Colin Grant-Adams (Special Event)

Colin, born and raised near Winchester, England in a predominantly Scottish community, was exposed to the culture and heritage that would shape his career. Originally from Edinburgh, Scotland, and a gifted musician himself, Colin's father was an early influence on his musical career. Colin served his apprenticeship as a welder, but soon left his trade for life on the road, playing the folk circuits of Great Britain and Europe. He worked both as a solo artist and as a member of the highly acclaimed folk group, The Ozark Mountain Boys. Colin immersed himself in his Scottish heritage when he moved to Oban, on the west coast of Scotland, in the early seventies, where for next 15 years he performed and promoted Celtic and Country music shows, worked with local area musicians and toured throughout Scotland, the Hebrides & Orkney Islands, Scandinavia, and America. In 1996, the Glasgow Highland Games of Kentucky awarded Colin an Artist in Residence Fellowship in Celtic music, enabling him to study, compose and record music about the early-century Scots who arrived in America bringing with them a wealth of culture. It was through the residency that Colin came to relocate to the United States and the Glasgow, Kentucky area.Since then, he has performed as a headliner, at Scottish & Irish festivals and many other events throughout the United States, often billed with such great artist as Seven Nations, Glengarry Bhoys, Men of Worth, Alisdair Frasier, Wicked Tinkers, Tempest, Alex Beaton, & Grand old Opry star George Hamilton IV.