11th Independent Music Awards "World Traditional Song" category for its recording of "A' Bhriogais Uallach" ("The Pompous Trousers"), a track from their album Line-up released in 2011. On 11 November 2016, Battlefield Band were inducted into Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame for "Services to Performance". Instruments and themes Every line-up since the Stand Easy album has had at least one bagpiper. Unusual aspects of the instrumental line-up for a traditional band include the presence of electric keyboards and the absence of percussion. Every album mixes traditional Scottish songs and tunes with modern (often original) compositions. Themes range from drinking, friendship, and hard times to history, geography and politics. The band's 2006 album, The Road of Tears, deals explicitly with the theme of displacement. Many of the songs deal with emigration, both voluntary and forced. Battlefield Band's 2007 album, Dookin′ (the Scots word for what you do at hallowe'en – as in "'dookin' for apples") has a lighter feel, after the eloquently somber tone of The Road of Tears. Dookin includes instrumentals and a mix of vocals, with lead being shared by Alan Reid and Sean O'Donnell. Members Last line-up to date Sean O'Donnell [2005–2017] (vocals, guitar) – Alasdair White [2002–2017] (fiddle, whistles, banjo, bouzouki, Highland bagpipes, small pipes, bodhrán, cittern, mandolin) Mike Katz [1998–2017] (Highland pipes, small pipes, various whistles, bass guitar, guitar, bouzouki) Past members Alan Reid [1969–2010] (founding member; keyboards, guitar, vocals, accordion, melodica, Hammond organ, writing) – Brian McNeill [1969–1990] (founding member; fiddle, writing) – Brian has published two detective novels. In 2001, he took up the post of Head of Scottish Music at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, which he has since relinquished. Jim Thomson [1969-1973] (founding member, guitar, mandolin, tenor banjo, 5-string banjo, harmonica, tin whistle, vocals). Eddie Morgan [1969-1973] (founding member, guitar). Sandra Lang [1969] (founding member). Ricky Starrs [1973?–1976]; (guitar, mandolin, whistles) – Jamie McMenemy [1977–1978] (vocals, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, Irish flute) – John Gahagan [1977–1978] (fiddle, whistle) – Pat Kilbride [1978; 2002–2005] (vocals, guitar, cittern, bouzouki) – Jen Clark [1979] (vocals, guitar, cittern and dulcimer) – Duncan MacGillivray [1979–1983] (bagpipes) – Sylvia Barnes [1980] (vocals, dulcimer, guitar, bodhrán) – Sylvia came to Battlefield Band via Scottish folk group Kentigern (formed in 1978). Jim Barnes [1980] (cittern, guitar, vocals) – Jim came to Battlefield Band via Scottish folk group Kentigern. He died in 2004. Ged Foley [1980–1983]