“Lamentable Fiddlers” in Sandy Bell's…

There’s a newspaper article reporting comments by Barbara Dickson in relation to the music in Sandy Bells. I also had a lot of respect for Barbara and have enjoyed her music for many years. However, I’m quite upset about her comments here.

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Of course, the pub has changed over the years but there’s nothing wrong with with the quality of the music albeit the sessions tend to be more “organised” these days. However, there were tunes in Bells as far back as the seventies and many legendary musicians e.g. Jock Tamson’s Bairns and many more cut their teeth there.

I am hoping that Barbara was misquoted/represented by a young unknowledgeable journalist as I’d like to think she was a lot more charitable than that.

Anyway even if the music wasn’t great, that’s not the point. It’s all about people getting together for a tune or song and not “big names”.