Thunderstruck on the bagpipes

I mentioned a while ago that playing thunderstruck on the bagpipes has become a new fad.  There are many examples on You-tube.  Here are a few of my favorite.  The first is from the talented Stuart Liddell and the second I like because it blends into the Pumpkin's Fancy, another great pipe tune. Stuart used to play with the SFU pipe band. 

Molly's Revenge

This is a great Celtic band that brings traditional Celtic music into the next decade with blazing bagpipes and a hard sound.  Their piper moves a lot and my kids have named him the "Hyper Piper".  Here is a good example of their sound.

Enter The Haggis performs "The Litter and the Leaves"

In their newest album Enter the Haggis leads with the Litter and the Leaves; a great anthem song.  It is one of the more traditional Enter the Haggis songs in this line up.  With each new album Enter the Haggis matures in their song development and it is nice to have Litter and Leaves keep in their old tradition of Celtic rock. 

Aaron Shaw on the Tonight Show

It took me a while to find it.  I kept looking on You Tube with no success.  I had to just go to NBC's website and you have to watch the entire episode, however Aaron is within the first few minuets.  The link is: http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/  and you have to click on April 7th, 2010.

As I was looking around for the clip I found a few others that where rather funny.  Here is one that I liked. 

Aaron Shaw of the Wicked Tinkers Plays Bagpipes on American Idol!

I just watched this. Aaron Shaw of the Wicked Tinkers plays bagpipes as a backup to Lee DeWyze on American Idol. Great Job Aaron!  I hear a rumor that Aaron might be on the Tonight Show!  Stay up and watch!

Wicked Tinkers and Tempest

This is a short clip but I have always liked it.