You have to hear Willy’s guitar tone and the Arthur Brown vox of Linnie Paterson to appreciate this group. Play it loud and proud and you will understand why they called these highlander's Scotland The Brave. Prog entries like the Holst opening “Shadow Of Man” with tenements of the Nice or the South African Hawk, shudder with reverb through their soulful riffs that fill the entirety of this Gothic master.

In the same energy as Alamo, Kathargo or live Badger the rolling retro hammond and savage guitar is wonderfully infectious, heaps ahead of groups like Rare Earth or Pacific Gas & Electric. Willy Finlayson left in 1969 being replaced by ex Embers / Three’s A Crowd Robert Smith. In 1973 Writing On The Wall followed up with two singles “Man Of Renown” and the folk rocking “Buffalo” and then broke up. Linnie Paterson joined Beggars Opera while Willy the fierce axeman featured with Meal Ticket, Bees Make Honey and sessions with Manfred Mann’s 1980 Chance.