Tom Anderson's lyrics & chords

Tom (Tammie) Anderson (1910-1991), affectionately known to his peers as 'Muckle Tammie', was a Scottish fiddler and composer. Born on Eshaness in the Shetland Isles on the 29th of August 1910, he was the oldest child of James Anderson and his wife Harriet Margaret Johnson. He married Barbara Morrison, a teacher on the 10th of December 1929 at the United Free Church, Ollaberry. They had one child, James John Laurence, who died while still an infant. Anderson was taught to play the fiddle by his grandfather. Although he worked as an insurance s...read more