Club night with music from local and visiting players. All welcome to attend.
Ian started playing accordion at the age of 8 and progressed through the British College of Accordionists exam system, under the tutelage of Jim Hutcheon.
He began playing professionally in 1978 and appeared with many Scottish Variety artistes including Peter Morrison, Alistair McDonald, Calum Kennedy and Andy Stewart to mention just a few.
Ian played lead accordion with Kenny Thomson and the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band before forming his own band in 1984. He has regularly recorded for the BBC Radio Scotland's “TAKE THE FLOOR” and even presented the programme when Robbie Shepherd was on holiday.
He has travelled extensively, playing for Scottish dance events all over the world including Winter Schools in Australia, Summer Schools in New Zealand, Asilomar weekend in California and many times in Canada for TAC, Edmonton weekends and Vancouver 50th Anniversary.
Ian has recorded several Scottish Country albums, Old Time Dance and solo accordion albums. His two most recent recordings were done in Canada with his friends in the Tartan Ties Band (Judi Nicolson, Kathy Fraser Collins and Fred Collins)
For 28 years, Ian tutored at the prestigious Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama) until retiring in 2022.
Ian is joined by Neil MacMillan on piano, a true stalwart of the Scottish music scene!
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