Where we are coming from ……
Throughout the eighties, well known Scottish Bluegrass aficionado, Dave Logan at Penicuik near Edinburgh, and talented musicians, Rob, Ian and Alan Mairs in Glasgow, ran a highly successful and influential series of Bluegrass concerts featuring top bands from the USA. These groundbreaking seminal concerts were supported by our own home grown Scottish bands - Old Hickory, Runaway String Band, Okefenokee and Suburban Edge. These seeds sprouted and put down the roots of today's strongly growing Scottish Bluegrass scene.

Mike Craig and a variety of other pioneers had in the seventies organised and promoted Bluegrass in Scotland including the now legendary visit of Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys. Bill Keith & Jim Rooney also visited and performed at a gig organised by Jim Hyndman of Fife.  Mike, with his Aberdeen based mail order record service, has over the years kept us building our Bluegrass record collections and both he and Dave encouraged and supported John Sheldon in founding the Guildtown Bluegrass Festival fifteen years ago.  The first Guildtown festival succeeded in 1987 because of the mailing lists, which Dave and Mike supplied for the event. The festival has attracted international visitors and has enjoyed fullest support from Scottish Bands.

The Guildtown Festival and the Scottish Bluegrass concert scene has continued to thrive due to the solid support from Scottish bands, organisers and fans alike. Bluegrass music is now being played in venues all over Scotland by our talented Scottish bands and by European and American visitors. Our commitment to, and love of Bluegrass music is a deep resonance to ancient tones that were carried from the Celtic fringes of the old world to the homesteads and deep hollows of the new. The Scottish Bluegrass Association consists of small but loyal and expanding community of about 200  turning out to support gigs and events in Scotland. The SBA organisers are developing and publicising Bluegrass music through organising a range of events and seeking sponsorship for these.