Major Tony Crease, bandsman who hit the top of the charts with Amazing Grace – obituary
He toured the world with the Pipes & Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and later in life created a nature reserve in Yorkshire
Major Tony Crease with a gold disc for Amazing Grace
Credit: Piping Press
Major Tony Crease, who has died aged 74, led the Pipes & Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards as Pipe Major to the top of the hit parade with the band’s rendition of Amazing Grace.
In 1971, the Royal Scots Greys amalgamated with the 3rd Carabiniers and their bands came together to prepare for the Amalgamation Parade. In a project inspired by Crease, a recording took place for new regimental music. It included an arrangement by the Greys’ bandmaster, Stuart Fairbairn, of the hymn Amazing Grace.