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	Jimmy Shand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		When Jimmy Shand died aged 92 in December 2000, it was marked with the respect of a national treasure.
		Jimmy's first musical instrument was the moothie or mouth organ, before his father, himself a skilled melodeon player, taught him to play at an early age, and when the 14-year old had to leave school to go down the mineshafts, he played his melodeon at social events, weddings, and competitions.
		Shand has a peculiar relationship with the folk and modern traditional music scene, who abhor the "tartan and heather" presentation of the music.
	www.nigelgatherer.com /perf/music/shand.html (306 words)

	Tribute to Sir Jimmy Shand MBE MA - accordionist and Scottish Country Dance band leader, his music, compositions, ...
		Jimmy was appointed MBE in 1962, and received a knighthood in 1999 for his services to Scottish culture.
		Jimmy Shand was born in East Wemyss, Fife, on January 28th, 1908.
		Jimmy was found to be medically unfit for the Armed Services during the Second World War, so he joined the Fire Service instead and continued to play in a small dance band during his off-duty time.
	www.it-serve.co.uk /jimmyshand (910 words)

	Jimmy Blue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Jimmy worked with this accordion and tutor for 18 months or so, although not particularly happy with the tone of it, especially after hearing Jimmy Shand on the wireless and learning that this great sound came from a button key instrument.
		Jimmy ‘auditioned’ for him and was accepted immediately spending a most enjoyable year and a half with the quartet which consisted of two three row button keys, piano and drums.
		Jimmy’s knowledge on matters horticultural and agricultural is almost encyclopaedic and his memory for places and names is quite astonishing, and although he is very forthright and outspoken at times he is unbelievably modest and self-effacing when it comes to his musical abilities and very generous in his praise of fellow musicians.
	www.boxandfiddle.com /jimmy_blue.htm (4526 words)

	Jimmy Shand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir James Shand MBE (January 28, 1908—December 23, 2000) was a Scottish musician who played traditional Scottish dance music on the accordion.
		James Shand was born in East Wemyss in Fife, son of a farm ploughman turned miner.
		The town is known as the birthplace of the brothers Charlie and Craig Reid of The Proclaimers and now boasts a larger than life-sized sculpture of Shand.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jimmy_Shand (782 words)

	Scottish music from Jimmy Shand
		For well over 50 years the name "Jimmy Shand and his Band" was linked with Scottish dance music, and during the sixties vast audiences tuned in to watch him play his reels jigs and polkas on BBC Television's hugely popular programme, The White Heather Club.
		With solos by Jimmy Shand on melodeon and guest fiddler Jimmy Ritchie, this show was recorded live at Letham Village Hall near to their home town of Auchtermuchty and features beautiful shots of Scotland's glorious scenery.
		Jimmy Shand - The Legendary by Jimmy Shand
	www.footstompin.com /artists/jimmy_shand (392 words)

	Accordion Memorials - Sir Jimmy Shand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Jimmy not only played accordion - he had the Hohner company build a "button" model to his specification, which would produce a sound better suited to Scottish Dance Music than anything else the market could offer.
		Jimmy Shand and his Band were in the charts in 1953 playing "The Bluebell Polka", the one and only Scottish Dance Band to achieve chart success.
		In 1962, Jimmy was awarded an M.B.E. Later, in 1985, he was awarded an Honorary M.A. Degree by Dundee University.
	www.accordions.com /memorials/mem/shand_jimmy/index.shtml (621 words)

	Scotsman.com Heritage & Culture - Great Scots - A to Z - Jimmy Shand
		JIMMY Shand was a Celtic music superstar in the days long before either the terms Celtic music or superstar had been coined.
		Shand was born in the Fife mining village of East Wemyss, the sixth of the nine children of Erskine and Mary Shand.
		Jimmy Shand is survived by his wife, Anne, his sons Erskine ("Jimmy Shand Junior") and David and a granddaughter Diane and by an immense legacy of music.
	heritage.scotsman.com /profiles.cfm?cid=1&id=39542005 (1130 words)

	The Jimmy McHugh Memorial Concert Web Site
		Jimmy emigrated to Scotland in 1946 settling in Glasgow where his contribution to the development of Irish music and culture was enormous, including the establishment of the first branch of CCE outside Ireland as well as leading the famous Four Provinces Ceili Band.
		Jimmy's popularity was not only confined to Irish musicians but also to many Scottish musicians including the legendary box players Bobby Mcleod and Jimmy Shand.
		Jimmy's memory lives on through his wife Ann, dancing teacher and adjudicator, his two sons Brendan and Martin, fine musicians in their own right, his many wonderful compositions and his very many friends throughout the world.
	www.jimmymchugh.com (263 words)

	The Jimmy Shand Story
		Shand's shyness and reluctance to speak about his achievements is well known, but one could have wished that Cameron had teased out just a little more information.
		Shand's father Erskine, who died in 1933, just as the son's recording career was starting, played melodeon, but Cameron misses the opportunity to elaborate on repertory, style, context, or what influence he had on his son.
		Shand's next appearance on disc was for the Beltona label, a productive relationship which lasted for the best part of a decade.
	www.mustrad.org.uk /reviews/shand_bk.htm (1837 words)

	BBC News \| SCOTLAND \| Final tributes to musical great
		Sir Jimmy died on Saturday in Perth Royal Infirmary at the age of 92 after spending five weeks in hospital suffering from pneumonia.
		Sir Jimmy won worldwide acclaim for his musicianship and was also highly praised for his charity work.
		Sir Jimmy was the son of a ploughman turned miner and was born in East Wemyss, Fife, in 1908.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/1092224.stm (370 words)

	BBC News \| SCOTLAND \| Date set for music legend's funeral
		Sir Jimmy, who was knighted in a ceremony in Edinburgh last year, died last Friday at the age of 92 after a long illness.
		Sir Jimmy, whose career spanned seven decades, was described as "a giant of the musical world" in a tribute from First Minister Henry McLeish.
		Jimmy Shand first made a recording of his brand of Scottish dance music in 1933.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/1089280.stm (244 words)

	Scottish Music by Sir Jimmy Shand on accordion
		This video is a recording of Sir Jimmy Shand performing with his son Jimmy Shand Junior and his band at Letham Village Hall near to their home town of Auchtermuchty bringing the viewer the music and dances that have made this legendary artist so famous.
		Jimmy's first employment was as a miner, but due to the General Strike of 1926 he was taken off full-time employment.
		Jimmy Shand was awarded the MBE in 1962.
	www.relrecords.com /Scottish%20Music%20Artists%20-%20Jimmy%20Shand.htm (659 words)

	Don't Sit On My Jimmy Shands
		I met Jimmy once and it was a great honour and one of the most memorable days of my life.
		Jimmy insisted we meet first off camera and said he had been looking forward to meeting me, which was hugely flattering.
		Jimmy, not unreasonably, asked for something to put on it and was given a tiny pot of honey.
	mysongbook.de /msb/songs/d/dontsito.html (600 words)

	Accordion CDs--Portland America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Sir Jimmy Shand was born into a poor coalminer’s family in 1908 and went on to become a household name through numerous radio broadcasts.
		One excellent CD of Jimmy Shand is The Golden Years (Moidart Music), with over 75 minutes of music from Shand’s most productive decade, 1955-1965, beginning with his famous “Bluebell Polka”.
		This video was made in 1990, long after Shand had retired, and it nearly met a tragic fate.
	www.portlandamerica.com /page45.html (732 words)

	eBay - jimmy shand, Records, Sheet Music, Song Books items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		JIMMY SHAND - O'ER THE BORDER - PARLOPHONE 1958
		Jimmy Shand And His Band Original UK Talisman LP EX
		JIMMY SHAND The Waverley / Duke & Duchess 7" Vinyl PS
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=jimmy+shand&newu=1&krd=1 (452 words)

	Accordion news : The Squeeze (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Jimmy's father was a keen melodeon player and Jimmy learnt to play the accordion before he went to school.
		Jimmy has played the length and breadth of the British Isles, sometimes to crowds estimated at 20,000 as well as tours abroad including New Zealand, Canada and six times around Australia.
		Jimmy Shand MBE has had a locomotive, a racehorse and a pub named after him, and his portrait is in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh.
	www.accordions.com /index/squ/en_squ_98_01_23.shtml (1997 words)

	Jimmy Shand
		J Shand) Mrs Jimmy Shand (J. Shand) Earl Gray (Trad.
		ir Jimmy Shand M.B.E M.A. was born in the small Scottish coastal town of East Wemyss on 28th January 1908 and died on 23rd December 2000.
		his web-site is operated by the Shand family as a tribute to Sir Jimmy and also to help his many fans across the globe keep in touch with his family.
	www.jimmyshand.com (1768 words)

	Sir Jimmy Shand - AOL Music
		Sir Jimmy Shand M.B.E M.A. was born in the small Scottish coastal town of...
		Tribute to Jimmy Shand, Scotland's best accordionist and dance band leader, his music, his compositions, his recordings and his life.
		Jimmy Shand and his one and only video Dancing With The Shands was one of Scotland's best selling artists with over 330 compositions to his name and a...
	music.aol.com /artist/sir-jimmy-shand/165450/main (180 words)

	Home Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Shand’s sound is sunny, bright, and clear, his bold rhythms irrepressible, and above all, very danceable.
		Another fine choice is The Legendary Jimmy Shand MBE (REL Records), which offers an hour of great medleys drawn from various recordings.
		There is also a video available, featuring Jimmy and his son with the band, called Dancing with the Shands.
	www.celticmusicusa.com /accordion.htm (1463 words)

	Sir Jimmy Shand - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		Sir Jimmy Shand was Scotland's answer to America's "king of the polka," Lawrence Welk.
		One of the most successful entertainers in the United Kingdom during the post-World War II era, Shand was awarded a MBE (Medal of the British Empire) in 1962 and knighted in 1999.
		The son of a miner who played melodeon in his spare time, Shand was destined for a career in the mines until a general strike, in 1926, prevented him from working.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,534302,00.html (373 words)

	rtfaq
		Jimmy Shand was born in East Wemys, Fife, Scotland, on January 28, 1908.
		Shand and his band performed numerous tv and radio sessions and toured worldwide.
		RT collects Jimmy Shand's recordings that were released on the Beltona label.
	www.rtlist.net /rtfaq-03.htm (982 words)

	Jimmy Shand (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Without question, Jimmy was Scotland's most famous band leader of recent times and will have an enduring reputation as an acclaimed button-key accordionist, composer and ambassador of Scottish music and dance.
		A regular performer for the Queen at Balmoral and Windsor Castle, he was responsible also for a vast number of recordings, radio and TV appearances.
		ir Jimmy Shand was a modest "legend" who dedicated his life to his family, numerous services and charities and of course.....
	www.jimmyshand.com.cob-web.org:8888 (1768 words)

	Concertina.net Discussion Forums > Irish Button Boxes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		I don't know if Shand had anything to do with the next important step, but Forbes certainly did, because it was at his behest that Hohner started to manufacture the B/C "Double-Ray Black Dot" which became available in April 1934, along with the "New Forbes Tutor".
		Certainly Shand was involved in the development of Hohner's "Organola" 23-key B/C in the mid 1930's, a button accordion with 36 piano accordion basses, and he used this model on his 78's for the Beltona label (1935-40).
		In the early 1950's, Shand's collaboration with Hohner resulted in the appearance of a new top-class model, the "Shand Morino", a 3-row "British Chromatic" in B/C/C# with 80 piano accordion basses, built by top Hohner craftsman Morino.
	www.concertina.net /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t2347.html (1869 words)

	The Session: Tunes - The Bluebell Polka (barndance)
		Yes, Jimmy Shand made it widespread from accounts I'd heard, and its popularity infiltrated the Irish, especially in the North, Ulster, where I heard a few folks play it way back when, Donegal and Fermanagh.
		Jimmy Shand actually took this to number 7 or 8 in the top 10 charts of the time, as far as I know, the only polka to do so.
		And Shand was born in 1908, so he would have had to be at least (most!?) -33 years old (young!?) to have even had a whiff of the tune's creation
	www.thesession.org /tunes/display.php/3352 (1920 words)

	Musician's Howff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Hohner made him his own accordion called the 'Shand Morino, and his long career has produced many recordings of Scottish country dances of; reel's, waltz's, jig's, eightsome reel's and strathspey's based on popular Scottish traditional tunes such as 'Mairi's Wedding' among others.
		Over 330 compositions have been attributed to the name of Jimmy Shand and his 'Blue Bell Polka' reached number 20 in the UK charts in 1955.
		The bestowing of honours continued when more recently he was awarded a Knighthood, however, irrespective of title Jimmy Shand is a well loved musician who has brought pleasure and maintained the tradition of Scottish accordion music for future generations to enjoy.
	home.btclick.com /scotsmusic/howff.htm (2275 words)

	eBay Australia - jimmy, CDs, Records, DVDs items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		JIMMY BARNES - Too Much Ain't Enough Love - OZ.
		JIMMY PAGE ROBERT PLANT Photos (20 Prints 6 x 4 inch)
		Thomas Keneally — The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith
	search.ebay.com.au /jimmy (371 words)

	RTE.ie Entertainment - Jimmy Shand dies aged 92
		RTE.ie Entertainment - Jimmy Shand dies aged 92
		The Scottish accordionist, Sir Jimmy Shand, has died.
		He made his first recording in 1933 and went on to make many television appearances in the 1950s and 1960s.
	www.rte.ie /arts/2000/1223/shandj.html (60 words)

	Overview of Sir James (Jimmy) Shand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Born in the Fife coastal village of East Wemyss and later resident in Auchtermuchty, Jimmy Shand became one of Scotland's most popular accordionists and Scottish Country Dance Band leaders.
		The son of a miner, Shand initially followed his father into the mines, but these ambitions ended with the General Strike of 1926.
		Shand was awarded an MBE in 1962, knighted in 1999 and died in Perth Royal Infirmary in 2000.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/people/famousfirst34.html (150 words)

	The Tannochbrae Tearoom, Auchtermuchty
		Mention Auchtermuchty and the name, “Jimmy Shand” always springs to mind.
		The bronze sculpture in his memory is just a short walk from the tearoom down Madras Road.
		Although not originally from ‘Muchty, Jimmy had long made his home here and to Scots worldwide the names “Auchtermuchty” and “Jimmy Shand” are virtually synonymous.
	www.tannochbrae.com /sir_jimmy_shand.html (110 words)

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