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Thomas Fraser - Shetland Lone Star - AB - HOP001

A Hopscotch Films production for BBC Scotland. Shetlander Thomas Fraser has been hailed as the most important figure in the history of British Country Music

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Thomas Fraser, Shetland fisherman and closet country music star, fell in love with country music listening to US Forces radio in World War 2. When electricity came to his island of Burra in 1953 he bought himself a tape recorder and recorded hundreds of songs. When he died in 1978 he was unknown outside Shetland. Thirty years later a clutch of posthumously released CD�s have lead to him being acclaimed as �the most important figure in British country music.�

He�s just had his fourth CD released and he�s been honoured in Nashville�s Country Music Hall of Fame. No mean achievement for a man who never even played live in Shetland�s capital Lerwick.

In this beautifully filmed and evocatve documentary for BBC Scotland his friends, family and admirers tell his unlikely story.

DVD Features:
Shetland Lone Star Documentary (30 mins)
Thomas Fraser Memorial Concert (75 mins)
Acoustic Extras and Archive Film Footage (19.30 mins)
Unreleased Duets with daughter May
Complete Discography

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