Scottish Dancing Bands in Scotland

I thought it would be good to compile a list of Scottish Dance bands, together with descriptions and (if they are willing) contact information. So that's what this is trying to do. Descriptions have been taken from album covers and other material the bands themselves have provided.

I welcome details of bands anywhere in the world. I would just ask that it be restricted to Scottish Dance Bands, and I will not publish contact information unless I am sure that the band member in question is happy with this.

There are the following indexes:

• Bands in Australasia
• Bands in England
• Bands in Europe
• Bands in Northern Ireland
• Bands in North America, including primarily Canada and the USA
• Bands in Scotland
• Bands in Wales
• Freelance callers.

The bands details are arranged alphabetically:
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Bands listed here are, in alphabetical order:

• A and E Ceilidh Band, Isle of Skye
• ABlaze in the Bothy, Edinburgh and Glasgow
• Absent Friends, Edinburgh
• Accidentals Ceilidh Band, Lothian, the Borders and Fife
• The Alan Crookston Ceilidh Band, Central Scotland
• Alan Gardiner, Biggar
• Alan Ross, Falkirk
• Alastair Wood, Edinburgh
• Albany, Fife
• *Wedding* Alistair Lennox & The Thistle Dubh Ceilidh Band, Glasgow
• *Old Tyme* Stuart Anderson, Hawick
• Annasach, Edinburgh
• *Reeling* *Old Tyme* Arcadia Music
• *ECD* The Assembly Players, Lanarkshire
• Auld Reekie, Edinburgh
• Aurora Ceilidh Band, Aberdeen + Aberdeenshire
• Bachnagairn, Dundee
• Graeme Barrie, Broxburn, Central Scotland
• *Weddings* The Rock Ceilidh Band, Central Scotland (formerly Bass Rock Ceilidh)
• Blackford Fiddle Group, Blackford / Auchterarder area, Perthshire
• Alasdair MacCuish and the Black Rose Ceilidh Band, Glasgow
• *Reeling* Bella MacNab's, Edinburgh
• The Belle Star Ceilidh Band, Edinburgh
• The Benachally Ceilidh Band, Tayside
• Bennachie, Aberdeen/Forfar
• Bernie Hewitt, Edinburgh
• Big Squeeze, Edinburgh?
• The Big Stupit Ceilidh Band, Glasgow
• *Old Tyme* Bill Black's Scottish Dance Band, Perth
• Bon Accord, Edinburgh?
• *Reeling* *Irish trad* The Bon Accords Ceilidh Band, Dumfries and Galloway
• Bon Stovi, Edinburgh
• Borders, Edinburgh?
• , Reeling, Weddings Borland Ceilidh Band, Kilmarnock, will travel
• *rock, songs and craic* Box O' Bananas, Stirlingshire
• The Burns Brothers Ceilidh band, Cumbernauld or Glasgow
• Caerketton, Linlithgow
• *modern covers* *rock n roll* *disco provided on request* Callanish, Edinburgh
• *Old Tyme* Callum Wilson, Biggar
• *Weddings* *Birthday Celebrations* Calum'n'Eric Ceilidh Band, Edinburgh
• *Old Time* *Concerts* Calum Low Scottish Dance Band & Concert Duo, Bishopbriggs, North of Glasgow, Scotland
• Canongate Cadjers Ceilidh Band, Edinburgh
• Capital Ceilidh Band, Edinburgh
• The Carlyle Family, Livingston
• *Scottish Show* *Burns Nights* *Weddings* John Carmichael's Ceilidh Band, Glasgow
• *Ceilidh/disco combination* Ceilidh Experience Band (Norman Mackay), Edinburgh
• Ceilidh Folk, Fife
• Ceilidh Minogue, Central Scotland
• Ceilidh Mor, the Garioch, Aberdeenshire
• *Twmpath* *Barn Dance* Celtic Sound,
• Ceol Mor Scottish Dance Band, Paisley
• Ceol na h'Alba - see Phill Jones
• Chantywrasstlers Ceilidh Band, Glasgow/Renfrewshire/Ayrshire
• Chitterybite, Glasgow
• Clamjamfrie, Kilbarchan and Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire/Glasgow
• Cloud Howe Ceilidh Band, South of Scotland
• Clyde Valley Ceilidh Band, Lanark
• Coila, Ayrshire
• Colin Dewar Scottish Dance Band, Stirling, Central Scotland
• Copper Ceilidh, Lothians, Central Scotland
• Craigenroan Ceilidh band, Central Scotland
• CrapOrCeilidh, Glasgow Area
• Thistle Do Ceilidhs, Edinburgh, Lothians and Glasgow, Scotland, UK
• Culla, Edinburgh?
• Cutting Edge Ceilidh Band, Tayside/Fife
• Da Hooley, Edinburgh
• Hugh Ferguson and Dalriada Scottish Country Dance Band
• Danse McCabre, Aberdeen
• Dark Island, Aberdeen
• Darloch, Central Scotland near Stirling
• David Cunningham Junior, Fife
• *Reeling* *Disco* David Morison, Tayside
• David Oswald
• Ballroom, Sequence, Latin American David Sturgeon and the Waverley SCD Band, Edinburgh
• Deoch 'n' Dorus Ceilidh Band, Glasgow
• Colin Dewar Scottish Dance Band, Stirling, Central Scotland
• *Weddings* *Old Tyme* The Dollarfield band, Central Scotland
• Donald Macleod Scottish dance band, Drymen, by Loch Lomond
• Drummond Cook, Forres, Moray (NE Scotland)
• *Reeling* The Eddie Edmond Band, North East Scotland
• Eden, Edinburgh?
• *Weddings* *Birthday Celebrations* Eric Wood - see The Roundhouse Ceilidh Duo, Edinburgh
• Faer Company, Dundee/Tayside/Angus/Fife
• Fiddlers Three Plus Two, Glasgow
• Flying Haggis, Glasgow/Central Belt
• The Flying Pieman, Banchory
• Pop-Jazz, Soul The Frazer Mclellan Band,
• Gallivanters Ceilidh Band, Perth
• galik bred, Aberdeen
• The Garleton Ceilidh Band, East Lothian
• The Gary Blair Ceilidh Band, Glasgow
• Gary Donaldson, Edinburgh
• *Old Tyme* Gary Forrest Ceilidh Band, Jedburgh
• George Meikle and the Lothian Dance Band, Dumfries, Southern Scotland
• Get Reel Ceilidh Band, Aberdeen, NE Scotland
• The Ghillie Dubhs, Dundee, Perth, St Andrews, Central Scotland
• Glamaig Ceilidh Band, Portree
• Gled Tae Be Glaikit,
• Nicol McLaren and the Glencraig Scottish Country Dance Band Blairgowrie, Perthshire
• The Glenhoulachan Midge Club Ceilidh Band, West Dunbartonshire
• Gordon Shand, Fife
• Gowrie, Perth, Dundee area
• *Old Tyme* Graeme Mitchell Scottish Dance and Ceilidh band, Huntly
• *Modern music* Graeme Munro, Edinburgh
• Graham Geddes, Aberdeen
• Grant Crawford & The Kilbryde Scottish Dance Band, Penicuik, Midlothian
• The Hallanshankers, Glasgow
• Herculean Ceilidh Band, Fife and Edinburgh
• *Scottish* *Irish* *American* The HLI Ceilidh Band, Edinburgh and Borders
• Hogtie, Aberdeen
• The Horizon Scottish Country Dance Band, Aberdeen
• The Hotshot Ceilidh Band, Aberdeen
• *Funky, Modern, Folky* Hud Yer Wheesht , Edinburgh and beyond
• *Old Tyme* Iain Cathcart & his band, Ayrshire
• Iain MacPhail, Edinburgh
• The Ian Muir Sound, Prestwick
• Ian Thomson Scottish Dance Band, Kirkintilloch, West Scotland
• *folk (drinking songs, etc)* Iron Broo, Aberdeen
• Itchy Fingers, Aberdeen
• J & L Ceilidh Band, Erskine
• Jack Stalker Edinburgh?
• James Coutts, Kirkaldy, Central Scotland
• The Jauncey Brothers' Band, Perth/Angus
• JIG Ceilidh Band, Edinburgh / Borders
• Jiggered Ceilidh Band, Glasgow
• The Jiggers, Glasgow
• The Sensational Jimi Shandrix Experience, Edinburgh
• The JingBang Ceilidh Band, Aberdeen
• *cabaret* Jock Fraser Dance Band, Inverness
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• *Scottish Show* *Burns Nights* *Weddings* John Carmichael's Ceilidh Band, Glasgow
• John Renton, Inverary, Argyll
• *Reeling* *Weddings* John Stuart Scottish Dance Band, Aberdeenshire
• The Kadugan Ceilidh Band, Abbey St Bathans
• Andy Kain Band, Central Scotland
• Karyn McCulloch, Dalrymple
• Keltic Lynx, Aberdeen
• Ken Gourlay's Ceilidh bands, Edinburgh
• Kilrymont Ceilidh Band, St. Andrews
• The Kinlochard Ceilidh Band, Kinlochard
• Last Tram Tae Auchenshuggle, Glasgow
• Laverock, Udny, Aberdeenshire, will travel
• Sandy Legget and the Carseloch Ceilidh Band, Alloway
• Lex Keith Trio, Glasgow
• Lindsay Weir, Central Belt + the Highlands
• The Lismore Ceilidh Band, Edinburgh/East Lothian
• The Lomond Ceilidh Band, Fife
• Lost Shores Ceilidh Band, Fife
• The Lothian Dance Band, Dumfries
• Craig McCallum, Aberdeen, NE Scotland
• *Old Tyme* Neil MacEachern, Stirlingshire
• *Ceilidh/disco combination* Ceilidh Experience Band (Norman Mackay), Edinburgh
• *Reeling*, *OldTime* Matthew Maclennan Scottish Dance Band, Paisley
• Macs'ldubhuit ceilidh band, Central Scotland
• *Rock, Songs* The Mad Parrots, Dundee
• Marian Anderson and her Band, Borders
• M�rtainn Skene Highland Dance Band, Glasgow, Scotland
• The Marwicks, Edinburgh
• *Disco* mix'n'mac events, Central Scotland
• Nackytoosh Ceilidh Band, Fife
• *Old Tyme* Neil MacEachern, Stirlingshire
• *Ceilidh/disco combination* Ceilidh Experience Band (Norman Mackay), Edinburgh
• The Occasionals, Edinburgh
• Oran Mor, Ayrshire
• The Orwell Ceilidh Band, Inchture, Perthshire
• David Oswald
• The Pentlands Ceilidh Band, Edinburgh
• Perpetual Motion, Edinburgh
• Phill Jones Scottish Country Dance Band, Central Scotland.
• The Picts, Glasgow and Edinburgh
• Portobello Ceilidh Band, Edinburgh
• Quern, Edinburgh Area
• The Reel of Fortune Ceilidh Band, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City
• *Wedding and Functions* Referendum, Aberdeen
• Reel Rhythm (see The Robert Menzies Ceilidh band), Dumfrieshire
• The Robert Fish Band, Edinburgh
• The Robert Menzies Ceilidh band, Dumfrieshire
• , Rock/Rock Covers, Birthdays, Parties, Weddings Rock 'n' Reel, Aberdeenshire, NE Scotland
• *Weddings* *Birthday Celebrations* The Roundhouse Ceilidh Duo, Edinburgh
• Roy Hendrie Scottish Dance Band - see Oran Mor, Ayrshire
• Royzone, Edinburgh
• Sandy Brechin and The Sensational Jimi Shandrix Experience, Edinburgh
• Sandy Nixon, Ayr
• Saxofolk, Edinburgh
• *Weddings* *corporate functions* SCOOROOT,
• Scott Harvey Ceilidh Band, Glasgow
• Shiftin Bobbins Ceilidh Band, Stirling
• Shindig, Aberdeen and North-east Scotland
• Skelpit Lug Ceilidh Band, Stirling
• *Weddings* *Student Events* Spootiskerry, Glasgow, Scotland
• The Staffin Island Ceilidh Band, Dundee, Central Scotland
• *Old Tyme* *Weddings* Strathmore Ceilidh Band, Angus/Tayside
• *Old Tyme* Stuart Anderson, Hawick
• Tapsalteerie, Edinburgh
• The Tartan Trio Ceilidh Band, Manchester and Glasgow
• *Weddings* The Tatties Ceilidh Band, Renfrewshire/Glasgow
• TeannaichEdinburgh
• The Thunderdog ceilidh band, Edinburgh
• *Weddings* Tradlab Ceilidh Band, Edinburgh
• The Trows, Edinburgh
• Ballroom, Sequence, Latin American The Waverley SCD Band, Edinburgh
• Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw, Cumnock, Ayrshire
• Whigmaleerie Ceilidh Band, Aberdeen, North East Scotland
• White Cart Ceilidh Band, Glasgow and Central Belt
• The Wild Cigarillos
• William Marshall, Edinburgh
• *Weddings* *Birthday Celebrations* The Roundhouse Ceilidh Duo - now Calum'n'Eric Ceilidh Band, Edinburgh

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