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Sandy Nixon 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 Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band. And then Gary takes you on a musical trip around Scotland.

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1 hour, 55 minutes

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Saturday 19:00

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ANDY NIXON AND HIS SCOTTISH DANCE BAND
Sandy Nixon  Lead accordion
Ian Graham   Seond accordion
Jim Clark   Piano
John Delaney  Bass
Ross Angus   Drums

TITLE:   Kate Dalrymple
ARTIST: Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording   

TITLE: Lamb Skinnet
a) Original
b) Charlie Hunter     [Bobby MacLeod]
c) The Duchess of Atholl’s Favourite  [trad.]
d) Heather Hills     [trad.]
ARTIST: Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: Canadian Barn Dance
a) Brigadier General Ronald Cheape of Tiroran  [P/M Willie Ross]
b) The Balkan Hills      [Corporal J.Gillan]
ARTIST: Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording      

TITLE: Waltz
a) Ordale Waltz  [Frank Jamieson]
b) Glus Ayre   [Frank Jamieson]
ARTIST: Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE: The Missing Turn
a) Catherine Margaret Hall  [Jimmy Ritchie]
b) Roman’s Reel   [Sandy Nixon]
c) Loch Torridon   [trad.]
d) Zac’s Reel    [Sandy Nixon]
ARTIST: Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording       

TITLE: Bonny Betty Attrill
a) Bonny Betty Attrill  [Geo. Roberts]
b) Gertie Gibb   [James Scott Skinner]
c) Capt. Jimmy Bain   [Sandy Nixon]
d) Cropie’s Strathspey  [trad.]
ARTIST: Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording  

TITLE: Boston Two Step
a) The Orkney Two-Step [John M. Mason]
ARTIST: Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording      

TITLE: Jiggles
a) Billy o’ da Toon Haal    [Steven Spence]
b) Kickin’ the Ba’     [Bobby Frew]
c) Nimble Fingers  (for Iain MacPhail)  [Angus Fitchet,1994]
d) Pudsey’s Jig (for Ian Adamson)   [Sandy Nixon]
ARTIST: Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording     

TITLE: Bandleader’s Choice One
a) Style Musette [Andre Verchuren]
ARTIST: Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording     

TITLE: The Music Makars
a) Original (At the Fair)    [trad]
b) The Telephone Box   [Freeland Barbour]
c) Danny MacPhail’s Reel   [Grant Crawford]
d) Ron Bennett’s Reel   [Gary Blair]
ARTIST: Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording      

TITLE: Brittania Two Step
a) Pipe Sgt. Ian F. Clowe [Ian Holmes]
b) Linda McNeillie    [Ian Holmes]
ARTIST: Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording     

TITLE:  Chased Lovers
a) Original (Lucy and Lyn’s Clinks Bag)   [David Oswald]
b) Flora’s Jig      [Sandy Nixon]
c) The Loreburn Jig     [Ian Holmes]
d) Lucy’s Jig      [Sandy Nixon]
ARTIST: Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording    

TITLE: Band Leader’s Choice Two- Sharing Ice Creams with Angels 
a) Alan Ross’s Strathspey    [Sandy Nixon]
b) Alan Ross’s Reel     [Marian Anderson]
c) North of the Grampians    [trad.]
d) Polly Stewart     [trad.]
ARTIST: Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording      

TITLE: Dinky One-Step
a) Shufflin’ Samuel [Felix Burns]
ARTIST: Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording  

TITLE: Black Mountain Reel
a) Original
b) The Balmedie Lassies     [Alastair Hunter]
c) Father Kelly’s Reel     [trad.]
d) Colin Lander’s Reel     [Muriel Johnstone]
e) Donald Ridley’s Compliments to Jim Halcrow
ARTIST: Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE:   The Waverley Polka   
TRK:  1
ARTIST:  The Clydesiders
CD:  Scottish Folk Songs of the West
LABEL/CAT NR:  Scotdisc - 191018051822 

TITLE:   The Royal Mile    
TRK:  
ARTIST:  Kenneth McKellar
CD:  McKellar in Scotland
LABEL/CAT NR:          

TITLE:   The Bluebell Polka
TRK:  8
ARTIST:  Jimmy Shand
CD:  The King Of The Melodeon Men
LABEL/CAT NR:     

TITLE:   The St Andrew Platinum Reel
Collessie Hall / Father Kelly’s Reel / Sandra Blue’s Reel and Farquhar Mathieson
TRK:  1
ARTIST:  David Cunningham and his Scottish Dance Band
CD:   Platinum
LABEL/CAT NR:  SBJ0701     

TITLE:   The Berry Fields O' Blair
TRK:  1
ARTIST:  Jim Malcolm/Susie Malcolm
CD:  The Berries
LABEL/CAT NR: Beltane Records - BELCD113     

TITLE:  The Northern Lights  
TRK:  1
ARTIST:  Iona Fyfe
CD:  The Northern Lights
LABEL/CAT NR: Iona Fyfe - IFLIGHTS21  

TITLE:   Inverness Country Dance
Speed The Plough / Bill Powrie / Katie Stammers / Cortez Island Hornpipe
TRK:  7
ARTIST:  Ron Kerr Scottish Dance Band
CD:  Play the St Andrews Ball
LABEL/CAT NR: Shielburn Associates - SHIELCD007   

TITLE:   Dancing In Kyle    
TRK:   
ARTIST:  Alasdair Gillies
CD:  Live at Eden Court Theatre
LABEL/CAT NR: Country House Records BGC239   

TITLE:   A Summer In Skye    
TRK:  1
ARTIST:  Douglas, Blair
CD:  Summer In Skye, A
LABEL/CAT NR:  MacMeanmna -  Skyecd09   

TITLE:   Osgarra: Skye / A Bottle Of Vodka, Twenty Marlboro Red And £50 Cashback The Drambulance / B'Fhearr Mar A Bha Mi 'N Uiridh .
TRK:  2
ARTIST:  Beinn Lee
CD:  Aonaibh Ri Chèile
LABEL/CAT NR:  Sgoil Lionacleit Artist Productions  

TITLE:   The Rumour
TRK:  
ARTIST:  Andy Stewart
CD:  Come In Come In
LABEL/CAT NR:        

TITLE:   Westlin' Winds  
TRK:  2
ARTIST:  Robyn Stapleton
CD:  Songs Of Robert Burns
LABEL/CAT NR: Laverock Records - LAVE002CD   

TITLE:   Rolling Hills Of The Borders  
TRK:  3
ARTIST:  Breabach
CD:  The Big Spree
LABEL/CAT NR:  VERTICAL - VERTCD081 

TITLE:   Peter D. Scollay / Merran's Rant / Da Kirk Stack
TRK:  9
ARTIST:  Fiddlers Bid
CD: Naked And Bare
LABEL/CAT NR:  Greentrax recordings - CDTRAX277

Broadcast

  • Saturday 19:00