Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

S7 E05 Joey Abarta's King of the Blind Review and Donald MacDonald Playthrough Part 2

March 10th, 2023  |  Season 7  |  51 mins 17 secs

bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, joey abarta, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

Tunes:
From Joey Abarta, King of the Blind: Any Ol’ Jig will do, The Black Rock, Top it Off, The Longford Piper, The Balintore Fancy, Follow me up to Carlow
From Donald MacDonald: Ranting Roving Highlander, Miss Montgomery, Because he was a Bonny Lad, Miss M. Mackenzie, I come Home, Bog’n Lochain, We’ll Gang Noe Mair to Yon Town, Fill the Stoup, The Miller’s Fair Daughter, Lady Wemsy’s Jig, Pease Straw, The Jolly Gardner,

Thanks Joey for letting me have an early peak at King of The Blind.
You can get your own copy March 31st on Bandcamp, or by ordering through his website here:
https://www.joeyabarta.com/
It will eventually be on his Bandcamp page, but now you can pick up his first solo album there as well:
https://joeyabarta.bandcamp.com/album/swimming-against-the-falls

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S7 E04 Smollet Holden's Collection of Favorite Irish Airs on C Pipes

February 26th, 2023  |  Season 7  |  50 mins 16 secs

bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

Tunes:

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S7 E03 Turlough McSweeney, Simon Pokagon and the Chicago Worlds Fair

February 12th, 2023  |  Season 7  |  1 hr 15 mins

bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

Tunes:
O’Neill: The Wild Irishman (Boil the Breakfast Early), Toss the Feathers, Cherish the Ladies,
Goodman: Fágamaíd Súd Mar Atá Sé (Melody for the Donegal Piper)
O’Keefe: The Broomstick
O’Farrell: The Hermit of Killarney, Fair Peggy, Kitty Tyrrell
Simon Pokaggon: Red Man’s Rebuke

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S7 E02 Jackson's Celebrated 2023 Playthrough

January 29th, 2023  |  Season 7  |  36 mins

bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

S7 E02 Jackson's Celebrated 2023 Playthrough

Tunes:
Jackson: Cossey’s Jigg, Pither in Enough, The Figure of 3, Jackson’s Humours of Panteen, Jackson’s Morning Brush, Jackson’s Night Cap, Jackson Over the Water, Jackson’s Dream, Humours of Listivatin, Cummilum, Jackson’s Bouner Bougher, The maids in the morning.
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S7 E01 Women of Watlen: Christian Dalrymple with Performance by James Moyar

January 15th, 2023  |  Season 7  |  40 mins 37 secs

bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

S7 E01 Women of Watlen: Christian Dalrymple with Performance by James Moyar

Tunes:
William Vickers: Cold And Raw
Watlen: Miss C. Dalrymple: Oxford Castle, Miss Watson’s Favorite, Miss W. Dalrymple’s Fancy, Sir George Ramsay’s Lament (THANKS JAMES MOYAR!)
Watlen: What a Beaw My Granny Was, Soldiers Dance, Poney Races,
Watlen: Composed By a young Lady: L’abbe’
Watlen: By a Lady: The Finali
Watlen: By Lady Ru____en: Honarble David Ruthven’s Birthday
Eliza Ross: Dark Eyed one of the night, Dark girl of the White Feet
Donald MacDonald: Lady Seaforth’s Reel, Lady Mary Mackay’s Reel, Mary Gray, Sweet Molly

Thanks to James Moyar for playing through one of the more challenging of Miss Dalrymple’s Tunes. Check out James on the Droning On Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/DroningOnPodcast/
and his recent Piper’s Dojo Conversation:
https://youtu.be/brhFlo8IJ_Y
or support him by buying some awesome Bagpipe Gear at https://www.bagpipeswag.com/

Cover image of Miss Christian Dalrymple from The National Trust of Scotland at Newhailes house:
https://www.facebook.com/NTSNewhailes/photos/a.329838043864698/1473748449473646/

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S6 Watlen’s Celebrated Circus Tunes With tune from James McGlauhlin

December 19th, 2022  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 10 mins

bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

S6 Watlen’s Celebrated Circus Tunes With tune from James McGlauhlin

Tunes:
John Watlen: The Milliner’s House in the Pantomine They Fairy’s Triumph, Seige of Belgrade, German Dance, The Highland Fair, German Waltz, The Lilly, Miss Ann Baines Fancy, Leap over the Garter, Lads if you Loe me, The Caledonian Beauty, Lady Eliza Callander’s Favourite, Oxford Castle, Miss Wardlaws Reel, The Celebrated Air Ah! Ca! Ira as chanted at Paris, July 14, 1790, Jack the Sailor, The Ton, Miss Montgomery’s Reel, The Surrender of Calais, Better Late than Never, The New Highland Laddie,
Guest Performance by James McGloughlin: The Highland Fair
James Aird: Lady Eliza Callander’s Favourite, Oxford Castle,
William Gunn: The Charms of Whisky, The Christmas Carousing.

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Season 6 Mix Tape

December 3rd, 2022  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 51 mins

bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

Tunes:
Inveraray & District Pipeband: March, Strathspey & Reel
Three on the Bund: Local Hero
Simon Pfisterer: Vivaldi's Concerto for Four Violins in B minor
Karel Westerling: Riding Free Spirit
Brighde Chaimbeul, Ross Ainslie and Steven Byrnes: The Badger and the Weasel
Glengervie: Sine Bhan/ Come by the Hills, Christ Has My Heart Aye/The Mermaid/In And Out The Harbour /Juan Martino's, The Lonesome Boatman
Dave Rowlands: Chickadee, The Purturbation, Jim Harding’s Waltz
Nicholas Konradsen: Waltzish Set, Farewell to Gagnef, Smoke Braider's Bourree, Farewell to Claremont
Falsobordone: Maria Unser Frowe, Quant j'ay l'espart, A tutta gente
Jason Rouse: The Spanish Cloak, Job of Journey Work
Rebel’s Menuet: Mairi Bhan Òg (Mary young and fair), Bothan Airidh 'm Braighe Rainneach (The Shieling on the Braes of Rannoch), Drumochter Reels: (1) Calum Figheadair (“The Kilchattan Wedding”) / (2) Druimuachdar / (3) Uist Reel

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S6 Barry Shears’ new Book, Donald MacDonald’s old Book and John Walsh Shuttle pipes

November 20th, 2022  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 8 mins

bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

S6: Barry Shears’ new Book, Donald MacDonald’s old Book and John Walsh Shuttle pipes

Tunes:
Barry Shears: The Royston Session, Dave MacIsaac’s Pipe Jig, Chateau Barra Glen, Jerry Holland’s Pipe Jig, Mary Jane Kelly, Aunt Mae’s Reel, Captain Angus MacDonald (Lament For A Friend), John Mc Eachen's Reel, Hug air a bhonaid mhoir (Celebrate the Big Hat), Walter Beaton's Reel, Snuffing the Candle

Donald MacDonald: A Highland Reel, Sweet Molly, Sleepy Maggie, Lady Seaforth (reel), Lady Mary Mackay (reel), Brogues an’ Brochan an’a’, Roy’s Wife, Cameronian Rant, Jenny Dang the Weaver, Tail Toddle, Old Rusty Gun, The Piper’s Maggot, Mary Gray, Keep the Country Bonny Lassie, Earl Marischal (A reel).
David Young: Jolly Robin

You can buy Legacy here: https://capebretonpiper.com/

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S6 Puirt à Beul with Guest host John Charles Bauschatz

November 12th, 2022  |  Season 6  |  29 mins 1 sec

bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

S6 Puirt à Beul with Guest host John Charles Bauschatz

Tunes:
Margaret Stewart: Chuir Mo Leannan Cùlaibh Rium (Since my love turned his back on me), Meall do Bhrògan (Enjoy your Shoes),
Scots Guards: The Sweet Maid of Glendaruel,
Wilma Kennedy: Pòg o Leannan an Fhìdhleir (A Kiss for the fiddler's sweetheart), Am Buachaille Dubh (Black-Haired Shepherd),
Annie Arnott: Tha Biodag aig MacThòmais (Thompson's Dirk).
Barry Shears: Tha Biodag aig MacThòmais (Thompson's Dirk).
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S6 Halloween Episode With Tunes by James Moyar

October 23rd, 2022  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 12 mins

bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, halloween, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

S6 2022 Halloween Episode With Tunes by James Moyar

Tunes:
From James Moyar: She Moved Through The Fair, At My Wake,
1791: From The Celebrated Circus Tunes Performed at Edinburgh this season, With the additions of some new reels and strathspeys set for the piano forte or violin and bass:
John Watlen: The Milliner’s House in the Pantomime “The Fairy’s Triumph”, Seige of Belgrade by the Little Devil
From Barry Shears: The Mermaid and the Sea Monster, I Can’t Get a Grant Rant, John G. Dally, Mrs. Evelyn Shears, Cuir ‘sa Chiste Mhoir Mi (Put Me in the Big Chest), The Ale is Dear,
From Jeremy’s Memory: Piper’s Warning to His Master
Oliver and Company: Oscar’s Ghost
From Campbell (Albyn’s Anthology): Young Benjie
Peter Bellamy: Mountain Streams Where the Moorecocks Crow

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https://www.bagpipeswag.com/

S6 The Parcel of Rogues and Straight & Skillern episode with guest song by Christine Sparks

October 7th, 2022  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 19 mins

bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

Tunes:
Straight and Skillern: The Morning Post, The Merry Fifers (Mount Sion), the Purfleet, Oxford Ramble, Four Seasons, Black Dance, Variety is Charming, Just So in the North, The Sword Knot, Turks Head, The Happy Wedding, Cox’s Museum, Naples Dance, Bevis Mount, Paddy Wack, La Damoselle, Lord Bath’s Gate, Polly’s Fancy, The Ladies Lesson, The Sky Lark, Le Renard, Merry Thought, The Cascade, Van Rotterdam op Dort, A Parcell of Rogues in the Nation, Miss Fowler’s Delight, The Nabob, Pantheon, The Oak Tree, The Cave of Enchantment
William McGibbon: A Parcel of Rogues in the Nation
Ewan Maccoll: A Parcel of Rogues in a Nation
Robert Chambers: Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation!
Christine Sparks: A Parcel of Rogues in a Nation
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S6 E18 Drone Regulators Episode with a Harta Sample and tunes from Harta, Sean Reidy, David Asbrink and Juhan Suits

September 11th, 2022  |  Season 6  |  57 mins 7 secs

bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

S6 E18: Drone Regulators Episode with a Harta Sample and tunes from Harta, Sean Reidy, David Asbrink and Juhan Suits
This episode begins with a few tracks from Harta’s album
Check out Harta’s album here:
https://hartaskye.bandcamp.com/album/harta

You can Check out Cyberpiper’s stuff on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3CcW3ntOdd74juidHcKMoM
Or on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/theOneAndOnlyCyberpiper

I play the Title Track off my Album where I experiment with playing the tone hole on my border pipes as a regulator of sorts:
https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/bannocks-of-barley-meal

Sean Reidy Makes Good Music and you should listen any time you have a chance. I’m hoping he gets a link to me where that is more easily accomplished:

You can Watch David Asbrink play some stellar tunes on his youtube page:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYJ61jQW7x2NGgOT9IVTsTQ/videos
or listen to his tracks on Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/davidasbrink

You can watch the entire Juhan Suits video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgfuD_UuBn0
While not particularly Bagpipey I rather enjoyed listening to another of his projects on Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/trio-romansid
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S6 Old Favorites Robert Bremner part 3 Bremner’s Guitar Tutor with Special Thanks to Ryan Kirk and Rob Turner

August 6th, 2022  |  Season 6  |  53 mins 48 secs

bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

Tunes:

Robert Bremner: Stadholders Minuet, Moorish Tunes, Mill Mill O, Willy was a Wanton Wag, and Black Joke.
William McGibbon: Mill Mill O, Willie Was a Wanton Wag
James Oswald: Burlesque on a Black Joak:
Miscellaneous: Clare Dragoons, Braes a Mar

Big Thanks To Ryan Kirk for the performance and write up. Head over to the Facebook page to tell him thanks!

Thanks to Rob Turner for his Playing of James Oswald’s Burlesque on Black Joke. You can watch his youtube upoload of the tune, along with some stellar background information. https://youtu.be/vHFwsYbvZ-A

As I said in the episode, be sure to check out the rest of his music on his Youtube channel: fiauto
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMNv7YozytBYTZHjyMGxO1A

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S6 Old Favorites again, Robert Bremner 1.5 and 2 Jack Lattin Revisited and Robert & James Bremner and the Declaration of Independence

July 30th, 2022  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 9 mins

bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

Tunes:
Part 1.5:
Bremner: The Grant's Rant, The Carle He Came O'er the Craft, Miss Blair's Reel
William Dixon: Jack Lattin
John Sutherland: Jack Latone
O'Farrell: Jack Lattin with Variations

and on Part 2:
Robert Bremner, Loch Ness, Feg for a kiss, The Cross Well of Edinburgh & Watermen’s Rant, Open the Door to Three & Invercaul’s Reel, Straglass House.
James Bremner (By Way of Francis Hopkinson), Lady Coventry’s Minuett
Robert Millar: Lady Coventry’s Minuett, St. Paul’s.
Misc: Wha Saw the Forty Twa
Kerr: Wha’ Widna Fecht
Levey: Milk the Churn/ Gliogar an Mheadair (Fig for a Kiss)
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S6 Old Favorites S4 E32 Robert Bremner, Vibratto Church Music, Alan Ramsay and William McGibbon

July 16th, 2022  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 7 mins

bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

Tunes:
Bremner: Elgin, Aberdeen Or St. Paul’s, Grant’s Rant, The Carle Came over the Craft, Blue Britches, Miss Blair’s Reel, Mary Scott, Blue Britches, Cuzzle Together.
McGibbon: She Rose and Let me in, Cumbernauld House, Bottom of the Punch Bowl
Daniel Wright: She Rose and let me in

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Check out my new Album: Bannocks of Barley Meal here:
https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/bannocks-of-barley-meal

S6 E14 Eliza Ross Manuscript and Borrowed Scottish Smallpipes

July 2nd, 2022  |  Season 6  |  53 mins 32 secs

bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, jon swayne, light music, nineteenth century, performance, ray sloan, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

Tunes:
Patrick MacDonald:The Mermaid Song, The Fishermen’s Song for Attracting Seals, Spoigan, Joseph MacDonald’s jig, Lord Reay’s Jig, and The Goatherd; Harris Dance
Eliza Ross: Dark Girl of the Sheep, Dark Eyed one of the Night, Tune 70, Jolly Alasdair choice of all the girls, Mr. McKay’s Gig, Dark Girl of the White Feet, You Silly Fool
Edward Bunting: Bonny Portmore
William Vickers: Strike the Bell
William Dixon: Little Wee Winking Thing
Michael Grey: Whitby Runaround

You can Find Eliza Ross’s Collection here:
1812: Dark Girl of the Sheep, Dark Eyed one of the Night, Tune 70, Jolly Alasdair choice of all the girls, Mr. McKay’s Gig, Dark Girl of the White Feet, You Silly Fool from Eliza Ross’s Manuscript from the Isle of Raasay in 1812:

https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/library-museum-gallery/cultural-heritage-collections/school-scottish-studies-archives/archive-pubs/eliza-ross-manuscript

I am mostly playing Ray Sloan Smallpipes in Bb, he kindly provided the Image for the Episode art as well, Thanks Ray! You can check out Ray’s work here,
http://www.borderbagpipes.com/index.html

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