English Concertina players in Scotland ~ List {81}

[Dick Glasgow]

Back in October '08, I came across an old thread on the Footstompin Forum, in which Dick Miles had asked how many people used the English Concertina in Scottish Music.

Interestingly, leading Scottish player Simon Thoumire had replied:

There are not many at all. Myself, Norman Chalmers, Stuart Eydeman and a few more in ceilidh bands. Can anyone provide a list of concertina players in Scotland?

This set me thinking & I proceeded to make enquiries on Footstompin & other music forums, to see if I could get a better idea of how many players there really were.
Thanks to loads of help from other interested players & musicians, after a few months the figure now stands at 75!

Here is the list as it stands at 14th October 2009.

If you know of any other players, or can put towns or regions even, where the players on the list live, I'd be very grateful for the info.

English Concertina players in Scotland {77}:

Rikki Allton ~ Glasgow
George Anderson ~ Kelso
Neil Bayfield ~ Aberdeenshire
Hamish Bayne ~ Orkney
Karen Beattie ~ West Lothian
Jack Bethel ~ Glasgow
Bob Blair ~
Elspeth Brown ~ Glasgow
Stewart Brown ~ Dundee
Alex Cadogan ~ Aberdeen
Sass Campbell ~ Morayshire,
Pamela Carr ~ York
Norman Chalmers ~ Edinburgh
Russ Clare ~ Doune
Joan Clifford ~ Borders
Selby Cochrane ~
Paul Connolly ~ Lochaber
David Corner ~ Dalkeith
Peter Donald ~ Glasgow
Tom Donnelly ~ Glasgow
Stuart Eydmann ~ Edinburgh
Archie Fisher ~ Borders
Richard Forsyth ~ Kirriemuir
Foss Foster ~ Banff
Susannah Franks ~ Fife
John Gahagan ~ Glasgow
George Haig ~ Fife
Simon Harbord ~
Gordon Haxton ~ Glasgow
Pete Heywood ~ Ayrshire
Gordon Hotchkiss ~
Astryd Jamieson ~ Shetland
Nigel Jelks ~ Angus
Brian Johnstone ~ Glasgow
Alan Jones ~ East Kilbride
Mary Kendall ~
Katy Kiernan ~ West Lothian
John Leavey ~ Kincardineshire
Iain MacDonald ~
Belinda MacLaren ~ Lennoxtown
Maggie Macrae ~ Glasgow
Mrs Marino ~ Edinburgh
Tom Martin ~
Gary Mahon ~
Duncan McLennan ~
Susan McClure ~ Dunblane
John McCourtney ~ Glasgow
Tom McDermott ~ Ayrshire
Marta McGlynn ~
Geordie McIntyre ~ Dunblane
Duncan McLennan ~ Inverness
Brian McNeill ~
Cameron Miller ~ Glasgow
Drew Moyes ~ Glasgow
Mike Penny ~
Dave Richardson ~
Derek Richardson ~ Perthshire
Helen Ross ~ Stirling
Alison Shepard ~ Edinburgh
Andrea Stanford ~ Fife
Wendy Stewart ~ Dumfries
Steve Sutcliffe ~
Bob Thomas ~
Dave Thomas ~ Morayshire,
Sally Thomas ~ East Lothian,
Simon Thoumire ~ Edinburgh
Ted Tracey-Bower ~ Edinburgh
Dick Trickie ~ Aberdeenshire
Erland Voy ~
Ann Ward ~ Edinburgh
Tom Ward ~ Edinburgh
Frances Wilkins ~ Aberdeen
Alan Wright ~ Kilmarnock

Scottish players not resident {4}:

Dick Glasgow ~ Co Antrim
Jean Graham ~ France
Jack Beck ~ Virginia, U.S.A.
Geoff Caplan ~ Devon

Not to be forgotten {10}:

Kenny Caird,
Robert Chalmers,
Simon Cooper,
Mike Berry,
John Eaglesham,
Archie Frame,
Peter Hall,
David Haxton,
Rev. Gordon Jones,
Joseph Kent,
Iain MacKintosh,
Mike Petrie,
Jim Reid,
Roy Williamson
G. S. Morris
Victor Smith
Jack Easy
James Dickson
Tommy Dale
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[nigelgatherer]

Pete Heywood seems to have dropped off your list, Ptarmigan.

There's also another very good player I had forgotten about: Alan Jones, who has played in numorous bands including Three's a Crowd with Sandy Stanage, and Hot Toddy with Amy Geddes. He lives in East Kilbride.

[Dick Glasgow]

Ooooops well spotted Nigel.

Thanks for the new name too!

I'm delighted to be able to add another name!

Cheers
Dick

[ishtar]

Dec 29, 2008 12:03:23 GMT Dick Glasgow said:

Ooooops well spotted Nigel.

Thanks for the new name too!

I'm delighted to be able to add another name!

Cheers
Dick

Dick, you're welcome to add my name. However, I couldn't seriously have my name in the same list as my hero Brian MacNeill, so you'd have to take him out. ;D

[Dick Glasgow]

Hey ishtar, the list has absolutely nothing to do with how talented the players are or how long anyone has been playing a Concertina. It's just an indication of how popular the instrument is at this time, so there are actually a few names of tutors & their pupils on this list & that's absolutely fine. Some players have been at it for a lifetime, others less than a year .. such is life.

Anyway, I'm sure Brian would be honoured to be on your list!

Cheers
Dick

P.S. If I knew your name, I'd be happy to add it!

[Dick Glasgow]

Happy to announce that we now have 58 names on this list.

I've just added C.net member Susannah Franks!

Cheers
Dick

[Dick Glasgow]

I'd just like to welcome Sally Thomas to the List.

Cheers
Dick

[Dick Glasgow]

Elspeth Brown makes it 60!

[Dick Glasgow]

I'm delighted to be able to add Katy Kiernan of West Lothian to the list, making it 61 now!

Cheers
Dick

[Dick Glasgow]

George Anderson ~ Kelso & Richard Forsyth ~ Edinburgh make it 65 now!

Cheers
Dick

[sam]

hi
..hey i didnt realise there was that many people playing in/around Glasgow! where are you all? where do you play...

[sam]

Hi
just looking through the list - you can add glasgow to my name..Susan McClure and Geordie McIntrye is in dunblane...is Kenny Caird on the list?

[Dick Glasgow]

EXCELLENT! ~ 66 now ;D

Thanks for Kenny's name Sam, & the Dunblane info.

Yes Sam, it's quite surprising to see how many there really are, north of the border.

It's like there's a secret society, that is oh so secret, that not even the members know it exists, or that there are in fact, any other members! ;D

Hopefully this forum can help to bring some of them together, for tuition & encouragement.

Cheers
Dick

[Dick Glasgow]

Many thanks to Wes Williams over on C.net, for giving me another name for our list.

Namely the late 'Alf Edwards': PHOTO

"Edwards, who died in 1985, played concertina in the 1956 movie version of "Moby Dick".

There's lots more info on Alf here: 'Alf Edwards'

Cheers
Dick

[Dick Glasgow]

N.B. I have just been reliably informed that Alf Edwards WASN'T a Scotsman, after all! :-(

Ah well, sounds like he was a fascinating character for you to meet, one of those one of a kind individuals, you don't meet every day. The sort that folk say there are far fewer of around, today.

The bottom line is, I don't really mind how long my list is ...... as long as it is ACCURATE, so many thanks to Stephen Chambers for the info!

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Cheers
Dick