Pipe Band Special
Gary West turns his attention to the pipe band world to help celebrate the return of the first major band competition in Scotland since 2019 to be held in Greenock on May 21st.
With just one week to go before the first major pipe band contest for almost three years, Gary West celebrates their return with a reminder of some of the great band sounds of the past. The industrial communities of the central belt of Scotland are well represented with sets from Dysart and Dundonald, Polkemmet Colliery and the eight-times world champions through the 1950s and 60s, based in a Grangemouth paper mill, Muirhead and Sons. Canadian bands the 78th Fraser Highlanders and the Dowco Triumph Street go through their musical paces too, and there鈥檚 a stop off in Melbourne, Australia, for a set from the Victoria Police. Away from the pipe band scene, we dip into some classic recordings from Robert Mathieson, Yorkshireman John Walsh, and the Breton bagpipe and bass guitar duo of Patrick Molard and Alain Genty, while we bookend this week鈥檚 programme with two highly charged, full octane offerings from The Scott Wood Band and Rory Campbell & Malcolm Stitt.
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Artist: Scott Wood Band
Title: Dr Alasdair MacKenzie, Barber Avenue
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Artist: Dysart and Dundonald
Title: Leaving Lunga, The Shepherd鈥檚 Crook, The Rookery
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Artist: Muirhead and Sons
Title: Piper鈥檚 Prayer, Cockney Jocks, Bonnie Lass o Fyvie
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Artist: Patrick Molard and Alain Genty
Title: Port Urlar
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Artist: Polkemmet Grorud Pipe Band
Title: Glensanda, Mathieson鈥檚 Farewell, Tom Billy鈥檚 Jig, The Swaggering Jig, Campbelltown Kiltie Ball, Mac 鈥榥 Irish, The Easy Club Reel, Itchy Fingers
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Artist: Robert Mathieson
Title: The Radical Road, Partners in Time
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Artist: 78th Fraser Highlanders
Title: He Man Du, Morrison鈥檚 Jig Reel, Farewell to Nigg
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Artist: John Walsh
Title: Dr Ross鈥檚 50th Welcome to the Argyllshire Gathering, Jean Mauchlin, P/M Donald MacLean of Lewis
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Artist: The Victoria Police Pipe Band
Title: Acid Piper, The Bulgarian Bandit, Adrian鈥檚 Obsession
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Artist: Dowco Triumph Street
Title: Dugald MacColl鈥檚 Farewell to France, Atholl Cummers, Pretty Marion
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Artist: Rory Campbell and Malcolm Stitt
Title: An T Ord Gallach, Don Manson鈥檚 Reel, Paul鈥檚 Apple Tree, The Islay Ranters, Tar the House
Broadcast
- Sat 14 May 2022 21:0091热爆 Radio Scotland
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