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Charlie Kirkpatrick Scottish Dance Band

For the very best in traditional music, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. We treat you to a great band session from Charlie Kirkpatrick 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 band session from Charlie Kirkpatrick and his Scottish Dance Band. Joining Gary as guest is drummer Max Ketchin, one of three people honoured by the National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs in 2023. Plus we play some of your favourite tracks from CD and LP.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sat 3 Jun 202320:00

Charlie Kirkpatrick Scottish Dance Band

Charlie Kirkpatrick Scottish Dance Band

Charlie Kirkpatrick Button Key Accordion
John Carmichael Second Accordion
Andrew Gifford Fiddle
Alan Kitchen Piano
John Sinton Double Bass
Ian Graham Drums

TITLE: Eva Three Step
a) Benmore [PM J McLellan]
b) Stronsaul [Unknown]
ARTIST: Charlie Kirkpatrick Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Maxwell’s Rant
a) The Original [Trad]
b) Pretty Polly Stewart [Trad]
c) Miss Clemintina Loughran [Trad]
d) The Winster Gallop [Trad]
ARTIST: Charlie Kirkpatrick Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: The Lomond Waltz
a) Loch Lomond [Trad]
b) Rothesay Bay [Trad]
c) Wi a Hundred Pipers [Trad]
d) The Queen’s Marys [Trad]
ARTIST: Charlie Kirkpatrick Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: White Heather Foxtrot
a) The Balintore Fishermen [Jimmy Blue]
ARTIST: Charlie Kirkpatrick Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Highland Barn Dance
a) Colin Thomson [R Campbell]
b) Brigadier General Ronald Cheape of Tioran [W Ross]
ARTIST: Charlie Kirkpatrick Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Britannia Two Step
a) The McNeils of Ugadale [J McKenzie]
b) Mrs Lily Christie [D Shaw Ramsay]
ARTIST: Charlie Kirkpatrick Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Bandleader’s Choice One- Set of Jigs
a) The Canadian Four Step [Trad]
b) Jig for Judi [Graeme Mitchell]
c) Catriona Henderson [Lindsay Ross]
d) Cecil and Mona Tulloch [Charlie Kirkpatrick]
ARTIST: Charlie Kirkpatrick Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: St Bernard’s Waltz
Memories of Willie Snaith [Jimmy Shand]
ARTIST: Charlie Kirkpatrick Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Boston Two Step
a) Robbie’s Farewell [David Halcrow]
ARTIST: Charlie Kirkpatrick Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Highland Schottische
a) Dancing in Islay [Trad]
b) Before I Marry [Trad]
c) The Cockerel Song [Trad]
d) Big Miles [Trad]
e) Tell Me Where You Are Sleeping [Trad]
ARTIST: Charlie Kirkpatrick Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Bandleader’s Choice Two, Gaelic Waltz
a) Leaving the Boat at Portree
b) Where I was Last Night
c) Welcome to Waternish
d) Village I Love
e) The Town
ARTIST: Charlie Kirkpatrick Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Gay Gordons
a) Auchmountain’s Bonnie Glen [G Balloch]
b) Paardeburg [J McLellan]
ARTIST: Charlie Kirkpatrick Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Strip The Willow
a) Alan McPherson, Mosspark [A MacDonald]
b) The Curlew [McPherson]
c) Donald McKillop
d) Donald’s Dirk [D Robertson]
ARTIST: Charlie Kirkpatrick Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Lassie With The Lint White Locks
TRK: 6
ARTIST: Karen Matheson
CD: Still Time
LABEL/CAT NR: Vertical Records - VERTCD124

TITLE: Margaret Ann Robertson
TRK: S 1 B 2
ARTIST: Ian Powrie
LP: The Best of the Ian Powrie Band
LABEL/CAT NR: EMI Talisman – STAL 5001 

TITLE: Inverness Bridge
Mrs John MacColl / Inverness Bridge . The Ferryman
TRK: 5
ARTIST: Rachel Hair and Ron Jappy
CD: Elan
LABEL/CAT NR: MHRCD 007

TITLE: Blue Eyed Nancy
TRK: 4
ARTIST: Robyn Stapleton
CD: Fickle Fortune
LABEL/CAT NR: Laverock Records - LAVE001CD

TITLE: The Grand March
Craiglockhart
TRK: S 1 B 1
ARTIST: Jim Johnstone and his Scottish Dance Band
LP: Dance Time
LABEL/CAT NR: Lismor – LILP 5128

TITLE: Captain MacBean's Reel
Captain MacBean’s Reel / O’er Bogie Tae My Love / Oh She’s Comical / The wattle O’t
TRK: S 2 B 1
ARTIST: Alastair Wood and his Scottish Dance Band
CD: RSCDS Book 17
LABEL/CAT NR: RSCDS 49

TITLE: Breaking New Ground
Max Ketchin’s Reel / Just a Jig / Abreast of the Times
TRK: 10
ARTIST: Robert Black
CD: Breaking New Ground
LABEL/CAT NR: Ingus - CDKLP

TITLE: Medley
Orkney / Ernie’s Impact / Mr & Mrs J Duncan’s Golden Wedding 2000 / The Millstead
TRK: 9
ARTIST: Marian Anderson Scottish Dance Band
CD: St Bernard's Waltz
LABEL/CAT NR: Highlander Music – HRMC102

TITLE: Festival O Keith
TRK: S 1 B 2
ARTIST: The Foundry Bar Band
LP: On The Road With The Foundry Bar Band
LABEL/CAT NR: Springthyme Records – SPR 1012

TITLE: Donald Iain Rankine/Tam's Hunting Horn/The Wind that Shaks the Piggery
TRK: S 1 B 6
ARTIST: Lindsay Ross & his Scottish Dance Band
LP: Lindsay Ross & his Scottish Dance Band
LABEL/CAT NR: Ross records - WGR 056

Broadcast

  • Sat 3 Jun 202320:00