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Graeme Mackay Band

For the very best in traditional music, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. We have a brilliant band session for you in this programme from Graeme Mackay and his band.

For the very best in traditional music, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. We have a brilliant band session for you in this programme from Graeme Mackay and his band. As guest, Gary is joined by John 'Ikey' Carmichael, ahead of receiving a prestigious Honorary Life Membership from the National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs for his services to Scottish Dance Music.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 22 Jun 202419:30

Graeme Mackay & his Band

Graeme Mackay Lead Accordion
Matthew Maclennan 2nd Accordion & Midi Bass
Ian Anderson Drums
Gillian Stevenson Fiddle
Iain Stewart Piano guesting on the waltzes

TITLE: Boston Two Step
a) Dancing Dustman [Felix Burns]
ARTIST: Graeme MacKay and his Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: Edinburgh Mixture
a) Kennedys of Camelot [Graeme Mackay]
b) Highland Laddie [Trad]
ARTIST: Graeme MacKay and his Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Drops of Brandy
a) Patricia Ann Douglas [Lindsay Ross]
b) Miss Mary Gibb [Lindsay Ross]
c) Malcom Ross [Lindsay Ross]
d) The Family Pride [Lindsay Ross]
ARTIST: Graeme MacKay and his Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Cape Town Wedding
a) Dolph Morris [Peter Keir]
b) Macauleys of Benbecula [Frank Reid]
c) Catherine Campbells Strathspey [Jim Mackay]
d) Dolph Morris [Peter Keir]
ARTIST: Graeme MacKay and his Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: St Bernard’s Waltz
a) Bennies of Morangie [Graeme Mackay]
b) Magdalena [Graeme Mackay]
ARTIST: Graeme MacKay and his Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Eight Men of Moidart
a) Original
b) Miss Elizabeth Purcell [Ian MacPhail]
c) Jessie Stuarts Welcome to Dufftown [Graeme Mitchell]
d) Original
ARTIST: Graeme MacKay and his Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Bandleader’s Choice 1 - Bahamas Tunes
a) Da Whole Hog
b) Button Box of the Bahamas [Graeme MacKay]
ARTIST: Graeme MacKay and his Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Hesitation Waltz
a) Topsy [Ian Holmes]
ARTIST: Graeme MacKay and his Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: . Britannia Two Step
a) Dancing Through Time [Graeme Mackay]
ARTIST: Graeme MacKay and his Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: White Heather Foxtrot
a) The Mill at Westerdale [Jim Mackay]
b) Billy Thompson Of Tarland [Jim Mackay]
ARTIST: Graeme MacKay and his Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Bandleader’s Choice 2
a) Happy Hours Polka
ARTIST: Graeme MacKay and his Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Linton Ploughman
a) Muckin O Geordies Byre [Trad]
b) Lady Nelly Wemyss [Trad]
c) Braidleys House [Jimmy Shand]
d) Major Mackie [Trad]
ARTIST: Graeme MacKay and his Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

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

TITLE: The Locomotion
TRK: 4
ARTIST: Box and Banjo Band
CD: Dancing Party
LABEL/CAT NR: Lismor – LCOM 5209

TITLE: Go Tell it on the Mountain / Kumbaya / We Shall Overcome
TRK: 1
ARTIST: The Star Accordion Band
CD: Inspirational Favourites
LABEL/CAT NR: Klub Records – CDSLP 616

TITLE: March & Reel
Glencoe March / Sir Reginald MacDonald
TRK: 3
ARTIST: The Riverside Ceilidh Band
CD: Horses for Courses
LABEL/CAT NR: Lismor – LCOM 9035

TITLE: Eilidh
ARTIST: Donald MacLeod
BBC Gaelic Archive

TITLE: Set of Jigs
Donald Iain Rankine / Tam’s Hunting Horn / The Wind That Shaks The Piggery
TRK:
ARTIST: Lindsay Ross and his Scottish Dance Band
CD: Lindsay Ross and His Scottish Dance Band
LABEL/CAT NR: Ross Records – WGR 056 

Broadcast

  • Sat 22 Jun 202419:30