I'd be grateful if this information could be stored for Musicologists studying Scottish songs.

Here's To Scottish Whisky aka Here's To Scottish Whiskey (sic).

The words and music of the song were written in 1974, (C) by Stewart Ross of Inverness, Scotland and originally recorded by the Tartan Lads. 'Here's to Scottish Whisky' is an unashamedly 2 minute 'Heather and haggis' belter, and one of the last songs of its genre to be recorded by EMI with a full orchestration. The final recording turned out so well that it was made the title track of the Tartan Lads EMI LP. Subesquently the song has been inlcuded on Scottish samplers with the biggest names of the genre. However, the song was written well after the big days of Scottish Music theatre.

The original recording available on EMI, HMV, Disky etc. has a full stereo orchestration, however some budget companies are circulating a poorer mono transfer.   There are simpler full and medley cover versions of the Stewart Ross song by the Alexander Brothers etc on CD and video. The tartan lads re-recorded the song in 1988 in a poorer version on KRL. The original 1974 recording is impossible to beat in the waulity of its arrangment. Many samplers are being released with the song wrongly titled as 'Here's to Scottish Whiskey' or even 'Toast to Scottish Whiskey".

"Once invited to a ceilidh, which was being recorded for a BBC TV programme (in 1974), I was asked to write a song about whisky - a drink which funnily enough, I never indulge in. I came up with 'Here's to Scottish Whisky'. Although it wasn't used for the TV programme, the Tartan Lads heard it and recorded it as the title track of a new LP. Since then it has appeared on compilation albums and has done well - probably much more so than if it had been used in the original ceilidh programme."   Stewart Ross, Scots Magazine April 1993.

Other Stewart Ross songs include 'My Bonnie Maureen' - although recorded by Irish singer Daniel O' Donnell - it is a modern Scottish ballad.