Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast
Episode Archive
Episode Archive
170 episodes of Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast since the first episode, which aired on March 20th, 2020.
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S4E26: Keep The Country Bonny Lassie and Jackson's Welcome Home
September 26th, 2020 | Season 4 | 20 mins 48 secs
bagpipes, baroque, celtic, donald macdonald, eighteenth century, ghb, great highland bagpipes, highland, history, irish music, jackson's welcome home, keep the country bonny lassie, music, o'farrell, pastoral pipes, scotland, scottish, scottish music, uilleann pipes, union pipes
Tunes:
O’Farrell: Jackson’s Welcome Home
Aria Di Camera: Let’s Shak her well
Bremner: Keep the Country Bonny Lassie
Donald MacDonald: Keep the Country Bonny Lassie -
S4E25: Dorrington Lads A Conversation with Donald WG Lindsay
September 19th, 2020 | Season 4 | 1 hr 23 mins
ascension island, bagpipes, baroque, celtic, conversation, donald lindsay, donald macdonald, eighteenth century, ghb, great highland bagpipes, highland, history, history of sleep, interview, irish music, music, pastoral pipes, richard youngs, scotland, scottish, scottish music, uilleann pipes, union pipes
Tunes:
William Dixon: Dorrington Lads by Donald WG Lindsay & Richard Youngs -
S4 E24: Descriptive Pieces The Irish Fox Hunt, Oscar and Malvina, The Desperate Battle and The Stool of Repentance
September 11th, 2020 | Season 4 | 52 mins 55 secs
aird, bagpipes, baroque, bremner, celtic, descriptive pieces, donald macdonald, eighteenth century, fox chase, ghb, great highland bagpipes, gunn, highland, history, irish music, music, o'farrell, pastoral pipes, scotland, scottish, scottish music, stool of repentance, the fox chase, uilleann pipes, union pipes, walsh
Tunes:
O’Farrell: Oscar and Malvina, Irish Fox Hunt
Piobaireachd: The Desperate Battle
Dixon: The Stool of Repentance
Bremner: Wright’s Rant
Gunn: The Piper’s Son -
S4E23: Maggie Cameron AKA The Lasses Pisses Brandy and O’Farrell original Waterford Waltz
September 5th, 2020 | Season 4 | 34 mins 25 secs
bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic, donald macdonald, eighteenth century, ghb, great highland bagpipes, highland, history, irish music, music, northumberland, northumbrian pipes, pastoral pipes, scotland, scottish, scottish music, uilleann pipes, union pipes
Tunes:
Dixon: The Lasses Bushes Brawly
William Vickers: Lassess Pisses Brandy
Gunn: William Roy’s Loomhouse
James Scott Skinner: Maggie Cameron
O’Farrell: Waterford Waltz,
Bremner: The Lady’s Breast Knot -
S4E22: Hoop her and Gird Her
August 29th, 2020 | Season 4 | 37 mins 39 secs
bagpipes, celtic, donald macdonald, eighteenth century, ghb, great highland bagpipes, highland, history, hit her between the legs, hoop her and gird her, irish music, music, pastoral pipes, scotland, scottish, scottish music, uilleann pipes, union pipes
Tunes:
Dixon: Hit Her Between the Legs
Geoghegean: Jigg call’d Whip her & Gird Her
Gow: Hoop Her and Gird Her
O’Farrell: Bridget my Treasure
(I made a slight update to my discussion of Hit her between the Legs, sorry if it triggers a confusing double download) -
S4E21: Clean Pease Straw, Robert Bremner and John Sutherland Collections
August 22nd, 2020 | Season 4 | 28 mins 22 secs
bagpipes, celtic, clean pease straw, country dancing, donald macdonald, ghb, great highland bagpipes, highland, history, jack lattin, john sutherland, music, pastoral pipes, peas straw, robert bremner, scotland, scottish, scottish country dancing, scottish dance, shor and sweet, uilleann pipes
Tunes:
Donald MacDonald: Pease Straw
O’Farrell: Short and Sweet
Robert Bremner: Clean Pease Straw, Pudding Maggie
John Sutherland: Jack Latone, Clean Pease Straw -
S4E20 Edward Bunting Revisited, Bonny Portmore, Have You Seen My Valentine with guest Simon Chadwick
August 15th, 2020 | Season 4 | 52 mins 12 secs
bagpipes, border pipes, celtic, edward bunting, eighteenth century, eighteenth century music, gaelic, harp, history, ireland, irish music, music, nineteenth century, scotland, scottish, scottish music, simon chadwick, storm, uilleann pipes, whistle, wire harp
Tunes:
Bunting: Have you Seen my Valentine? The Chanter’s Tune, Chorus Jig (reel), Bonny Portmore
Neil Gow: Drummond Castle,
Donald MacDonald: The Weary Maid
William Dixon: Jack Lattin
Played from memory likely off Chieftains album: Summertime Summertime, Hugar mu fean -
S4E19: Love and a Pipe, Highland Harry Back Again, with guests Ryan Behnke and Unwelcome Visitors
August 8th, 2020 | Season 4 | 27 mins 28 secs
bagpipebinky, bagpipes, celtic, eighteenth century, history, ireland, irish music, music, nineteenth century, o'farrell, robert burns, ryan behnke, scotland, scottish, scottish music, uilleann pipes, unwelcome visitors, whistle
Tunes:
O’Farrell: Love and a Pipe Duet, Humours of Ardmore
Donald MacDonald, Highland Harry Back Again
Angus MacKay: Highland Harry Back Again
Robert Burns: My Harry was a Gallant Gay
Guest Track from Unwelcome Visitors: Young Tom Ennis, Jimmy Neary’s, The White Petticoat. -
Live Stream Announcement for August 8 Bagpipes and the North West Company
August 7th, 2020 | Season 4 | 6 mins 5 secs
bagpipes, celtic, donald macdonald, fur trade, ghb, grand portage, great highland bagpipes, highland, history, music, scotland, scottish, uilleann pipes
Tune in to the Facebook Page for the Podcast to watch a livestream.
Tunes in this short message, Beginning of Love and a Pipe from O'Farrell and Lament For John from Finbar Furey -
S4 E18: Over the Water to Charlie, Greig’s Pipes, John Walsh Dance Music
July 31st, 2020 | Season 4 | 37 mins 10 secs
bagpipe, bagpiper, caledonia, caledonian pocket companion, country dance, country dance music, eighteenth century, folk music, ghb, great highland bagpipes, irish history, irish music, jacobite, james oswald, john walsh, music, music history, o'farrell, ofarrell, outlander, scotland, scottish history, scottish music, tunes, uilleann, uilleann pipes, weekly podcast, wetootwaag, whistle
John Walsh: The Puff, The Laundry (Hot Pot), Hot Stick
James Oswald: Over the Water to Charlie
Angus MacKay: Over the Water to Charlie, Greig’s Pipes
O’Farrell: Shaun Buee, Greig’s Pipes -
S4 E17 A Rock and a Wi Pickle Tow, Harp Tunes with Special Guest performance by Simon Chadwick Introduction Edward Bunting and William McGibbon collection
July 25th, 2020 | Season 4 | 52 mins 50 secs
a rock and a wi pickle tow, bagpipes, celtic music, donald macdonald, eighteenth century, gaelic harp, great highland bagpipes, harp, history, irish music, jacobite, jacobite rebellion, james oswald, kitty tirrell, music, musician, o'farrell, old tunes, scottish music, simon chadwick, uilleann, uilleann pipes, whistle
Tunes:
Donald MacDonald: Dogs Bite Chapmen, The Rock and the wee Pickle Tow
James Oswald, A Rock and a wi Pickle Tow
William McGibbon, A Rock and a wi Pickle Tow, If E’er you do Well it’s a Wonder
Edward Bunting, John O’Reily the Active, Kitty Tirrell (Courtesy of Simon Chadwick)
O’Farrell: Kitty Tirrell -
S4 E16 Napoleonic Fur Trade Pipers, Downfall of Paris, Up and a Warr em a Willie and many more
July 18th, 2020 | Season 4 | 1 hr 3 mins
angus mackay, bagpipes, celtic, donald macdonald, fur trade, georgian, ghb, grand portage, great highland bagpipes, highland, history, music, napoleon, north west company, o'farrell, ofarrell, regency, rhine, scotland, scottish, uilleann pipes, voyageur, waterloo
A Bit of a Discussion of North West Company Bagpiper George McKay and the following tunes:
Original Composition: Grand Portage Tribal Chairwoman Beth Drost
O’Farrell: Fall of Paris, Basket of Oysters
Angus MacKay: Up an Waur em Willie
Donald MacDonald: Amorous Lover, Up and Warr em Willie
O’Neil: Downfall of Paris, Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine -
S 4 E 15 When The King Enjoys His Own again the World will be Turned Upside Down
July 11th, 2020 | Season 4 | 38 mins 51 secs
american revolution, bagpipes, celtic, eighteenth century, history, ireland, irish music, jacobite, jacobite rebellion, music, nineteenth century, reel, return from fingal, revolutionary, scotland, scottish, scottish music, uilleann pipes, whistle, yorktown
From O’Farrell: Moll in the Wad, The Bard’s Legacy
From Donald MacDonald: The Perewig, Cuir’s Chiste Moir Me & c.
Other: Return from Fingal, The king will enjoy his own again/the world turned upside down -
Season 4 Episode 14 Many 98s I Hae a Wife of My Ain with Guest Tim MacDonald and Jeremy Ward
July 4th, 2020 | Season 4 | 33 mins 42 secs
98, angus mackay, bagpipes, celtic, donald macdonald, filddle, ghb, gordon duncan, great highland bagpipes, highland, historic tunes, history, jeremy ward, music, o'farrell, ofarrell, old music, old women's money, scotland, scottish, tim macdonald, uilleann, uilleann pipes
Gordon Duncan: The 9/8 Jig
O’Farrell: Sall’s Delight, Wife of My Own, Old Women’s Money, Tuhy’s Frolic
Donald MacDonald: The Grinder, I hae a wife o my ain, brose and butter, an Irish Jig.
Angus MacKay: I Ha’e a Wife o’ my ain, Brose and Butter, Saw Ye Carle of Late, Go to Berwick Johnny.
Tim MacDonald and Jeremy Ward: I Hae A Wife O My Ain / Dunkeld É -
Season 4 Episode 13: Robin Power’s Fancy, My Woer Be Merry, Sir J.M. Mackenzie’s Reel, Earl Marischal Reel, Hills of Glenorchy, Humours of Last Night.
June 27th, 2020 | Season 4 | 34 mins 27 secs
bagpipes, celtic, donald macdonald, eighteenth century, georgian, history, ireland, irish music, isle of skye, music, nineteenth century, scotland, scottish, scottish music, uilleann pipes, victorian, whistle
O’Farrell Tunes: Robin Power’s Fancy and Humours of Last Night.
Angus Mackay Tunes: Sir J.M. Mackenzie’s Reel, Hills of Glenorchy
Donald MacDonald Tunes: My Woer be Merry, Earl Marischal Reel -
S4 E12 MacKay, MacDonald, O'Farrell tunes with Special guest Carrie Dlutowski
June 21st, 2020 | Season 4 | 34 mins 29 secs
angus mackay, bagpipe, bagpipes, carrie dlutowski, donald macdonald, fiddle, irish pipes, o'farrell, original music, scottish bagpipes, uilleann, uilleann bagpipes, uilleann pipes, wetootwaag
Season 4 Episode 12: Moving episode! Thanks to Carrie Dlutkowski for a tune!
Tunes:
Original Composition: Squatter’s Hame on Highland Pipes
O’Farrell: Humours of the Glen, Jack in the Garret
Angus MacKay: The Wife Has a Bonny Thing
Donald MacDonald: Mary Gray
Carrie Dlutowski on Fiddle with her Sister and Mother: The Lass o’Corrie Mill/Carnival March/Return to Milltown/The Cape Breton Fiddlers’ Welcome to the Shetland Islands