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The Wee Highland Laddie – Donald MacLeod
Captain Murray’s Quickstep – Duncan McKerrachar
The Day we Gae’d tae Brodick – John Maclellan (Dunoon)

​John MacFadyen’s book Bagpipe Music of 1966 states “second part by D. MacLeod” but it is generally thought that the whole of The Wee Highland Laddie is Donald MacLeod’s composition.

​In Gunn’s, this second tune is Captain Murray’s Quickstep. He gets a bit more deference in Glen’s collection where the tune is called Capt. the Right Hon: James Murray’s Quickstep. Both are attributed to “McKerracher” and “D. McKerachar.” This is most likely the Perthshire fiddler, Duncan McKerracher (1796-1875) from Inver near Dunkeld. Many of his tunes appear in Glen’s collection of bagpipe music. Also Known as The Dunkeld Paganini, Duncan McKerracher Taught and performed to the landed classes and his party piece was to play the The Mason’s Apron while rigged out in full Masonic dress; apron and all.

The Day We Gae’d Tae Brodick comes from the Cowal Collection, the first volume of which, John McLellan compiled. No composer is attributed on the page but it is believed to be one of his tunes.

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Mike Katz & Alasdair White New York, New York

Mike Katz and Alasdair White have been playing together for almost 20 years, most notably as part of Scotland’s seminal Battlefield Band. In this time, as a matter of habit, they explored some of the more obscure, exciting and challenging corners of the Highland piping repertoire. Though both prolific composers in their own right, here they present traditional and collected music in its raw state. ... more

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