(1947-05-13)13 May 1947 St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Died
11 November 2022(2022-11-11) (aged 75) Glasgow, Scotland
Genres
Folk, country
Occupation(s)
Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer
Instrument(s)
Vocals, guitar, keyboards
Years active
1970–2022
Labels
Neon Media production
Website
Official website
Musical artist
Robert Ogilvie Noakes (13 May 1947 – 11 November 2022) was a Scottish singer-songwriter. He was at the forefront of Scottish folk music for over 50 years and recorded over 19[further explanation needed] studio albums. He toured folk clubs and often performed at the Glasgow music festival Celtic Connections.
In 1970. Noakes released his first album ,Do You See the Lights, a blend of easy-going country rock which included the songs "Too Old to Die", "Together Forever" and "Somebody Counts on Me". In 1971, he was a founding member of the folk rock band Stealers Wheel, along with Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan. He played on Rafferty's Can I Have My Money Back, notably "Mary Skeffington". He recorded with Lindisfarne in 1972, on the songs "Turn a Deaf Ear", "Nicely Out of Tune", "Together Forever" and "Fog on the Tyne". He performed with Lindisfarne for a John Peel concert and in 1995 produced the BBC Radio 2 programme, The Story of Lindisfarne. One of his best-known recordings, "Branch", from his Red Pump Special album, received airplay on BBC Radio 1. Noakes' songs have been covered by Lindisfarne and Barbara Dickson.
Starr. The albums, RabNoakes (1980) and Under the Rain (1984) followed, but it was not until 1994 that Standing Up appeared. Noakes subsequently toured...
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liner notes to the album, Rafferty's long-time friend and collaborator RabNoakes commented: Let's hope [the Baker Street demo] will, at last, silence all...
Rafferty Don't Talk Back (1978) with RabNoakesRabNoakes (1980) Under the Rain (1983) Throwing Shapes (RabNoakes & The Varaflames) (2000) with Thea Gilmore...
and music venue which has previously held concerts by artists including RabNoakes, Dick Gaughan, Kathleen MacInnes, and The Peatbog Faeries. The Ullapool...
1975 and 1978, including works by David Hentschel, Graham Bonnet and RabNoakes. The commercial impact of Starr's own career diminished over the same...
the fifties under the French title "Ma guêpière et mes longs jupons". RabNoakes recorded an interpretation on his 2015 album 'I'm Walkin' Here'. Livingston...
Sam" (Simon Cowe) – 2:55 lead vocals: Ray Jackson "Together Forever" (RabNoakes) – 2:34 lead vocals: Ray Jackson "January Song" (Hull) – 4:13 lead vocals:...
on stage. In 1969 Barbara had been a backing singer on a recording by RabNoakes. On Do Right Woman she returns the favour by singing one of his songs...
Noakes FRHistS (born 1964) is a British historian. Since 2017, she has been Rab Butler Professor of Modern History at the University of Essex. Noakes...
2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022. MacDonald, Ben (November 11, 2022). "RabNoakes tributes paid as Fife music legend dies". The Courier. Retrieved November...
of The Open Championship Tom Nairn, political theorist of nationalism RabNoakes, singer, songwriter, record producer Aileen Paterson, author/illustrator...
producer John Reid Niteworks, electronic Celtic fusion band No Way Sis RabNoakes, singer, songwriter and producer North Atlantic Oscillation Paolo Nutini...
heart" - by Ian Campbell "Dublin Town (Fly Me Home)" "Dublin Take Me" - by RabNoakes "The Dublin Rambler" - recorded by the Dublin City Ramblers "The Dublin...
Lives!: a Tribute to Woody Guthrie (Black Crow, 1987) (with Bert Jansch, RabNoakes, Rory McLeod, Rod Clements and Ray Jackson) Kertalg '74 (Barclay, 1974)...
Sylvia Rae Tracey, Coope Boyes and Simpson, Alan Cumming, Leo Sayer and RabNoakes. Marra's live CD, Recorded Live on Tour with Mr McFall's Chamber was released...
Life In The Navy RSO 1975 Andy Fairweather-Lowe Spider Jiving A & M 1975 RabNoakes Never Too Late Warner Bros. 1975 Mike D'Abo Broken Rainbows A & M 1974...
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