Ally Mackenzie... Ally has played in numerous folk and ceilidh bands and in junior and senior pipe bands as a snare drummer. He has travelled extensively playing with many different musicians (Finlay MacDonald, Fergie MacDonald, Dodgy Ground) to places as far flung as France, Barbados and the Reunion Island. He does a lot of teaching work, notably at various feisean across Scotland and, just to be different, at a two week long course in Antofagasta, Chile!
Colin Melville… Learning the pipes from the age of seven, Colin (pictured) played in many junior piping competitions across the country, in the Lochaber Schools Pipe Band and various folk and ceilidh bands in the Fort William area. In 1996 he moved to Edinburgh where he earned a degree in Civil Engineering at Heriot-Watt University. In 2000 he joined The Tannahill Weavers and has since toured extensively with them across Europe and North America. In 2003 they released the first of their albums to feature his playing - Arnish Light.
When not working as a duo the lads together with singer and guitarist Sandra MacBeath to make up the band Spagnum Moss. |