
Neil Hardie and his Scottish Dance Band
For the very best in traditional music, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. We have got a brilliant session from Neil Hardie and his band, recorded back in February of this year.
For the very best in traditional music, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. We have got a brilliant session from Neil Hardie and his band, which was actually his debut session on the programme, and was recorded back in February of this year. We then bring you an interview with the one and only Alasdair Fraser, from his visit to Scotland back in January during Celtic Connections.
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Neil Hardie Scottish Dance Band

Neil Hardie Lead Accordion
Caroline Hardie Fiddle
Brian Forrest 2nd Accordion
Jim Nichol Grand Piano
Graham Sherrit Drums
Alasdair MacLeod Double Bass
TITLE: Britannia Twostep
a) Bouncing Bobby [Charlie Sherrit]
ARTIST: Neil Hardie Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Gay Gordons
a) Gordon & Alison Hardie’s Ruby Wedding March [Caroline Hardie]
b) Duloch Cottage [Fiona Macmillan]
ARTIST: Neil Hardie Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Waltz
a) Nancy Finlayson [Unknown]
b) Waltz for Kylin [Dougie Hunter]
ARTIST: Neil Hardie Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Riverside Jig
a) The Rakes of Kildare [Trad]
b) Out on the Ocean [Trad]
c) Pet O the Pipers [Trad]
d) Boys of Ballymote [Trad]
ARTIST: Neil Hardie Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: . White Heather Foxtrot
a) Bamburgh Castle [Ian Hardie]
b) Fraser Neil Sneddon [Nicol Mclaren]
ARTIST: Neil Hardie Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Black Mountain Reel
a) Corn Riggs [Trad]
b) Miss Jean Milligan [Trad]
c) O’er the Hills and far away [Trad]
d) Luggin The Box [Neil Barron]
ARTIST: Neil Hardie Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Band Leader Choice – Fiddle
a) Auld Noost [Ronnie Jamieson]
b) Helsinki Harbour [Ian Hardie]
ARTIST: Neil Hardie Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Eva 3 Step
a) Gordon Davidson of Banchory [Graeme Mitchell]
b) Strathclyde Police March On [James Cameron]
ARTIST: Neil Hardie Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Postie’s Jig
a) Jack’s Pocket Ashtray [Graeme Edwardson]
b) The Murray River Jig [Graham Townsend]
c) Richmora [John C. Hayes]
d) Juniper Jig [Charlie Sherrit]
ARTIST: Neil Hardie Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Edinburgh Mixture
a) The Meeting of the Waters [Trad]
b) Robert & Judith Whitehead [Ivor Scollay]
c) Salute to John [Gordon Shand]
ARTIST: Neil Hardie Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Band Leader Choice 2
a) Jim Watson’s Shetland Twostep [Neil Hardie]
ARTIST: Neil Hardie Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Southern Rose Waltz
a) Ian & Grace Ann’s Golden Memories [Ian Hutson]
ARTIST: Neil Hardie Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Canadian Barn Dance
a) Marie Catherine of Tobermory [Alan Crookston]
b) Bobby Macleod of Tobermory [Ian Holmes]
ARTIST: Neil Hardie Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Dashing White Sergeant
a) Willie Anderson of Dalharn [Trad]
b) Mrs E.M Monair of Bruach [Trad]
c) John Donald of Coullie [Trad]
d) Pat Donald [Trad]
ARTIST: Neil Hardie Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Strip the Willow
a) Greenholm [Unknown]
b) The Ferry Jig [Unknown]
c) Kirsty’s Ceilidh [Iain MacPhail]
d) Alan & Elizabeth Gifford [Iain MacPhail]
ARTIST: Neil Hardie Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Silver Tassie
TRK: 2
ARTIST: Emily Smith/Jamie McClennan
CD: Adoon Winding Nith
LABEL/CAT NR: White Fall Records - WFRCD003
TITLE: Eva Three Step
Mr and Mrs Alex Ross / The Hills of Tyron
TRK: 5
ARTIST: Jim Lindsay and his Scottish Dance Band
CD: Bobby’s Favourites
LABEL/CAT NR: SCAM1958CD
TITLE: An Roghainn
TRK: 7
ARTIST: Robert John MacInnes
CD: Ri Taobh a’ Chuain (By The Sea)
LABEL/CAT NR: Self-released
TITLE: Macleod's Reels: Caileagan Chataibh / Stornoway Castle / Lochluichart
TRK: 14
ARTIST: Donald Black
CD: Dreams And Dances
LABEL/CAT NR: Macmeanmna - SKYECD55
TITLE: Start Your Engines
TRK: 10
ARTIST: Alasdair Fraser/Natalie Haas
CD: Syzygy
LABEL/CAT NR: Culburnie Records - CUL128D
TITLE: Jota De Guijar / Xota De Riotorto
TRK: 5
ARTIST: San Miguel Fraser
CD: Dots of Light
LABEL/CAT NR: Culburnie Records - CUL129D
TITLE: The April Child / The Joy Of It!
TRK:
ARTIST: String Sisters
CD: Live
LABEL/CAT NR: Heilo - HCD 7200
TITLE: Tommy’s Tarbukas
TRK: 9
ARTIST: Amy Laurenson
CD: Strands
LABEL/CAT NR: Amy Laurenson - AEL001
TITLE: Slow Air / The Weeping Birches Of Kilmorack
TRK: 5
ARTIST: Alasdair Fraser
CD: Portrait of a Scottish Fiddler
LABEL/CAT NR: Culburnie - CUL009D
TITLE: The Isle of Skye
Isle of Skye / Pumkin’s Fancy / John Keith Lang / The Clumsy Lover
TRK: 12
ARTIST: Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band
CD: From Highlands and Islands
LABEL/CAT NR: Shielburn Associates
Alasdair Fraser and Jennifer

Broadcasts
- Sat 30 Mar 202419:00BBC Radio Scotland
- Sat 7 Dec 202419:00BBC Radio Scotland