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Iain Cathcart 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 Iain Cathcart and his Scottish Dance Band, celebrating all things Glasgow for the city's 850th anniversary year.

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1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sat 27 Dec 202519:00

Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band


Iain Cathcart Lead Accordion
Alistair McCulloch Fiddle
James Coutts 2nd Accordion
Graham Berry Piano
Brian Cruickshank Bass
Fraser MacInnes Drums

John Carmichael as special guest Accordion


TITLE: Glasgow Marches (6/8, 12/8 & 18/8 Pipe Marches)
a) Strathclyde Police March On [James M Cameron]
b) Glasgow Week in Hamburg [Pipe Major J MacAllister]
c) James M Cameron of Glasgow [Iain T MacPhail]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: The Govan Barn Dance (2/4 Pipe Marches)
a) The Atholl Highlanders’ March to Loch Katrine [W Rose, 1859]
b) Morag Ramsay [Pipe Major Peter R MacLeod, Partick]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Shettleston & Springburn
a) Sam the Skull [Harry Hagen]
b) Doon in the Wee Room [Traditional & Daniel McLaughlin]
c) Edgefauld House [James Scott Skinner]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording Dur: 2.50

TITLE: Glasgow Waltzes
a) Kelvin Grove [Thomas Lyle]
b) The Lass from Glasgow Town [Sir Jimmy Shand]
c) The Auld Hoose [Lady Nairne, Carolina Oliphant]
d) I Belong to Glasgow [Will Fyffe]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: The Glasgow Highlanders [4x32 bar Strathspey]
a) The Original [Traditional]
b) Lady Madelina Sinclair [Niel Gow]
c) Captain Horne [Traditional]
d) Because he was a Bonnie Lad [Traditional]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: The Squinty Bridge (4x32 bar Jig)
a) Cornmill Court [Ian T Muir]
b) The Finnieston Crane [Iain Cathcart]
c) The Rotunda [Iain Cathcart]
d) Miss Elizabeth [John Burns]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Giffnock Polkas
a) Still Going Strong [Charlie Kirkpatrick]
b) The Jenny Lind Polka [Anton Wallerstein]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Glasgow’s Coat of Arms
a) The Flowers of the Forest [Traditional]
b) Dance of the Roag Salmon [Phil Cunningham]
c) Brian Bell [George Bell]
d) The Leg of a Duck [3rd & 4th Parts by Pipe Major Donald MacLeod]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: The Govan Barn Dance (2/4 Pipe Marches)
a) The Conundrum [Pipe Major Peter R MacLeod, Partick]
b) John Carmichael’s Farewell to Scotland [Andrew Rankine]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: Glasgow Gaelic Waltzes
a) Fagail Ghlaschu (Leaving Glasgow) [Roderick Campbell, North Uist]
b) The South Georgia Whaling Song [Donald “Dottie” MacMillan, South Uist]
c) A Govan Ceilidh [John Carmichael, Giffnock]
d) The Highlanders’ Institute [John Carmichael, Giffnock]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Kelvingrove Twostep (6/8 Pipe Marches)
a) Miss Sheelah J Nicol of the Glasgow Islay Gaelic Choir [Pipe Major Donald
MacArthur]
b) Ballochyle [Pipe Major Peter R MacLeod, Partick]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Good Hearted Glasgow (8x32 bar Jig)
a) Good Hearted Glasgow [David Ross]
b) A Trip to Glasgow [Traditional]
c) The Glasgow Gaelic Club [Traditional]
d) Lochiel’s Welcome to Glasgow [Traditional
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Glasgow Street Songs
a) La Di Da [Rikki Fulton]
b) The Glasgow Underground [Cliff Hanley & Ian Gourlay]
c) The Red Yo Yo [Matt McGinn]
d) Camlachie [Cliff Hanley & Ian Gourlay]
e) In Dear Old Glasgow Toon [Billy Graham & John F Stevenson]
f) The Jeely Piece Song [Adam McNaughtan]
g) La Di Da - Reprise [Rikki Fulton]
ARTIST: Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording


TITLE: Song of the Clyde
TRK:
ARTIST: Kenneth McKellar
CD: Scotland Sings
LABEL/CAT NR: Universal International – 9821990

TITLE: Annie Mackelvie
TRK:
ARTIST: The Riverside Ceilidh Band
CD: Horses For Courses
LABEL/CAT NR: Lismor - LCOM 9035


TITLE: The Glasgow Barrowlands
TRK: 5
ARTIST: Eddi Reader
CD: The Tree And The Bird And The Fish And The Bell
LABEL/CAT NR: CBS - 4678802


TITLE: Wee Michael's March / Poodle Girl / Boys of the Puddle
TRK: 11
ARTIST: John McCusker
CD: Transatlantic Sessions 6 - Volume One
LABEL/CAT NR: Whirlie Records - WHIRLIECD035

TITLE: Macdonald's 1st Trip To Glasgow
TRK: 9
ARTIST: Kathleen MacInnes/Sineag MACINTYRE
CD: Ceolas Aig Celtic
LABEL/CAT NR: Ceolas - Ceolas 2015DVD 

TITLE: The Highlandman’s Umbrella
TRK: S 2 B 1
ARTIST: Andy Stewart
CD: The Very Best of Andy Stewart
LABEL/CAT NR: EMI – EMC 3053 

TITLE: By The Quayside
TRK: 7
ARTIST: Tide Lines
CD: Glasgow Love Story
LABEL/CAT NR: Tide Lines Music 

TITLE: Pointed Hornpipes
TRK: 2
ARTIST: Inverary & District Pipe Band
CD: A Night in That Land

TITLE: Park Bar Song
TRK: 8
ARTIST: Gaberlunzie
CD: Langass: Isles FM
LABEL/CAT NR: Isles FM - Ifm001

TITLE: Mother Glasgow
TRK:
ARTIST: Hue & Cry
CD: Bitter Suite
LABEL/CAT NR: Circa Records

TITLE: I Belong to Glasgow
TRK: 8
ARTIST: Glen Daly
CD: Songs from The Highlands and Beyond
LABEL/CAT NR: Top Town Records

TITLE: The Waverley Polka
TRK:
ARTIST: The Clydesiders
CD: Scottish Folk Songs of the West
LABEL/CAT NR: Scotdisc - 191018051822

TITLE: I Wish I Was In Glasgow
TRK:
ARTIST: Billy Connolly
CD: Musical Tour Of Scotland

Broadcasts

  • Sat 27 Dec 202519:00
  • Sat 27 Dec 202520:00