If readers could give me exact dates for the undernoted deaths or additional entries I'll update this record
For further biographical information on the undernoted please see Obituaries & Musician Biographies (both in alpha order)
1974
Willie MacPherson (1920 - 1974) - Elgin - fiddler, composer
1976
Will Starr (3 row) (27/04/1922 – 06/03/1976) Croy - Shand Morino, stage maestro (The Daddy of Them All)
1977
Willie Mann (of Paddy) 22 years old
1978
Jimmy MacFarlane (17/04/78) - fiddler with the Jim MacLeod Band at Dunblane Hydro
1980
David Findlay (piano) - April - pianist with The Olympians SDB and also a BBC news-reader and presenter. In the latter role he presented BBC Scotland's Scottish dance music programme for many years.
Bob Lillie - Glasgow - accordionist & leader of the Kelvin Ceilidh Band, salesman in forbes of Dundee's Glasgow shop (West Nile St?)
Lindsay Ross (1932 - /08/1980) - Froickheim - accordionist, broadcasting bandleader & composer.
Jack Forsyth (piano accordion)
Arthur Easson ? - Perth - led his own Glengarry SDB then drummer with the Ian Powrie SDB in its heyday.
Bill Powrie (3 row accordion)
Hector McAndrew (1903-1980) - Inverurie - fiddle teacher & broadcasting fiddler
Albie Tedham (09/02/26 - 16/11/80) - Langholm - fiddler
1981
Jimmy Blair (9th Nov 1981) - Glasgow - accordion teacher, broadcasting bandleader and composer.
1982
Ronnie Cooper (late June) - Shetland - pianist, accordionist, composer of some of the best known Shetland reels.
1983
Iain MacFadyen (April) (Radio Producer)
1984
Angus Park (2nd April) - Newton St Boswells - fiddler and Chairman of St Boswell's A&F Club
1985
Andrew Rankine (1932 - /12/1985) - accordionist & broadcasting bandleader. Born Menstrie, Stirlingshire. Stayed Whitley Bay & Leicester. Died in Long Beach Calefornia.
Peter Innes (? - 21 Jan 1985) - East Lothian - fiddler & bandleader
Guy (Giovanni) Biagi (09/01/1913 – 02/09/1985) Cleland, Wishaw - 5-row accordionist, broadcast classical music in the 1930s
GUY BIAGI: The Biagis were ice cream merchants in Ayrshire and Lanarkshire. Two brothers who may have had there name shortened or anglicized to Guy were Giovanni Biagi (born 9 Jan 1913; died 2 Sep 1985 at Cleland) and Guido Biagi (born 19 Jan 1919; died 14 Aug 1988). Both were sons of Alexander (or Alessandro) Biagi, an ice cream merchant and restauranteur. Giovanni was an ice cream merchant in Motherwell and Guido was a hospital van driver.
1986
Loretta Isabella Blair (02/05/30 - 29/01/86) - Glasgow - accordion teacher and widow of the lat Jimmy Blair d.1981
Charles Duncan (30/04/21 - 22/10/86) – Kirkcaldy - accordion teacher.
1987
Jacky ‘Bungy Bell’ Scott – compere at Islesteps & Castle Douglas Clubs
1988
Chrissie Leatham – Accordion teacher
Louis Cabrelli (in Italy) – accordion virtuoso and one time demonstrator
Ian Redford (10 Oct 88) (Chairman of the Highland Club)
Blanche McInnes (cNov 1988) pianist
George Fleming (03/06/88) Ayrshire accordionist & bandleader
Gerry Kealey (accordionist) (founder of the Premier A&F Club, Northern Ireland)
1989
Jim Devlin (19/01/89) fiddler Glasgow/Bellshill
Alex MacArthur (06/03/1930 – 17/10/1989) - accordionist & broadcasting bandleader. Played with both Powrie & Jim Johnstone bands. Founded the Biggar A&F Club in Oct 1974. Collapsed at the Radio Forth Accordion Show in the Pavilion in edinburgh organised by his friend Robin Brock.
1990
Jock Morgan (04/01/90) fiddler
Dougie Maxwell (21/01/90) Trumpet with the Olympians
Eann Nicolson (accordionist with the Wick SDB)
John Gibson (05/05/61 - 10/08/90) - Edinburgh - pianist, country dancer, piano tuner
1991
Bobby MacLeod (08/05/1925 – 26/01/1991) - Tobermory - piper, accordionist & broadcasting bandleader. Famous for his use of pipe marches on the accordion for dancing.
Tom (Tammy) Anderson (Nov 1991) Shetland fiddler.
Willie Wilson of Beith (28/04/34 - ?/91) Beith Club Chairman and member of the N.A.A.F.C. National Exec
Neil Mathieson (21/12/91) 3 row Shand Morino accordionist
1992
Dave Ireland (25/02/06 - 17/03/92) Lorry driver, fiddler with Shand before he went full-time. Lived in Auchtermuchty.
Jimmy Urquhart (05/12/27- 15/12/92) Singer, pianist, White Heather Club. Lived in Cupar.
1993
Jim Doig (fiddler) (19/01/93)
Jimmy Urquhart (singer) no precise date given in Feb 93 obituary.
Graham Romani - accordion teacher and examiner
Colin Finlayson (19/09/93 aged 41 in Geneva) - pianist, accordionist & broadcasting bandleader
Andy Stewart (30/12/1933 – 11/10/1993) - Arbroath - singer & TV personality
Bobby Brown (12/12/93 aged 68) - Shand Morino player with the Adam Rennie Quartet
1994
Rob Gordon (18/11/38 - 24/04/1994) Robert Arthur Gordon living in Bridge of Earn.
Ally Wilkie (reported in the April 94 B&F)
Willie Hunter (?/?/1994) (Shetland fiddler)
Ron Gonella (17/02/94) (Crieff)
Stan Peacock (late ’94) (drummer with Rob Gordon SDB)
Toralf Tollefsen (26/08/14 - 27/11/94) Norwegian virtuoso 5-row accordionist
1995
Tom Veldon (15/01/95) - Chapelhall, Airdrie - accordion teacher
Charles ‘Chick’ Kelly (21/01/95) – accordion teacher in the Lothians, Lanarkshire and Glasgow
Charlie Cowie (11/09/33 - 31/01/95) - Ayr? - broadcasting fiddler
Bill Hendry (22/12/95) - Falkirk - pianist
1996
Ian Wilkie (?/01/96) accordionist and Clinkscale sales rep
John Mackie (23/02/96) Yarrow Club Chairman – Ex commando who was on the Dieppe Raid.
Rab Carruthers (12/08/96) - Broughton, Peebles-shire - accordionist & broadcasting string bass player with many bands.,
John Laidlaw (28/08/96) - Peebles - accordionist
Iain McLachlan of Creagorry, Benbecula (Shand Morino player and composer of ‘The Dark Island’)
1997
Malcolm Gee (accordion virtuoso & Editor of ‘Accordion Monthly’)
Bert (Robert Blackwood) Shorthouse (06/12/27 – 17/01/97) - Full name Robert Blackwood Shorthouse, born 6 December 1927, son of William Shorthouse, a farmer, and Frances Lyons. Robert married Williamina Rae in 1956. He died 17 January 1997. Occupation was professional musician and he lived at 64 Rose Street, Dunfermline.
Francis Edwin Wright (21/08/97 aged 79) Chairman of the Board of Administration of the British College of Accordionists.
1998
Bill Smith (27/01/98) Banchory S&R Society
Angus Cameron (12/04/36 - 06/04/98) - Kirriemuir? - fiddler, composer and 'Golden Fiddle Award' Winner
Angus Fitchet (19/07/1910 – 15/05/1998) - dundee - broadcasting fiddler & composer.
Bobby Cronie (?/07/98) Glasgow - drummer
Christine Hunter (1st Secretary of the Musselburgh Festival Cttee)
Jim Brown (Broon) - Perth - fiddler
Bob Edward – Fiddler. Leader of Dundee S&R Society
1999
Jimmy Blue (03/09/1929 – 07/12/1999) - Forgandenny - Shand Morino & broadcasting bandleader. Played with the Powrie band.
Betty MacKinnon (Perthshire pianist)
Peter Straughan (1936 – 12/06/99) - Kirriemuie? - broadcasting pianist. Played with the Shand band.
Peem Edwards (25/12/99) – fiddler, founded member of Dundee A&F Club
Ian Crichton (1934 - 09/12/99) (Marybank, Isle of Lewis – composer)
Davie Simpson of Invergowrie - 3 row Shand Morino players and owner of one of the 4 original Shand Morinos
2000
Sir Jimmy Shand (28/01/1908 – 23/12/2000) - designed the Shand Morino, broadcasting bandleader
John Huband (22/02/2000 aged 58) - Muirhead by Dundee - accordionist, broadcasting bandleader, composer, jazz accordionist
Bill Sharp (11/07/2000) (Accordion teacher)
Terry Connor (fiddler with Jack Forsyth, Bobby Crowe etc)
Roddy Urquhart
2001
Alex Little MC (04/10/1927 – 22/08/2001) Master of Ceremonies, comedian, singer, raconteur
Jimmy Ritchie (10/11/1925 – 26/08/2001) the Fiddler of Glenshee. Played with both the Shand & MacLeod bands.
Jim Muir (04/11/01) pianist with several broadcasting bands
Jim MacRae (1947 - 17/11/2001) Glasgow, accordionist and bandleader
Tommy Edmondson (1934 – 23/12/2001) Played the 'Captain Pugwash' theme tune
2002
Addie Harper (20/10/1927 – 17/04/2002) - Wick, fiddler, composer, teacher, broadcasting bandleader
Frank Farquharson (1929 – 25/02/2002) Chairman of Fintry Club
Bob Hobkirk (1921-2002) - Border fiddler
2003
Ena Wilkie (28/02/03) - Perth, wife of accordion teacher and musical instrument retailer Bill Wilkie MBE
Willie Atkinson (30/07/2003) - moothie player, composer
John Fairbairn (April 2003) - Galashiels, 5-row accordionist
Bert Murray MBE ( ) - Aberdeen, fiddler, composer, publisher
2004
Jim MacLeod M.B.E. (28/01/1928 – 24/05/2004) - Dunblane - pianist, broadcasting bandleader, composer, Dunblane Hydro Entertainments Manager
Ian Anderson (17/12/50 - 22/03/04) - Forres/Inverness - accordionist, broadcasting bandleader
Robert MacFadyen ( ) - Perthshire - drummer with Bill Black SDB
2005
Bobby Coghill (24/06/1934 - 03/01/2005) - Wick - 3 row Shand Morino player & piper, broadcasting bandleader
Adrian Dante (1914 – 22/03/2005) - Barnsley - Accordion virtuoso, composer, arranger, tutor, promoter
Gordon Jamieson of Cullivoe (1948 - ??/04/05) - Shetlander, accordionist
John Anderson (1944 – 01/07/2005) - Biggar Club Chairman & accordionist (of sorts!)
John Reid (08/07/2005) - Ayrshire musician and farmer
Gordon Jamieson of Cullivoe (April 2005) Shetland accordionist
Roy Stewart (27/08/39 – 08/10/05) Thurso Club Chairman & fiddler
Jimmy Edwards (26/04/1909 - /11/2005) - Moffat - 3-row Shand Morino player and owner of Shand Morino No 1 (now in Ken Hopkins Collection)
Ian Latimer Smith (1924 - 2005) – Stranraer - Founder Editor of the Box and Fiddle
Alistair Henderson - Portree - accordionist (ex Fergie MacDonald Band)
Lady Anne Shand
2006
Iain Peterson (11/12/1934 – 25/01/2006) - Dollar - fiddler, piper, excellent composer and publisher
Dr Sandy Tulloch (1918 - 19/01/2006) - Dundee - 3-row Shand Morino player and close friend of Sir Jimmy
2007
Andrew Dunbar ( ) - Chairman of Dunblane A&F Club
Dermot O’Brien (1932 – 22/05/2007) – Ardee - Ace Irish accordionist
George Stirrat (1938 – 2007) - Cumbernauld - accordionist (Ranco), broadcasting bandleader, ex Royal Marine bandsman (piano and flute)
Jim Crawford (14/04/1914 – 06/06/2007) - 3-row Shand Morino and melodeon player, bandleader, broadcaster
Bill Spence (1919 – 2007) - Hawick - accordion teacher & music shop
Jean McConnachie ( ) - Dumfries - accordionist, bandleader, ex music teacher
Walter Beattie ( ) - Langholm - 3-row Shand Morino accordionist, broadcasting bandleader
Peerie Willie Johnson ( ) - Shetland guitarist
Betty Burnett - moothie player (see Sept 2007 B&F)
Alasdair Downie ( 1927 - Oct 2007) - Appin - accordionist, composer (Pipes & Drums of Powell River polka, Dr J.G. Hunter of Aultbea, 6/8 march) and broadcasting bandleader.Two great LPs to his credit. Played 2nd box with Bobby MacLeod.
2008
Dougie Milne (? - 26/01/2008) - Kirriemuir - Shand Morino player, composer,
Alistair Hunter (03/08/1931 - 10.04.2008) - Aberdeen - Leader of the Lorne SDB, broadcaster, composer
Jimmy Clinkscale (12/04/1934 - /06/2008) - accordionist, instrument retailer
Jim Johnstone (22/01/1937 – 08/08/2008) - accordionist, broadcasting bandleader (radio and TV), composer, former Chairman NAAFC (Jim had suffered a severe stroke in January 2004)
Davie Flockhart (05/01/1938 – 17/11/2008) - pianist
Ray Milbourne - pianist, founding Secretary of the NAAFC
Eric Goodfellow (26/01/44 - 11/08/2008) - accordionist, broadbasting bandleader, composer
Renaldo Capaldi (1938 – 05/10/2008)
Jimmy Martin (10/11/1928 - 29/11/2008) (MD Fife Accordion Band, Croall Place, Kelty, Fife)
2009
Jimmy Yeaman (02/09/1931 – 05/01/2009) - Drymen fiddler (born in Dundee), broadcaster, Olympians, Fergie MacDonald, Kelvin Ceilidh Band
Ernie Cowie (26/06/1933 – 08/01/2009) – 3-row Shand Morino player and bandleader
Jean Brown (1929 – 15/02/2009) Accordion teacher in Wishaw. Jean's first husband Bill Brown, a ex-British Champion, taught local lad Tom Alexander. Son Ronnie also taught but sadly died of motor neuron disease in 2017.
Bob Christie (04/06/34 – 17/06/09) - Stirling fiddler, broadcaster, nickname 'The Arab'
2010
Jim Paterson (1943 – 02/02/2010) Peebles accordionist
Jack Cooper (17/12/1933 – 17/02/2010) - Dundee drummer, Scottish Country dancer & choreographer, organiser of the NAAFC Weekend Gathering
John (Jock) Loch (02/03/2010) - accordionist, raconteur
David Shand ( 04/10) - younger son of Sir Jimmy
Neil Cranston (04/06/1964 - 05/05/2010) Boghall & Bathgate P.B. & Pentlands Ceilidh Band drummer
Billy Thom (20/01/1937 – 08/09/2010) - Dunblane drummer, broadcaster, personality!
Dave Barclay (21/09/1927 - 2010) - bass player, broadcaster
Alasdair Heron (1936 – 20/08/2010) Glasgow fiddler
George Hood ( ) - accordionist
Wilbert Grund (1922 – 2010) Manager of Bells Accordion, Aycliffe
Andrew Nairn (14/11/2010) Association Secretary (1978 – 1994)
George Walker (31/12/2010) Carnwath pianist
John Pottinger (Dec 2010) Biggar drummer
Alex ‘Toby’ Stewart (1943 - 2010) Ecclefechan Shand Morino player
2011
George Mackay (17/01/2011) Accordionist & Lairg Music Festival
Ian Powrie (26/05/1923 – 05/10/2011) - fiddler, broadcasting bandleader, composer. Prom Perth but emigrated (twice) to Perth, Western Australia.
Ian Arnott (? - 05/10/2011) - fiddler, broadcasting bandleader. From Perth but emigrated to Australia.
Stan Saunders (1929 – 02/07/2011) - bass player, broadcaster
Bobby Brown (Canada) (13/07/1941 – 03/05/2011)
George ‘Doddie’ Murray (17/02/2011) Turriff moothie player
Bill Brian (08/03/2011) Forres fiddler MD & conductor Elgin S&R
Bobby Torrance (1929 – 22/02/2011) Ayrshire moothie player
Ian Duncan (21/07/27 – 23/06/11) Secy of the North East A&F Club
Duncan Campbell (19/03/25 – 20/08/11) Oban A&F Club
2012
Lex Keith (20/08/35 – 08/02/12) Glasgow accordionist & bandleader
Jim Berry (13/04/12) – Shand Morino player & Newburgh A&F Club Founder member & Chairman
Mickie Ainsworth (28/06/30 – 25/05/12 ) Scone accordionist & accordion teacher & 2nd box in the Powrie Band. A great all round accordionist.
Bobby More (11/11/12) accordionist - Kirkcaldy
Ian Hardie (1952 – 2012)
Allan McIntosh (04/09/42 – 10/09/12) Oban accordionist & bandleader
Wilbert Henry (Nov 2012) Shetland A&F Club Secretary
2013
Jack Gray – (14/05/29 - 21/01/13) Accordionist & Lesmahagow A&F Club Chairman
Alastair MacBeth (1933 - 28/01/13) Peebles drummer & Peebles A&F Club founder member.
Kenny Thomson (18/03/1944 – 05/04/2013) Cumnock accordionist and broadcasting bandleader (Wardlaw SDB)
2014
Allan Kindness (27/03/36 – 01/07/14) 3 Row Shand Morino player and bandleader (The Glendaruel SDB)
Tony Dalton (? - 06/04/2014) -
Tommy Lees 10/8/2014 aged 72) – Accordionist from Kirkcaldy, stayed in Chelsea. 2nd box with Jim Johnstone before moving south.
Bobby Crowe (01/02/33 - 17/09/14) Balmullo, Fife, accordionist, bandleader and composer.
Ron Hodgson (1929 – 10/10/2014) – accordionist, teacher, adjudicator, festival organiser, composer, arranger, MD
Charlie Watkins (1923 – 28/10/2014) – accordionist, retailer, audio sound engineer, designer of audio equipment
Dugald Jenkins (Dundee) (11/06/1932 - 17/11/2014) - accordionist, bandleader, winner of the Jimmy Shand Shield (Senior Scottish) at Perth in 1953
2015
Ewan McGowan of Dumfries (26/04/43 - 10/01/15) – accordionist (and comedian). composed 'The Boys of the Mhairi L'.
Bert Rae (12/03/32 - 25/03/15) - (Kirkcudbright) - accordionist, Britannia A&F Club
Tony Reid (of Balnakilly) ( - 29/03/15) – accordionist and leader of the original Gendaruel SDB
Calum MacLean (23/06/1934 – 03/04/2015) – accordionist, composer and European Champion
JIm Halcrow ( /08/34 - 06/15) - accordionist, composer, Hamefarer
Ben Lyons (02/04/23 - 11/07/15) - Producer
Colin Campbell (07/05/36 – 05/09/15) – West Coast accordionist and bandleader
Alexander C. Macintyre (20/09/60 - 12/10/15) 'Ally Mac' - drummer and rally enthusiast
John Rooney - 5 row accordionist from Ballynahinch, Northern Ireland. First Chairman of the Premier A&F Club
John Ellis ( /1929 -14/11/15) – fiddler and leader of the 'Highland Country Band'
Norrie Y. Williams ( 12/27 – 21/11/15) – accordionist, Chairman of the N.A.A.F.C.’s Musselburgh Festival Committee 1980-93
Mark S. MacDougall (23/10/70 - 02/12/2015) - keyboard, bass guitar, fiddle
Bobby Campbell ( 24/12/15) - Guildtown, Perth - 3 Row Shand Morino, All Scotland Accordion Champion 1951 (i.e. 2nd year)
2016
Jim Barrie (24/06/1939 - 07/01/16) - Fiddler (with Bobby Jack SDB, Derek Lawrence SDB, The Wallochmor Ceilidh Band and The Occasionals - amongst others)
Bill Black (of Stanley) (07/02/35 - 31/01/16) - 3-row Shand Morino, fiddler, bandleader
Pam Wilkie (21/10/1927 - 11/02/16) - pianist, fondly remembered in particular for her role in the great Powrie Band
Bob McMath (29/09/1938 - 03/03/16) - accordionist, accordion tuner & repairer from Silverburn near Edinburgh
Sir George Martin ( - 09/03/16) - Record Producer (who worked with Sir Jimmy and The Beatles)
Gordon Simpson (20/10/36 – 28/05/16) – fiddler with many of Scotland's top bands
John McDonald (07/04/32 – 01/08/16) – moothie player and close personal friend of Sir Jimmy Shand (hence John McDonald’s March)
Billy Stewart (1928 - 22/09/16) – drummer and founder member of the Galston A&F Club
Bobby Abbott (28/04/37 – 21/11/16) – 5 row accordionist and composer
Archie Duncan – (28/03/27 - 17/12/16) - accordionist and famed for playing the accordion part on the soundtrack for the TV series 'The Dark Island' in the 1960s.
2017
Bill Wilkie (05/01/22 – 01/05/17) – Perth - accordionist, accordion teacher, Accordion Orchestra leader, instrument retailer, NAO All Scotland Accordion Festival and Perth Festival Concert Organiser
Wilson Wood (25.01.42 – 11.06.17) – Whitburn - professional footballer, physiotherapist, accordion teacher (Jennifer Forrest, Graham Edwardson & David Wilson (of Oakbank Sound fame), Ian & Craig Skinner and many others)
Ian Holmes (11/03/35 – 11/07/17) – Maxwelltown (Dumfries) - broadcasting bandleader, accordionist (all types), composer. One of the most versatile accordionists of all time who could play piano, 5-row, 3-row and melodeon as well as many other types of diatonic accordions incl Swiss. An expert in Scandinavian music.
Maurice Duncan (29/08/54 – 11/08/17) – Oban based fiddler and broadcasting bandleader.
Arthur Spink (1943 - 09/09/2017?) - Australia via Dundee - accordionist, soloist, TV personality, associated with singer Dennis Clancy. Emigrated to Oz 40 years ago.
Alan Johnston (02/11/1935 - 16/08/2017) - Coatbridge - fiddler with several bands incl the Iain MacPhail SDB when it came to prominence in the mid-70s.
Ronnie Brown (? - Oct 2017) – Glasgow (originally Cambusnethan, Wishaw) - accordion teacher (son of Jean Brown d.2009)
Bryce Johnstone (1936 - 26/10/17) Thornton, Fife – moothie player
Dixie Ingram (1936 - 01/12/2017) - born Shotts - White Heather Club lead male dancer.
Alex Green ( - 22/12/17) - Aberdeen - tin whistle player, nickname 'The Turriff Tootler', performed with The Jack Sinclair Showband
Tommy Ford (25/11/31 - 23/12/17) - Stirling - lead accordionist with Jim MacLeod's Band at the Dunblane Hydro for 50 years.
2018
Walter Rutherford (03/05/1931 Keith - 01/06/2018) - accordionist specialising in playing for Scottish country Dancing.
Tom Porteous (? - 07/02/2018) Moffat - 5-row accordionist and with wife Margaret a great Club supporter for many years
Morag Eilidh Macaskill (1935 - 2018) Milngavie - pianist, accompanist to fidders at top competitions - Glenfiddich etc,
Fraser McGlynn (11/02/1940 - 28/05/18) Lochgilphead - Shand Morino player, bandleader, composer - a great character
Hebbie Gray (13/10/1929 - 11/05/2018) Keith - fiddler, broadcasting bandleader
John McCroskie (1931 - 02/07/2018) Ayr - broadcasting drummer
Davy M. Pollock (1931 - 2018) Roslin - 5-Row accordionist (which he played upside down)
Hugh Ferguson (14/06/1942 - 07/10/18) Balloch - drummer with Jimmy Yeaman's Kelvin Ceilidh Band
Ian Anderson (09/02/1939 - 27/11/2018) Luncarty, Perthshire - accordionist, accordion teacher, bandleader
2019
Dick Black (30/01/1930 - 12/02/2019) East Whitburn, West Lothian - 5 Row chromatic accordionist, Scottish, old time and sequence dancing bandleader
David Sturgeon (10/12/1935 - 13/06/2019) Eskbank, Dalkeith - accordionist, bandleader of the Waverley Scottish Country Dance Band
Billy Craib ( 31/08/1945 in Kirriemuir - 11/07/2019) Edinburgh - bass player, most memorably with the Jim Johnstone SDB for many years
Jack Stalker (06/11/1928 - 11/08/2019) Woodend, Winchburgh - fiddler, Scottish Country Danceband leader
Ian Hay (1931 - 23/06/2019) Kinbuck - Chairman of Dunblane A&F Club
Jimmy Boal (1936 - 2019) Dundee - accordionist with The Maple Leaf SDB
Leslie 'Gussie' Angus (1940 - ??/10/2019) - Lerwick, Shetland
Kenny Wilson (25/06/1930 - 02/11/2019) Leadhills then Biggar - fiddler with Max Houliston & Ian Holmes from Dumfries and later Allan McIntosh. Conductor of the Border Strathspey & Reel Society.
Rory MacLeod (1939 - 14/11/2019) Inverness - 3-row Shand Morino player, Highland A&F Club Chairman, B&F photographer
2020
Tom Alexander MBE (25/06/1934 - 09/01/2020) Born Cambusnethan, Wishaw, resided Bearsden, Glasgow - Accordion playing half of the Alexander Brothers.
Jimmy Lindsay (10/01/1940 - 11/01/2020) Glenalmond, Perthshire - 3-row Shand Morino player and broadcasting bandleader
Tom Clark (15/05/1931 - 25/01/2020 ) Dundee - accordionist, broadcasting bandleader
Alan 'Barney' Coulson (07/10/1938 - 11/02/2020) Elsdon, Nr Otterburn - accordionist
Margaret Davidson (03/11/1950 - 11/02/2020) Mauchline - a stalwart for many years of the Mauchline A&F Club and a helper at the 'Musselburgh' Festival for 30 years.
Joe Gordon (1934 - 15/02/20) Galston, Ayrshire - Led the Joe Gordon Folk Four on the White Heather Club
Florence Lawie (formerly Burns) (? - 26/02/2020) - broadcasting fiddler
Jim Newsome ( - 27/03/20) Edinburgh - accordionist, 2nd box player in Jim Johnstone's SDB for a time
Dave Pullar (12/06/1939 - 27/04/2020) Usan, Montrose - accordion collector
Bobby Colgan (02/04/1937 - 14/05/2020) Macmerry - drummer, compere, vocalist, raconteur, very close friend of the late Jim Johnstone
Graham Ross ( - 04/04/20) Livingston - 3-row Shand Morino player, broadcasting bandleader (Glenalmond SDB)
Hamish Menzies (1934 - 05/04/20) Callander - fiddler and broadcasting bandleader
Robin Davidson ( - 26/04/20) Philiphaugh, Selkirk - 2-row diatonic player
Rosalind Snaith (1943 - 27/07/20) - pianist with the Lyne Valley Dance Band
Jim Carson ( - 26/08/20) Bothwell, Hamilton - drummer with the Jimmy Blair Accordion Orchestra and resident drummer at Canderside A&F Club
Paddy Neary (14/05/1948 - 23/09/2020) Ardee, County Louth - ace Irish accordionist and master of the electronic accordion. Accordion demonstrator for Clinkscales of Melrose. Originally a concert standard pianist.
John Crawford (??/11/1925 - 24/09/2020) Freuchie, Fife - former All-Scotland Accordion Champion (1960), bandleader and master accordion repairer & tuner.
Duncan 'Dochie' McCallum ( ?? - 12/10/2020) Drymen - Shand Morino player with the Hamish Menzies SDB followed by a long informal career with friends Neil MacMillan, Rikki Franci & Gus Millar.
Bruce Lindsay (? - 06/11/2020) Windygates, Fife - accordionist, pianist, long time past Chairman of the Windygates / Button Key A&F Club, Buttons & Bows and the Shand Morino Day.
Billy Bell (? - 22/12/2020) Langholm - broadcasting fiddler
2021
Robin Brock ( ? - 28/01/2021) - Peebles - broadcasting string bass & accordion player. Bass player in the early Jim Johnstone Band, occasionally with The Corries and Paddy Bell, with the last full time Shand Band and with the Jim MacLeod Band at the Dunblane Hydro for many years. Also played lead and second accordion and led his own band on a few broadcasts.
Sydney Devine (11/03/1940 - 13/02/2021) - born in Cleland, Motherwell, lived in Ayr - C&W singer. Started his professional career with The White Heather Club.
Bobby Harvey (03/02/1935 - 24/08/21) - Glasgow - fiddler, broadcasting bandleader, raconteur
Stephen Provan (?/12/1963 - ?/09/2021) Stirling? - broadcasting pianist. Son of bass player Dave Provan
Hamish Auld ( ? - 13/09/2021) Carmichael, Lanark - bass player with the Wick Scottish Dance Band
George Shiels (14/04/1931 - 22/12/2021) Biggar - drummer. A long Biggar based career from The Salamanders in the 50s to Callum Wilson in the 90s.
2022
Gary Donaldson (19/02/1964 - 07/01/2022) - Glenrothes / Edinburgh - accordionist and broadcasting bandleader. In his earlier days one half of The Donaldson Brothers with brother Colin.
Jack McLeish (22/03/1935 - 10/01/2022) Whitburn - drummer
Ian Riddett (? - 10/01/2022) Dumfries - drummer & Chair of Castle Douglas A&F Club
Jim Anderson (25/03/35 - 18/01/22) Orkney - accordionist
Colin Peebles (27/01/1946 - 22/01/2022) - Former Chairman of Forres A&F Club
Donal Ring (? - 06/03/2022) Cork, Republic of Ireland - Shand Morino player & broadcasting bandleader.
Derek Hamilton ( 28/05/1945 - 05/04/2022) Galston - keyboards, drummer, 2nd box, lead, vocalist, sound engineer, producer, DJ and half of Radio GH with Ewan Galloway
Donald Ridley (1941 - 11/04/2022) Brampton - accordinist with The Lyne Valley Dance Band and composer
Ian Kirkpatrick ( - 14/04/2022) Dumfries - fiddle & 3-row Shand Morino, installed Midi systems for Roy Hendrie via John Douglas Accordions.
Max Houliston ( 04/02/1936 -19/08/2022) Dumfries - accordionist, broadcasting bandleader, mien host at The Hole in the Wa' for many years, Founder of the very first A&F Club there in April 1965.
Jim MacKay (??/03/1928 - 10/10/2022) Caithness - Shand Morino players and bandleader
Jack Delaney (19/02/1935 - 24/10/2022) Alloa - accordionist & broadcasting bandleader. Particularly well known as 2nd box player with many famous bands - Andrew Rankine, Hamish Menzies, Jimmy Shand Jnr, Alex MacArthur and many others,
Roger Dobson (04/06/1939 - 25/12/2022) Langholm - broadcasting bandleader and Shand Morino player.
2023
Stewart Lochie ( - 12/01/2023) - accordionist & vice-chair at Armadale A&F Club
Bill Ewan ( -18/01/2023) Markinch - pianist with many broadcasting bands including Ewan Galloway.
Irene Dear (? - 03/02/2023) - 2nd box player with the John Ellis Band for a lifetime. Played a Ranco accordion.
Jim Tosh (1928 - 06/03/2023) - Shand Morino player with the Hawthorn SDB
Alex Doig ( - 01/06/2023) Grangemouth - drummer with Jim MacLeod's SDB
Andrew Stoddart (16/04/1932 - 09/06/2023) Penicuik - accordionist & bandleader
Bill Hendry (1931 - 13/06/23) Dundee - pianist & bandleader
Russell Hunter (05/04/1966 - 05/07/2023) Edinburgh (orig Aberdeen) - fiddler and pianist
Robbie Shepherd (1936 - 01/08/2023) - journalist, broadcaster and presenter (Take the Floor)
Ronnie Easton (02/10/1938 - 20/08/2023) - Muirkirk/Newmilns/Lauder - accordionist & broadcasting bandleader
Tom Cowing (12/07/1946 - 28/09/2023) - Hexham, Northumberland - accordionist and Scottish dance music historian. Founder member of Tynedale A&F Club.
Alan Ross (24/11/1960 - 09/12/2023) - Larbert - broadcasting accordionist & bandleader. Started at 17 on 2nd box with the Lothian SDB.
(Charles) Callum Wilson (12/04/1945 - 29/12/2023) - Biggar - accordionist & broadcasting bandleader
2024
Jimmy (Jeemie) Burgess (05/10/1936 - 07/01/2024) - Lerwick - accordionist (Ranco), bandleader and all-round character.
Ian Cameron ( - 07/02/2024) - Perth - accordionist & bandleader
For further biographical information on the undernoted please see Obituaries & Musician Biographies (both in alpha order)
1974
Willie MacPherson (1920 - 1974) - Elgin - fiddler, composer
1976
Will Starr (3 row) (27/04/1922 – 06/03/1976) Croy - Shand Morino, stage maestro (The Daddy of Them All)
1977
Willie Mann (of Paddy) 22 years old
1978
Jimmy MacFarlane (17/04/78) - fiddler with the Jim MacLeod Band at Dunblane Hydro
1980
David Findlay (piano) - April - pianist with The Olympians SDB and also a BBC news-reader and presenter. In the latter role he presented BBC Scotland's Scottish dance music programme for many years.
Bob Lillie - Glasgow - accordionist & leader of the Kelvin Ceilidh Band, salesman in forbes of Dundee's Glasgow shop (West Nile St?)
Lindsay Ross (1932 - /08/1980) - Froickheim - accordionist, broadcasting bandleader & composer.
Jack Forsyth (piano accordion)
Arthur Easson ? - Perth - led his own Glengarry SDB then drummer with the Ian Powrie SDB in its heyday.
Bill Powrie (3 row accordion)
Hector McAndrew (1903-1980) - Inverurie - fiddle teacher & broadcasting fiddler
Albie Tedham (09/02/26 - 16/11/80) - Langholm - fiddler
1981
Jimmy Blair (9th Nov 1981) - Glasgow - accordion teacher, broadcasting bandleader and composer.
1982
Ronnie Cooper (late June) - Shetland - pianist, accordionist, composer of some of the best known Shetland reels.
1983
Iain MacFadyen (April) (Radio Producer)
1984
Angus Park (2nd April) - Newton St Boswells - fiddler and Chairman of St Boswell's A&F Club
1985
Andrew Rankine (1932 - /12/1985) - accordionist & broadcasting bandleader. Born Menstrie, Stirlingshire. Stayed Whitley Bay & Leicester. Died in Long Beach Calefornia.
Peter Innes (? - 21 Jan 1985) - East Lothian - fiddler & bandleader
Guy (Giovanni) Biagi (09/01/1913 – 02/09/1985) Cleland, Wishaw - 5-row accordionist, broadcast classical music in the 1930s
GUY BIAGI: The Biagis were ice cream merchants in Ayrshire and Lanarkshire. Two brothers who may have had there name shortened or anglicized to Guy were Giovanni Biagi (born 9 Jan 1913; died 2 Sep 1985 at Cleland) and Guido Biagi (born 19 Jan 1919; died 14 Aug 1988). Both were sons of Alexander (or Alessandro) Biagi, an ice cream merchant and restauranteur. Giovanni was an ice cream merchant in Motherwell and Guido was a hospital van driver.
1986
Loretta Isabella Blair (02/05/30 - 29/01/86) - Glasgow - accordion teacher and widow of the lat Jimmy Blair d.1981
Charles Duncan (30/04/21 - 22/10/86) – Kirkcaldy - accordion teacher.
1987
Jacky ‘Bungy Bell’ Scott – compere at Islesteps & Castle Douglas Clubs
1988
Chrissie Leatham – Accordion teacher
Louis Cabrelli (in Italy) – accordion virtuoso and one time demonstrator
Ian Redford (10 Oct 88) (Chairman of the Highland Club)
Blanche McInnes (cNov 1988) pianist
George Fleming (03/06/88) Ayrshire accordionist & bandleader
Gerry Kealey (accordionist) (founder of the Premier A&F Club, Northern Ireland)
1989
Jim Devlin (19/01/89) fiddler Glasgow/Bellshill
Alex MacArthur (06/03/1930 – 17/10/1989) - accordionist & broadcasting bandleader. Played with both Powrie & Jim Johnstone bands. Founded the Biggar A&F Club in Oct 1974. Collapsed at the Radio Forth Accordion Show in the Pavilion in edinburgh organised by his friend Robin Brock.
1990
Jock Morgan (04/01/90) fiddler
Dougie Maxwell (21/01/90) Trumpet with the Olympians
Eann Nicolson (accordionist with the Wick SDB)
John Gibson (05/05/61 - 10/08/90) - Edinburgh - pianist, country dancer, piano tuner
1991
Bobby MacLeod (08/05/1925 – 26/01/1991) - Tobermory - piper, accordionist & broadcasting bandleader. Famous for his use of pipe marches on the accordion for dancing.
Tom (Tammy) Anderson (Nov 1991) Shetland fiddler.
Willie Wilson of Beith (28/04/34 - ?/91) Beith Club Chairman and member of the N.A.A.F.C. National Exec
Neil Mathieson (21/12/91) 3 row Shand Morino accordionist
1992
Dave Ireland (25/02/06 - 17/03/92) Lorry driver, fiddler with Shand before he went full-time. Lived in Auchtermuchty.
Jimmy Urquhart (05/12/27- 15/12/92) Singer, pianist, White Heather Club. Lived in Cupar.
1993
Jim Doig (fiddler) (19/01/93)
Jimmy Urquhart (singer) no precise date given in Feb 93 obituary.
Graham Romani - accordion teacher and examiner
Colin Finlayson (19/09/93 aged 41 in Geneva) - pianist, accordionist & broadcasting bandleader
Andy Stewart (30/12/1933 – 11/10/1993) - Arbroath - singer & TV personality
Bobby Brown (12/12/93 aged 68) - Shand Morino player with the Adam Rennie Quartet
1994
Rob Gordon (18/11/38 - 24/04/1994) Robert Arthur Gordon living in Bridge of Earn.
Ally Wilkie (reported in the April 94 B&F)
Willie Hunter (?/?/1994) (Shetland fiddler)
Ron Gonella (17/02/94) (Crieff)
Stan Peacock (late ’94) (drummer with Rob Gordon SDB)
Toralf Tollefsen (26/08/14 - 27/11/94) Norwegian virtuoso 5-row accordionist
1995
Tom Veldon (15/01/95) - Chapelhall, Airdrie - accordion teacher
Charles ‘Chick’ Kelly (21/01/95) – accordion teacher in the Lothians, Lanarkshire and Glasgow
Charlie Cowie (11/09/33 - 31/01/95) - Ayr? - broadcasting fiddler
Bill Hendry (22/12/95) - Falkirk - pianist
1996
Ian Wilkie (?/01/96) accordionist and Clinkscale sales rep
John Mackie (23/02/96) Yarrow Club Chairman – Ex commando who was on the Dieppe Raid.
Rab Carruthers (12/08/96) - Broughton, Peebles-shire - accordionist & broadcasting string bass player with many bands.,
John Laidlaw (28/08/96) - Peebles - accordionist
Iain McLachlan of Creagorry, Benbecula (Shand Morino player and composer of ‘The Dark Island’)
1997
Malcolm Gee (accordion virtuoso & Editor of ‘Accordion Monthly’)
Bert (Robert Blackwood) Shorthouse (06/12/27 – 17/01/97) - Full name Robert Blackwood Shorthouse, born 6 December 1927, son of William Shorthouse, a farmer, and Frances Lyons. Robert married Williamina Rae in 1956. He died 17 January 1997. Occupation was professional musician and he lived at 64 Rose Street, Dunfermline.
Francis Edwin Wright (21/08/97 aged 79) Chairman of the Board of Administration of the British College of Accordionists.
1998
Bill Smith (27/01/98) Banchory S&R Society
Angus Cameron (12/04/36 - 06/04/98) - Kirriemuir? - fiddler, composer and 'Golden Fiddle Award' Winner
Angus Fitchet (19/07/1910 – 15/05/1998) - dundee - broadcasting fiddler & composer.
Bobby Cronie (?/07/98) Glasgow - drummer
Christine Hunter (1st Secretary of the Musselburgh Festival Cttee)
Jim Brown (Broon) - Perth - fiddler
Bob Edward – Fiddler. Leader of Dundee S&R Society
1999
Jimmy Blue (03/09/1929 – 07/12/1999) - Forgandenny - Shand Morino & broadcasting bandleader. Played with the Powrie band.
Betty MacKinnon (Perthshire pianist)
Peter Straughan (1936 – 12/06/99) - Kirriemuie? - broadcasting pianist. Played with the Shand band.
Peem Edwards (25/12/99) – fiddler, founded member of Dundee A&F Club
Ian Crichton (1934 - 09/12/99) (Marybank, Isle of Lewis – composer)
Davie Simpson of Invergowrie - 3 row Shand Morino players and owner of one of the 4 original Shand Morinos
2000
Sir Jimmy Shand (28/01/1908 – 23/12/2000) - designed the Shand Morino, broadcasting bandleader
John Huband (22/02/2000 aged 58) - Muirhead by Dundee - accordionist, broadcasting bandleader, composer, jazz accordionist
Bill Sharp (11/07/2000) (Accordion teacher)
Terry Connor (fiddler with Jack Forsyth, Bobby Crowe etc)
Roddy Urquhart
2001
Alex Little MC (04/10/1927 – 22/08/2001) Master of Ceremonies, comedian, singer, raconteur
Jimmy Ritchie (10/11/1925 – 26/08/2001) the Fiddler of Glenshee. Played with both the Shand & MacLeod bands.
Jim Muir (04/11/01) pianist with several broadcasting bands
Jim MacRae (1947 - 17/11/2001) Glasgow, accordionist and bandleader
Tommy Edmondson (1934 – 23/12/2001) Played the 'Captain Pugwash' theme tune
2002
Addie Harper (20/10/1927 – 17/04/2002) - Wick, fiddler, composer, teacher, broadcasting bandleader
Frank Farquharson (1929 – 25/02/2002) Chairman of Fintry Club
Bob Hobkirk (1921-2002) - Border fiddler
2003
Ena Wilkie (28/02/03) - Perth, wife of accordion teacher and musical instrument retailer Bill Wilkie MBE
Willie Atkinson (30/07/2003) - moothie player, composer
John Fairbairn (April 2003) - Galashiels, 5-row accordionist
Bert Murray MBE ( ) - Aberdeen, fiddler, composer, publisher
2004
Jim MacLeod M.B.E. (28/01/1928 – 24/05/2004) - Dunblane - pianist, broadcasting bandleader, composer, Dunblane Hydro Entertainments Manager
Ian Anderson (17/12/50 - 22/03/04) - Forres/Inverness - accordionist, broadcasting bandleader
Robert MacFadyen ( ) - Perthshire - drummer with Bill Black SDB
2005
Bobby Coghill (24/06/1934 - 03/01/2005) - Wick - 3 row Shand Morino player & piper, broadcasting bandleader
Adrian Dante (1914 – 22/03/2005) - Barnsley - Accordion virtuoso, composer, arranger, tutor, promoter
Gordon Jamieson of Cullivoe (1948 - ??/04/05) - Shetlander, accordionist
John Anderson (1944 – 01/07/2005) - Biggar Club Chairman & accordionist (of sorts!)
John Reid (08/07/2005) - Ayrshire musician and farmer
Gordon Jamieson of Cullivoe (April 2005) Shetland accordionist
Roy Stewart (27/08/39 – 08/10/05) Thurso Club Chairman & fiddler
Jimmy Edwards (26/04/1909 - /11/2005) - Moffat - 3-row Shand Morino player and owner of Shand Morino No 1 (now in Ken Hopkins Collection)
Ian Latimer Smith (1924 - 2005) – Stranraer - Founder Editor of the Box and Fiddle
Alistair Henderson - Portree - accordionist (ex Fergie MacDonald Band)
Lady Anne Shand
2006
Iain Peterson (11/12/1934 – 25/01/2006) - Dollar - fiddler, piper, excellent composer and publisher
Dr Sandy Tulloch (1918 - 19/01/2006) - Dundee - 3-row Shand Morino player and close friend of Sir Jimmy
2007
Andrew Dunbar ( ) - Chairman of Dunblane A&F Club
Dermot O’Brien (1932 – 22/05/2007) – Ardee - Ace Irish accordionist
George Stirrat (1938 – 2007) - Cumbernauld - accordionist (Ranco), broadcasting bandleader, ex Royal Marine bandsman (piano and flute)
Jim Crawford (14/04/1914 – 06/06/2007) - 3-row Shand Morino and melodeon player, bandleader, broadcaster
Bill Spence (1919 – 2007) - Hawick - accordion teacher & music shop
Jean McConnachie ( ) - Dumfries - accordionist, bandleader, ex music teacher
Walter Beattie ( ) - Langholm - 3-row Shand Morino accordionist, broadcasting bandleader
Peerie Willie Johnson ( ) - Shetland guitarist
Betty Burnett - moothie player (see Sept 2007 B&F)
Alasdair Downie ( 1927 - Oct 2007) - Appin - accordionist, composer (Pipes & Drums of Powell River polka, Dr J.G. Hunter of Aultbea, 6/8 march) and broadcasting bandleader.Two great LPs to his credit. Played 2nd box with Bobby MacLeod.
2008
Dougie Milne (? - 26/01/2008) - Kirriemuir - Shand Morino player, composer,
Alistair Hunter (03/08/1931 - 10.04.2008) - Aberdeen - Leader of the Lorne SDB, broadcaster, composer
Jimmy Clinkscale (12/04/1934 - /06/2008) - accordionist, instrument retailer
Jim Johnstone (22/01/1937 – 08/08/2008) - accordionist, broadcasting bandleader (radio and TV), composer, former Chairman NAAFC (Jim had suffered a severe stroke in January 2004)
Davie Flockhart (05/01/1938 – 17/11/2008) - pianist
Ray Milbourne - pianist, founding Secretary of the NAAFC
Eric Goodfellow (26/01/44 - 11/08/2008) - accordionist, broadbasting bandleader, composer
Renaldo Capaldi (1938 – 05/10/2008)
Jimmy Martin (10/11/1928 - 29/11/2008) (MD Fife Accordion Band, Croall Place, Kelty, Fife)
2009
Jimmy Yeaman (02/09/1931 – 05/01/2009) - Drymen fiddler (born in Dundee), broadcaster, Olympians, Fergie MacDonald, Kelvin Ceilidh Band
Ernie Cowie (26/06/1933 – 08/01/2009) – 3-row Shand Morino player and bandleader
Jean Brown (1929 – 15/02/2009) Accordion teacher in Wishaw. Jean's first husband Bill Brown, a ex-British Champion, taught local lad Tom Alexander. Son Ronnie also taught but sadly died of motor neuron disease in 2017.
Bob Christie (04/06/34 – 17/06/09) - Stirling fiddler, broadcaster, nickname 'The Arab'
2010
Jim Paterson (1943 – 02/02/2010) Peebles accordionist
Jack Cooper (17/12/1933 – 17/02/2010) - Dundee drummer, Scottish Country dancer & choreographer, organiser of the NAAFC Weekend Gathering
John (Jock) Loch (02/03/2010) - accordionist, raconteur
David Shand ( 04/10) - younger son of Sir Jimmy
Neil Cranston (04/06/1964 - 05/05/2010) Boghall & Bathgate P.B. & Pentlands Ceilidh Band drummer
Billy Thom (20/01/1937 – 08/09/2010) - Dunblane drummer, broadcaster, personality!
Dave Barclay (21/09/1927 - 2010) - bass player, broadcaster
Alasdair Heron (1936 – 20/08/2010) Glasgow fiddler
George Hood ( ) - accordionist
Wilbert Grund (1922 – 2010) Manager of Bells Accordion, Aycliffe
Andrew Nairn (14/11/2010) Association Secretary (1978 – 1994)
George Walker (31/12/2010) Carnwath pianist
John Pottinger (Dec 2010) Biggar drummer
Alex ‘Toby’ Stewart (1943 - 2010) Ecclefechan Shand Morino player
2011
George Mackay (17/01/2011) Accordionist & Lairg Music Festival
Ian Powrie (26/05/1923 – 05/10/2011) - fiddler, broadcasting bandleader, composer. Prom Perth but emigrated (twice) to Perth, Western Australia.
Ian Arnott (? - 05/10/2011) - fiddler, broadcasting bandleader. From Perth but emigrated to Australia.
Stan Saunders (1929 – 02/07/2011) - bass player, broadcaster
Bobby Brown (Canada) (13/07/1941 – 03/05/2011)
George ‘Doddie’ Murray (17/02/2011) Turriff moothie player
Bill Brian (08/03/2011) Forres fiddler MD & conductor Elgin S&R
Bobby Torrance (1929 – 22/02/2011) Ayrshire moothie player
Ian Duncan (21/07/27 – 23/06/11) Secy of the North East A&F Club
Duncan Campbell (19/03/25 – 20/08/11) Oban A&F Club
2012
Lex Keith (20/08/35 – 08/02/12) Glasgow accordionist & bandleader
Jim Berry (13/04/12) – Shand Morino player & Newburgh A&F Club Founder member & Chairman
Mickie Ainsworth (28/06/30 – 25/05/12 ) Scone accordionist & accordion teacher & 2nd box in the Powrie Band. A great all round accordionist.
Bobby More (11/11/12) accordionist - Kirkcaldy
Ian Hardie (1952 – 2012)
Allan McIntosh (04/09/42 – 10/09/12) Oban accordionist & bandleader
Wilbert Henry (Nov 2012) Shetland A&F Club Secretary
2013
Jack Gray – (14/05/29 - 21/01/13) Accordionist & Lesmahagow A&F Club Chairman
Alastair MacBeth (1933 - 28/01/13) Peebles drummer & Peebles A&F Club founder member.
Kenny Thomson (18/03/1944 – 05/04/2013) Cumnock accordionist and broadcasting bandleader (Wardlaw SDB)
2014
Allan Kindness (27/03/36 – 01/07/14) 3 Row Shand Morino player and bandleader (The Glendaruel SDB)
Tony Dalton (? - 06/04/2014) -
Tommy Lees 10/8/2014 aged 72) – Accordionist from Kirkcaldy, stayed in Chelsea. 2nd box with Jim Johnstone before moving south.
Bobby Crowe (01/02/33 - 17/09/14) Balmullo, Fife, accordionist, bandleader and composer.
Ron Hodgson (1929 – 10/10/2014) – accordionist, teacher, adjudicator, festival organiser, composer, arranger, MD
Charlie Watkins (1923 – 28/10/2014) – accordionist, retailer, audio sound engineer, designer of audio equipment
Dugald Jenkins (Dundee) (11/06/1932 - 17/11/2014) - accordionist, bandleader, winner of the Jimmy Shand Shield (Senior Scottish) at Perth in 1953
2015
Ewan McGowan of Dumfries (26/04/43 - 10/01/15) – accordionist (and comedian). composed 'The Boys of the Mhairi L'.
Bert Rae (12/03/32 - 25/03/15) - (Kirkcudbright) - accordionist, Britannia A&F Club
Tony Reid (of Balnakilly) ( - 29/03/15) – accordionist and leader of the original Gendaruel SDB
Calum MacLean (23/06/1934 – 03/04/2015) – accordionist, composer and European Champion
JIm Halcrow ( /08/34 - 06/15) - accordionist, composer, Hamefarer
Ben Lyons (02/04/23 - 11/07/15) - Producer
Colin Campbell (07/05/36 – 05/09/15) – West Coast accordionist and bandleader
Alexander C. Macintyre (20/09/60 - 12/10/15) 'Ally Mac' - drummer and rally enthusiast
John Rooney - 5 row accordionist from Ballynahinch, Northern Ireland. First Chairman of the Premier A&F Club
John Ellis ( /1929 -14/11/15) – fiddler and leader of the 'Highland Country Band'
Norrie Y. Williams ( 12/27 – 21/11/15) – accordionist, Chairman of the N.A.A.F.C.’s Musselburgh Festival Committee 1980-93
Mark S. MacDougall (23/10/70 - 02/12/2015) - keyboard, bass guitar, fiddle
Bobby Campbell ( 24/12/15) - Guildtown, Perth - 3 Row Shand Morino, All Scotland Accordion Champion 1951 (i.e. 2nd year)
2016
Jim Barrie (24/06/1939 - 07/01/16) - Fiddler (with Bobby Jack SDB, Derek Lawrence SDB, The Wallochmor Ceilidh Band and The Occasionals - amongst others)
Bill Black (of Stanley) (07/02/35 - 31/01/16) - 3-row Shand Morino, fiddler, bandleader
Pam Wilkie (21/10/1927 - 11/02/16) - pianist, fondly remembered in particular for her role in the great Powrie Band
Bob McMath (29/09/1938 - 03/03/16) - accordionist, accordion tuner & repairer from Silverburn near Edinburgh
Sir George Martin ( - 09/03/16) - Record Producer (who worked with Sir Jimmy and The Beatles)
Gordon Simpson (20/10/36 – 28/05/16) – fiddler with many of Scotland's top bands
John McDonald (07/04/32 – 01/08/16) – moothie player and close personal friend of Sir Jimmy Shand (hence John McDonald’s March)
Billy Stewart (1928 - 22/09/16) – drummer and founder member of the Galston A&F Club
Bobby Abbott (28/04/37 – 21/11/16) – 5 row accordionist and composer
Archie Duncan – (28/03/27 - 17/12/16) - accordionist and famed for playing the accordion part on the soundtrack for the TV series 'The Dark Island' in the 1960s.
2017
Bill Wilkie (05/01/22 – 01/05/17) – Perth - accordionist, accordion teacher, Accordion Orchestra leader, instrument retailer, NAO All Scotland Accordion Festival and Perth Festival Concert Organiser
Wilson Wood (25.01.42 – 11.06.17) – Whitburn - professional footballer, physiotherapist, accordion teacher (Jennifer Forrest, Graham Edwardson & David Wilson (of Oakbank Sound fame), Ian & Craig Skinner and many others)
Ian Holmes (11/03/35 – 11/07/17) – Maxwelltown (Dumfries) - broadcasting bandleader, accordionist (all types), composer. One of the most versatile accordionists of all time who could play piano, 5-row, 3-row and melodeon as well as many other types of diatonic accordions incl Swiss. An expert in Scandinavian music.
Maurice Duncan (29/08/54 – 11/08/17) – Oban based fiddler and broadcasting bandleader.
Arthur Spink (1943 - 09/09/2017?) - Australia via Dundee - accordionist, soloist, TV personality, associated with singer Dennis Clancy. Emigrated to Oz 40 years ago.
Alan Johnston (02/11/1935 - 16/08/2017) - Coatbridge - fiddler with several bands incl the Iain MacPhail SDB when it came to prominence in the mid-70s.
Ronnie Brown (? - Oct 2017) – Glasgow (originally Cambusnethan, Wishaw) - accordion teacher (son of Jean Brown d.2009)
Bryce Johnstone (1936 - 26/10/17) Thornton, Fife – moothie player
Dixie Ingram (1936 - 01/12/2017) - born Shotts - White Heather Club lead male dancer.
Alex Green ( - 22/12/17) - Aberdeen - tin whistle player, nickname 'The Turriff Tootler', performed with The Jack Sinclair Showband
Tommy Ford (25/11/31 - 23/12/17) - Stirling - lead accordionist with Jim MacLeod's Band at the Dunblane Hydro for 50 years.
2018
Walter Rutherford (03/05/1931 Keith - 01/06/2018) - accordionist specialising in playing for Scottish country Dancing.
Tom Porteous (? - 07/02/2018) Moffat - 5-row accordionist and with wife Margaret a great Club supporter for many years
Morag Eilidh Macaskill (1935 - 2018) Milngavie - pianist, accompanist to fidders at top competitions - Glenfiddich etc,
Fraser McGlynn (11/02/1940 - 28/05/18) Lochgilphead - Shand Morino player, bandleader, composer - a great character
Hebbie Gray (13/10/1929 - 11/05/2018) Keith - fiddler, broadcasting bandleader
John McCroskie (1931 - 02/07/2018) Ayr - broadcasting drummer
Davy M. Pollock (1931 - 2018) Roslin - 5-Row accordionist (which he played upside down)
Hugh Ferguson (14/06/1942 - 07/10/18) Balloch - drummer with Jimmy Yeaman's Kelvin Ceilidh Band
Ian Anderson (09/02/1939 - 27/11/2018) Luncarty, Perthshire - accordionist, accordion teacher, bandleader
2019
Dick Black (30/01/1930 - 12/02/2019) East Whitburn, West Lothian - 5 Row chromatic accordionist, Scottish, old time and sequence dancing bandleader
David Sturgeon (10/12/1935 - 13/06/2019) Eskbank, Dalkeith - accordionist, bandleader of the Waverley Scottish Country Dance Band
Billy Craib ( 31/08/1945 in Kirriemuir - 11/07/2019) Edinburgh - bass player, most memorably with the Jim Johnstone SDB for many years
Jack Stalker (06/11/1928 - 11/08/2019) Woodend, Winchburgh - fiddler, Scottish Country Danceband leader
Ian Hay (1931 - 23/06/2019) Kinbuck - Chairman of Dunblane A&F Club
Jimmy Boal (1936 - 2019) Dundee - accordionist with The Maple Leaf SDB
Leslie 'Gussie' Angus (1940 - ??/10/2019) - Lerwick, Shetland
Kenny Wilson (25/06/1930 - 02/11/2019) Leadhills then Biggar - fiddler with Max Houliston & Ian Holmes from Dumfries and later Allan McIntosh. Conductor of the Border Strathspey & Reel Society.
Rory MacLeod (1939 - 14/11/2019) Inverness - 3-row Shand Morino player, Highland A&F Club Chairman, B&F photographer
2020
Tom Alexander MBE (25/06/1934 - 09/01/2020) Born Cambusnethan, Wishaw, resided Bearsden, Glasgow - Accordion playing half of the Alexander Brothers.
Jimmy Lindsay (10/01/1940 - 11/01/2020) Glenalmond, Perthshire - 3-row Shand Morino player and broadcasting bandleader
Tom Clark (15/05/1931 - 25/01/2020 ) Dundee - accordionist, broadcasting bandleader
Alan 'Barney' Coulson (07/10/1938 - 11/02/2020) Elsdon, Nr Otterburn - accordionist
Margaret Davidson (03/11/1950 - 11/02/2020) Mauchline - a stalwart for many years of the Mauchline A&F Club and a helper at the 'Musselburgh' Festival for 30 years.
Joe Gordon (1934 - 15/02/20) Galston, Ayrshire - Led the Joe Gordon Folk Four on the White Heather Club
Florence Lawie (formerly Burns) (? - 26/02/2020) - broadcasting fiddler
Jim Newsome ( - 27/03/20) Edinburgh - accordionist, 2nd box player in Jim Johnstone's SDB for a time
Dave Pullar (12/06/1939 - 27/04/2020) Usan, Montrose - accordion collector
Bobby Colgan (02/04/1937 - 14/05/2020) Macmerry - drummer, compere, vocalist, raconteur, very close friend of the late Jim Johnstone
Graham Ross ( - 04/04/20) Livingston - 3-row Shand Morino player, broadcasting bandleader (Glenalmond SDB)
Hamish Menzies (1934 - 05/04/20) Callander - fiddler and broadcasting bandleader
Robin Davidson ( - 26/04/20) Philiphaugh, Selkirk - 2-row diatonic player
Rosalind Snaith (1943 - 27/07/20) - pianist with the Lyne Valley Dance Band
Jim Carson ( - 26/08/20) Bothwell, Hamilton - drummer with the Jimmy Blair Accordion Orchestra and resident drummer at Canderside A&F Club
Paddy Neary (14/05/1948 - 23/09/2020) Ardee, County Louth - ace Irish accordionist and master of the electronic accordion. Accordion demonstrator for Clinkscales of Melrose. Originally a concert standard pianist.
John Crawford (??/11/1925 - 24/09/2020) Freuchie, Fife - former All-Scotland Accordion Champion (1960), bandleader and master accordion repairer & tuner.
Duncan 'Dochie' McCallum ( ?? - 12/10/2020) Drymen - Shand Morino player with the Hamish Menzies SDB followed by a long informal career with friends Neil MacMillan, Rikki Franci & Gus Millar.
Bruce Lindsay (? - 06/11/2020) Windygates, Fife - accordionist, pianist, long time past Chairman of the Windygates / Button Key A&F Club, Buttons & Bows and the Shand Morino Day.
Billy Bell (? - 22/12/2020) Langholm - broadcasting fiddler
2021
Robin Brock ( ? - 28/01/2021) - Peebles - broadcasting string bass & accordion player. Bass player in the early Jim Johnstone Band, occasionally with The Corries and Paddy Bell, with the last full time Shand Band and with the Jim MacLeod Band at the Dunblane Hydro for many years. Also played lead and second accordion and led his own band on a few broadcasts.
Sydney Devine (11/03/1940 - 13/02/2021) - born in Cleland, Motherwell, lived in Ayr - C&W singer. Started his professional career with The White Heather Club.
Bobby Harvey (03/02/1935 - 24/08/21) - Glasgow - fiddler, broadcasting bandleader, raconteur
Stephen Provan (?/12/1963 - ?/09/2021) Stirling? - broadcasting pianist. Son of bass player Dave Provan
Hamish Auld ( ? - 13/09/2021) Carmichael, Lanark - bass player with the Wick Scottish Dance Band
George Shiels (14/04/1931 - 22/12/2021) Biggar - drummer. A long Biggar based career from The Salamanders in the 50s to Callum Wilson in the 90s.
2022
Gary Donaldson (19/02/1964 - 07/01/2022) - Glenrothes / Edinburgh - accordionist and broadcasting bandleader. In his earlier days one half of The Donaldson Brothers with brother Colin.
Jack McLeish (22/03/1935 - 10/01/2022) Whitburn - drummer
Ian Riddett (? - 10/01/2022) Dumfries - drummer & Chair of Castle Douglas A&F Club
Jim Anderson (25/03/35 - 18/01/22) Orkney - accordionist
Colin Peebles (27/01/1946 - 22/01/2022) - Former Chairman of Forres A&F Club
Donal Ring (? - 06/03/2022) Cork, Republic of Ireland - Shand Morino player & broadcasting bandleader.
Derek Hamilton ( 28/05/1945 - 05/04/2022) Galston - keyboards, drummer, 2nd box, lead, vocalist, sound engineer, producer, DJ and half of Radio GH with Ewan Galloway
Donald Ridley (1941 - 11/04/2022) Brampton - accordinist with The Lyne Valley Dance Band and composer
Ian Kirkpatrick ( - 14/04/2022) Dumfries - fiddle & 3-row Shand Morino, installed Midi systems for Roy Hendrie via John Douglas Accordions.
Max Houliston ( 04/02/1936 -19/08/2022) Dumfries - accordionist, broadcasting bandleader, mien host at The Hole in the Wa' for many years, Founder of the very first A&F Club there in April 1965.
Jim MacKay (??/03/1928 - 10/10/2022) Caithness - Shand Morino players and bandleader
Jack Delaney (19/02/1935 - 24/10/2022) Alloa - accordionist & broadcasting bandleader. Particularly well known as 2nd box player with many famous bands - Andrew Rankine, Hamish Menzies, Jimmy Shand Jnr, Alex MacArthur and many others,
Roger Dobson (04/06/1939 - 25/12/2022) Langholm - broadcasting bandleader and Shand Morino player.
2023
Stewart Lochie ( - 12/01/2023) - accordionist & vice-chair at Armadale A&F Club
Bill Ewan ( -18/01/2023) Markinch - pianist with many broadcasting bands including Ewan Galloway.
Irene Dear (? - 03/02/2023) - 2nd box player with the John Ellis Band for a lifetime. Played a Ranco accordion.
Jim Tosh (1928 - 06/03/2023) - Shand Morino player with the Hawthorn SDB
Alex Doig ( - 01/06/2023) Grangemouth - drummer with Jim MacLeod's SDB
Andrew Stoddart (16/04/1932 - 09/06/2023) Penicuik - accordionist & bandleader
Bill Hendry (1931 - 13/06/23) Dundee - pianist & bandleader
Russell Hunter (05/04/1966 - 05/07/2023) Edinburgh (orig Aberdeen) - fiddler and pianist
Robbie Shepherd (1936 - 01/08/2023) - journalist, broadcaster and presenter (Take the Floor)
Ronnie Easton (02/10/1938 - 20/08/2023) - Muirkirk/Newmilns/Lauder - accordionist & broadcasting bandleader
Tom Cowing (12/07/1946 - 28/09/2023) - Hexham, Northumberland - accordionist and Scottish dance music historian. Founder member of Tynedale A&F Club.
Alan Ross (24/11/1960 - 09/12/2023) - Larbert - broadcasting accordionist & bandleader. Started at 17 on 2nd box with the Lothian SDB.
(Charles) Callum Wilson (12/04/1945 - 29/12/2023) - Biggar - accordionist & broadcasting bandleader
2024
Jimmy (Jeemie) Burgess (05/10/1936 - 07/01/2024) - Lerwick - accordionist (Ranco), bandleader and all-round character.
Ian Cameron ( - 07/02/2024) - Perth - accordionist & bandleader