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Bobby Crowe and His Band

For the very best in traditional music, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. We dig into our Take The Floor archive and share with you a session from Bobby Crowe and his Band.

For the very best in traditional music, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. We dig into our Take The Floor archive and share with you a session from Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band from 1985. Gary's special guest is accordionist and band leader Jim Lindsay, ahead of his honour from The National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sat 10 Jun 2023 19:00

Bobby Crowe and His Band

Bobby Crowe  lead Accordion
Melvin Wilson Fiddle
Edward Galley 2nd Accordion 
Jim Lindsay   Piano  
Gordon Smith Drums
Dave Barclay  Bass

TITLE: Kenmuir’s On an Awa
Original
A Trip To Tobermory   [Neil Grant]
Anne Fraser McKenzie  [Bobby McLeod]
Charlie Hunter   [Bobby McLeod]
ARTIST: Bobby Crowe Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Circassian Circle
Bonnie Banchory  
Jack’s Delight  
Circassian Circle  
ARTIST: Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Waltz Country Dance
Mingulay Boat Song   [Trad]
Farewell To Fuinary   [Trad] 
Mingulay Boat Song   [Trad] 
Maid with the Golden Tresses  [Trad] 
Mingulay Boat Song   [Trad] 
Sine BhanÌýÌýÌýÌý[D Johnstone] 
Mingulay Boat Song   [Trad] 
Farewell to Skye    [Trad] 
Mingulay Boat Song   [Trad] 
ARTIST: Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: New Petronella
Hebridean Milking Song  [Trad] 
The Cockle Gatherer   [Trad]  
ARTIST: Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Gay Gordons
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Campbell’s Farewell to Redcastle   [Trad] 
ARTIST: Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Argyll’s Fancy
Argyll is My Name  [Trad] 
Princess Margaret's Jig [Angus Fitchet]
Coldside Jig   [Angus Fitchet]
Argyll is My Name  [Trad] 
ARTIST: Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Meg Merrilees
Meg Merrilees   [Trad]  
The Peat Bog   [Trad] 
Old Bog Hole   [Trad] 
Merry Blacksmith  [Trad] 
Meg Merrilees   [Trad] 
ARTIST: Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band

TITLE: Airdrie Lasses
Original    [Trad] 
Mary Bane’s wedding  [Trad] 
The Quaker   [Trad] 
Original    [Trad] 
ARTIST: Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: My Spouse Nancy
Mrs Nancy Taylor ÌýÌýÌýÌý [Bobby Crowe] 
Loch Ordie ÌýÌýÌýÌý  [James MacIIntosh] 
Mrs George Robertson ÌýÌýÌýÌý[William Marshall] 
Ian Powrie’s Compliments to Angus Fitchet   [Ian Powrie]
ARTIST: Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Miss Nancy Arnott
Miss Nancy Arnott [Bobby Crowe]
The Sidlaw Hills [Jim Watson] 
John Robertson [Bobby MacLeod]
Glenlivet  [Scott Skinner]
ARTIST: Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Cadgers in the Cannongate
John MacNeill's Reel  [Peter Milne] 
Miss Margaret Johnstone [Bobby Crowe]
Marquis of Tullibardine [John Crerar] 
Mel's Fiddle   [Muriel Johnstone]
ARTIST: Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE: Strip The Willow
Willie Tait    (George Anderson) 
Echoes of Oban   (Donald MacPherson) 
Inspector Donald Campbell  (Peter McLeod Jnr) 
The Irish Washerwoman  (arr PM J Wilson)
ARTIST: Bobby Crowe Scottish Dance Band
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TITLE:  For Ireland I'd Not Tell Her Name
TRK:  8
ARTIST:  Cherish The Ladies
CD:  Country Crossroads
LABEL/CAT NR: Big Mammy Records 0006

TITLE:   Oran A Bhradain/Far Am Bi Mi Fhein/Oran A Bhradain/Bha Mi Latha Samhradh A
Steo
TRK:  4
ARTIST:  The Fergie MacDonald Band
CD:  Togaidh Sinn Fonn 1
LABEL/CAT NR:  Mnecd001

TITLE:   Nelson Mandela Jigs 
TRK:  11
ARTIST:  Simon Fraser University Pipe Band 
CD:  Live from New York City 
LABEL/CAT NR:  Simon Fraser University Pipe Band 

TITLE:  Why Should I Sit & Sigh / Cutting Bracken
TRK: S 1 B 7
ARTIST:  Jimmy Blue and his Band
LP:  Jimmy Blue’s Dark Island
LABEL/CAT NR: CBS – S 52821

TITLE: The Duke of Perth 
The Duke of Perth / Polwart on the Green / Willie Brewed a Peck o' Maut / The Parks of Kilburnie
TRK: 8
ARTIST:  Bobby Crowe and his Band
LP:  RSCDS Book 1
LABEL/CAT NR:

TITLE:  Variations Theme (Paganini)
TRK: 7
ARTIST:  Jim Lindsay and his Band
CD:  Free Hand
LABEL/CAT NR:  Byres Croft - BYCD1

TITLE: The Ullapool Ferry 
Pat Houghton’s Hornpipe / Jim Lindsay’s Reel / The Knockdhu Reel / Stomach Steinway Man
TRK: 2
ARTIST:  Jim Lindsay and his Band
CD:  RSCDS Book 52
LABEL/CAT NR: RSCDS CD085  

TITLE:   Gur Mills Morag
TRK:  6
ARTIST:  Kathleen MacInnes
CD:  Kilbride
LABEL/CAT NR:

TITLE:   Gay Gordons: Lord Huntly's Cave/The Cameron Highlanders
TRK: 1 
ARTIST:  West Telferton Caledonian Dance Band
CD:  Industrial Strength
LABEL/CAT NR:  Shielburn Associates - Shielcd019

Broadcast

  • Sat 10 Jun 2023 19:00