A chance conversation about my back catalogue during an interview with Doric TV in May 2021 made me realise how little of it I could lay my hands on, and inspired me to do what I could to pull together as much as possible.
With the help of Doric TV we initially hosted the content on their website, but then thought it would be a good idea to see if we could get hold of the old ‘Albaroot’ web domain name, if you’re reading this, you’ll know we did!
Since then I have released a solo album of my own called ‘Vackomaggi’, Ie’ve included a couple of tracks below along with much of the Albaroot back catalogue which we hope you’ll enjoy.
We’ll be adding lots more content on this page as we come across it, so if you like what you see, be sure to come back again.
Clarky Innes
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The Band
Albaroot was formed in the late ’80s and was a Scottish-based Reggae band, it would be fair to say that there weren’t many other Scottish bands playing Reggae music, and none were singing in Doric!
Fronted by Clarky Innes the lineup changed over the years and the impressive cast of talented band members is listed below, we think I’ve got them all, but if you know better let us know and we’ll update accordingly.
Graham Anderson – Bass
Tom Binns – Hammond and Wurlitzer organs
Raymond Burke – Bass
Alison Bradstreet Burns – Backing vocals
Gordon Carr – lead guitar
Kenny Craig – drums
Steve Cruickshank – Drums
Simon Davidson – Keyboards
Olivia Enemosser – Backing vocals
Bhudda George Finlay – Lead guitar
Rej Forte – Digital drums, keys, percussion, overall production
Dan Foster – Lead and pick guitars
Gruff – Drums
Clark Innes – Rhythm guitar, vocals, acoustic guitar, melodica, organ
Debbie Kinney – Backing vocals
Sam Kinney – Backing vocals
John Kirk – lead guitar
Ital-Malk – Keyboard and vocals
Andy Mansell – Drums
Denize McBride – Backing vocals
David McCririck – Lead guitar
Gordon McGuire – Bass
Kevin McLaughlin – Lead guitar
Bob Newbury – Bass
James Noble – Bass
Tam O’ Malley – Bass and Engineer
Lesley Robertson – Sax
Phil Rozier – Trumpet
Jim Savage – Keyboards
Elisabeth Scott – Backing vocals
Anton Silver – Drums
Sandy Sinclair – Percussion
Mel Stevens – Backing vocals
Jim Stewart – Bass, lead guitar
Kaspar Toot – Trumpet
Franco Valentino – Percussion and vibes
Dougie Wadell – Drums
Guy Wardrop – Chief road manager
Marc Whittaker – trombone, clavi, keyboards
Norrie Wilson – Percussion
Ross Wilson – Drums
‘Make poverty history’ gig from 2005, this particular one was at the Arts Center in East Kilbride
Some Press Releases from back in the day
This black and white photo gallery was taken at the Mayfair in Sauchiehall St Glasgow which subsequently became ‘The Garage’, the date was 1988
