The great-grandson of the late Sir Jimmy Shand has inherited a bit of musical magic by playing blues guitar at the Edinburgh Fringe, aged only 12.
Lewis Noble, who is a pupil at Craigclowan Preparatory School in Perth, played a collection of blues hits as a street musician in the capital and seems set to follow in the illustrious footsteps of his famous Fife relative who became a legendary accordionist.
The Milnathort youngster started playing guitar around three years ago and has already achieved Rockschool grade seven, which he passed with merit just last month.
Dad Graeme said Lewis applied to the Edinburgh Fringe and was added to their list of street performers.
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He said: “I suspect his interest in playing rock and especially blues guitar comes from being brought up with my old music collection. However, he developed a particular affinity for blues guitar music on his own.”
He continued: “Most of what he is playing at the Fringe is improvisation played with backing tracks, but he also loves to play some of the classical blues pieces played by the greats such as Stevie Ray Vaughan and Joe Bonamassa.
“As he is playing music usually associated with adult musicians and audiences and because he plays at a high level generally, compared to kids of his age, he finds it difficult to find venues or events where he is allowed to play.
“Fortunately the Fringe has no age restrictions so it presented an excellent opportunity for him to perform in public.
“He has also performed on several occasions with the blues musicians at the Taybank Hotel in Dunkeld on Blues Sundays.”
Mr Noble revealed there are similarities with Lewis’s great-grandfather.
“What we think is striking is how similar his general demeanour is to that of his great-grandfather, Sir Jimmy Shand.
“Lewis is very quiet and unassuming. However, he possesses an effortless, natural ability to play his chosen instrument and seems to be able to captivate an audience with ease.”