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Last Tram tae Auchenshuggle
Ceilidh Dance Band
Last Tram Tae
Auchenshuggle are one of the most popular bands on the
ceilidh scene and have built their reputation over the
last few years through playing at many festivals and
functions both in Scotland and overseas. They are a
highly talented, up-tempo ceilidh band. They are
Glasgow-based but have been Shuggling audiences
worldwide and nationally from Abu Dhabi to Auchtermuchty,
Dubai to Dornoch, Brussels to Barrhead, Copenhagen to
Coatbridge, Guernsey to the Gorbals, London to Leith,
Paris to Pollockshaws, Partick to Pisa – the list goes
on…
Last Tram Tae Auchenshuggle are twice World Ceilidh Band
Champions.
The Band featured recently in a film for the Scottish
Tourist Board
which is being televised worldwide, promotion Scotland.
They have been appearing on a programme on the Discovery
Channel in the U.S and Europe about Edinburgh’s music
and social scenes. They are regulars at Glasgow’s
Riverside Club and Edinburgh’s Caledonian Brewery
ceilidhs and have performed at many festivals including
Celtic Connections, Mayfest and most recently T in the
Park. They have played for the St. Andrews Societies and
Caledonian Societies in Abu Dhai and Dubai.
They Play for all functions including large corporate
events and weddings, most notably the weddings of
Supermodel, Kirsty Hume and Four Weddings and a Funeral
star, John Hannah.
They played for the opening of Scotland House – The
Scottish Parliament House in Brussels and at the recent
“Thistle Awards” in the Edinburgh EICC.
The band also played at the world’s largest ceilidh for
the World Rotary Club Convention in the Glasgow SECC for
an audience of over 4500.
They recently supported Capercaillie at Stirling Castle
Esplanade to an audience of 6000 for Stirling’s 2002
Hogmanay celebrations. The show was a major success.
Their music is a contagious mix of Scottish Dance with a
healthy smattering of Rock and Cajun. Sometimes more
Deep Purple than White Heather! Early booking of the
band is essential as they are a much sought after
outfit.
Last Tram play mainly for ceilidhs although they do play
for concerts, with different arrangements of material
more suited to a concert setting. The band’s accordion
player, Davie Morrison, is also the band’s caller (That
is – the guy who does all the talking, insults guests
indiscriminately and teaches the dances). He can talk
people through all the dances so that nobody attending
any of their ceilidhs will feel left out. His humorous,
tongue-in-cheek approach to this is an integral
ingredient of the Last Tram’s performance.
Their repertoire of dances is grooving all the time as
is the musical repertoire which keeps the band sounding
fresh, with new tunes and arrangements being introduced
to the set regularly. The music comprises mainly of
Scottish and Irish traditional along with a few of the
band members’ own compositions. Although much of their
material is traditional it is often played in different
styles, from Cajun to funk and jazz to metal. Their
music has been described as “manic” from pumping
basslines and rocky riffs to haunting airs and flowing
waltzes. In previous lives the guys in the band played
in other bands with different styles which explains the
eclectic nature of the music. The Last Tram sound is
indeed greater than the sum of its parts.
Davie Morrison – Midi accordion, wah-cordion
Martin McLean – Guitars
Gordon Roberts – Drums
Archie MacAllister - Fiddles
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Sample Track 1