folk traditions, although he was also great at playing rhythm and blues.
He radiates good humour, even if protest predominates in many of his numbers, on of the lighter ones about the extortionate price of beer.
Marlo Rellch, THE SCOTSMAN

HEAVY WEATHER
Superb set from Sctottish singer/songwriter, with the highpoints being the thoughtful Dunblane song and the breathing of new life into Loch Lomond.
FOLKROOTS

Fraser Nimmo, already a name familiar amongst legions of Fairport Convention fans ofr his top class support slots on their latest winter tour. Scotsman Nimmo has a great warmth of delivery and a canny knack for penning songs that you have hanging on tenterhooks for the next line. He also chooses two fine examples of Scottish music to interpret. Burns', 'Ae Fond Kiss', and 'Loch Lomond', both approached with more than a fair ration of Nimmo's personal styling to superb effect. Quietly beautiful.
Sean McGhee, ROCK 'N' REEL