Tarneybackle are, John Davidson, Sandy Marshall, Lorna Davidson.
John sings and plays guitar (Lowden and Guild), mandolin (Fylde), octave mandola (Moon), flute (Ormiston) and whistles (Shaw). Sandy sings, plays guitar (Taylor), bouzouki and bodhran. Lorna plays an ever-growing range of "World" percussion, including djembe, bongos, chimes, claves, shakers and tambourine, and sings.
John Davidson
John has been making music and singing for most of his life - oboe, guitar and choirs as a teenager, leading to him singing folksongs in the mid 1970's at The Forum Folk Club in East Kilbride. In the 90's John joined "Talisker", playing to folk clubs around Scotland, including Crail, Stirling, Falkirk and Dunfermline. Talisker supported the Poozies at The Doune and Dunblane Fling in 1995. John has won TMSA competitions for unaccompanied traditional singing at Killin and Penicuik. In addition to working with Tarneybackle, he has worked as a solo performer since 2004.
John sings and plays guitar (Lowden and Guild), mandolin (Fylde), octave mandola (Moon), flute (Ormiston) and whistles (Shaw).
Sandy Marshall
Prior to the formation of Tarneybackle, Sandy tended to focus on solo performance for charities, at local events and had an occasional appearance on Sunday morning television. He was (and still is) a regular performer at Burn's nights across central Scotland.
He is responsible (guilty) for the formation of Tarneybackle as in 2000 he asked John to join him in a performance to a caravan club. This led to offers of three bookings on that night and with the huge fee of £25 (between them) the path to a life of music (and poverty) was set. (Please note - we charge significantly more than £25 per gig now!!!)
Sandy works as a solo artist, performing traditional and contemporary folk with additional material from Harry Chapin and John Denver.
Sandy sings, plays guitar (Taylor), bouzouki and bodhran.
Lorna Davidson
Lorna started to play percussion at the Blackford sessions in 1997. Lorna plays an ever-growing range of "World" percussion, including djembe, bongos, chimes, claves, shakers and tambourine, and sings.
Lorna has introduced a number of new songs to Tarneybackle's live act.