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Michael Marra

Born

in Dundee, Scotland

February 17, 1952

Died

October 23, 2012

Genre

Short Stories

Influences

Raymond Carver, Flann O'Brien ...more

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Michael Marra was a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. Known as the Bard of Dundee, Marra was a solo performer who toured the UK and performed in arts centres, theatres, folk clubs and village halls. While mainly known as a songwriter, he also worked extensively in theatre, radio and television. His songwriting was rooted in Scottish life and he found an audience within and beyond the folk music scene, which led to him work as a support musician for such performers as Van Morrison, The Proclaimers, Barbara Dickson and Deacon Blue. His song Hermless was jokingly suggested as a potential Scottish national anthem.

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Average rating: 4.5 · 2 ratings · 1 review · 3 distinct works

	Whaleback City: Poems from Dundee and its Hinterlands by W.N. Herbert (Editor), Andy Jackson (Editor), Michael Marra (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Karma Mechanics 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mearns Distilled by Francis Boag (Illustrator), Andy Hall (Photographs), Michael Marra (Introduction) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Michael Marra (?)

“For any artist, Dundee is just the perfect place to look at the rest of the world. Charles Mingus had a book called Beneath the Underdog. I always thought they should put that under Dundee on the sign outside the city.”
― Michael Marra

tags: dundee, underdogs

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“Whilst wishing to be associated with the current renaissance in Scottish art, I am actually a recessionist and have only joined to see if that's where the real money is.”
― Michael Marra

tags: scottish-art, scottish-culture, scottish-renaissance

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