Tag: JK McAllister

Pipe Major J. K. McAllister and Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia.

How Shotts won and lost the Worlds – on the same day!

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In 2010 Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band marked its 100th anniversary. In the Piping Times of April that year, the band’s then Pipe Major, Robert Mathieson told the following story about one of the band’s great Pipe Majors, John K. McAllister. By Robert Mathieson It was Saturday, June 25, the […]

Dan Nevans: The spirit of rock ‘n roll

Dan Nevans: The spirit of rock ‘n roll

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Whoa, whoa, whoa! Don’t start reading this blog yet. Go to Spotify and bang on this playlist here. No shuffling. Play as it is from end to end. At a volume that will get you an ASBO (that’s an Anti-Social Behaviour Order for those not familair with Scotland’s crime legislation). […]