- Tune list:
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- 1) RADAR LOVE
- P/M George Allan.....Donald MacLeod (Dec'd MCPS)
- Crossing the Minch......Donald MacLeod (Dec'd MCPS)
- We refer to this as the 'Radar Love' set because John clearly
ripped off the opening drum riff. John thinks of it as a tribute
to our past; Warren thinks it's a tune about radar. Radar, by the
way, is the stuff that helps Warren get around in the fog, so we
would like to dedicate this set to the men and women of the U.S.
Coast Guard for the heroic service they perform. The tunes are a
pair of popular Donald MacLeod pieces with a bit of foolishness
tacked on at the end.
- (Highland pipes, snare, bass tapan)
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- 2) HAMMER ON THE ANVIL
- The Hammer on the Anvil......Donald MacLeod (Dec'd MCPS)
- We've played with our blacksmithing friends - Michel Olson, et
al. from "The Village Blacksmith" - on many occasions, and have
always wanted to record this tune with them. Here is the
result.
- (Highland pipes, anvil, snare, tom-tom, bass tapan)
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- 3) THE DUNCAN JOHNSTONE SET
- Farewell to Nigg.....Duncan Johnstone - cop. con.
- Dr. Jimmy Campbell's Welcome Home.....Duncan Johnstone - cop.
con.
- Two tunes in Aaron's favorite key by Duncan Johnstone. Who
unfortunately died before he could hear our strange harmonies and
odd drumbeats.
- (Highland pipes, tenor snare, tenor tapan, bass tapan)
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- 4) THE FARMER
- The Farmer....trad.
- Feel free to sing along with this wee song, but don't blame us
for any lyrics you may come up with on your own!
- (John's voice)
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- 5) AARON & LESA
- Aaron and Lesa - Bridal Waltz.....P/M Harry S. McNulty, used
by kind permission
- Aaron and Lesa - Harmony.....Major Gavin Stoddart MBE, BEM,
used by kind permission
- This tune was written for Aaron and his wife, Lesa MacEwan, by
Harry McNulty and Gavin Stoddart and first played by them at the
Seumas MacNeill Summer School.
- (Scottish small pipes)
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- 6) DREAM SET
- Dr. MacInnes' Fancy.....Donald MacLeod (Dec'd MCPS)
- Duncan Johnstone......Donald MacLeod (Dec'd MCPS)
- More from Aaron's favorite composer.
- (Highland pipes, snares, didjeridu, shakers, bass tapan)
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- 7) THE WEIRD SET
- The Hag at the Churn.....trad.
- Slieve Russel......trad.
- The B-52......Eric Rigler - Bad Haggis Music BMI
- The first two are unusual jigs not often heard on the Highland
pipes. The first was nicked from the playing of Gordon Duncan on
the great CD A Grand Concert of Piping. "The B-52" was written by
Eric Rigler and refers neither to the aircraft nor the hairdo but
rather to the beverage.
- (Highland pipes, snare, shakers, bass tapan)
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- 8) FAREWELL TO NOVA SCOTIA
- Farewell to Nova Scotia....trad.
- The Wicked Ones sing! A little ditty about John's Canadian
homeland (though Vancouver is a bit removed from "New Scotland")
and the leaving thereof.
- (Guitar, voices, bass, whistle, bodhran)
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- 9) THE DRUMMERS JIGS
- Skyeman's Jig.....trad.
- Cutting Bracken.....trad.
- John and Warren get to show off their hand-drumming on the
Congas and Bodhran, respectively.
- (Scottish small pipes, congas, bodhran)
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- 10) TERROR TIME
- Terror Time....Ewan MacColl
- This is Aaron's interpretation of a great song which tells of
the difficulties faced by the Traveling People, sometimes referred
to as Tinkers, when the weather turns grim in the north of
Scotland.
- (Highland pipes)
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- 11) HARRY'S HORNPIPES
- Jake Warren......P/M Harry S. McNulty - used by kind
permission
- With Drummers in Mind......P/M Harry S. McNulty - used by kind
permission
- More tunes by our friend Harry McNulty that seemed
particularly appropriate for the Tinks.
- (Highland pipes, snare, bass tapan)
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- 12) HORNPIPES/MAZURKA
- Maggie's Pancakes.....Stuart Morison
- The Bulgarian Bandit.....Murray Blair - ISA Music
- Tommy Hunt's Jig......trad.
- A set of tunes slightly reworked, once played by the L.A
Police Pipe Band.
- (Scottish small pipes, guitar, darabukka)
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- 13) JUST SOME JIGS
- Cailleach an Dudain.....trad.
- City of Glasgow Police Pipers.....Donald MacLeod (Dec'd
MCPS)
- The Banjo Breakdown trad.
- These are some tunes we often play in our live sets. Nothing
fancy, just some jigs.
- (Highland pipes, snare, bass tapan)
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- 14)THE MOST-REQUESTED
- Amazing Grace.....trad.
- Scotland the Brave.....trad.
- These are two of the three most-requested tunes in the piper's
repertoire. Unfortunately, the third - "Greensleeves" - is not a
very good match with the pipes.
- (Highland pipes, marching snare, bass tapan)
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- 15) THOSE MARCHING O'NEILLS
- The March of the O'Neills.....trad.
- With this tune the Marching O'Neills must have gotten where
they were going in a hurry!
- (Highland pipes, marching snare, didjeridu, bass tapan, plus
300 marching & clapping O'Neills)
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- All arrangements by Wicked Tinkers except: "Aaron and Lesa"
and "Terror Time" arranged by Aaron Shaw; "The Farmer" and
"Farewell to Nova Scotia" arranged by John MacAdams.