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John Carmichael Band - Riverside Club Glasgow 1994

For the very best in traditional music, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. We treat you to a fantastic band session from John Carmichael, this from 1994.

For the very best in traditional music, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. We treat you to a recording from John Carmichael and his Band from 1994, which was recorded at the Riverside Club in Glasgow and also featured the talents of Tom Laurie and Billy McGuire. And we take you right up to date, as we bring you the band competition from The National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs recent Festival.

1 hour, 55 minutes

John Carmichael Scottish Dance Band

John Carmichael Lead Accordion
Charlie Cowie Fiddle
Duncan Findlay Guitar
John Crawford keyboard
John Sinton Bass
Billy Thom Drums

TITLE: Gay Gordons
MacKenzie Highlanders [Trad]
Walter Douglas MBE [Donald MacLeod]
Dumbarton’s Drums
ARTIST: John Carmichael Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: The Dashing White Sergeant
Niel Gow’s Farewell to Whisky [Niel Gow]
The Back O Bennachie [Trad]
The Highland Lassie
The Cairn O Mount
Lady Mary Douglas
ARTIST: John Carmichael Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: Canadian Barn Dance
Pipe Major John Stewart [G S McLennan]
The Clan MacColl [John MacColl]
ARTIST: John Carmichael Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: St Bernard’s Waltz
Farewell to Skye
Welcome to Vaternish
Come With Me
The Wedding Song
Farewell to the North
ARTIST: John Carmichael Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Strip The Willow
Paddy’s Leather Breeches [Trad] 
The Jig of Slurs [P/M G S MacLennan]
The Mason’s Apron
ARTIST: John Carmichael Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: Military Two Step
Lady Dorothea Stewart Murray’s Wedding March [Aeneas Rose]
Ben Gullion [Ron Fleming] 
ARTIST: John Carmichael Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: The Flying Scotsman
La Tempete
Belfast Reel
Traditional Reel
Miss Campbell of Saddel
La Tempete
ARTIST: John Carmichael Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: The Bleacher Lass of Kelvinhaugh [June Tabor]
ARTIST: Tom Laurie
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: Annie McKelvie [Iain Ingram]
ARTIST: Tom Laurie
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: Highland Schottische
Devil in the Kitchen
Soldier’s Joy
Loudon’s Bonnie Woods and Braes
The Thistle
ARTIST: John Carmichael Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Pride of Erin
Come Back Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff [Percy French] 
The Stone Outside Dan Murphy’s Door [Johnny Patterson] 
Lily McNally McNair [Jimmy Kennedy]
ARTIST: John Carmichael Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: Square Dance
Maple Syrup [Ward Allen]
ARTIST: John Carmichael Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: The Swiss Piper
ARTIST: Billy McGuire
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Medley
Royal Scots Polka [Willian Denholm] 
Lord Lyndoch [Trad]
The Fairy Dance [Trad]
ARTIST: Billy McGuire
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Riverside Polka
Iain’s Polka
Traditional Cape Breton Polka [Trad] 
Traditional Cape Breton Polka [Trad]
ARTIST: John Carmichael Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: The Swedish Masquerade
Original Tune
ARTIST: John Carmichael Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: Hullichan’s Jig
Drops of Brandy
Foxhunter Jig
Paddy Be Easy
Drops of Brandy
ARTIST: John Carmichael Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: Boston Two Step
Leaving Port Asking [P/M William Ross] 
Maids of Kintail [Trad]
ARTIST: John Carmichael Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: Medley
The Barrowburn Reel [Addie Harper] 
Donald MacLean’s Farewell to Oban [Archie MacNeill]
Leaving Lismore [Mrs. Martin Hardie]
ARTIST: Susan MacFadyen Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: Medley
John MacColl’s March to Kilbowie Cottage [William Lawrie] 
Wee Murdie [Trad]
Stomach Steinway Man [Ian Lowthian] 
ARTIST: Jake Johnstone Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: Medley
The Love of The Isles [Willie Hunter]
Margaret’s Waltz [Pat Shuldham-Shaw]
Edgefauld House [James Scott Skinner]
The Braes of Mar
ARTIST: Islay Cathcart Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Medley
Loudoun Kirk [Liam Stewart] 
Miss Kirsteen Cummings’ Return to the Mainland [M L Napier]
Echoes of Oban [Donald MacPherson]
Waltz for John and May Gray
ARTIST: Liam Stewart Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Medley
Donna’s Waltz
Rory Gallagher's Jig [Gordon Duncan] 
The High Road to Linton [Trad]
Brian Bell [George Bell]
The Gugahunter [Blair Douglas]
ARTIST: Willie Scott Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Medley
Miss Linda MacFarlane [Robin Brock]
Tobin’s Favourite [Trad]
My Love is Like a Red Red Rose [Robert Burns] 
The Black Swan
The Lenzie Lass
John MacNeil’s Reel
ARTIST: Seamus O Sullivan Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Medley
Roddy Hamilton
Maggie West Waltz [Mairearad Green] 
The Dandy Dancer [Jim Johnstone] 
Catlodge
Crackens [Graeme Mitchell] 
ARTIST: Fraser Donaldson Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Medley
Nicky McMichan’s Canny Man Sessions [Nicky McMichan] 
Margaret’s Fancy [Ian and Bill Powrie] 
Down The Brae
Logan’ Kwonk Dott
The Gordons O’ Gight [Isaac Cooper]
ARTIST: John Burns Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: Medley
Calum Beag [Trad]
Ballochyle [Peter R MacLeod]
The Gugahunter [Blair Douglas]
ARTIST: Graham MacLennan Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: Medley
Loudoun Kirk [Liam Stewart] 
Miss Kirsteen Cummings’ Return to the Mainland [M L Napier]
Echoes of Oban [Donald MacPherson]
Waltz for John and May Gray
Old Toasty [Angus Lawrie] 
Iain Anderson of West Craigs
John Keith Laing [Addie Harper]
ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

Broadcast

  • Sat 18 Mar 202319:00