1981
Angus Fitchet
(1910 - 1998)
Angus, the “Dapper Dundonian”, was one of Scotland’s best known fiddlers and bandleaders. He was also a remarkably versatile musician whose experience ranged from village dances to network television shows accompanying high profile international guest artistes. Angus’s father worked on a small farm outside Dundee and Angus recalled being wakened in the morning to the sound of his father’s fiddle. Soon after the family uprooted and moved to Dundee in search of a better living and it was there that Angus started fiddle lessons. His first playing jobs were as part of a trio accompanying silent movies in Dundee’s Britannia Cinema. In 1945 Angus joined Jimmy Shand’s Band and followed this in later years by spells on stage with Andy Stewart and with Bobby MacLeod and Jimmy Blue, as well as running his own very successful band. His latter playing years were spent performing as a duo in the company of his old friend, Bobby Crowe from Balmullo.
Angus Fitchet
(1910 - 1998)
Angus, the “Dapper Dundonian”, was one of Scotland’s best known fiddlers and bandleaders. He was also a remarkably versatile musician whose experience ranged from village dances to network television shows accompanying high profile international guest artistes. Angus’s father worked on a small farm outside Dundee and Angus recalled being wakened in the morning to the sound of his father’s fiddle. Soon after the family uprooted and moved to Dundee in search of a better living and it was there that Angus started fiddle lessons. His first playing jobs were as part of a trio accompanying silent movies in Dundee’s Britannia Cinema. In 1945 Angus joined Jimmy Shand’s Band and followed this in later years by spells on stage with Andy Stewart and with Bobby MacLeod and Jimmy Blue, as well as running his own very successful band. His latter playing years were spent performing as a duo in the company of his old friend, Bobby Crowe from Balmullo.