Biographies

Rodger McAndrew (accordion) - from Blairgowrie. Originally a classically trained pianist but also steeped in the rich traditions of Perthshire from which he draws the bulk of his inspiration. In much demand as a guest player on the dance-band circuit. Retains a preference for the piano but finds the accordian easier to hang round his neck.

Laurie Crump (fiddle and whistles) - from Dumfries. Classically trained on fiddle and woodwind but brought up in the Borders fiddle tradition. From this strong base he set out to explore the other musical areas of Scotland, a journey he claims has no finishing point. A wicked improviser in the fast tunes. On the slow ones he has - as they say - a lovely tone.

Robert Googs Williamson (bass guitar) - from Yell, Shetland, where they all play the fiddle before they can walk. Googs played the bass-guitar instead, developing huge muscles and a unique style as a result. His playing combines a driving, rocking quality with all the sensitivity to the melody line you would expect from someone of his island heritage and musical pedigree.
 

Roy Henderson (guitar and vocals) - from Inverness. The band's folkie, singing the pubs and clubs of Europe and North America before discovering that moving a village hall full of grinning dancers was at least double the fun. He sings the songs of Scotland and beyond in the band's more reflective moments; most of the time he joins Googs in giving it big licks.
 

Wilma Henderson (caller) - from Edinburgh, a Stockbridge keelie. One of the country's outstanding dance-callers, much sought after as a guest caller by other bands. Combines a wide knowledge of dances old and new with a sure finger on the pulse of the room and its requirements. As the Edinburgh poet Sandy Sneddon said of her in admiration, "A blond-haired Boadicea with her beater and her bodhran - She'd charm a graceful Eightsome Reel from a room of drunken morons!"