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Jim Johnstone Scottish Dance Band

For the very best in traditional music, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. We treat you to a great archive session from Jim Johnstone and his Scottish Dance Band.

For the very best in traditional music, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. We treat you to a great archive session from Jim Johnstone and his Scottish Dance Band. Recorded in Edinburgh in 1994, Gary chats to Marie Fielding who played fiddle for the session about her memories of the night. Plus Gary's guest is Gaelic singer, children’s entertainer and TV presenter, Donnie 'Dotaman' MacLeod. He picks some of his favourite tracks and chats to Gary about his varied career in TV and music.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Playlist

Jim Johnstone Scottish Dance Band
Jim Johnstone Lead Accordion
Marie Fielding Fiddle
Ian Hutson Second Accordion
Gordon Robertson Drums
John Sinton Bass
Bill Hendry Piano

TITLE: Kate Dalrymple
ARTIST: Jim Johnstone Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Canadian Barn Dance
a) John Carmichael’s Farewell to Scotland
b) Leaving Glen Urquart
ARTIST: Jim Johnstone Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Gay Gordons
a) Master Alastair Cunningham Weir
b) Bobby Brown’s Welcome To Scotland
ARTIST: Jim Johnstone Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Hamilton House
a) The Original [Niel Gow]
b) Jeannie’s Blue E’en [Trad]
c) The Steam Boat [Trad]
d) The Corner House Jig [Trad]
ARTIST: Jim Johnstone Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: Waltz
a) The Trowie Burn [Trad]
b) Mary
c) Ronas Voe
d) Sunset Over Foula
ARTIST: Jim Johnstone Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: The Reel of the 51st Division
a) The Drunken Piper
b) Mount Stuart House
c) Dr Robertson [Angus Fitchet]
d) Deveron Reel [Neil Grant]
ARTIST: Jim Johnstone Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: Military Two Step
a) Liberty Bell [Philip Sousa]
ARTIST: Jim Johnstone Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Bonnie Anne
a) Glendaruel Highlanders
ARTIST: Jim Johnstone Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Strip The Willow - Irish Jigs
a) Saddle the Pony [Trad]
b) Willie Walsh’s Jig [Trad]
c) Tell Her I Am [Trad]
d) The Tenpenny Bit [Trad]
ARTIST: Jim Johnstone Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Medley
a) O A’ The Airts [William Marshall]
b) Jim Malloy of Tobermory [Marie Fielding]
c) Miss Lyall
d) The Mitchells of Stryn [Marie Fielding]
e) Jig of Slurs
ARTIST: Jim Johnstone Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: 6/8 Marches
a) Captain Craig Brown
b) Ballochyle [Peter Macleod]
ARTIST: Jim Johnstone Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Strathspey and Reel
a) The Laird o Drumblair [J. Scott Skinner] 
b) Reel of Tulloch [Keith Norman MacDonald] 
ARTIST: Jim Johnstone Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Dashing White Sergeant
a) Fitful Head [Trad]
b) Miss Susan Cooper [Ronnie Cooper]
c) The Dawn Hornpipe
d) Jack’s Delight [Trad]
ARTIST: Jim Johnstone Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: The Lads That Were Reared Amang Heather
TRK: 12
ARTIST: Robyn Stapleton
CD: Fickle Fortune
LABEL/CAT NR: Laverock Records - LAVE001CD

TITLE: Strip The Willow
The Hens March / Cork Hill / The Jig of Slurs / Kenny Gilles of Portnalong
TRK: 11
ARTIST: Matthew MacLennan Scottish Dance Band
CD: Traditionally Inspired
LABEL/CAT NR: MDM001

TITLE: Granny's Heilan' Hame
TRK: 13
ARTIST: Calum Kennedy
CD: The King of the Highlands
LABEL/CAT NR: Ythan Music Trust - LEGACY22CD

TITLE: Ross’s Set
Iain Angus Douglas’s Welcome to the Big Wide Workd / The Flaggon / Ash City
TRK: 9
ARTIST: TMSA Young Trad Tour 2019 Led by Ross Miller
CD: TMSA Young Trad Tour 2019
LABEL/CAT NR: TMSA19

TITLE: Canan Nan Gaidheal
TRK: 9
ARTIST: Na H-Oganaich
CD: Gun Stad
LABEL/CAT NR: Macmeanmna SKYECD53

TITLE: Strathspey & Reels
Arniston Castle, Thomson's Dirk & Mrs MacPherson of Inveran
TRK: S2 B7
ARTIST: John Carmichael
LP: Tears The Tartan
LABEL/CAT NR: SHLP7005 

TITLE: An Eala Bhan – The White Swan
ARTIST: Calum Kennedy
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: Alasdair Uilleim’s:
Captain Horne / Munlochy Bridge / Him Bò Hogaidh Ò......
TRK: 3
ARTIST: Beinn Lee
CD: Osgarra
LABEL/CAT NR: Beinn Lee BL18

TITLE: Reels
The Drunken Piper / Far From Home / Jackson’s Number Two / Reevie’s Number Nine
TRK: 11
ARTIST: Iain Anderson Scottish Dance Band
CD: Stanley Ceilidh Vol 1
LABEL/CAT NR: Conisby Music – CONISB02

Broadcast

  • Sat 7 Aug 202119:00