Ross Galloway & Callum Robinson (Fru$hane)

Ross And Callum

recordings

  • A Breath of Fru$hane Air (2005)
... straightforward, sincere but at the same time crafted and considered. The opener, 'Springtime', seemed straight out of Bert Jansch-world, with the same authority. And with 'God There's a Brave Man Coming' and 'Hearts in my Home' there's some real heart-to-heart stuff. Very moving. They all follow one of Ross's characteristic patterns - fast streams of rhyming couplets over a delicate picked backing. As we know from Scuff, that's only one of the strings to his bow. The backing from Callum is understated - he doesn't grab your attention and amazement as he does live, but delivers just what's needed for the song. (OOTB discussion board)

Ross Galloway in his own words

Which OOTB performers really rock your boat?
William Douglas, Fraser Drummond, Sharon Ware. They each play guitar in an original style, and they're also brilliant wordsmiths.
What's your favourite song of yours?
The last one i wrote
What's the best OOTB performance you've seen?
Lee Paterson blasting out "Wasting Time" - I came up the stairs to a packed room totally mesmerised by this wee man who is an elemantal force when in full swing. Qualitarious
Your favourite song(s) of all time ?
Let's Stay Together
The consumer question: album, book or film you've enjoyed recently.
Curative Education by Rudolf Steiner - This guy was from a different universe, never mind planet.
How would your worst critic sum you up?
Not another bloody love song crammed with rhyming couplets!
Who do you fancy at OOTB?
Iona Marshall
Who would be in your fantasy band?
Martin Luther King would introduce us dressed as Nelson Wright and he'd do the Nelson drum roll after every song. Jimi Hendrix on lead guitar, Robert Johnson on rhythm. Kevin Glasgow on bass. Simon Farmer on drums. Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Billie Holiday, P.P Arnold, Annie Lennox, Joni Mitchell and Jenna Jameson on backing vocals. Fraser Drummond on mandolin and whistle. Stu Clark, percussion. And we'd only ever do one gig in the Royal Oak and no tell anybody we were goin to play.

at OOTB

(April 2003)
The excellent Ross & Callum entertained us after the break. Callum sang and played one of his many harmonicas on the first track while Ross played guitar like a natural. Callum showed character and humour and his bluesy delivery conjured up an image of Tom Waits on speed. The next track followed immediately and was about making love, and very passionate love at that. Ross sang this one and his capacity for delivery outrageously lewd lyrics completely deadpan is always something to behold. They finished with "New Moon City", a song about a suburb of Drem, which featured beautifully controlled harmonica playing from Callum. Ross also broke a string on the house guitar, thankfully towards the end of this one.

(Jan 2004)
Ross & Callum were next up and bestrode the stage like colossi. Their mixture of funky tunes, Callum's haunting harmonica and Ross Galloway's high, clear vocal is an irresistible combination. Callum added his gritty vocals to tonight' proceedings and provided a satisfying counterpart to Ross. The Dylanesque, manic and brilliant "Sacred Cow" ended another cracking set from the highly talented twosome.