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26/04/2025

For the very best in traditional music, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. For this week's session, we are back in the year 2009 featuring the Shetland Band Catticloo.

For the very best in traditional music, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. For this week’s session, we are back in the year 2009 featuring the Shetland Band Catticloo led by Caroline Irvine. We also treat you to an archive recording of the late great Rudy Meeks on fiddle, accompanied by Jim Johnstone and his Band, and we pay tribute to accordionist and tutor John Leslie.

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1 hour, 55 minutes

Catticloo

Caroline Irvine   Lead Accordion
Linda Irvine   Fiddle
Jim Halcrow    2nd accordion 
Margaret Robertson  Piano
Graham Jamieson   Drums
Alasdair MacLeod  Bass

TITLE: Edinburgh Mixture
a) Grays Wedding March   (Margaret Robertson)
b) Tam's Crackers    (Colin Brown)
ARTIST: Catticloo
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Boston Two Step
a) Ally Flaws Two Step   (Jim Halcrow)
ARTIST: Catticloo
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Postie's Jig (4 x 32 bar)
a) The Clay Pigeon Boxer      (Ian Crichton)
b) Robin Brock's Farewell to his Gallbladder (Colin Finlayson)
C) Peter's Peerie Boat     (Tom Anderson)
d) Caroline's New B Key     (Derek Rae)
ARTIST: Catticloo
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: St Bernard's Waltz (Shetland Lasses Set)
a) Lisa     (David Halcrow)
b) Marina    (Alan Bruce)
c) Linda    (Marie Fielding)
ARTIST: Catticloo
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TITLE: Eva Three Step
a) Portree Bay
b) Master Scott MacCuish  (Marie Fielding)
ARTIST: Catticloo
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Take The Floor Recording

TITLE:  Slow Air - Fiddle Solo - Fiddle + Piano
April Air   (Margaret Robertson)
ARTIST: Catticloo
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Hoolighans Jig
a) The Blackthorn Stick   (Trad)
b) Roaring Jelly   (Trad)
c) Pet of the Pipers    (Trad)
d) Rakes of Kildare    (Trad) 
ARTIST: Catticloo
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Military Two Step
a) Fisherman's Backstep   (Ronnie Cooper)
ARTIST: Catticloo
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Bonnie Bells o' Heather (6x32 bars)
a) Da Scholar
b) Miss Thorntons
c) Jim Moore's Fancy
d) Kitty's Wedding
e) Rattagan's Reel
f) Andy McGann's Reel
ARTIST: Catticloo
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Strip the Willow
a) Buttermilk Mary
b) Tobin's Favourite
c) The Fairhaired Boy
d) Boys of the Town
ARTIST: Catticloo
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Take The Floor Recording

TITLE: Pride of Erin
a) Sean Dwyer   (Trad)
b) Lillian    (Ronnie Cooper)
ARTIST: Catticloo
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TITLE: Band Leaders Choice
a) Band Boys Polka
ARTIST: Catticloo with Calum Irvine
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TITLE: Da Dashing White Sergeant
a) Original
b) Chadwick's Bog    (Ronnie Cooper)
c) Left Handed Tushkar   (Ronnie Cooper)
d) Zephyr    (Linda Irvine)
ARTIST: Catticloo
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Take The Floor Recording

TITLE:  Amazing Grace
TRK:  4
ARTIST:  Karen Matheson
CD:  Celtic Women
LABEL/CAT NR: Greentrax - CDGMP8012

TITLE:   Canadian Barn Dance
Nan MacDonald / The Athole Highlanders Farewell to Loch Katrine
TRK:  1
ARTIST:  Ace Thistle Ceilidh Band
CD:  Vol 1

TITLE:   The Primrose Polka
TRK:  S 2 B 7
ARTIST:  John and Scott Leslie
LP:   Accordion Versatility
LABEL/CAT NR:  JLA 501

TITLE:   Beautiful Iona
TRK:  
ARTIST:  Robert Wilson
EP:  One Hundred Thousand Welcomes / Beautiful Iona
LABEL/CAT NR:  His Master's Voice - POP1082

TITLE:   Dick McDougals Reel Medley
Dick McDougals Reel
Fiddle Head Reel   [Ward Allen]
The Crazy Creek Reel
ARTIST:  Rudy Meeks with Jim Johnstone and his Band
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Take The Floor Recording

TITLE:    The Farmers Jamboree Jig
The Farmers Jamboree
Rock Valley Jig
Off She Goes
The Murray River Jig   [Graeme Townsend]
ARTIST:  Rudy Meeks with Jim Johnstone and his Band
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE:   Waltz
The Dolphine Waltz    [Johnny Mooring]  
ARTIST:  Rudy Meeks with Jim Johnstone and his Band
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Take The Floor Recording

TITLE:    Riding The Fiddle  
ARTIST:  Rudy Meeks with Jim Johnstone and his Band
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE:  Jig and Reel
Irish Hearts to the Ladies 
Big John MacNeil's Reel  
ARTIST:  Rudy Meeks with Jim Johnstone and his Band
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Take The Floor Recording 

TITLE:    Scottish Selection
Lament for Big Dougal   [Finlay Powrie]
Margaret's Strathspey   [Ian and Bill Powrie] 
Cairnie's Canter    [Scott Skinner]
ARTIST:  Rudy Meeks with Jim Johnstone and his Band
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Take The Floor Recording

TITLE:    Hornpipes
The Dundee Hornpipe 
The Lamplighters Hornpipe
ARTIST:  Rudy Meeks with Jim Johnstone and his Band
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Take The Floor Recording

TITLE:   Medley of Jigs
Debbie M's    [Rudy Meeks] 
Cado's Jig   
Noble Meeks   [Rudy Meeks]  1.01
ARTIST:  Rudy Meeks with Jim Johnstone and his Band
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Take The Floor Recording

TITLE:    The Golden Eagle Reel
The Golden Eagle Reel  
The Fraser valley Breakdown 
Once upon her Cheek     
ARTIST:  Rudy Meeks with Jim Johnstone and his Band
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Take The Floor Recording

TITLE:   Blue Eyed Nancy
TRK:  4
ARTIST:  Robyn Stapleton
CD:  Fickle Fortune
LABEL/CAT NR:  Laverock Records - LAVE001CD

TITLE: Cape Town Wedding (4x32 Strathspey)
a) Mr Dolph Morris's Strathspey                  [P Kier]
b) Lady Elizabeth Lindsey                           [Gow]
c) Lady Spencer Chichester                         [Trad]
d) Lord Elphinston                              [Trad]
ARTIST: Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Take The Floor Recording

TITLE:   Reels
Foxy's 80th / Dolina MacKay / Clario G's
TRK:  3
ARTIST:  Ace Thistle Ceilidh Band
CD:  Vol 1