Biography

 

The Court of Equity were formed in 2006 by Picts Douglas Hunter, Grant MacConnell and Jeremy Stirling. The aim was to focus mainly on the works of Robert Burns, in both music and song.
The sound is a little more laid back than The Picts and the atmosphere intimate.

Amongst their many engagements The Court of Equity twice played at the International Robert Burns Conference in the Mitchell Library in Glasgow and recently played at Wellwood House, Irvine at an event held in honour of G Ross Roy, who is widely regarded as the world's foremost authority on Robert Burns.
Ross Roy was very keen to get the band over to play at the Robert Burns conference in North Carolina, However, circumstances were against this on that occasion.

The homecoming year seen the band play at the Highland Hospice Burns supper, which also featured Donnie Monro (Ex Runrig front-man) and other celebrities. Their first Cd is being recorded in the very near future and a number of concerts are being planned throughout Scotland.
 

The Court of Equity played in Haddington (At St Mary's Church) on the 25th of July 2009 at the exhibition launch of the first ever scale model of Burns Mausoleum built by master craftsman Colin Hunter McQueen (Douglas Hunter's father). The exhibition is toured the countries museums and galleries as part of the Homecoming celebrations and the Haddington exhibition was opened by the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton. It was combined with the book launch of "Hunters' Illustrated History of the Family, Friends and Contemporaries of Robert Burns." which was conceived, designed and illustrated by Colin Hunter McQueen and written, compiled and researched by Douglas M Hunter. For more information visit: www.drumbow.co.uk
 

More recently The Court of Equity performed at the Grant’s Braes Burns Club gathering and two nights at Lennoxlove House as part of the Haddington Festival. July also seen the first of a season of concerts, ‘Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect’ which began with a packed out event at the Ashlar 399 Club in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire. August will see the band return to the far east to perform twice at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on the 8th and 22nd of August at St Mark’s Art Space.

 

Whether as a laid back two or three piece group in intimate settings or as a full on four or five piece Burns "rock band", the songs and instrumentals of Court of Equity are fused with, and driven by, audience participation.

 

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