27/09/2014
Join Robbie Shepherd for a session from Alan Crookston and his Scottish dance band.
Join Robbie Shepherd for a show packed with the very best in traditional music and song. This weekend's dance music session comes from Alan Crookston and his Scottish Dance Band. Robbie looks back at the career of dance devisor John Drewry. We also share some listener's favourite recordings and the latest sounds from CD.
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TITLE: Kate Dalrymple
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Gay Gordons
a) Sands of Lochbee [John MacDonald ]
b) Captain Norman Orr Ewing [PM W Ross]
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Flying Scotsman
a) Neil Gow’s Farwell to Whisky [Neil Gow)
b) Alison’s Reel [Keith Dickson]
c) Mrs Norman Mckegan [Dan R Macdonald]
d) The Whistling Drummer [Alan Crookston]
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Eva Three Step
a) Auld Adam [Trad]
b) Major John Mclennan [G S MacLennan]
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Pride of Erin
a) Mary of Dungloe [Padraig MacCumhail]
b) Native Town Drumlish [Declan Nerney]
c) On Raglan Road [Patrick Kavanagh]
d) Sweet Londonderry on the Banks of the Foyle [Trad]
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Posties Jig
a) Mrs MacPherson of Cluny [Joseph Lowe]
b) Ness Bothan [Fergie McDonald]
c) Pet o the Pipers [Trad]
d) Banks of The Allen [Trad]
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Canadian Barn Dance
a) Laura McColl of Benderloch [Fergie McDonald]
b) The Centenary Jewel [Phil Cunningham]
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Mississippi Dip
a) The Great Escape [Elmer Bernstein]
b) Dambusters March [Eric Coates]
c) Men of Harlech [Trad]
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Gaelic Waltz
a) Eilidh [John Bannerman]
b) White Sands of Morar [Alan Crookston]
c) My Mother [Trad]
d) The Mavis Wood [Trad]
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Circassian Circle
a) Original
b) Derek’s Wonky Keyboard [Michael Philp]
c) Miss Jane of Violet Bank [Max Houliston]
d) George and Eileen Hunter [Alasdair McCuish]
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: TITLE: Band Leaders Choice
a) Sarahs Song [Phil Cunningham]
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Highland Scottische
a) Hebridean Waulking Song [Trad]
b) Mhoulin Dhu [Trad]
c) Fear A Phige
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Orcadian Strip the Willow
a) Intro Sweet Caroline [Neil Diamond]
b) Boys From Ballymote [Trad]
c) Liam Stewart of Galston [Alan Crookston]
d) Drunken Fumbling Fingers [Sandy Brechin]
e) Gary’s Nom Noms [Alan Crookston]
ARTIST: Alan Crookston Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Reels
Darley’s / Bogan Nua
TRK: 1
ARTIST: Sean Leahy and Jeremy Spencer
CD: Entanglement
LABEL/CAT NR: SL033
TITLE: Rothesay Bay
TRK: 17
ARTIST: Robert Wilson
CD: The Very Best of Robert Wilson
LABEL/CAT NR: EMI – 7243 8 35430 2 1
TITLE: Monica’s Way
Back To Your Roots / Nimble Finger / Archie Duncan / Coldside Jig
TRK: 4
ARTIST: Susan MacFadyen and Her Scottish Dance Band
CD: Book 48 RSCDS
LABEL/CAT NR: RSCDS CD077
TITLE: Jock Hawks Adventures in Glasgow
TRK: 10
ARTIST: Fiona Hunter
CD: Fiona Hunter
LABEL/CAT NR: Rusty Squash Horn Records - RSH004CD
TITLE: The Silver Tassie
Lady Charlotte Campbell / The Duchess of Manchester’s New Strathspey
/ Lady Lucy Ramsay / Lady Bromes Strathspey
TRK: 2
ARTIST: Keith Smith & Muriel Johnstone
CD: Silver Tassie
LABEL/CAT NR: SSCD20
TITLE: The Quincentenary Jig
The Frasers of Oban / Fiona’s Dance Diaries / The Stroopie Brae
/ Dave Ford’s Jig / Cunningsburgh Lasses
TRK: 7
ARTIST: Gordon Shand Scottish Dance Band
CD: Dancing Forth
LABEL/CAT NR: CD001
TITLE: John of Bon Accord
John of Bon Accord / The Shetland Fiddler / Bill Meikle’s Reel /
The Mooncoin Reel
TRK: 3
ARTIST: Bobby Crowe Scottish Dance Band
CD: Scottish Dance Favourites Vol 3
LABEL/CAT NR: RSCDS CD 5
TITLE: Cattle Cross The Cockle Strand
TRK: 13
ARTIST: Alasdair Gillies
CD: Island Heritage
LABEL/CAT NR: Alba Music – HRCD101
TITLE: Medley
Untitled Bridal March / The Peelers and The Goat / The Corner House
TRK: 2
ARTIST: Sean Leahy and Jeremy Spencer
CD: Entanglement
LABEL/CAT NR: SL033
TITLE: Highland Cathedral
TRK: 1
ARTIST: The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
CD: Highland Cathedral
LABEL/CAT NR: Scotdisc – CDITV642
TITLE: The Tri-Mariner
The Wonder Hornpipe / The West-End Hornpipe /
Fay’s Hornpipe / Harvest Home
TRK: 8
ARTIST: Susan MacFadyen and Her Scottish Dance Band
CD: Book 48 RSCDS
LABEL/CAT NR: RSCDS CD077Broadcasts
- Sat 27 Sep 201419:06BBC Radio Scotland
- Sun 28 Sep 201413:05BBC Radio Scotland except Extra
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