- B - Maggie Bell

The legendary blues singer from Glasgow, originally vocalist with Stone the Crowes before releasing her solo's Queen of the Night and the classic Suicide Sal

The best way to experience Maggie though is live; The River Sessions is an excellent set recorded in Glasgow in 1993, Live at the Rainbow 1974 includes Coming on Strong, Wishing Well and Suicide Sal. Also look out for  The Best Of Sound & Vision [CD+DVD]which also includes a live dvd of Maggie in Montreux in 1981.

Maggie Bell is another artist on the list of 'should be far more famous then they are'. I missed out on Stone the Crowes (which also featured the late Lee Harvey, brother of Alex) but discovered her following the recording of the theme tune to Hazell (1970s detective series). The music from her song No Mean City  is the theme tune used for the Scottish detective series Taggart.