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Terry Carroll, a resident of Okemos for more than 40 years known for the Highland bagpipes he played at countless funerals, weddings and local events, died early in the morning Feb. 20 after ...
Eric Rigler is an American player of the Uilleann pipes, Great Highland Bagpipes, and tin whistle.He performs as a solo artist and with the band Bad Haggis, and has been featured on a number of movie soundtracks. [1]
Harley became inspired to learn the bagpipe after seeing the Black Watch perform in John F. Kennedy's funeral procession in November 1963. Then a maintenance worker for Philadelphia's housing authority, Harley began searching the city for a set of bagpipes. Failing to find one, he traveled to New York City, where he found a set in a pawn shop.
Bagpipes are frequently used during funerals and memorials, especially among fire department, military and police forces in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Commonwealth realms, and the U.S. During the 19th and 20th centuries, as a result of the participation of Scottish regiments in British colonial expansion , the bagpipes became well known ...
The Queen’s Piper will help close her state funeral with a rendition of the traditional piece Sleep, Dearie, Sleep. Pipe Major Paul Burns, the monarch’s personal player at the time of her ...
He was hailed as the "Hendrix of the bagpipes". [7] In 2010 he collaborated with the French Puy du Fou theme park in the creation of their show "The Secret of the Lance." In January 2013 he embarked on a seven date tour of the UK with fellow pipe-player Philip Pickett and early music ensemble The Musicians of the Globe. [8]
His funeral was held at Pitlochry Church of Scotland and was attended by hundreds of pipers. [5] [9] In his memory, the Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust [12] was set up early in 2006 to support good causes in piping. [13] In 2007, A National Treasure concert was staged in Perth by the Trust, and for the following four years, with the BBC airing the ...
Donald Shaw Ramsay BEM (4 August 1919– 14 July 1998) was a Scottish bagpiper. Qualified as a pipe major in the British Army, he led the Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band to victory at the World Championships twice and was also leader of the all-star Invergordon Distillery Pipe Band during its four years of existence.