The liner notes say that this recording is one of the successful Lonny Donegal Presents series. But, that this is not just a lesion of yet another record release, but the culmination of a friendship and a fostering of two brilliant vocal stars, now known to so many as Miki and Griff.
Apparently the couple were expert exponents of Folk and Country and Western music. They were said to have made a specialised study of these songs and performed tham in various mediums with individual charm and appeal.
A husband-and-wife team, Miki was born in Rothesay, Scotland and Griff in the Welsh coastal town of Llandudno. They met while both were members of the George Mitchell Choir.
That's about the long-and-tall of it for our performers. I've got to say they look like a couple of old toffs who run a guest house in Devon, called something like 'Brittania' or 'Reichhaus II'. Not really my cup-o-tea I'm afraid. It's all a bit too polite, although if you listen to them you wouldn't imagine these two lookers would sing they way they do. Worth a listen even if it's just for the scratchiness of the recording.
They perform with: Ralph Dollimore and his orchestra and The Lonnie Donegal Group. Skiffletasic.
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