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VIDEO'S                                                                                                                    Duncan Black on Piano, Kenneth Ross on Drums, Billy Craib on Bass and Alex Ross playing his composition called 'Duncan knows the Score' at Haddington B&Fclub.

Duncan Black & Alex Ross.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYW7Gr5Ry7c Duncan Black

Sheet Music below.

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Set of Reels -Alex (accordion) Iain King (Fiddle) & Ken Ross (Box Drum) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj4FSDNvxEk&feature=related Iain King -

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Bel Viso - Alex on accordion, Iain King (Guitar) & Ken Ross (Box Drum) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQce2vO90zc&feature=related ***********************************

Triste Sourire (Sad Smile) Alex Ross (Accordion), Paul Capaldi (Piano), Tam Rankin (Drums) Newtongrange B&F Club http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmomuhkTXvg ************************************

T in the Park - Alex's ceilidh band The Canongate Cadjers play Franz F. http://www.youtube.com/CanongateCadjers?gl=GB&hl=en-GB#p/a/u/0/o2VUzj_B2I0 Ceilidh Tent, T in the Park Canongate Cadjers Band T in the Park - Glasgow Reel featuring Kenneth Ross on Drums (2009) http://www.youtube.com/CanongateCadjers?gl=GB&hl=en-GB#p/a/u/1/y9Q3xDst0I4 Kenneth Ross Alex Ross - Kenneth & Alex Ross Canongate Cadjers Ceildh Band web site address:- http://www.canongatecadjers.com ****************************************

Assorted Accordion Related Videos - (1) Possibly my most played Video ever - Libertango by Astor Piazzolla (the Bandoneon player is Nestor Marconi) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUAPf_ccobc

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(2) Great tune.- La Partida played by Dominique Riviere. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWay7VQ_lZM CELTIC MUSIC - Dominique Riviere ****************************************

(3) Love the old pictures by Robert Doisneau that go with the Video - French Accordion music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uk9zykqYxE&NR=1&feature=fvwp ****************************************

(4) Busker playing Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D minor - amazing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wb9AsrgteY&feature=related ****************************************

(5) Romano Viazzani plays Vivaldi's Winter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV-w3tYIZho ACCORDION MUSIC VIDEOS - Romano Viazzani ****************************************

(6) My favourite Tango (Por Una Cabeza by Carlos Gardel) featured in a great film (Scent of a Woman) with the brilliant Al Pacino - doesn't get any better! The girl is Gabrielle Anwar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBHhSVJ_S6A&feature=related ****************************************

(7) David Vernon - High Level Hornpipe. (fellow accordionist/Piper) from Edinburgh. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWJBgNkVN24&feature=related David Vernon - David Vernon *****************************************

(8) Check out these strange accordions! 2 video's from the Timbre Russian Accordion Group. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVpbmMLRpIk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3zHdTdZztA ******************************************

(9) Jim Johnston & Iain McPhail - I went to the same music teacher (Chrissie Leatham) as these famous Scottish Dance Band leaders and was fortunate as a very enthusiastic 12 year old to be able to sit in and play alongside them at various B&F clubs. My first job on leaving school was working at the Craighall Recording Studio's where all Jim's LP's where recorded - still have the 1st press vinyl copies to this day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrludY3PQVQ&feature=related Jim Johnstone - Jim Johnston (21st Jan 1937 - 4th August 2008)

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(10) Chrissie Leatham - long before the days of Video, this is a 'one take' recording made by Chrissie on the 16th November 1940 onto an Acetate (early Parlophone78 record). The tunes are The Laird of Drumblair / Mrs McLeod / Fairy Dance & The Mason Apron. This picture of Chrissie is from The Edinburgh Evening News dated 2nd May 1934. It was advertising a fund raiser in aid of The Evening News "Infirmary Shilling Appeal" which was held in the City's Capitol Theatre.

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(11) Here is a guy who obviously practiced his scales/arpeggios. Orchestra Fratilor Advahov - Batuta la Acordeon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8sGeSgAxcs&feature=related ********************************************

(12) Two videos from one of my favourite musicians Richard Galliano. Now this is what you call a festival gig! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sldqxGJhXE&feature=related Great insight into the man and his world of accordions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv7hI6t5t2M&feature=related Richard Galliano - Richard Galliano *********************************************

How do you make an accordion? These interesting clips show inside the Weltmeister factory & some historic footage from the Hohner factory in Trossingen, Germany. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYsSifiDapo&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL10D71758A10ABAC4 Weltmeister Accordions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfG4NB21Fkw&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL051BC4BB5236B11F Hohner accordions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq0wjIgGJPk&NR=1 **************************************************

Now here's what you call an interesting tram! accordion bus Famous French Singers - love all things French, especially musette music and these old nostalgic songs. Edith Piaf - L'Hymne a l'amour (Great pictures) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gTGmbA40ZQ&feature=related Edith Piaf - L'Accordeoniste - from 1954 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TGIwt71ISw&feature=related

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Jacques Brel - Ne Me Quitte Pas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2wmKcBm4Ik&feature=related

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Lara Fabian - Adagio (this is not that old - just a great performance) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1i7pevupAM&feature=related ***************************************