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A Cape Breton Piper

By Barry Shears


  1. The Blackthorn Stick
    The Stool Of Repentance
    I Was Kissed Yesterday
    The River Bend
  2. The Iron Man
    The Red Shoes
    Jenny Bowser
    Johnnie Made A‘Waddin O’it
  3. Hector The Hero
  4. Welcome To The Trossacks
    Father Eugene’s Welcome To Cape North
    Trip To Mabou Ridge
  5. Rothiemurchus Rant
    Lucy Campbell
    The Eight Men Of Moidart
    Miss Proud
    Angus Ross
    Traditional
  6. Gaelic Poem: Rann Do Rob Mac-an-t-saoir
    Piobair Mhic’ic Ailein
  7. The Hills Of Glenorchy
    The French Road
    Joe Hughie MacIntyre
    15 04 12:26 Pm
    The Hills Of Glenorchy
    The French Road
    Joe Hughie MacIntyre
  8. Glencoe
    Strathlorne
  9. Ann MacQuarrie’s
    The Brolum
    Scotsville
    Put Me In The Big Chest
    The Wedding Reel (Hamish The Carpenter)
  10. Gille Crubach
    The Yetts Of Muchart
    The Smith’s Burn
    The Black Mill
  11. The Foxhunter
  12. My Daughter’s Lullabye
    Cronin’s Favourite
    Milk In The Well
    The Joys Of Wedlock
  13. Mary Of The Bewitching Eyes
    Cagaran Gaolach
    I Would Willingly Return
  14. Elizabeth’s Big Coat
    Traditional Cape Breton
    Thompson’s Dirk
    The Grey Old Lady Of Raasay
    The Bird’s Nest

Three comments

Barry Shears--A Cape Breton Piper

Traditional dance music. Rousing music by a wonderful musician.

This is the real MacCoy. Hot piping, great back up. If you think, ugh, Highland piping, then think again. The rhythm Shears puts into these tunes will heat the house.
Barry has three books of tunes available on his web site, and I hear he’s working on a scholarly study of Cape Breton piping and pipers.
Here’s the web site: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/caper/

Track 1 correction

Blackthorn Stick surely?

This will then pick up the link to the abc+dots+comments for that tune