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...to the September issue of Box & Fiddle The magazine for Scottish music enthusiasts
Editor • Pia Walker 7 Tarvit Gardens Cupar, Fife, KY15 5BT Tel: 01334 657 850 Mob: 07715 115 489 editor@boxandfiddle.com Designer • Marie Irvine mamidesigns@hotmail.com Section icons by: FlatIcon
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NAAFC Chairman • Nicol McLaren 9 Sheila Road, Blairgowrie Perthshire, PH10 6RP Tel: 01250 874 526 nicol@boxandfiddle.com Vice Chairman • Iain Cathcart Tel: 01555 661 017 iain@boxandfiddle.com Secretary • Lorna Mair 7 Lathro Lane, Kinross KY13 8RX lorna@boxandfiddle.com Treasurer • Willie Johnstone treasurer@boxandfiddle.com Executive Committee: David Cunningham Charlie Kirkpatrick Susan MacFadyen Margo Maclennan Tom Orr Richard Ross
AND welcome to a new season, hopefully with lots of music throughout the land. This is going to be the 40th year for Box & Fiddle Magazine, and I hope you will celebrate with us. If you have any short, amusing anecdotes, please send them in. I have just been told a tale about a band leader (no names) who was certain he had Pia Walker, Editor 50 miles in his tank after the little red light came on, before he ran out of petrol, resulting in a spluttering stop 10 miles outside Perth at 3 am. While waiting for the AA, picture the drummer doing press-ups or hand stands in the middle of the road! They then had to go back to Perth for petrol, before going home as the AA-man only had a trickle of petrol with him. Has something like that happened to you? (Do remember it is a family magazine) ☺ For you musicians out there, why not write in about the gig you most value and why it remains such a big thing for you. It’s soon going to be the Trad Awards again. I got hold of a copy of Nicol’s AGM speech. In this he is asking you to nominate and vote in Hands up for Trad. We want everyone to know how important Scottish dance music is and the best way to do this is by showing that a lot of people care, so as he says, Vote! Vote! Vote! We have a new club starting this month – All the Best, Clydesdale – and we are still trying to find a suitable venue here in Cupar and area for another new club, a venue that ticks all the boxes. Someone wrote in and asked me how a club was started. I think first of all get a group together to discuss the format of the club. The meeting we held in May here Cupar certainly came up with some great ideas to work from. Finally do also put the 2 October festivals in your diary, Shetland in the beginning of October and Perth towards the end, always a good way of meeting like-minded new and old friends. Let’s start the music and …
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News Open Day at Gretna Accordion & Fiddle Club; A tribute poem to Bill Black; Variety concert in Montrose; Letters
NAAFC Chairman’s Report 2016 By Nicol McLaren
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Centre Stage
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Festivals
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Club News
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Club Diary
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Dance Diary
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Reviews
We chat to Cecil Hughson
Falkland Traditional Music Festival 2016; Angus Accordion & Fiddle Festival
Reporters Club reports hints and tips
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The latest news from our clubs
You are never too old to go Clubbing!
Find the nearest dances and ceilidhs
Border Mixture Two; His Master’s Moothie; The Long Journey Home; Leonard Brown & His Band; Accordion Anthology
Take the Floor Sheet Music John Crawford’s Waltz by Brandon McPhee
All articles, adverts, club reports and text for the magazine must be e-mailed to the editor by the 5th of every month at the latest. Copy received after this date cannot be guaranteed to feature in the next issue.
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Open Day at Gretna Accordion & Fiddle Club The new Committee of the above club held an open day in The Solway Lodge Hotel, Gretna, on Sunday afternoon 31st July. The new premises proved to be very comfortable, but very hot due to the capacity audience, and many people took advantage of the hotel’s great reputation for meals. A large audience was very well entertained by accordionists Deryn & Robin, Norman Swainson, Jock Fraser, Kenny White, Les Hurst, Newby Park, Janet Graham, Richard Brown, David Bell and Andy Philip who, luckily for us, was visiting the area! We were also delighted to have three fiddlers, namely Roddy Matthews, Robert Dalgleish and Charlie Carr. Another instrument was the whistle, played very well by Wullie Little and also bagpipes in the capable hands of a very smartly dressed Iain Bell. Accompanying the players was Rosalind Snaith on keyboard and drummers Graham Woods and
Here at the Traditional Music Forum we are undertaking a census of involvement in traditional music in Scotland. In 2012 we gathered information from about 20 member organisations and discovered that over 9000 people of all ages were learning traditional music. Since then no other comprehensive data has been gathered so we thought it was time to rectify this. For the first stage we wish to capture how many people are learning traditional music in community settings e.g. in fiddle workshops, summer/holiday schools, Feisean, weekly classes etc., and also where this happening in the country. Can you help by either completing this survey and/or sending it around the clubs in your network? Here is the link to fill in
Jock Thompson. A huge thankyou to everyone who took part. We hope, when the new season starts at 7pm on Sunday 4th September with the superb Iain MacPhail as guest, we’ll have the same great support from both players and audience.
the survey: www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/239Q2LL It is just 10 questions and should be straightforward to complete. We are looking to capture involvement over the time period Autumn 2015 - Autumn 2016. If you are still to run a summer or October week event, please keep this to hand and fill in after you have had the event. If you are running an Easter holiday event or a term based activity then please fill in the numbers taking part over this ‘season’. If we can capture the extent and range of involvement we can use the information in lots of ways: To showcase how important traditional music is, how embedded in communities it is, how it is funded (or not) and where there might be gaps. This could be quite powerful information.
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NAAFC Chairman’s Report 2016 Nicol McLaren, NAAFC Chairman
Trad Awards
The 2015 MG Alba Scottish Traditional Music Awards were held in Dundee on 5th December and was again broadcast live by BBC Alba. Inductee to the Hall of Fame from “our side” was Angus Fitchet. The NAAFC once again sponsored the Scottish Dance Band of the Year. Finalists this year were Iain Cathcart, Alan Crookston, Simon Howie and The Full Scottish and won by Simon Howie. Clubs were well represented with both Haddington and Orkney (Winners) in the shortlist for Club of the Year. Tom Orr was nominated for Instrumentalist of the Year, Marie Fielding for Composer of the Year and our own Box and Fiddle was nominated for the Trad Music in the Media Award. Again, the category SDB of the year, had the fewest number of votes cast of all the categories. With this in mind, can I ask all of you to take this back to your clubs and ask them to Vote, Vote, Vote? Please!
Box and Fiddle
After last year’s success in the reform of the Box and Fiddle, consolidation was the initial aim. But with great drive and enthusiasm from Pia and Marie, we have, for the first time in many years, returned a profit for the full 12
month’s production. We have a few ideas to run past you all as to how we can continue to increase demand and the incentive to sell more! So watch this space.
Festival
This year’s festival – the 42nd - at Inchyra Grange was, again, a great day. However, sheer lack of numbers has resulted in a significant loss financially. The festival committee are currently working on ideas and plans to resolve the situation.
NAAFC Golf
On a much lighter note we held our 6th NAAFC Golf day at Dunblane Golf Club on Sunday 5th June. 23 golfers, including 6 first-timers along with 6 Caddies participated and competed for the Billy Thom Memorial Trophy and the winner was: Richard Ross. A great day and evening of superb music! Finally, Can I thank the entire committee for their hard work and frank opinions throughout the year, and in particular today to Charlie Kirkpatrick for all his work in organising today, and especially to Susan, who is stepping down from the Secretary’s position today after 4 years of keeping me right! l
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What is your most cherished childhood memory? Growing up in West Yell and visiting all the old people living close by.
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Who was a big influence in your life and/or your music? My mother never missed the Scottish dance music every Saturday night. What was your first job? School teacher. What was the first time you performed in public? At our school concerts. What do you appreciate most in life? My family’s good health. What is your greatest indulgence? Single Malt Whisky. What is your abiding musical memory? Winning the Trad. Awards Best Dance Band in 2004 and 2014.
Cecil Hughson Bass player with Shetland Band Da Fustra since their beginnings. Proprietor of the camera shop in Lerwick.
What makes you angry, annoyed or short tempered?
What are your worst fears? A member of my family having poor health.
People with no musical abilities
What are the best places in the world you have visited? Las Vegas and the Canaries.
What is your favourite location in
What is your favourite musical venue? A good night at the Shetland accordion club in the Shetland Hotel.
If you had to leave, what would
How would you like to be remembered? For keeping Da Fustra going for nearly 50 years.
then thinking they can play a bodhran!
Scotland? Shetland.
you miss and what would you be glad to see the back of? I would miss my friends, but not cold, windy winters. If your house was on fire what item would you save? Family photos.
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Who are your heroes and why? All the famous players like Iain MacPhail, Jim Johnstone, Jimmy Shand, Willie Hunter, Rudy Meeks and Bryan Gear have given me so much musical pleasure during my life. The Scottish Dance Music scene? your thoughts and hopes: The great old players are being well replaced with great young players. I hope James Leask keeps Da Fustra going for a very long time. What 5 people would you invite to your dream dinner party? My band who are Alan Gifford, Kevin Gifford, James Leask and Derek Hendry plus I would add our friend Iain MacPhail. My wife Sheila would want to add her favourite accordion player Sandy Nixon and her friend and favourite fiddle player Rudy Meeks. Your 1,2,3 of favourite tunes/ songs? In no particular order: The Hughsons of Sandwick (Iain MacPhail), The Glen Mavis Two-step (Sandy Nixon) and Cecil’s Forty Years (Brian Morrison). What an honour to have these fantastic tunes written for me and Sheila. Today I will Eat: Shetland mutton Drink: Malt whisky Read: The Sunday Post Visit: My mother and my motherin-law Watch: Football on TV
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Festivals Falkland Traditional Music Festival 2016
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nother festival has come and gone and what a great weekend of music it was! The festival opened with its annual ceilidh on Friday night, led by Freeland Barbour and The Occasionals including Kevin Macleod, Malcolm Jones and Alison Smith. Their music was as good as ever and the dance floor was full all night! Visitors from as far and wide as France and South America were able to experience a genuinely traditional evening of music and dance. Festival guests Paul Anderson, Shona Donaldson and Geordie Murison also performed. Saturday afternoon saw the Instrumental and Singing competitions. The Instrumental competitions were judged by Paul Anderson and Fife’s own Colin Dewar. Despite only a small number of entrants, the quality was very high. This year’s winners included Catherine Speight, Bryony Baxter and Brian & India Smith. Some of our prize-winners also took part in our evening concert, something we always encourage them to do to be able to gain confidence in performing on stage. Saturday afternoon also saw some great sessions in the pubs in Falkland. A small but lively session got going in The Bruce Inn, led by Gary Sutherland who was joined by Jim Broon, Alf Hunter and Ken Orrock amongst others. A bigger
session took place in The Stag Inn with a wide variety of instruments including guitars, banjos, fiddles, melodeons and even a harp! The Saturday evening session in The Bruce Inn was again of a very high standard. Predominantly a singing session, there was a good mix of songs and tunes to provide a balanced evening. Workshops throughout the weekend were well attended with Brian Miller leading a workshop on guitar accompaniment, while Paul Anderson led a fiddle masterclass. Both musicians brought a wealth of knowledge and experience which they generously passed on to the many visitors, both participating and listening. The Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon concerts were a great chance to hear all the festival guests with a wide selection of songs and tunes and we always feel very lucky to have some of Scotland’s finest singers and musicians as our guests. This year our Sunday concert featured a guest spot from some of the members of the Windygates Buttons & Bows playing many fine tunes, even some well-known songs and raising the roof! Falkland Traditional Music Festival continues to be the small and intimate festival as established
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Club News Just remember to seek permission to publish the photos and tell us the name of the photographers.
To ensure a more readable section, please only send in max 250-300 words. A photo tells a better story, so add one or two of those too. Why not of your audience?Information in Club News helps attract visitors to your club, so make sure your club sounds like the place we want to go to.
ANNAN ST ANDREW The guest band for July was the Jimmy Lindsay Scottish Dance Band, comprising Jimmy Lindsay on lead accordion, his son Sandy on second accordion and Billy Porter on drums. Jimmy resides at Almuree in Perthshire, whilst Sandy lives in Pitlochry. They are both accomplished musicians and play three-row button-key accordions with impeccable timing, and like all good buttonkey players, they give the music tremendous ‘lift’. They began by playing for a selection of dances. The local players, accompanied by Ian Wilson and Fiona Paul on keyboard and Ian Riddet and Billy Porter on drums were: Kenny White from Rigg who played several tunes on piano accordion including Agnes Waltz; Bill McMinn from Lockerbie played Londonderry Air on a two-row melodeon; Fiona Paul from Carnwath, a very gifted musician, played several pieces of music on piano accordion including Gallowa’ Hills’; Kenny Jackson from Stonehouse played several well-known tunes on piano accordion. Kenny was recently honoured by the National
Enthralled capacity audience at Arbroath for Leonard Brown
Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs as ‘Club Supporter of the Year’; Norman Swainston from Wigton played piano accordion; Newby Park from Carlisle played several popular tunes on an aged piano accordion; Willie Little from Dumfries played several tunes on whistle including Edith’s Waltz; Les Hurst from Carlisle played for a Boston Two Step on piano accordion; David Bell from Carlisle played for a Festival Glide on piano accordion; John Waugh from Carlisle played piano accordion. Amongst the tunes played was the marvellous composition Robbie Shepherd MBE. The guest band then returned and played for further dancing.
ARBROATH A full house was welcomed by our Chairman, Tony Simpson. No time was wasted and our local players all supplied us with some great tunes. On accordions were Margaret Patullo, John Hart, John White, David Fairbairn, Alan Petrie, John Davidson, Barbara and Ewan Archibald, Eric Davidson, Arthur Wood and Cora Wilson. Dave Smith was the only fiddler and on drums respectively were Avril Abbott and Malcolm Ross. Tony Simpson, Bill Ford, John White and Liam Stewart accompanied the various groups on keyboard. Our guest artist, Leonard Brown, surprised the
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Club Diary September 2016 DATE
CLUB
GUEST ARTISTE
VENUE
TIME
CONTACT
1
Crieff
Ronnie Easton and friends
Crieff Hotel, Crieff PH7 3HY
8.00 pm
Irene Anderson 01764 654 298
1
Lewis and Harris
Tony Kearney
Caladh Inn, Stornoway HS1 2QN
8.00 pm
Janette MacIver 01851 704 870
1
Rothbury
Nicol McLaren and the Glencraig SDB
Queens Head Hotel, Rothbury NE65 7SR
7.30 pm
Mary Davidson 01668 281 307
1
Turriff
Luke Brady Trio
Commercial Hotel, Cuminestown AB53 5WJ
7.30 pm
Pat Steele 01888 562 486
4
Arbroath
Nicol McLaren
Arbroath Artisan Golf Club, Elliot, By Arbroath DD11 2PE (Doors open at 7.30pm)
8.00pm
Tony Simpson 01241 875 326
4
Clydesdale
Nicol McLaren & The Glencraig SDB & The Alasdair MacCuish Band (Grand Opening)
St Mary’s Club Rooms, 70 Bannatyne Street, Lanark ML11 7JS
2.00 pm
Shirley Cathcart 01555 661 017
4
Gretna
Iain MacPhail Band
The Solway Lodge Hotel, Gretna DG16 5DN
7.00 pm
Robin Waitt 01387 371 423
5
Thurso
Tony Kearney
Pentland Hotel, Thurso KW14 7AA
7.30 pm
Ian Wright 01847 892 050
6
Campsie
Glencraig SDB
Glazert Country House Hotel, Lennoxtown G66 7DJ
7.30 pm
Billy Hutton 07889 021 972
6
Islesteps
Alan Gardiner Qrt.
Locharbriggs Social Club, Locharbriggs DG1 1XS
7.30 pm
Ian Gray 01387 760 276
6
North East
Tony Kearney
Royal British Legion, Keith AB55 5EN
7.30 pm
Mrs Petrie 01542 860 246
6
Seghill
Club Night (Visitors welcome)
Seghill Comrades Club, Cramlington NE23 7TQ
7.00 pm
James Youngson 01670 356 410
7
Dingwall
Brandon McPhee Trio
National Hotel, Dingwall IV15 9HA
7.30 pm
Elspeth Weir 01349 877 675
7
Glenfarg
Robert Whitehead Trio
Glenfarg Village Hall, Glenfarg PH2 9NU
8.00 pm
Russell Robertson 01577 830 642
7
Langholm
Gordon Gunn
British Legion, Langholm DG13 0DN
7.30 pm
Adam Grant 01387 371 423/ 01387 381 305
7
Montrose
Tony Kearney
Park Hotel, Montrose DD10 8RJ
7.30 pm
Ron Ramsay 01241 879 487
7
Orkney
Club Night (Visitors welcome)
The Reel, Kirkwall KW15 1KD
7.30 pm
Jim Marwick 01856 874 474
8
Button-Key (Windygates)
Tony Kearney
The Greig Institute, Windygates KY8 5DG
7.00 pm
Mary Cook 01592 713 687
8
Carlisle
Rosemary Wright
St Margaret Mary’s Social Club, Carlisle CA2 4JX
7.30 pm
Alison Davies 01228 675 505
13
Blairgowrie
Ian Thomson SDB
Red House Hotel, Coupar Angus PH13 9AL
7.45 pm
Helen Aitchison 01821 670 302
13
Dunfermline
Adin Graham Band
Sportsman Bar, Rosyth KY11 2NX
7.30 pm
Mr Bob Adam 01383 306 142
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Seghill
Club Night (Visitors welcome)
Seghill Comrades Club, Cramlington NE23 7TQ
7.00 pm
James Youngson 01670 356 410
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Alnwick
Iain MacPhail and his Band (40th Anniversary)
The Farriers Arms, Alnwick NE66 2XX
7.30 pm
Leonard Brown 07758 723 355
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Dance Diary
View the Scottish Country Dances online at www.dancediary.info/index.html Contact: ceilidh@dancediary.info Tel: 01389 767718 or send your entry to: Alasdair Graham, 1 First Avenue, Dumbarton G82 2PU
Ceilidh & Old Time Dances
Regular Weekly Events
DATE
TOWN
HALL
BAND
TIME
COST
CONTACT
COMMENTS
Mondays
Kirkwall
St Magnus Centre
Live Music
7.30-10pm
£4/£2
Door - All Welcome
01856 873 534
Wednesdays
Orkney Dance Assoc.
Garelochhead
Parish Church
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2pm-4pm
£2 (tea)
01436 671 089
Social Club
Glasgow
St Andrews in Square
Live Music
7.15 pm 9.30 pm
£5.50 Bar
Door (Tricia Matthews) 01324 716855
Ceilidh & Old Time Class
Bonnyrigg
Pitcairn Centre
Live Music
7.30-10 pm
£4
Door (Jennifer Johnstone)
Ceilidh & Old Time
Stornoway
Primary School
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7pm-9pm
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Janette Maciver 01851 704 870
Ceilidh & Old Term time only
Fridays
Stornoway
Primary School
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7.30 pm 9.30 pm
-
Janette Maciver 01851 704 870
Ceilidh & Old Time Term time only
Most Sundays
East Kilbride
Girl Guide Hall, Dundas Place
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7.30 -10pm
£2 (tea)
Door or tel : - 01355 230 134 or 245 052
Ceilidh & Old Time Club
Ceilidh & Old Time Dances
September 2016
DATE
TOWN
HALL
BAND
TIME
COST
CONTACT
COMMENTS
9
Foulden
Village Hall
Gordon Clark
8pm-12mn
£6 No bar
01289 386 400
Soft drinks sold
9
Bridge of Earn
The Institute
Kerr Barrack
8pm-11pm
£5 [No Bar]
07952 026 633
Pay at Door
9
Edinburgh
Masonic Club
Canongate Cadjers
8pm-11pm
£8
07815 741 699
Dances & Requests – EH7 4PB
9
Irvine
Volunteer Rooms
Roy Hendrie
7.30-11.30
£7 B.Y.O.B.
01292 316 815
Ayrshire Ceilidh Club
10
Canonbie
Village Hall
Neil Hardie
7.30-11.30
£6 B.Y.O.B.
07704 727 463
(own food)
10
North Kessock
Marine Park Hall
Garioch Blend
8pm-12mn
£5 Tea
01463 870 508
Social Dancers - B.Y.O.B.
10
Largoward
Village Hall
No Dancing Private Function
07961 437 615
KY9 1HZ
10
Kelso
Rugby Club
Bon Accords
7.30-11.30
£7 Bar
01573 224 300
Supper Available
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Glencarse
Village Hall
George Rennie
7.30-10pm
£3 [No Bar]
01738 552 688
Set & Couples Dances
11
Aberdeen
Ashdale Hall
Wayne Robertson
7.30-10pm
£4 at Door
01224 713 674
Blackburn Club Local Charities
17
East Kilbride
Calderwood Hall
Johnny Duncan
7.30-11.30
£6 tea/bisc.
01355 230 134
Highlanders Dance - BYOB
17
Daviot
Strathnairn Hall
Dave Husband
8pm-12mn
£6 BYOB
01540 651 377
Cairngorm Ceilidh dancers
17
Carrington
Village Hall
Ewan Galloway
7.30-11.30
£6
01875 830 333
Old Time Dances
17
Largoward
Village Hall
Lindsay Weir
8pm-11pm
£5 Tea
07961 437 615
Weekly Dance KY9 1HZ
18
Montrose
Park Hotel
Steven Carcary D.
2pm-5pm
£?
01241 879 487
A & F Club Sunday Ceilidh
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Reviews Border Mixture Two Donald Ridley DR020
Border Mixture Two is the second release from Donald Ridley and I have to say it’s every bit as good as his first album and a cracking good listen to boot. Donald is supported on the album by Jim Nichol and Roddy Matthews. Donald’s playing is extremely disciplined and technically accurate. You will not find Donald engaging in the overplayed act of trying to play tunes as fast as you can. That isn’t his style and the recording is very much the better for it. If good traditional Scottish music played with style and class is your thing then this new CD from Donald is definitely for you.
His Master’s Moothie Jake MacKay & Friends BRCD083
Just released on the Bryansroom label is this enchanting mouth organ CD from Jake MacKay and friends. Jake’s friends are Jack Delaney on accordion and Agnes Liddell on keyboard. Jake was born and brought up in Glen Aray, Inveraray and by his own admission has always been an ardent follower of Scottish dance music. Jake taught himself to play the ‘moothie’ after receiving one as a present and it would be fair to say Jake has taught himself well.
The album begins with Lynn’s Wedding, one of Donald’s own compositions and the harmony on this opening track is to die for. I’m a bit of sucker for great accordion harmonies, which for me adds musical colour and spice, so it ticked all my boxes from the start. Incidentally, Donald is quite a prolific composer, which is demonstrated by the fact that
Jake, along with keyboard player Agnes Liddell, regularly performs at many social gatherings and it was while playing at Inveraray Accordion and Fiddle Club (where Jake is also a committee member) that the seeds for this fine CD were sown. The recording has been well mixed and produced and one of the first things that strikes you on first listen is that Jake’s moothie is very much to the fore and isn’t overpowered by Jack’s accordion or by Agnes’s fine keyboard playing. Both Jack and Agnes’s sensitivity and touch throughout the recording complement Jake’s playing superbly and allow the
this album includes over twenty of Donald’s own compositions! It’s so refreshing to see accordion players writing and recording their own material, which in this case, makes Donald’s album all the more special. As you know, we have a wealth of great Scottish tunes, but sadly the perennial evergreen favourites have been done to death. I especially enjoyed the set Waltzes for Friends, which features four of Donald’s own compositions, namely Rev Andrew and Lizzie Longshaw, Mrs Joan Cartwright, Alison Rees and The Grand Old Gentleman. Other highlights include Andrew Rankine’s Compliments to Jimmy Clinkscale, John and Betty Robson’s Diamond Wedding and Alice Elisabeth Ritson. This is another fine album from Donald which I would highly recommend.
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John Crawford’s Waltz
Sheet Music