ViperPiper's Bagpipe Tunes

I wrote this to welcome the new Chieftain, Sir Andrew, to the games in 2005. His father was the founder of the Ashbourne Gathering in the 1970's and now one of Englands prettiest and most enjoyable highland games.

I wrote this to help me with some of my piobaireachd movements...didn't help!

Written about the bus journey up to Peebles from Newcastle on the A68 full of shoogles and turns...

I was in Lorient in 2000 with The City of Newcastle Pipe Band and Le Gaiety Pub was our "local". Some of the guys were still there at 4 am one morning when the local gendamerie called. They all escaped out the back door and over the fence - a great escape if ever there was one!

Written for my daughter, Iona Mhairi.

Originally titled, "Suzie wi' tha Big Bahookie!", this was written for my wife's wee niece, Erin.

I wrote this for Phil Muheim and the guys of the City of Basle Caledonia based on the fact that I mistook the baselisk on their emblem for a chicken (güggel in Swiss). Dudelsak is German for bagpipe, hence Dudelgüggel...

Written for a good friend, Trace Roy, on her wedding to Rod Hemley. They married in Bundanoon, NSW, Australia. This town changes its name to Brigadoon each year for the highland Gathering!!

A Glaswegian expression for a chubby face

I taught Atholl whilst we were living in Switzerland. He now lives in North Berwick.

I visited Pitlochry this past weekend celebrating with my parents-in-law on their 40th wedding anniversary. My dad-in-law, also a piper, took the boys up to a wee village about 3/4 mile from Pitlochry called Moulin, there to sample some of the local ales from the Moulin Brewery (part of the Moulin H...

I visited Pitlochry this past weekend celebrating with my parents-in-law on their 40th wedding anniversary. My dad-in-law, also a piper, took the boys up to a wee village about 3/4 mile from Pitlochry called Moulin, there to sample some of the local ales from the Moulin Brewery (part of the Moulin H...

I was asked to write a wee tune for Katell who plays with Bagad de Kemper by a friend Stephane Marquis who plays with pipes and drums of Geneva. Katell is also Stephane's son's girlfriend and apparently "The Ceilli" is their local pub in Quimper, Brittany.

A new jig called Croft End - a small 2 parter

Heather is the wife of Pipe Major Graham Waller, Pride of Murray.