Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

S 10 E09 Dixon Playthrough Part 4 with tune from John Dally

April 18th, 2026  |  Season 10  |  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:
William Dixon: Wallington, John Cudbursuns fancy, Minuat Edward the Second, an thay were my own thing,
William Vickers: Shew Me the Way to Wallington, The Pipers maggot,
Melodies Committee of the Newcastle Antiquarian Society: Shew me the Way to Wallington, John Cuthbertson's Fancy,
William Cocks: Shew's The Way to Wallington, Pipers' Maggot,
David Young: The Piper,
John Johnson: The Piper's Maggot,
McFadyen (Aird): Piper's Maggot,
Hime: The Pipers Maggot,
O'Farrell: The Pipers Maggot,
Donald MacDonald: The Piper's Maggot
Angus MacKay: The Pipers Maggot,
David Glen: The Piper's Maggot,
John Dally Playing: John Cuthbertson's Fancy
John Giddy: Nansavallen,

Check out the Cree Fiddlers going to Orkney Documentary Here
The Fiddlers of James Bay: https://www.folkstreams.net/films/fiddlers-of-james-bay

Check out John Dally's Piping here:
https://youtube.com/@rustygulley-r3r?si=dh1yPpW-cVe4Fegx
https://on.soundcloud.com/Vk1wTdlhIkNXnypFMH
and his Leatherwork here:
https://www.instagram.com/dallyleather/

Check out Alan Kingsbury's Art here:
https://alankingsbury.com/

For links to Sources for tunes, download the tunebook:
https://www.patreon.com/file?h=155908454&m=648290193

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S 10 E 08 Dixon Playthrough Part 3 with David Faulkner

April 4th, 2026  |  Season 10  |  1 hr 5 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:
David Faulkner & Stephen Turner: Hit Her Between the Legs, Dorrington Lads,
William Vickers: Whipper and Girder or Ranger’s Frolick,
Patrick MacDonald: Tune 7 (Whip her and Girde her)
William Dixon: Hit Her Between the Legs, The Black and the Grae,
John Peacock: The Black and the Grey,
John Rook: Black and the Grey
Bruce and Stoke: The Black and the Grey
John Johnson: Black and All Black,

Thanks to David Faulkner for sending in some tunes and thoughts.
Check out his music here:
https://soundcloud.com/user-944955873

And Check Out the Bagpipe Society’s Website and Blowout:
https://www.bagpipesociety.org.uk/blowout/2026/

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S 10 E 07 20 Year Anniversary, 200 Episodes and 100K downloads

March 21st, 2026  |  Season 10  |  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:
2006 Jeremy Kingsbury: The Gold Ring, The Whitby Runaround (by Michael Grey)
Nicholas Sunsdahl: Piano Solo,
Ewan Maccoll: First Time Ever I saw Your Face, Dirty Old Town
Peggy Seeger: First Time Ever I saw Your Face
Elvis: First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Kingsbury: The Coolin, Dumbarton's Drums
John Peacock: Cuckold come out of the Amery
Robert Bremner: Struan Robertson's Rant
J&R Glen: Struan Robertson's Rant
David Glen: Struan Robertson's Rant
Barry Shears: Struan Robertson (Currie), Traditional Reel III, Beaver Cove,
Donald MacDonald: Old Rusty Gun
Donald MacLeod: Cronin

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S 10 E 06 Humours of Glen, O'Farrell Playthrough Part 1

March 7th, 2026  |  Season 10  |  1 hr 30 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'Farrell: Humours of Glen, Daniel the Sun, Daniel the Sun, Yemen o Knock, Galloway Tom, Castle Town Hunt, Bannocks of Barley Meal
James Oswald: Mary Scott
William McGibbon: Mary Scot
John Brysson: Humours of Glen,
John Brysson/Stephen McNally: Humours of Glen
Matt Seattle: Humours of Glen
Neil Gow & Sons: The Humours of Glen
Broadside Courtesy of Jack Campin: The Humours of Glen
John Rook: Humours of Glen
Goodman: The Humours of Glyn(n), The Humours of Glynn
Goodman Tunes Trio ( Mick O'Brien, Emer Mayock, Aoife Ní Bhriain ) The Humours of Glynn,
Eliza Ross: Alasdair of the Stoups, The Big Foot of the Deceitful One
Nicolas Brown: Daniel the Sun,

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Check out the Goodman Tunes Trio's ( Mick O'Brien, Emer Mayock, Aoife Ní Bhriain ) Album Here:
https://goodmantunestrio.bandcamp.com/album/more-tunes-from-the-goodman-manuscripts

Check out Nicholas Brown's Album here:
https://nicolasbrown.bandcamp.com/album/good-enough-music-for-them-who-love-it

Read Matt Seattle's Humours of Glen Common Stock article here:
https://j3site.lbps.net/index.php/common-stock/archive-issues/369-common-stock-june-2017

Read Jack Campin's book/website here:
http://www.campin.me.uk/

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Tunebook
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S 10 E 05 Dixon Playthrough Part 2 With a Tune from Chris Norman and David Greenberg

February 22nd, 2026  |  Season 10  |  1 hr 21 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:
William Dixon: Dorrington, Have a Care of Her Johnny, Hacky Honey
Daniel Dow: Sandy Gow's Three Pints
John McLachlan: Sandy Gow's Three Pints,
William Vickers: Strike the Bell,
From David Greenberg and Chris Norman: a John Reid Piece, Garb of the old Gaul and Hacky Honey

Big Thank You to David Greenberg and Chris Norman for allowing me to play their full track: General Reid from their album Let Me In This Ae Night the track is a set of a John Reid Piece, Garb of the old Gaul and Hacky Honey. You can and should buy their whole album, but in the mean time you can stream it on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4DWQdp7wKySlfzuPMVkdO0
amazon music: https://music.amazon.com/albums/B003AMICX2?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US
You can check out Chris Norman’s website here:
https://boxwood.org/
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S 10 E 04 Dorrington Lads: William Dixon, Iain Gelston and Donald Lindsay

February 8th, 2026  |  Season 10  |  2 hrs 6 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:
William Dixon: Wattys away, Dorrington (I keep saying Dorrington Lads in the Episode, or Dixon just calls it Dorrington).
Iain Gelston: Rusty Gully, Cotting Burn,
Lionel Winship: Dorrington Laddie
John Rook: Dorrington Lads
Melodies Committee: Dorrington Lads
Bruce and Stoke: Dorrington Lads

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S 10 E 03 2026 William Dixon Playthrough Jamie Campbell Conversation rerun

February 7th, 2026  |  Season 10  |  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:
William Dixon: Golden Locks, My Love Comes Passing By Me, Black and the Grey
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S 10 E 02 Kilts, Bagpipers and Living History. A Chat with Isaac Walters (A Rerun from 2021)

January 25th, 2026  |  Season 10  |  1 hr 28 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:
Robyn Jamner: If I die at the Hands of a faceless man.
William Dixon: The New Way to Morpeth
James Aird: Johnny MacGill (Come under my Plaidy)
Donald MacDonald: Buckskin Kilt, The Wren’s Death, The Kilt is my Delight, Jenny Dang the Weaver
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S 10 E 01 Abolish Ice Chippewa Valley Irish Immigration with guest musicians Mick O'Brien, Emer Mayock, Aoife Ní Bhriain (Rerun)

January 11th, 2026  |  Season 10  |  1 hr 23 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'Farrell: Raspberry Flowers
William Vickers: Sweet as Sugar Candy
William Dixon: The New Way to Bowden (Athol Braes) (though I say Morpeth in the Podcast)
Walker Jackson: Jackson’s Morning Brush
Martin Freeman: One Tree Vale. I Ngleaun A Chruing
Canon James Goodman: Jackson’s Snack, The Bright Dawn of Day
James Aird: The Dawning of the Day
Canon Goodman, Courtesy of Mick O'Brien, Emer Mayock, Aoife Ní Bhriain: Ceann Dubh Dileas (My dark-haired darling), Pádruig, Píobaire (Patrick the Piper) / Quadrille, Humours of Glynn.
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