Lads and lassies? Jesus, there's not one of them under 80 years old!

True Legend 😊

60 years ago I used to dance up and down the hallway as a 4 year old with my Grandma - certainly brings back early happy memories!

nathan taylor: Then that makes the late Will Starr your great-grand-uncle.

Love Jimmy Shand - and have a lot of his records. I also have one of Will Star on Parlophone label - No: F3361 - 78 RPM - Martelette Polka & Jaqueline Waltz - if you want it - get in touch.

Near the village of Letham in the county of Fife , There once lived a man with a long happy life, A musician of profile with a famed ceili band

A ken am 5 years to late but I just saw this comment, I'm a scottish 14 year old right now and also play the box. Except I play the piano accordion instead of the button box, I was originally taught by a family friend but now get lessons online

My mum was Scottish 4 years now i miss her everyday im 41 but a certain song xx

I'm from Yorkshire and live at the back Jimmy Shand court in Fife where Sir Jimmy was born....

Hello

No one cares

@@elvispresley1085 I do--but then I myself am a proud Scottish-American. By the way, your display name sounds vaguely familiar. Did you play music at some time or other?

spideraxis foster and Allen

THANKS

Yes,my term here is "The Neo Shand Band",Ian,Bruce and Bruce's father.and others A great revival of the Shand era.

christian schwender okay, this made me laugh.

There are a variety of speeds at which Scottish country dances are played - as you might guess from the name, this is an American-style one.

the second box accordionist is Hamish Smith who normally plays with the Sandy Nixon dance band.

The Scots dance at a variety of tempos.

@@sheilamacisaac1482 correct. most irish music/culture was adopted from scotland and other countries in the late 1800s. the irish music/sangs we see on you tube today only started in the late 50s(i know i was around then). fiddle reel music indigenous to scotland. there are 100s of scottish fiddle reels in ireland adopted from scotland. cielidths are scottish adopted by irish nationalists in the late 1800s. jimmy shand/will starr/the wyper bros all were very influencial in the adopted irish ceili. ....niel gow,his son nathaniel/ james hill/james scot skinner were scottish fiddlers who heavily influenced "irish" music. if you research irish sangs/fiddle reels you will find they they are scottish. you can type in.......music essays| traditional irish ireland.......ten type in.....irish traditional music feature ask about ireland........then type in.......history ireland reinventing tradition the boundaries of irish dance helen brennan.......you will read where it,s all adopted . ceilidths/fiddle reel music/accordian music/stepdance and more.

@@brucecollins4729 I received this reply in email and had to come to KZfaq to find out what it was about. My response was only to point out that we Scots have a variety of dance temps from Scottish Waltz to Strathsapey, Jig, reel, Hornpipe and the various Highland tempos. The Virginia reel is to an extent based on American tunes and style but is in reel timeb(4/4). I have been involved in Scottish dance since childhood, having grown up only 4 miles from Jimmy Shand (Senior), and taught it for years and particularly in the West/Hebrides we are very aware of the links with Irish and Cape Breton music.

@@Tomtonbuster i was actually agreeing with you. scottish dance has many tempos and a varied music style.

oh well if your irish"come into the parlour" what a wonderful musical heritage well share in the isles every corner offers a rich musical tradition i work in a care home and this music really lifts the spirits of the guests

Did you figure out yet that Jimmy Shand is Scottish?????

david janson is

Are you looking at Jimmy or his son? Jimmy Senior's Red botton key accordion was specially built by Hohner, the Shand Morino.

I'd rather hear music to welcome him to the Isle of Riker--or better still, the Isle of Alcatraz. I know the prison there is closed, but maybe they could re-open it in his "honor." 😁😆🤣

i know.. sadly no going back now