For A Funeral, When Should The Bagpiper Play?
Personally, when it comes to bagpipe music for a funeral, I think the cemetery is the optimum time for the...
JFK And The Bagpipe
It is hard to believe that 56 years ago President Kennedy was enjoying the sound of Scotland’s Black Watch Pipe...
Extreme Cold-1, Bagpiper-0
As a funeral bagpiper, I usually get the question about being cold whilst wearing a kilt. Oddly enough, no I...
The Bagpipe at War, The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815)
Napoléon Bonaparte was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution As a general...
High Flight
“Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sun ward I’ve climbed,...
Remembering those who serve
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Aside from the periodic hum of a hovering MV-22 Osprey in the distance or the muted...
The Creative Journey of Piper Wayne Francis
“If the sound of a bagpipe touches your heart, your ethnic heritage matters not” So says Piper Wayne Francis as...
Celebrating the Code Talkers from WWll
JUNE 3, 2023 BY FUNERAL & MEMORIAL BAGPIPER I recently played at The World War ll Memorial in Washington DC, to honor...