Iain MacKintosh

A salt-of-the-earth performer celebrated for his self-deprecating wit, singer/songwriter Iain Mackintosh was a vital if under-recognized exponent of the Scottish folk revival. Born in Glasgow on July 20, 1932, Mackintosh began playing the highland pipes at age seven. After his mother's 1944 death, he went to work in his father's watchmaking business, and while he continued moonlighting in a local pipe band, he harbored no illusions of a career in music. While serving in the military, Mackintosh learned a few rudimentary guitar chords, and after witnessing American folk legend ...