Contributed track to compilation cassette

Ross, a former school teacher originally from Dundee , was the group’s frontman, penning the majority of Deacon Blue’s songs. He married vocalist Lorraine McIntosh in 1990. In 1986, the band contributed a track (“Take the Saints Away”) to a compilation cassette entitled “Honey at the Core”, featuring then up-and-coming Glasgow bands, including Wet Wet Wet , The Bluebells , Kevin McDermott , The Big Dish , and Hue and Cry .