- Band Members: Iain MacInnes, Stuart Morrison, Roy Gullane, Ross Kennedy, Phil Smillie, Kenny Forsyth, John Martin, Duncan J. Nicholson, Les Wilson
- Genre: World & Reggae
- Influenced by: Archie Fisher
- Followed By: The Irish Descendants, Peatbog Faeries, Old Blind Dogs, Déanta, The Battlefield Band
- Similar Artists: Altan, The Battlefield Band, The Bothy Band, The Chieftains, Dougie MacLean, Planxty, Silly Wizard, Andy M. Stewart, Johnny Cunningham
The Tannahill Weavers, who started as a band 20 years ago, occupy a unique position among the groups on the Scottish folk scene. Stalwarts Roy Gullane and Phil Smillie have surrounded themselves with a rotating cast of great musicians. Their music, which uses the Highland bagpipe, flute, and fiddle as its melodic core, is tighter, more intense, and harder-driven than the Battlefield Band, Silly Wizard, or their other contemporaries. Despite their mostly acoustic sound, they're the closest thing to a rock & roll band in intensity and attitude that the traditional Scottish music scene has to offer. Green Linnet Records has been the major force in promoting the Weavers, releasing more than a dozen albums over three decades. In 2000, the label continued that trend into the next millennium by releasing Alchemy.~ Steve Winick, All Music Guide
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