“BRAW” (Scottish for “Good”), is a collection of favourites from over the years. The music comes from recording sessions at Nelson’s Mayhem Studio, Nicki’s Famous Produxions Studio, and our live shows with the United States Air Force Orchestra at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., and at our Canadian home pub, The Corktown, in Hamilton, Ontario.

Nelson Stewart — Piano, guitar, accordion, tenor drum, mandolin, bodhran, keyboard; Jeania Stewart — Vocals (Skye Boat Song), bodhran; Cat “The Hammer of God” Doersch — Vocals (Parting Glass), drum kit, Bertha the Big Drum; Dave “Machine Gun” Davidson — Drum kit, Scottish snare drum; Keith Jackson — Bass Guitar, drum kit, floor tom; Nicki Nero — Bass guitar, electric guitar; Ashley Giles — Violin; Doug MacRae — Bagpipes; Lyric Todkill — Bagpipes, whistle; Andrew MacPhail — Bagpipes, Scottish Border Pipes, whistle

Cover art by Lyn Bell. This was a piece created by Lyn for Nelson after the loss of his dear friend, Jeff “Mayhem” Thompson, on Dec. 8, 2004, when he was murdered while protecting his friends at a show. This albums is dedicated to Mayhem, Lyn, and all of our other friends and family members who have laid their lives on the line for others. Please check out more of Lyn’s incredible work at Loime Studios on Facebook.

This song begins with the lyrics from the theme for “Outlander”, which are themselves a variation of the poem, “Sing Me a Song of a Lad That is Gone”, written in 1892 by Scotsman Robert Louis Stevenson. Several verses of the original lyrics to “Skye Boat Song”, first published in "Songs of the North" by Sir Harold Boulton in 1884, are also included. These lyrics chronicle the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie from the English after Culloden, the final pitched battle fought on Scottish soil, during the failed Jacobite Rising of 1745.

Special thanks go to our friend, renowned Scottish photographer Graham Harris Graham (www.ghgraham.com) for kindly allowing us to use his work; American Rogue Steve Lesko for editing the video; and American Rogue Nicki Nero for recording and mixing the song in his studio.

This song is dedicated to our dear friend, Chuck Bloom, and in his honour is being officially released on the day of his memorial service, August 29, 2015. We’ll never forget you, Chuck.