Post by Dick Glasgow on Dec 27, 2008 14:57:36 GMT
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:
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
Walter Dale[/color][/b]
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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
Walter Dale[/color][/b]
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