Episode 25 - Bellows all the Way

Gary helps to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Lowland and Border Pipers' Society by taking a look at the development, decline, and revival of the bellows bagpipe tradition in Scotland. With music from Gordon Mooney,  , Fred Morrison, Annie Grace & Judy Barker, Andy May and ... himself!

Tracks
Daimh with Jerry’s Pipe Jig, Slainte do Mhabou, Donella Beaton, Muinera de Casu from From Moidart to Mabou

Annie Grace and Judy Barker with Alison Cross from Reclaimed (Presented by Lowland and Borders Pipers’ Society)

 Gordon Mooney and Shona Mooney  with Jimmy Allan, Geld Him Lasses, Coffee and Tea and Skint o’ Siller  from Reclaimed (Presented by Lowland and Borders Pipers’ Society)

Andy May with The Countess of Galloway Set from Happy Hours

Gary West with Dixon’s Highland Laddie and Rangers’ Frolic from The Islay Ball

Fred Morrison Trio with Kansas from Live at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Further Resources
 Lowland and Border Pipers Society

Hugh Cheape , Bagpipes: a National Collection of a National Instrument (2008)

Matt Seattle, The Master Piper - Nine Notes that Shook the World (edited version of the William Dickson Manuscript)

Pete Stewart,  Welcome Home My Dearie: Piping in the Scottish Lowlands 1690-1900

Pete Stewart, The Day it Daws: The Lowland Scots Bagpipe and its Music 1400 to 1715 

Gary West, Voicing Scotland: Folk, Culture, Nation (2012)