Origin: Largs, Scotland
This singing and songwriting Scottish duo consisted of Benny Gallagher (vocals, guitar, bass, accordion, piano, harmonium) and Graham Lyle (vocals, banjo, bass, guitar, mandolin, harmonium), who are credited by many for having paved the way for other more popular duos of a similar vein like Simon & Garfunkel, Seals & Crofts and Brewer & Shipley . They initially joined forces way back in 1959 as members of a local area band called the Bluefrets. In 1967, they relocated down south to London and issued their first record ('Trees' b/w 'In The Crowd') as Gallagher-Lyle on the Polydor label in the s…