Ian has been playing the violin since he was the tender age of 7 after being offered free violin lessons at school ! He attended the Guildhall School of Music in London but then decided to pursue a Folk career, firstly playing with the band "Hockett" who later went on to provide most of the music for the film
"The Wicker Man".
He then joined "Bully Wee" in 1975 and continued to play around the World and they even got themselves into the "Who's Who of Folk".
The band split in 1983 and Ian then played with Colin Reece for a few years touring Germany and releasing the "Face to Face" album.
In 1990 he got together with Doug Hudson and "The Hot Rats" were formed, the band that Ian plays with mostly today.
He also tours once a year with the legendary "Feast of Fiddles" and is now in collaboration with Dave Cousins and Chas Cronk from "The Strawbs".
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