Dave Goulder (born 1 January 1939) is a British singer, guitarist,

dry stone wall Dry stone, sometimes called drystack or, in Scotland, drystane, is a building method by which structures are constructed from stones without any mortar to bind them together. Dry stone structures are stable because of their construction m ...

builder,Wicked Local, mountain climber, railway fireman, humorist, and composer. He is best known for his song "January Man" and for his collections of railway songs which have received acclaim by critics and enthusiasts alike.

Family and personal life

Goulder is married to his wife Mary and lives in Rosehall in the

Scottish Highlands The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland S ...

Musical career

Early work

Dave Goulder left the railway in 1961 and began mountaineering while recording his first folk records in the late 1960s progressing in time to collections of railway songs.

Selected discography

Quotes

From Goulder

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Notes

References

*Goulder, Dave. ''How To Build and Repair Dry Stone Walls'', A 60-minute video/DVD explaining the basic principles of dry stone walling. Filmed in Scotland and the Cotswolds, Dry Stone Walling Association, produced and filmed by Nigel Waterhous
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External links

Dave Goulder Homepage

Notes On Building A Cairn (pdf)
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Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain. Practical notes to help those embarking on a cairn-building project. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goulder, Dave 1939 births Living people British folk singers British folk guitarists British songwriters Musicians from Derbyshire People from Sutherland