Sir Jimmy Shand, the accordian player credited with bringing Scottish dance music to a worldwide audience, died yesterday, at 92.
Known as "The laird o' 'Muchty", after Auchtermuchty, the village where he lived, (and which hosts a storming festival each August)he was as famed for his dry sense of humour as his box playing.
Phil Cunningham (in today's tribute page in "Scotland on Sunday" - probably reachable via scotsman.com ) relates a story where Jimmy was staying in a prim West-coast B&B. Breakfast consisted of a piece of dry toast. Jimmy asked for something to put on it and was given a tiny pot of honey.

"Ah, I see you keep a bee", replied Jimmy.

Phil also tells how his parents found that the only way to get him to sleep when he was a wean, was to put on a stack of Jimmy Shand discs on the auto-changer.
When Phil was later given an Accordian, he was able to pick it up and play it, with no lessons --- aged only 4!

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