Instrumentation

• John Burns - Accordion
• George Burns - Accordion
• Fergus Wood - Drums

Repertoire

Bal musette music, featuring Parisian café music, made famous by singers such as Maurice Chevalier and Edith Piaf, "The Little Sparrow."

A very varied programme which includes foxtrots, tangos, mazurkas and polkas, in addition to waltzes.

The band can also incorporate ceilidh music, which has taken them all round the world.

Biography

Les Trois Blondes are Scotland's only Bal Musette band playing classical Parisian café music. The trio of 1st and 2nd accordion and drums can play in concert or in a Parisian café setting while wine and food are being served. The show is compèred, telling the audience the story of Bal Musette, particularly during the war years with Edith Piaf, and the link between Scotland and the genre. Trois Blondes is a double entendre in the context of the band – it means "Three Pints of Lager," please!