Ian Holmes & His Scottish Dance Band

Kenny Wilson was born in June 1930 to a sheep farmer and his wife living near Leadhills in South Lanarkshire. A younger brother, Ian, was born five years later. The spark that led Kenny to become a fiddle player was lit when Ian was given a fiddle and Kenny, the older brother was a little envious. Ian did not show much interest in the fiddle, so when he was occupied with something else Kenny would have a go at the fiddle and soon managed to scrape a tune out of it. Kenny progressed so well that Alex introduced him to play with the Lanark amateur Orchestra conducted by William McGeechan. This Kenny did for about three years. About the same time, a certain Andrew Coke, an accordion player in a family band where the other accordionists were his cousin Davy Coke and Jim Watson