| Ayrshire born, Willie Weir is an accomplished accordionist who has over twenty five years of experience performing traditional music. Together with Alistair McCulloch, Willie is a founding member of Coila, with the band forming in 1989 following a European Tour with the Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra.
Along with Gavin Welsh, Willie regularly plays at concerts across the country with the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra and has toured with the orchestra in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. As well as playing in Coila, Willie occasionally travels internationally to perform solo gigs. He has recently had engagements in Kuwait, Qatar and China, playing at St Andrew's and Burns' night celebrations for Caledonian Societies.
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