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Last broadcast on Sun, 16 Oct 2011, 19:05 on BBC Radio Scotland (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Gary West is joined by Major Bruce Hitchings to remember the life and musical career of Pipe Major Alasdair Gillies, who died recently at the age of 47.
Playlist
Titles: Sailing with a Heavy Heart, The Brown Haired Lad, Cuir I a Gluin air a Bhodach, Lochboisdale, Invergordon Castle, Donald Ruadh, The Old Man of Barra, The Bonnie Isle of Whalsay, Angus Roy’s Wife’s Reel
Artist: Alasdair Gillies
BBC recording: February 1993
Titles: In Memory of Herbie MacLeod, The Editor’s Strathspey, The Dusky Meadow, Hey Johnnie, Alex Currie’s Strathspey, Le Petit Cheval Rouge, West Mabou Reel, Kelsae Brig, The Stone Frigate
Artist: Alasdair Gillies
CD: Lochbroom
Label: Macmeanmna SKYECD
Title: Caberfeidh
Artist: The Queen’s Own Highlanders (P/M Alasdair Gillies)
CD: The Piper’s day
Label: Lismor LCOM 52-38
Titles: Mrs John MacColl, Hugh Kennedy, The Piper’s Bonnet, Susan MacLeod, John Morrison of Assynt House, The Smith of Chilliechassie
Artist: Alasdair Gillies
BBC recording: Northern Meeting, 1994
Titles: Ceilidh Dance
Artist: Alasdair Gillies
CD: The Edinburgh Military Tattoo, 1997
Titles: Mrs MacLeod of Raasay
Artist: Alasdair Gillies
BBC recording: January 2001
Titles: Inveraray Castle, John Roy Stewart, The Cockerel in the Creel, Johnnie MacDonald’s Reel
Artist: Alasdair Gillies
BBC recording: Northern Meeting, 2002
Titles: Caberfeidh gu Bradh
Artist: Alasdair Gillies
BBC recording: April 1996
Broadcasts
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Sat 15 Oct 201121:05
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Sun 16 Oct 201119:05
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