Bagpipe Music

There are bagpipes and war pipes , the former usually being Irish, the later Scottish .My great-grandfather died in 1915 as a piper with the Scottish Black Watch Regiment which the Germans called ,The Ladies from Hell. in WW 1 .

If you want a great band look for any recordings by The Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band. They are a real pipe band and not the clowns you see on the streets busking.

I went to a military college and marched to the pipes every Friday, some Saturdays and most Wednesdays. And yet, I still love the pipes. Both formal and informal. I don't know if you'd call these guys clowns. They do play on the streets. In some ways I prefer them to formal piping: Clanadonia
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Somehow Scottish Pipers get better when they get to London , home sickness perhaps .

Look closely on the Monument , That 51st Highland Division was the greatest unit ever sent to war in all of British  Military History !

https://youtu.be/_MBeVU4_oPI

For some jazz bagpipes, check out releases from Rufus Harley. I've got his release, "Courage: The Atlantic Recordings". Very interesting stuff.