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Bands listed here are, in alphabetical order:
Faer Company, Dundee/Tayside/Angus/Fife
Fagin's Pocket, Carlisle
Fiddlers Three Plus Two, Glasgow
Fiddlesticks and Ivory, San Francisco Bay Area, USA
Flying Haggis, Glasgow/Central Belt
The Flying Pieman, Banchory
*Reeling*
The Frank Reid Scottish Dance Band, near London Pop-Jazz, Soul
The Frazer Mclellan Band,
Fred Moyes, London, Ontario, Canada
| Based in: | Dundee/Tayside/Angus/Fife |
| Style: | Ceilidh |
| Typical line-up: | 4-piece: Guitar, Whistle, Double-Bass, Fiddle |
| Recordings: | none |
| Contact: | Graham Robertson (01382) 541933 |
Faer Company have been playing in the Dundee/Angus/Tayside/Fife areas solidly for the last 4 years. We play a variety of music and teach and call all the dances that we play for. We have toured extensively in Ireland and Germany.
We have a website at http://www.j-wren.com/folk/ .
Information supplied by Jock Wren (jock@iona2.demon.co.uk).
| Based in: | Carlisle, Cumbria, England, |
| Style: | Ceilidh |
| Typical line-up: | 3-6 piece |
| Recordings: | |
| Contact: | Gail or Alan
Tel: 01228 510747 Email: faginspocket@msn.com Web page: http://www.faginspocket.fsworld.co.uk/ |
Fagins Pocket features melodeon, harmonica, whistle, soprano, alto and tenor saxophones, flute, keyboards, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, banjo, mandolin, drums and other percussion, 2 vocalists and its own dance caller...... and there's only the 6 of us!
The members of Fagins Pocket come from very different musical backgrounds (jazz, classical, rhythm and blues as well as folk) and combine to provide top notch music for dancing - not just for ceilidhs or barn dances but anywhere you want good sounds.
We might be based in Cumbria but we do travel and we're worth it!
Information supplied by Alan Cole <faginspocket@msn.com>.
| Based in: | San Francisco Bay Area, USA |
| Style: | Scottish Country |
| Typical line-up: | Fiddle, piano, accordion, bass, drums |
| Recordings: | Ghillies on the Golden Gate, 1992 San Francisco Collection, Volume 2, 1997 (with other artists) |
| Contact: | bookings and recording sales: David Mostardi (mostardi@pobox.com) |
Talented arranger Lyle Ramshaw heads up this innovative SCD fiddle band. Besides their popular appearances in the San Francisco Bay Area, Fiddlesticks & Ivory have also played in many venues along the Pacific Coast, including Hawaii, Vancouver, Fort Townsend, and Southern California.
Information supplied by David Mostardi.
| Based in: | Glasgow / Central Scotland |
| Style: | Ceilidh, Old Tyme, Country Dance, Stage |
| Typical line-up: | Three Fiddles with backing |
| Recordings: | Fiddlers Three Plus Two Vols 1 + 2
and RSCDS Recordings for books 14, 15 and 37.
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| Contact: | Lex Keith 59 Woodside Avenue Lenzie Glasgow G66 4NG Tel: 0141 775 0412 Email: lexkeith@yahoo.com |
Solo accordion and background dinner music, lounges etc, up to full Scottish show with singer, dancers, piper.
Information supplied by Lex Keith (lexkeith@yahoo.com).
| Based in: | Glasgow/Central Belt, South-west, Scotland, |
| Style: | Ceilidh |
| Typical line-up: | Accordion, Fiddle, Scottish Small Pipes / Highland Bagpipes and Guitar |
| Recordings: | |
| Contact: | Lorraine Tel: 0141 581 0165 Tel (mobile): 07967 221 565 Email: flying_haggis001@hotmail.com Neil Tel: 0141 581 0165 Tel (mobile): 07050 130 127 |
Information supplied by Lorraine <flying_haggis001@hotmail.com>.
| Based in: | Banchory, North-east, Scotland, |
| Style: | Ceilidh |
| Typical line-up: | Caller, fiddle, banjo, keyboard and accordion, with occasional brass. |
| Recordings: |
mp3 samples () |
| Contact: | Neil Bayfield Path Head Raemoir Road Banchory Kincardineshire AB31 5XP Scotland Tel: +44(0)1330 822048 Email: info@flyingpieman.co.uk Web page: http://www.flyingpieman.co.uk/ |
Alternative ceilidh band with some fun dances from farther parts of europe, mixed in with traditional scottish ceilidh (full caller instruction). Specific requests catered-for, given notice.
Information supplied by Gavin Bayfield.
*Reeling*| Based in: | near London, South-east, England, |
| Style: | SCD, Ceilidh, |
| Typical line-up: | The normal line up of the band is - accordion, fiddle, keyboards and drums.
For the larger occasions a six or seven piece band can be supplied including two/three
fiddles, flute and second accordion. A piper can be included in the team for weddings
and other occasions. We have lots of contacts in the piping world including my father
in law who is a first rate ex Black Watch piper. |
| Recordings: | |
| Contact: | Frank Reid The Granary, Wheatlands Manor Park Lane Finchampstead RG40 4QL UK Tel: +44 (0) 118 932 8983 Email: sdb@frankreid.com Web: www.frankreid.com |
Frank Reid was born in Glasgow and has been playing Scottish Dance Music on the accordion since he was 15. He formed his first band at the age of eighteen some twenty two years ago. The band in its present form has been playing the Scottish dance circuit for the past 10 years and is the best known Scottish dance band south of the border.
The band has recorded some five LP's for the London Highland Club and three on its own label as well as four recordings for BBC Radio Scotland's Saturday night programme 'Take the Floor'. A current reeling CD is available which also features the Scottish Dance Band of the Black Watch.
Through its association with Furlongs Travel the band has accompanied Scottish dancing enthusiasts on holidays in Denmark, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Canda, France, Italy and in 1991 Australia and New Zealand where it was featured on the National TV news! More recent trips include Canada and the US, New Zealand again, Vienna, Nova Scotia and Prague.
In the mid 90's events included the premiere of 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' , and a solo appearance supporting the Glasgow representatives on 'Come Dancing'. A band TV appearance in 'Roughnecks' was shown in December 1994. 1995 saw the tercentenary celebrations of the Bank of Scotland, and a Duke of Edinburgh Award Ball in the presence of the Royal Family.
In the late 90's the band provided the music for the Leeds Festival of Scottish Country Dancing - the largest event of its kind in the world and also a highly successful 700 people ceilidh dance event at the Whitehall banqueting suite. Two regular St Andrews Night events at Whitehall and Hurlingham demonstrate the band's ability to delight the whole spectrum of Scottish Dancers. Burns Night events see the band playing to 2,500 people within two weeks including the band's longest running engagement for the Society of Scottish Lawyers in London at the Brewery. This event sells out its 480 tickets every year and there is often a waiting list of 200!
In June 2001 two ceilidhs within days of each other went spectacularly well. A corporate summer ball for Linklaters was followed closely by a 300 people ceilidh as part of the Wargrave Festival nr Henley. The tickets sold out on the first day it was announced which speaks volumes about the growing popularity of ceilidh dancing amongst the general public. In August a two piece band hopped over to Stockholm for a Scottish/Swedish wedding.
Information supplied by Frank Reid <sdb@frankreid.com>.
Pop-Jazz, Soul| Based in: | Scotland |
| Style: | Ceilidh |
| Typical line-up: | Accordion, Guitar, Drums and Fiddle - Dance Caller included |
| Recordings: | Numerous as solo, band and session musician as well as with The Big Elastic Band |
| Contact: | Frazer Mclellan Tel (home): 0141 339 6880 Tel (mobile): 07971 675 793 Email: gigs@frazermclellan.com Web page: www.frazermclellan.com |
The Frazer Mclellan Band are one of the UK's top Scottish Ceilidh bands. We play regularly in the UK's top ceilidh venues and travel abroad regularly playing for weddings and Scottish dances.
Information supplied by Frazer Mclellan <me@frazermclellan.demon.co.uk>.
| Based in: | London, Ontario, Canada |
| Style: | Scottish Country |
| Typical line-up: | accordion + electronic accompaniment |
| Recordings: | What You Hear is What You Get (2004, Thane Studios) |
| Contact: | Fred Moyes Address: 90 Moraine Crescent, London ON N6G 4Z1, Canada Telephone: 519-679-8633 E-mail: fmmusic@sympatico.ca |
Fred plays for dancing across Canada and the United States, provides music for workshops, classes and examinations. He has played at the RSCDS Summer School in St Andrews for the past four years and will make a fifth visit to Japan to play for Scottish country dancing in May, 2007. Have "Petosa" - will travel!
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