Josh MacRae

Josh MacRae was a Scottish folk singer. Accompanying himself on guitar, he had two hits in Britain, "Talking Army Blues" (on Top Rank Records, in 1960) and "Messing About on the River" (Pye, 1962). Josh MacRae was a Scottish folk singer. Accompanying himself on guitar, he had two hits in Britain, "Talking Army Blues" (on Top Rank Records, in 1960) and "Messing About on the River" (Pye, 1962). [1] He was born in 1933 and died in 1977.[citation needed] His real name was Iain Macrae; he called himself Josh after the blues musician Josh White.[citation needed] He also worked as an art teacher at Kirkland Junior High School at Methil, Scotland in the mid sixties & seventies... (He was actually MY art teacher...!) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.