ViperPiper's Bagpipe Tunes

I wrote this for the Clan MacBeth 25th Anniversary Contest but didn't win with this set. I have named the tunes Kincardine, Bonnybridge, Bannockburn and North to Tillicoultry!

Near the home of Richard and Meilan Henderson on the Isle of Arran.

I wrote this for Cincinnati piper, Karen May, on her winning "Piper of the Day" at the Glasgow, KY Highland Games.

Written to commemorate Jim Hughes's 70th birthday party held at Airth Castle 11/12 February 2012.

Written for my dad-in-law, Jim Hughes, on his 70th birthday - February 13, 2012.

We went to my wife's cousin's wedding near Letterkenny, December 2010. They have recently had their first daughter, Coleen.

It is always sad when someone from the piping world passes away - even more so when they are such a huge proponent of the art form. Alasdair's death is all the more poignant to me in that he was younger than me and at times like this it reminds me of my mortality and of the responsibility I have to ...

Jan Miller was a piper who played with ESL City of Newcastle Pipe Band in England under P/M Bryan Robinson (now Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary and Tyneside Scottish). Her family hails from Skye. She is to marry Mike Haggerton in April 2008, hence the title!!

I wrote this for one of the members of the Cincinnati Caledonian Pipe Band who is rather partial to the odd glass or two of Merlot. Can't say we don't have class here in the mid-West!!! Enjoy and have a look at my You Tube page at www.youtube.com/doffdave to hear some piping and folk songs...enjoy

We have recently (July 29) moved from Sunningdale, England to Cincinnati, Ohio. Last weekend I played my first gig with the band at the Caledonian Society Corn Roast. This is a wee tune for the Society which is the oldest continuing Society in the US (180 years old this year!) I hear, too, that the ...

Named after my current band, The Pride of Murray based in west London, UK.

Named after a Swiss Restaurant in Basel, Gifthüttli. Great food and craic with City of Basel Pipes and Drums...

A wee tune I have written for friends Paul and Jules celebrating their new home, "High Trees" in Sunningdale, Berkshire, UK.

Written for Gregor Meier who plays with the City of Basel Caledonia Pipe Band and who is becoming quite a legend and starting to win solo prizes. Hope you like it, Gregor, keep up the good playing...

Chris was my tutor and mentor for many years at King Edward VII School in Johannesburg and later the Transvaal Scottish and SA Irish Regiments. He still makes pipes and reeds in johannesburg.