A MUSICAL legacy has been left by a Wallyford mum who died last year after a three-and-a-half year battle with cancer.

Angie Townsend sang vocals with rock band Seeing Red. And now her songwriting partner Steve Brown has re-released their album, with the help of some big names in the rock world – who have worked with the likes of Rush and Thin Lizzy – as a tribute to her.

The album, called Keep The Fire Burning, will be launched at Staggs Bar in Musselburgh on Sunday.

Angie formed Seeing Red with Steve, from Arisaig, near Mallaig, after they first met in Edinburgh in 1987.

After a few years of success, they went their separate ways, only to meet up again in 2011 thanks to social media.

But their dreams were to be shattered just weeks after their reunion concert in March 2012 when Angie was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer.

In her final year, she wrote and recorded an album of songs called Butterfly with 50-year-old Steve to celebrate life and love. She passed away in January 2016, at the age of 49.

The original Seeing Red album was titled TV Degeneration and was recorded in 1992 with producer Ian Beveridge who went on to work with rock legends Nirvana and is now with Foo Fighters.

Steve said Angie’s “powerful voice” gave Seeing Red a “unique style”.

The re-issued album has six bonus tracks – all remastered by producer Terry Brown, who has worked with Canadian rock legends Rush. The album artwork was commissioned from Rodney Matthews, a world-renowned sci-fi/fantasy artist who has created album covers for Nazareth and Thin Lizzy.

Steve said: “When we brought out the album in 1992, we simply didn’t have the budget to give it the production and presentation that the songs deserved. Now, with new technology, social media and connections I’ve made over the years, I’m able to bring those recordings into the 21st century and showcase Angie’s voice and songwriting skills in the best way.”

He took the mastertapes to Toronto in September and worked with Terry and his studio engineer Peter Moore, who won a Grammy Award in 2015 for remastering Bob Dylan’s The Basement Tapes.

Angie was a professional storyteller and member of Musselburgh Hot Pot, a group of poets, musicians and storytellers who met monthly at Staggs.

Sunday’s launch event at Staggs is 1-5pm.

Members of Seeing Red will be there to sign copies of the album and chat about Angie and the band. Angie’s daughters Ceri-Ann, 15, and Bethan, who turns 18 the day after the launch, will sing two songs from the album, with Steve on acoustic guitar.

The teenagers, who attend St David’s High School in Dalkeith, were involved in its musical and played in the percussion ensemble and rock band at its Christmas and summer concerts. They also performed with the Midlothian Percussion Ensemble and Midlothian Schools Choir at a concert in the Usher Hall in Edinburgh on November 17 last year, which would have been their mum’s 50th birthday. Steve and his wife Catherine joined Angie’s husband Chris, her mum Ann and sister Katrina in the audience that night.

Steve said: “It was a truly magical evening, to sit in one of the most iconic music venues in the world and watch Angie’s daughters shine. They’ve certainly inherited their mother’s talent and ambition. I know Angie would have been incredibly proud and a wee bit jealous to play on such a stage! She saw them perform there in 2015.”

Keep The Fire Burning is only available via www.seeingredrocks.com and will initially be released on double red vinyl with CD. This is limited to 500 copies and will be on sale at Staggs on Sunday along with live DVDs. The event is free, all welcome.