Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Angus Mackay”

S4 E16 Napoleonic Fur Trade Pipers, Downfall of Paris, Up and a Warr em a Willie and many more

Jeremy Kingsbury — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 04:00:00 -0400

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The image for the episode is me dressed as my interpretation of George McKay when he piped for the North West Company at Grand Portage, with my reproduction George McKay Waterloo Pipes (thanks to Chris Black and Janet LaFrance for the image!)

I used O’Neil’s setting for Downfall of Paris:
Page 1: http://www.oldmusicproject.com/AA3Sheet/1201-1800/Sheet-1501-1600/1562a-Downfall-1stPage.gif
Page 2: http://www.oldmusicproject.com/AA3Sheet/1201-1800/Sheet-1501-1600/1562b-Downfall-2ndPage.gif
Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine: http://www.oldmusicproject.com/AA3Sheet/Sheet-1801-1850/1824-BonaparteCrossingRhine.gif

O’Farrell’s setting for The Fall of Paris: https://digital.nls.uk/87779894
If you aren’t Fall of Paris’d out check out the amazing Mikie Smyth performance: https://youtu.be/ZF8uHVu4Res

O’Farrell’s setting for The Basket of Oysters: Just went hunting, and still not finding a Vol 3&4 online, if anyone has a link to it please let me know, but You can use this link to download a PDF, the tune is numbered 123 http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/ofarrellspc4.pdf

Angus MacKay’s Up and Waur them a’ Willie, https://digital.nls.uk/105007223
Donald MacDonald’s cut time setting for Up and waur them a’ Willie: https://digital.nls.uk/105682484

Donald MacDonlad Tunes Up and Warr em Willie and Amorous Lover: https://digital.nls.uk/105876159

If you want to read John McKay’s Journal that Discusses the North West Company Bagpiper George Mckay you can read it here, the Entry is on August 17th 1794:
http://pam.minisisinc.com/DIGITALOBJECTS/Access/HBCA%20Microfilm/1M119/B166-A-2.pdf
(If you don’t want to download a PDF link straight from me the HBC Archive Link is here The HBC Archive recently Digitized ALL of their Post journals, some good Quarantine reading here!
http://pam.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/LISTINGS_WEB2/LISTINGS_DET_REP_FULL_GR/SISN%2023208?sessionsearch

Season 4 Episode 14 Many 98s I Hae a Wife of My Ain with Guest Tim MacDonald and Jeremy Ward

Jeremy Kingsbury — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 03:00:00 -0400

Holy cow did I include a lot of tunes on this episode! Don’t get used to that!
Big thank you to Tim and Jeremy for letting me play a track off their album “The Wilds” you can buy it here:
https://timandjeremy.com/wilds/
You can also check out there stellar Youtube series “The Neil Gow Sessions” here: https://youtu.be/1qne-ly24Oo

In Chronological order for the Episode:
Gordon Duncan’s 98 Jig can be bought in this awesome collection: https://www.gordonduncan.co.uk/product/gordon-duncans-tunes/

Sall’s Delight From O’Farrell: https://digital.nls.uk/94566972

Wife of My Own from O’Farrell: https://digital.nls.uk/94566996

Donald MacDonald 9/8 Set
Grinder: https://digital.nls.uk/105682770
I Hae a wife o my ain: https://digital.nls.uk/105682704
Brose and Butter: https://digital.nls.uk/105876148
An Irish Jig: https://digital.nls.uk/105682693

I Ha’e a Wife o’ my ain From Angus MacKay: https://digital.nls.uk/105007410
Brose and Butter From Angus MacKay: https://digital.nls.uk/105007201
Thanks to Tim MacDonald and Jeremy Ward for the playing of their track: I Hae A Wife O My Ain / Dunkeld É

Saw Ye the Carle of Late from Angus MacKay: https://digital.nls.uk/105007443
Go To Berwick Johnny From Angus MacKay: https://digital.nls.uk/105007388

Old Women’s Money from O’Farrell: https://digital.nls.uk/94567176
I still haven’t found a good Digital version of the Volume that includes Tuhy’s Frolic

S4 E12 MacKay, MacDonald, O'Farrell tunes with Special guest Carrie Dlutowski

Jeremy Kingsbury — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 01:00:00 -0400

Since I’m in a new House…seems like the time to play the tune I “Composed” for my friend’s Ric and Berit when they finalized some messy business with their Cabin: Squatter’s Hame

Since we did the first tune in MacKay’s book here’s the first in O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion, Humours of the Glen. Read it here: https://digital.nls.uk/87779642

And Another MacKay tune I quite liked, “The Bride has a Bonny Thing” You can see it here:
https://digital.nls.uk/105006948

I went back to my house at the last minute to record Squatter’s Haim and just took a quick crack at this lovely Donald MacDonald tune Mary Gray.
https://digital.nls.uk/105682550

Speaking of History, finally gonna play the clip Carrie shared with me!

Carrie’s set: “The tunes are: The Lass o’ Corrie Mill (strathspey, traditional)/Carnival March (strathspey by Gideon Stove)/Return to Milltown (reel, traditional)/The Cape Breton Fiddlers’ Welcome to the Shetland Islands (reel by Willie Hunter). Emma and I are playing fiddle, and my mom Susan is on piano.” Thanks again Carrie! I miss making music with you so much!
You can listen to the album on various streaming services and buy it straight from her website: http://www.carriedlutkowski.com/

And another tune I’ve been enjoying out of O’Farrell: Jack in the Garret
https://digital.nls.uk/87780698