2:24 pm
Friday, 16 May 2008
Jimmy Shand playing his Hohner Morino 3-row button accordion
Jimmy always played with a straight face. The first time he was persuaded to smile during a TV performance, hundreds of viewers wrote to the newspaper claiming to have seen the momentous event.
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www.willstarr.com A tribute to Will Starr of Croy, Stirlingshire, Scotland's best-ever solo accordionist, and master of the 3-row button accordion.

Perhaps the greatest accolade was paid to Will Star by Sir Jimmy Shand, his show business contemporary, and long-time friend, when he publicly stated that, "Will was the King!"

The site was researched and created in collaboration with his family. It presents information on his life, his music, his compositions, his recordings and his accordions.
www.auchtermuchty.co.uk A Community web site of the Royal Burgh of Auchtermuchty, the last home town of Sir Jimmy Shand MBE, MA.

It provides information and pictures of Auchtermuchty and its surroundings, with details of where to stay, where to eat and drink, and where to find entertainment.
www.smartcommunityfife.org.uk/ The Smart Community Fife web portal!

It's a brand new web site packed with useful information about life in the Howe of Fife.

Whether you're interested in Letham or Ladybank, history or horticulture, there's something here for you.
www.boxandfiddle.com "The Box and Fiddle" is a monthly publication magazine of The National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs.

It provides information on their Guest Artiste List, a Club Directory and current events.

It also has a very helpful page for classified advertisements where, for a minimal cost, instruments and equipment can be advertised for sale.
www.accordionlinks.com/ This site forms a ring of accordion web sites, with music and musicians in a wide range of genres.

There is a varied list of musicians, dance bands, educational essays and a crash course on how to get started playing the piano accordion.
www.accordions.com/ Thought to be the largest accordion Internet site in the world.

Home of the Accordion Yellow Pages database with many thousands of listings of accordionists and accordion organisations which are free for anyone.

It provides Weekly News in five languages, general information on the accordion, tips on how to play, accordion types, and how the accordion is built.
www.footstompin.com This site provides more information on Jimmy Shand, his life and his recordings.
www.celtic-chords.co.uk Web site of a specialist Celtic and Traditional music shop in Stonehaven.

The company mission is to promote Celtic and Traditional folk music with the aim of providing a centre of excellence and focal point for all traditional music and instrument needs.

They also stock a wide range of acoustic and traditional musical instruments and give a first-class, friendly service.
http://www.hohner.eu/ This web site is the home of Hohner accordions, the German company who make perhaps the best accordions in the world.

They designed and made specialist accordions for Jimmy Shand and to this day provide accordions for most of the greatest players in the world - just go there and read about the 'Hohner Gola' - you will be enlightened.

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