Photo Gallery 6 - Solo and with friends
![John by Marjorie](galleries-solo-friends/john-by-marjorie-550.jpg)
John with his portrait by Marjory Boyle Crooks
![Recorder and feather](galleries-solo-friends/feather-cap-450_fs.jpg)
That's not a recorder... THIS is a recorder!
![Shocked!](galleries-solo-friends/shocked-500.jpg)
John reacts to suggestions of using the Devil's Tritone in his latest composition
![John with Fred Kelly](galleries-solo-friends/teacher1-550.jpg)
John with Fred Kelly, his trumpet teacher at Napier College
![John meets John](galleries-solo-friends/john40-20-550.jpg)
Hey man, nice suit - John meets John from 25 years earlier
![Two ballet composers](galleries-solo-friends/dinnerparty1-550.jpg)
Two ballet composers relaxing at home
![the Crumhorn Pixie](galleries-solo-friends/botanics4-550.jpg)
When lost in the jungle watch out for the Crumhorn Pixie
![Pied Twin Piper Pixie](galleries-solo-friends/botanics3-550.jpg)
The Pied Twin Piper Pixie will carry off your rats and your children at the same time
![the Trumpet Pixie](galleries-solo-friends/botanics2-550.jpg)
Fortunately you'll hear the Trumpet Pixie from a long way away...
![Gruffalo](galleries-solo-friends/gruffalo_fs.jpg)
...but if neccessary seek help from the nearest Gruffalo (that's the one on the right)
![John and sheep](galleries-solo-friends/blackpool-550h.jpg)
Johnny Sampson and the Bath Butcher's Shop Sheep
![John and Hare](galleries-solo-friends/hare-800h.jpg)
If it's ok for Jimmy Stewart it's ok for me!
![](galleries-solo-friends/steves-wedding-006-550.jpg)
With actor Jimmy Chisholm at a wedding
![John with Patrick Siben](galleries-solo-friends/patrick-550_fs.jpg)
Orchestral manoeuvers - John with Patrick Siben of the Stuttgart Saloniker
![wig](galleries-solo-friends/281776228_10160266540317456_4430945125982725746_n-720h.jpg)
If you're gonna wear a wig then do it properly!
![trumpet](galleries-solo-friends/eyesovertrumpet-550h.jpg)
An innovative but somewhat inefficient method of blowing the trumpet
![trumpeter behind every tree](galleries-solo-friends/meadows1-550_fs.jpg)
Don't walk in the Meadows at night - there's a trumpeter behind every tree!
![future](galleries-solo-friends/john2rec550.jpg)
I wonder if I'll still be playing this in 40 years time?
![Pete and John](galleries-solo-friends/pete-john1-550.jpg)
Pete Baines and John
![](galleries-solo-friends/garden-reception-550.jpg)
With piper Professor Gary West
![hobgoblin](galleries-solo-friends/thrie-estates-500h.jpg)
Beware fools and hobgoblins!
![](galleries-solo-friends/john-mcarthur-550.jpg)
John with actress Edith MacArthur
![Our Man in Havana](galleries-solo-friends/cuba1-550.jpg)
Our Man in Havana - John shares a Churchillian moment with friendly Cuban locals
![Stuart Watson](galleries-solo-friends/mixture-2010 feb-057-550.jpg)
One show to go - with Stuart Watson, MD on A Xmas Carol in Dundee
![](galleries-solo-friends/1385-840h.jpg)
With artist Maggie Hambling in Aldeburgh
![Berlin wall](galleries-solo-friends/berlin-wall-840.jpg)
John at the Berlin wall as it was coming down in 1989
![Caprinton Horn](galleries-solo-friends/0106-840.jpg)
Playing the 2000 year old bronze Caprington Horn in Caprington Castle, Ayrshire.
![Scream](galleries-solo-friends/scream-1191-800h.jpg)
John practices with his new acting coach
![John with Frances Scott](galleries-solo-friends/frances-scott-1-750h.jpg)
Bruntsfield Baroque - John with Frances Scott at Inch House
![John with Frances Scott](galleries-solo-friends/frances-scott-2-750h.jpg)
John with Bruntsfield Baroque colleague Frances Scott at Ross Priory, Loch lomond
![John with the sculpture for the Thomas the Rhymer show](galleries-solo-friends/john-sculpture.jpg)
When does the Fairy Queen come to carry me off?
John with the sculpture of the Eildon Tree for the Thomas the Rhymer show
![preparing to play recorder](galleries-solo-friends/jimb16-630h.jpg)
Studied concentration - or has he nodded off?
Photo by Mark Marnie at the Netherbow theatre 2016