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Mike Ogletree is now friends with Lynda, The Skunnered, brian kerr and Our Scotland (Sean Whittaker)
A video by Mike Ogletree was featuredGreen Grow The Rashes O
Here are some fun facts and figures which inspired my sing-along dance-along approach to this beautiful masterpiece of language and eloquence. Sang as I felt it - Green Grow The Rashes O.
1959:] [Robert] Burns knew "the merry old tune", 'Green Grow…
Mike Ogletree posted a videoGreen Grow The Rashes O
Here are some fun facts and figures which inspired my sing-along dance-along approach to this beautiful masterpiece of language and eloquence. Sang as I felt it - Green Grow The Rashes O.
1959:] [Robert] Burns knew "the merry old tune", 'Green Grow…
Profile Information
- Where do you stay or have your business?
- New York City
- About you
- Mike Ogletree is a musician who played drums with legendary 80's Scottish rock bands Simple Minds and Fiction Factory. He is an African-American-Scotsman. In 1956 he was the first child of African/American descent to be born in Scotland, the first Black Scot, an Afro-Celt. Son of a US Airman and a Scots lass, he was born and raised in Burns Country; Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, a place frequented often by the Scottish bard, Robert Burns.- Mike currently lives and works in Brooklyn. - Myspace: www.myspace.com/blackscot, - His latest work, inspired by the poems of Burns, borrows from the title of the poet's first publication: THE KILMARNOCK EDITION SONGS CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT. A unique blend of world/rock/reggae music, sung by Mike in the Scottish dialect of his and Burns birthplace. Composed, performed and produced entirely at his studio in Brooklyn NY The Kilmarnock edition is Mike's debut as a solo artist. Tracks to watch out for are Red Red Rose, Man Was Made To Mourn and All This Time.
- Main Website
- http://www.immortalmemory.net
- Blog or Second Website
- http://cdbaby.com/cd/rbmo
- Favorite places
- Scotland, Italy, Australia, US
Mike Ogletree's Videos
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An Acoustic Man's A Man
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An Acoustic Scots Wha Hae
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Comment Wall (1 comment)
- At 1:25 on March 17, 2010,
Kirsten Easdale said… - Hi Mike. Just dropped in to say hello.
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