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The Mackenzies were an indie band from Glasgow active around 1986/87, releasing two singles of jagged indie-funk on Ron Johnson Records and contributing the track Big Jim to the NME's C86 compilation. They also recorded two sessions for John Peel. .

- Iain is from an Island off the north west coast of Scotland called Lewis. - He currently lives near Glasgow. - He recently appeared on the BBC’s Transatlantic Sessions singing Broken Off Car Door, A Lewis Summer and Fire in my Hands alongside the likes of Bela Fleck, Danny Thompson and Jerry Douglas. - He has released 4 albums on his own label: Empty Beer Bottles and Peatfire Smoke (2004), Skimming Stones…Sinking Boats (2008), Trust the Sea to Guide me (2010), Haunted Bird with the poet/storyteller Daibhidh Martin (2011) - He can play a number of instruments including various...

Gisèle MacKenzie (January 10, 1927 - September 5, 2003) was a Canadian singer, most famous for her performances on the popular television program Your Hit Parade. She was born Gisèle Marie-Louise Marguerite LaFlèche in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and studied violin and voice at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, Ontario. She had her own Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio program, Meet Gisèle, before moving to Los Angeles, California in 1951. MacKenzie recorded albums and 45rpm singles on various record labels, most notably Capitol and RCA. Her biggest selling song was "Hard To Get" in 1955. MacKenzie was an accomplished violinist and performed many...

Scottish peeltastic funk brothers left The Pop Group, Big Flame and APB on the radiator too long and accidentally melted it. Short lived career on Ron Johnson Records, attempted an Age Of Chance style FON Studio industrial funk attack but split up before the dancefloors ignited. .