John McCusker is one of Scotland's foremost traditional musicians. A profes… Read Full Bio ↴John McCusker is one of Scotland's foremost traditional musicians. A professional since the age of seventeen, he was a vital member of the renowned Battlefield Band and toured the world with them for 11 years. He is an amazing performer, the producer of some of the best selling folk recordings, a guest much sought after by major live and recording artists and a composer of exquisite melodies which are performed world wide.

John's impressive musical talent combined with his love for the traditional music of his native Scotland has rightfully gained him the respect of audiences and artists from around the globe.

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The Poorest Company
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Comments from YouTube:

Gordon Andrew

5y↑1

Just wow. Proper musical talent right there 👌🏻. Gorgeous.

Rachael Dixon

11y↑2

Love this!! Saw them live a year or so ago now! They all had me spellbound! Heidi Talbot has such a lovely and adds to this I think!

aieup

14y↑1

Good song, incredible performance! He sings with the soul, as it should be always.

Ruth Kenneally

7y↑4

Just discovered Kris and been playing him on loop for days. Sent his tunes to my 24 year old daughter and she's in love. Thank u Kris cxxx

gno nimo

He fronts the band Lau, which also frequently give goosebumps.

pete preston

Discovered him at Celtic Connections 2019 at the Fruitmarket. And its Nonstop Drever fest!

Aura Todoran

15y

Beautiful song, exceptional performance!

Jools Em

12y↑3

This is as near perfect as it is possible to get.

lawngnome25

14y

This is amazing. Beautiful!

KingofRoath

15y↑1

This is currently my favourite song. Anyone know the chords & tuning? I'm fairly sure he has dropped the bass to D.

Jim Lawton

11y↑5

Lovely. Quite reminiscent of Dougie MacLean, that mixture of lyrical ballad and anthem, and beautiful melody. Yes, Lovely.

cheerydavie

14y↑5

Kris is a very fine singer just like his voice

kev walford

13y

beautiful vocal, beautiful song....and one of the finest bands ever....methinks

Cyan2002

14y

Absolutely beautiful

Bob Jones

12y

Great song and performance, thanks

Lixna

I don't understand how this wasn't a huge hit. (In Ireland anyway). I don't remember ever hearing it over here at all, apart from a recent cover version by Pauline Scanlon. If he had released and promoted it over here I'm certain he'd have a monster hit on his hands.

Jim Brown

14y

this is as good as it gets

Lynne CeeGee

Stunning.

sue robinson

7y↑2

this has cheered me and reminded me of happy days

thefabulousbugman

14y↑1

just wonderful

D A

11y↑1

Beautiful

drummerboy1390

Good grief. What a voice.

Mac macWeeney

7y↑5

Kris Drever kicks arse.

Timothy Ross

12y

INCREDIBLE.

Anne Dunne

He's got such a beautiful voice. Why is the Scottish accent so sexy?

Washy

Magic.

Árpád Völgyesi

15y

I prefer Roddy than Kris, but it's very very beautiful

David Cumming

9y↑5

why would anyone not like this

Rob Rowles

Five years later, and your comment still rings extremely true.... WHHHYYYY indeed????!!

La Douve

7y↑2

My vagina is wet

aegier

10y↑3

Heidi talbot appearsto be there to add some perfect harmony maybe.

Susan Richardson

7y↑2

Aah! the roots

Fruitbat

12y

anyone have basic chords for this? PLEASE

Crewbernian

4y↑1

@Kris Drever sounds good, been trying to figure your chords and patterns from videos (ghosts, ...try hard enough, ...roll in the morning) during lockdown - it's actually good fun!! see you in musselburgh later in the year fingers crossed :-)

Kris Drever

4y↑2

I do, I'm going to start a chord and lyric library on my website very soon. Feel free to sign up to the mailing list or subscribe to my channel for news of its release.