Beggars Row
Beggars Row were first formed in 1997 especially for the Culross Festival by Bob Ferguson, disbanded later that year and reformed with a new line up early in 1998. By the summer of that year the Beggars went to Russia with overwhelming success and three more tours followed. The last one involved twenty three concerts in twenty one days as well as TV shows and several press conferences. Since then there have been some personnel changes though Bob, Gus and David remain from the original line up as founder members.
Early in 2000 Neil joined and has become the anchor on stage as the rest of the band roam around on and off stage as part of a highly energetic performance. The act continued to develop into more of a show during further tours of Norway, Holland, Denmark, Belgium and Ireland. By the time Ricky joined as percussionist Beggars Row were selling out at Concerts and Festivals and building a fiercely loyal fan base. Many of the Beggars Row fans travel hundreds of miles to see the band playing.
Now when The Beggars are playing they are often always billed as the best live Celtic Band from Scotland. We hope that in ten or twenty years from now this Biography will be a lot longer and our friendship and music will still be playing for you for a lot longer than one can imagine.