BILL BLACK SCOTTISH DANCE BAND

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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. Based in Perthshire, this is Bill's fourth album on Springthyme. 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.

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Rear Booklet

Song Book PDF

Listen to two selected tracks - a Polka and a set of Reels:

Polka: Miss Delia Graham's Polka

Reels: Itchy Fingers/ Wicked Willy &c

Bill Black: Miss Delia Graham's Polka
or Bill Black: Itchy Fingers/ Wicked Willy &c
on springthyme/ soundcloud

Artistes: Bill Black: button box; Kathryn Nicoll: fiddle; Niel Caul: piano accordion;
Mabel Gray: piano; Robert McFadyen: drums.
The sleeve picture is a detail from a painting "Crofts" (1986) by Gordon H Wyllie.

'Cracking stuff.' SCOTS MAGAZINE
'Another great album from Bill and the band' PRESS AND JOURNAL

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)

19. WALTZ 2.54
Suzanne (Mabel Gray)

20. POSTIE'S JIG 2.14
My Dungannon Sweetheart (Trad)/ Jim McAllister's Jig (C. McLean)/ Rock Valley Jig (C. Meeks)/ Barney Quinn (Robert McFadyen)

21. REELS 2.26
Itchy Fingers (P.M. R. Mathieson)/ Wicked Willy (A. Rankine)/ Dinky's Reel (Trad)/ Miss Jane of Violet Bank (M. Houlison)

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)