
Scottish dance music played with a rich style and a solid enthusiasm that has ensured the popularity of Bill and the band at ceilidhs and dances for over 30 years. This is Bill's fourth album on Springthyme.
An mp3 clip of Miss Delia Graham's Polka
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Dance sets include the Barn Dance, Polkas, Reels, St Bernard's Waltz, Postie's Jig and a Virginia Reel. Fiddler Kathryn Nicoll plays a superb slow air Fyvie Castle by Scott Skinner followed by a reel Mary Claire by the Canadian fiddle composer J. Holland.
Artistes: Bill Black: button box; Kathryn Nicoll: fiddle; Niel Caul: piano accordion; Mabel Gray: piano; Robert McFadyen: drums.
- 'Cracking stuff.' SCOTS MAGAZINE
'Another great album from Bill and the band' PRESS AND JOURNAL
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Bill Black Discography:
SPR/SPRC 1008: Bill Black Scottish Dance Band: The Shepherd's Choice (lp & cassette)
SPRC 1023: Bill Black Scottish Dance Band: Coast to Coast (cassette only)
SPRC 1033: Bill Black Scottish Dance Band: A Reel Cracker (cassette only)
SPRC/CD1037: Bill Black Scottish Dance Band: The Dawning (cd & cassette)
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1. JIGS 2.08
The Jig Runrig (F. MacDonald)/ Donegal Jig (Trad)/ Richmore (Trad)/ Canadian Four-Step (Trad)
2. POLKA 2.22
Miss Delia Graham's Polka (D. McCallum)
3. REELS 2.13
Hamish's Tune (H. Menzies)/ Waves of Torry (Trad)/ Dick Kommer's Reel (J. Johnstone)/ Alasdair of the Den (Trad)
4. ST. BERNARDS WALTZ 3.37
Glen Patrick (J.B. Easton arr Black)
5. BARN DANCE (2/4 Marches) 3.17
Colonel McLean of Ardgour (J. McLellan)/ The Clan McColl (J. McColl arr Black)
6. QUICKSTEP 1.50
Tipsy Twosome (Bill Cooke)
7. FIDDLE SOLO: 3.45
Slow Strathspey & Reel
Fyvie Castle (J.S. Skinner arr Nicoll)/ Mary Claire (J. Holland)
8. MILITARY TWO STEP 2.55
Honeymoon Harry's Two Step (F. Barbour)
9. PIPE MEDLEY 4.05
Leaving Lunga (J. Gordon arr Black)/ Inverardle (M. Fielding)/ The Black Bear(Trad)
10. DASHING WHITE SERGEANT 2.21
Willafjord (Trad)/ Teetotaller's Reel (Trad arr Black)/ The Scholar (Trad)/ Billy Thom's Reel (Jim Johnstone)
11. GAY GORDONS (4/4 Marches) 2.22
Leaside (R. Black)/ Crystel's March (R. Black)
12. PIPE JIGS 3.12
Charles Anderson (D. MacLeod)/ The Leg of a Duck (Trad/D. MacLeod)/ Mrs. Seamus MacNeill (J.A. MacLellan)
13. SLOW AIR 3.08
Memories of Cecil & Ruby Dawson (B. Black)
14. EVA THREE STEP (6/8 Marches) 2.35
Capt. I.R. McHorton (J. Massie)/ Rory McLeod's Welcome to Loch Carron (Aspery/Gibbs/Hodgkinson)
15. POLKA 2.39
Patchwork Polka (Ian Paterson)
16. ACCORDION SOLO: 2.55
Continental Waltz
Soir de Paris (Ferrari)
17. VIRGINIA REEL 2.27
Red Haired Boy/ The Chamberlain/ Swamp Lake Breakdown/ Canadian Reel (all Trad)
18. MISSISSIPPI DIP 2.10
Bonnie Scotland (Trad)/ Roll out the Barrel (Vejvoda/Xeman/Brown)/ Who were you with Last Night (Godfrey/Sheridan)/ My Old Man (Collins/Leigh arr Black)
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