The Bill Hendry Scottish Dance Band
For the very best in traditional music and song, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. This week we treat you to a session from 1979 featuring The Bill Hendry Scottish Dance Band.
For the very best in traditional music and song, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. This week we treat you to a session from 1979 from The Bill Hendry Scottish Dance Band. We have a feature session from fiddler Archie McAllister and pianist Craig Paton and we also feature some home recordings sent in by listeners and tracks requested by you.
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BILL HENDRY SCOTTISH DANCE BAND
David Cunningham First Accordion
Sandy Nixon Second Accordion
Frank Robb Fiddle
Weem Skinner Bass
George Bothe Drums
Bill Hendry Piano
TITLE: Kate Dalrymple
ARTIST: James Coutts Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Gay Gordons
a) The 2nd Battalion Rhodesian Regiment
b) Leaving Port Askaig
ARTIST: Bill Hendry Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: My Love She’s But A Lassie Yet
a) The Original
b) The Persian Dance
c) Willie was a Wanton Boy
d) Miss Mary Douglas
ARTIST: Bill Hendry Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Toddlen Hame
a) The Island of Mull
b) Christie MacLeod [Jim Johnstone]
c) Stoneypath Tower [Jim Johnstone]
d) The Corner House Jig [Andrew Rankine]
ARTIST: Bill Hendry Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Miss Devon’s Reel – Strathspey
a) Mrs Hoot’s Strathspey
b) Duncan Davidson
c) John McAlpine
ARTIST: Bill Hendry Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Band Leaders Choice Number One
a) Mussette Waltz
ARTIST: Bill Hendry Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Irish Jigs
a) The Blackthorn Stick [Trad]
b) Biddy of Sligo [Trad]
c) Paddy The Piper [Trad]
d) Rakes of Kildare [Trad]
e) An Irish Lilt [Trad]
ARTIST: Bill Hendry Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: La Tempete
a) La Tempete
b) Hebridean Milking Song
c) Dancing The Baby
d) The Black Boy
ARTIST: Bill Hendry Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Waltzes
a) Lucy’s Flitting
b) The Marrit Man’s Lament
c) The Cottage where Burns was Born
ARTIST: Bill Hendry Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: The Braes of Mellinish
a) Major Graham
b) The Banks of Clyde
c) Lady Carmichael
ARTIST: Bill Hendry Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Scottish Reform
a) The Original [Trad]
b) Davie’s Brae [Jim Johnstone]
c) Tam’s Hunting Horn [Ian Munro]
d) The Seafield Jig [Hebbie Gray]
ARTIST: Bill Hendry Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: The Flowers of Edinburgh
a) The Original
b) Old Bog Hole
c) Paddy on the Railroad
d) Willie Davie
ARTIST: Bill Hendry Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Band Leader Choice Number Two
a) Dantesque
ARTIST: Bill Hendry Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: The Wild Geese
a) Mrs MacPherson of Cluny
b) Kinloch of Kinloch
c) Cavehill
d) Heatherhills
ARTIST: Bill Hendry Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Mairi’s Wedding
a) The Original
b) Bratach Bana [Trad]
c) Market Chorus [Trad]
d) Blooms of Bon Accord [Trad]
e) The Peat Fire Flame [Trad]
ARTIST: Bill Hendry Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Golden Golden
TRK: 13
ARTIST: Silly Wizard
CD: Live Again
LABEL/CAT NR: Birnam - BCD619
TITLE: Good Time Old Time
TRK: 2
ARTIST: We Banjo 3
CD: String Theory
LABEL/CAT NR: We Banjo 3 - WB3CD004
TITLE: The Dark Island
ARTIST: Emily Morrison
Home Recording for Take The Floor
TITLE: Gay Gordons
a) Captain Norman Orr Ewing [P M W Ross]
b) The Troops March [C Finlayson]
c) Captain Cameron's volunteers [W marshall]
ARTIST: The Clyde Valley Ceilidh Band
Home Recording for Take The Floor
TITLE: March, Strathspey and Reel
a) Mrs John MacColl [John MacColl]
b) Maggie Cameron [Trad]
c) John Morrison of Assynt House [P R McLeod]
ARTIST: Archie McAllister and Craig Paton
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Irish Reels
a) Donegal Tinker [Trad]
b) Gravel Walk [Trad]
c) Reel of Rio [Trad]
d) Humours of Tulla [Trad]
ARTIST: Archie McAllister and Craig Paton
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Gaelic Sea
a) Gaelic Sea [Archie McAllister]
b) The Rhinns of Islay [Archie McAllister]
c) Round The West [Archie McAllister]
ARTIST: Archie McAllister and Craig Paton
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Air
a) John Waynes Landry’s Farewell
ARTIST: Archie McAllister and Craig Paton
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Jigs
a) Jim McAllister [Calum McLean]
b) Barbara Emslie [Ian Burns]
c) Just a Jig [Robert Black]
d) Diddly I Pod [Sharon Shannon]
ARTIST: Archie McAllister and Craig Paton
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Reels
a) Swallow Tail
b) All Around The Room
c) High Road to Linton
d) Boys of Ballysadare
e) Sean McGuire
f) Fairy Dance
ARTIST: Archie McAllister and Craig Paton
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Le Joyeux Suisse
TRK: 12
ARTIST: Ian Holmes
CD: Ian in Switzerland
LABEL/CAT NR:
TITLE: The Ewe Bughts
TRK: 8
ARTIST: Maggie MacInnes
CD: Peaceful Ground
LABEL/CAT NR: Marram Music - Marcd02
TITLE: Sandy's New Chanter / The Egg And The Fiddle / Duncan Johnstone / The Tourist
TRK: 6
ARTIST: Marian Anderson's Scottish Dance Band
CD: St Bernard's Waltz
LABEL/CAT NR: Highlander Music 102
Broadcast
- Sat 5 Sep 202019:00BBC Radio Scotland except Extra
