Originally from Glasgow , Sandy now lives in the Kingdom of Fife. He has been a stalwart of the Scottish music scene for more than thirty years.
As a guitarist he has worked with several key musicians (Brian McNeill, Midge Ure, Dougie Pincock and others) and features on numerous ground-breaking albums. He was a founder member of the influential Glasgow groups Molendinar and Kentigern. Sandy has released two solo albums, "Crossing the Line" and "The De'il...& other Cronies", along with accompanying music/tablature books. He now devotes his time to composing, arranging and record production as well as performing, both solo and with a diverse range of artists. He is a member of the teaching staff at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
Recent work includes producing albums by Dawn Diamond and Rachel Dawick and compositions such as "Aeolus", a setting to music of Donald MacIntyre's epic Gaelic poem read by renowned writer and broadcaster Bill Innes, an extract of which can be heard above, and "Shanter!", a "dialogue" between Tam O' Shanter and his wife Kate on his return from an eventful night out! In addition Sandy has produced the new Sylvia Barnes album "The "Colour of Amber", released by Greentrax Records in September 2007. A track from this album, "The End o't", with music by Sandy and words by Violet Jacob, is featured above.
The first video clip below is "Geronimo", written by Sandy, and dedicated to the late Jim Barnes. The second is "Laughing in her Sleep", written by Oliver Schroer. Double click on the "play" button to activate. These videos were filmed at a demonstration night for Moon Guitars in Perth, Scotland in 2006.
The third video is a complete performance of Shanter!, filmed at The Tolbooth, Stirling, Scotland in October 2006, with music composed by Sandy and text by Robert Burns (Tam O' Shanter) and Matthew Fitt (Kate o Shanter's Tale), and featuring the vocal talents of Mick West and Sylvia Barnes.
Geronimo
Sandy how are things? Will send an email to catch up......just in glasgow since 4 weeks now great but house not sold in fife yet! Car fell apart so I walk everywhere now.....must touch base with you and Elma sometime soon if you are both free? rachx
Now isn't this a lovely coincidence? Literally just the other day I was playing the Kentigern LP (yeah, remember those things?) -- long one of my favorites -- for a friend, and now I happen upon your Myspace page. Thanks for the add!
