Suedeheads wore brogues, loafers or Basketweave Norwegians instead of heavy boots. Ghillie brogues are thick-soled welted rand shoes. Ghillies, or ghillie brogues, are a modern development of the brogue used by highlanders. Those Albanian speakers wore the Kamisa shirt and kilt, while Greek speakers wore woolen brogues. Camel-hair brushes and waxy tins wait to buff scuffs on boots and brogues. The group's name, the Brogues, was chosen to represent "American music with a British accent". It was with the Brogues that he adopted the stage name Gary Duncan. However, contemporary descriptions of the original brogues do not mention such holes. The Brogues were an American garage rock band formed in Merced, California, in 1964.