As
a prolific singer-songwriter, Rab has released
a dozen albums and toured extensively; he now
combines this with eclectic activities at Neon.
In recent years he has been involved in a rich
mixture of production, writing and performance.
2007 saw the release of Unlimited Mileage, Rab's second album with the Varaflames. In 2008, Neon released Rab's first album from 1970, Do You See The Lights? on CD for the first time.
Rab tries to get on the road as a performer
at least once a year, either with harmonica
player Fraser Speirs, or solo. As well as a helping of original Noakes
material, they play a rich mixture of Blues & Country with some interesting interpretations of hard-to-access contemporary material.
The first record on the Neon label to become
available was “Throwing Shapes”
by The Varaflames. That was followed up with
the Rab and Fraser release, “Lights Back
On”, an album that’s won him many
new admirers. A limited edition release of the
“Stuffhouse EP” has made 750 numbered
copies of this future rarity available.
“Demos and Rarities Volume One”
was released in 2002. Neon partner and Rab’s
wife, Stephanie Pordage, volunteered to go through
the many hours of his demo recordings and dug
out the best and most appropriate material from
1969.
River Records released an album of Rab’s
recordings made for Radio Clyde in the early
1980’s and late in 2004 Neon reissued
Rab’s acclaimed 1994 solo album ‘Standing
Up’.
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