Hector MacAndrew - Legend of The Scots Fiddle: It was said of Hector MacAndrew that he was "probably the finest all-round exponent of Scots fiddle music. A genuine Scottish fiddler, has an infallible sense of rhythm, never plays out of tune and is a master of his distinctive and inimitable style.”

These recordings of the late, great Hector MacAndrew, made some 60 years ago in Hector’s home, were never meant for public release so some allowance must be made for the quality of the recordings, although not for the playing, which is brilliant and of an old Scottish style seldom heard nowadays. Unfortunately most of the music of Hector MacAndrew has been unavailable for many years so this album is long overdue. These recordings had been lying dormant for almost 30 years and when Paul Anderson was appointed as a Research Fellow at the Elphinstone Institute of Aberdeen University the tapes were passed on to him by Hector’s son Pat. Paul embarked on a project to have some of the recordings included on an a new album, enlisted the aid of Greentrax Recordings and this album is the result. The contents of "Hector MacAndrew - Legend of The Scots Fiddle" are not a duplication of music by Hector which you may already possess.

Hector MacAndrew was possibly the greatest exponent of the Scots fiddle tradition of his generation and although he died in 1980 he is still the benchmark by which all Scots fiddlers should be measured. It is impossible to meet a notable Scottish fiddler who doesn’t hold Hector in the highest regard and in many cases his interpretation of some of our Scots fiddle classics are regarded as being the final word on the matter.

“When the question of who was the greatest exponent of traditional fiddle music of our generation crops up amongst the practitioners of this ancient art…… in the unanimous verdict of all my contemporary fellow musicians there is always one name above all others that keeps cropping up – Hector MacAndrew” - Bobby Harvey, Scottish Memories.

After appearing on the classic Television feature on “Scottish Fiddle Music” in 1974, hosted by Hector, Yehudi Menuhin said, “When I met this man and heard him play, I knew I was in the presence of Scottish history.”