Marc Ellington
Folk singer, Laird BORN 1945
Singer, songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Marc Ellington moved from Boston, Massachusetts to Britain in 1967. Integrating with the folk rock scene, he appeared on Fairport Convention’s Unhalfbricking in 1969 and on the debut album by Matthew’s Southern Comfort in 1970. He also released six solo albums between 1969 and 1975, including 1971’s collectable Rains/ Reins Of Change, counting Richard Thompson and Sandy Denny among many its guests, as well as Flying Burritos Sneaky Pete and Chris Hillman. In the late ’60s, Ellington and his wife began the restoration of the 16th century
Towie Barclay Castle in Aberdeenshire. Soon an establishment figure, he became nonexecutive director of Historic Scotland and a trustee of the Scottish National galleries. In 2002 he reunited with the Fairports at Cropredy and played his final gig at Richard Thompson’s 70th birthday concert at the Albert Hall in September 2019.