Jimmy Nagle

A native of Jedburgh, Jimmy began to study fiddle at the age of 12 under the tutelage of his Jedburgh Grammar School music teacher, Mrs Jenkins. It was this sensitive woman, from Northumberland originally, who had the foresight not only to awaken Jimmy's interest in Scottish traditional music, but to send him for private tuition to 'an old fellow up the street': his own granddad, Tom Hughes. Before that time, and surprising as it may seem, he had no inkling that granddad played the fiddle.

Jimmy carries on the tradition on his granddad's old flat-bridged fiddle, which naturally lends itself to 'double stringing'. His own contribution is considerable: some 20 or so compositions which he mulls over for quite some time before they receive a public airing.