Fred Morrison - Pipes solo

[piorun41]

strictly speaking, any pipe blown by the arm is an uillean pipe.

[Cagun]

@isragaiter nope :-) Scottish. Fred makes them himself, so he should know

[BiGaBiGz]

who cares what kind of pipes they are, this guy tears it up! mind blowing those slurs are crazy, blooody fingers.

[Dagvalda]

can we please get this right, these aren't smallpipes, or uilleann pipes, or galician pipes, or any other pipes - these are LOWLAND or BORDER pipes

[Cagun]

@Dagvalda totally correct :-)

[omarshinken]

@Dagvalda AND HE SHOULD STOP PLAYING MONKEY TRICKS AND PLAY MUSIC

[Dagvalda]

@isragaiter these aren't Uilleann pipes

[noodles1916]

i reckon its class makes me wanna get up and do a jig

[keeyraf]

Brilliant!

[velouriasworld]

He played tonight in Bellingham, WA and he used a mouthpiece for his first few reels. Not only is Fred a man full of talent sharing his love for his music with the world, but he's down to earth and uniquely kind. I love the Scottish!

[rraincock]

love the hair

[klomb]

Those are bellow blown lowland badpipes, also called border pipes. similar but quite different from the small pipes

[raoulpavit]

ressemble parfois à du violon

[Billy201986]

absolutely amazing

[WBMatt117]

came to seattle washington feb 4 2011 at the mastery of scottish arts was a great show

[Dira65]

Absolutely fantastic. Love it!!

[eastrockaway11518]

Donald Trump,,,is that you?

[japanrussell]

Thanks Mr. Morrison. You're one cool cat!

[allendupras]

hard core!!! x

[kiekebuste]

does anyone know the name of the tune?

[ceejeezy]

unreal



[williebandit]

These are Fred Morrison REELpipes. Big difference between smallpipes and reelpipes.They are made by Macallum.I have a set and they are very good.Cracking piping Fred!!!

[redskull70]

plz learn to play the pipes that was pure bull never heard anything like it

[j0llygr33ng1ant]

@redskull70 So says the user with nothing to contribute but comments. I'd like to see your playing seeing as you believe you are superior to somebody who has won both the gold medals at Oban and Inverness in 1986 and 1992 respectively, not to mention the seven times he's won the Macallan Trophy - Lorient, or winning the 2003 GS MacLellan memorial competition MSR.

[jurywoman]

puto jefeee dios! :)

[hyperpiper94]

This has got to be one of my favorite vids of Fred :)

[hyperpiper94]

20 People missed the like button :O!!!!!!! Noo! :O!!!

[urbankhat65]

I've bought a set of MacMurchie pipes,does anyone out there have an opinion on them?thanks

[storchnuts]

SLICK now you guys might just figger out where your blue grass comes from 

[BehorWindpipe]

all instruments have theri own beauty... pipes for me are one of the most beautiful instrument in the whole world.

and THAT is REAL piping!!!

incredible!!

[socram45]

jim morrison???

[ShadoPiper]

downright INCREDIBLE!!!

[cunobelinusX31]

Brilliant!

[tinwhistler22]

THE GOD!!!!!

[MANDVM]

Those are reelpipes of Fred's design. They can be purchased through any number of retailers, if you're interested...

[Heath75032]

I guess these are Galician pipes. Not scottish or Uilleann. 

[Cagun]

@Heath75032 not Galician. Scottish, definitely

[piperscott081295]

@Cagun they r scotish border pipes

[robpunx]

@Cagun

They're uilleann pipes, but the style of play isn't very irish. uilleann means elbow, you can see he's pumping the bag with with a billow attached to his right elbow, if you mean it in the most orthodox way. however the chanter doesnt look like uilleann chanter. it has me really confused haha

[Domitianvs]

@robpunx Definitely not uilleann pipes. Way too nasal sound to be uilleann, the drone placement is wrong, the chanter is definitely not an uilleann chanter, and it is permanently closed and played staccato, unlike the uilleann pipes. They're most certainly scottish. Some form of Smallpipes, most likely northumbrian.

[robpunx]

@robpunx

What i meant was, the word uilleann means elbow in our language, and therefore you COULD call them that, plus the staccato doesn't mean much, threres lots of different styles of playing here, the older style like seamus ennis and the other old boys is staccato. They're deffinately NOT uilleann as we know it, because you play the chanter off your knee and theres a greater range of notes which sound alot sweeter. but it would remind you of small pipes, i've only ever seen scottish ones

[sacredsong]

@Heath75032

border pipes actually :) same fingering as the great highland pipes. he actually made those pipes.

[mischieftech]

@Heath75032

These are scottish border pipes. aka reel pipes. 100% scottish.

[DreadthaRed]

@Heath75032

These are Scottish Smallpipes...Fred is one of the most renowned and sought after makers in the world.

[Timelinker]

@Heath75032 it's scottish, it's called "smallpipes"

[KILTARLITY]

@Timelinker its called reel pipes actually :D

[discjockeyfuture]

@Heath75032 Scottish Small Pipes

[nmpiper]

@Heath75032 border pipes

[Dastirum]

@Heath75032

These are scottish borderpipes (or Reelpipes) blown with a bellow under the right arm.

[henning3015]

@Heath75032 These are the Scottish Lowland or Border pipes. There are three common Scottish pipes: the border pipes, the highland pipes (what people typically know as bagpipes), and the small pipes.

[seonidh]

@henning3015 actually their are another two and the first stamped Scottish pipes with a makers mark was way back in the 1760s Hugh Robertson made Pastoral pipes and with a shortened chanter the Union pipes. This Union bagpipe was given an Irish makeover in 1904 and is now called the Uilleann pipes. But before then it was played all over the British isles.

[HEVIAMIDI]

@Heath75032 

[bigsteve1984]

@Heath75032 They're called Border Pipes and are of Fred's own making.  They're definitely Scottish.

[DDog1029]

@Heath75032 they are bellow blown scottish small pipes

[SpielmannHannes]

@Heath75032 It's a scottish Smallpipe.

[azulyrojo89]

@Heath75032 its a pipe that he invented its like an scottish and iullean all in one!

[cualquieradisponible]

@Heath75032 Scottish Small Pipes.

[trish3rs]

Ahahah awesome! This guy is playing guitar riffs on the pipes. Never heard of him of before, but I'm definitely a fan now.

[Bigirishcunt]

Christ on bloody Bike!!! keep her lit Fred!!!!

[theheuft]

scottish smallpipes?

[boxplayer2]

yup yup......they've got nothing on the uilleann pipes if u ask me tho :)

fred morrison is on kick ass player on the small pipes and uilleann pipes

[micho5858]

There are pipers, and then there is Fred Morrison. There are Uillean pipes, border pipes, and bagpipes. Then there are pipers who stretch and make their own musical universe. Brilliant.

[Dira65]

Outlands,Freds new CD,contains the best technical and precise piping I have ever heard and if you add soul and spirit which he has in abundance you have album which is the production of a master musician.Ron Block and Tim O Brien provide a brilliant bluegrass blend

[mossyslopes]

Pure Genius !

[guitarswimmer127]

Is he playing an electrified bagpipe?! Thats so cool ive been wondering if such a thing existed since i started playing!

[seonidh]

@guitarswimmer127 no its not electrified its a traditional bellows blown pipe from scotland.

[picopanpipe9]

@seonidh The music is electrifying however :)

[hyperpiper94]

HOLY CRAP!!! THAT WAS AWESOME!!!

[rdrankin32]

I cant stand all you retards that think there is some kind of law that applies to the pipes. It is a musical instrument , get real!If the guitar was played now, in the same fashion that they was played 200 years ago we would not have country, rock or bluegrass. Its people like you all that hold this great instrument back and detour other people from wanting to learn.Quit being jealous and give credit where credit is due! Awesome piping Fred!

[liamcrouse]

I enjoy this sort of thing... he's excellent. But I dont want the tradition and history behind the pipes to become lost. Granted Fred Morrison and people like him like Gordon Duncan and Martyn Bennet had an excellent grounding in all the traditional stuff. I dont want people who suck and know nothing about the pipes playing new age pish! but yea, i agree with you

[Heath75032]

@rdrankin32

Dead right....thanks

[lazyass100]

@rdrankin32 well, there WAS a law and it was strictly enforced. following the jacobite rising of 1745 highland pipes were banned in scotland, as were tartans and cael mor in general. damned english!

[BagpiperDon]

@rdrankin32 Dang, I can only give a thumbs-up once for your comment! ;) Yeah, oddly, this is a living heritage ... and yet "The Rules" cannot be touched, the music my stay exactly and ONLY as it was established once it got put to notation??? NO, I say be like Gordon (Fred's done the same) -- be a preservationist AND be an innovater.

[poster108]

@rdrankin32 I completely agree, but you must, of course, understand. Pipes are tamed, not played.

[zobangub]

>If the guitar was played now, in the same fashion that they was played 200 years ago we

>would not have country, rock or bluegrass.

Boy, that would really be a shame! :-)

He's an excellent musical technician, but has no taste and spoiled a great tune. He could/should

have been more creative in varying it than by simply wedging broken electric guitar riff's in.

IMHO

BTW, he's playing Scots small pipes, he didn't invent them. They're for playing indoors with other

instruments.

[infullflight25]

Just got his new CD Outlands.

Banjo and pipes.

INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!

[piperdunky]

goe yer sell fred my friend ,best wishes big dunky

[dapipeman]

Doew anyone know the name of this tune? And did Fred compose it?

[camcam352]

HOLY CHRIST

[erwantapp]

c'est vite vu c'est le plus fort et en plus le meilleur prof que je connaisse

[coffeekel]

Wow, that is just amazing!

[BagpipeHeadache]

anybody know where to buy a set of these???

[borderpiper1]

Do an online search for Border pipes and start saving because they ain't cheep

[BagpipeHeadache]

Oh yea...give me a few years and I can totally do that...

[Dira65]

There are three fantastic new tracks on Freds MySpace website from the new album which sounds brilliant -great piping with precision,flair and innovation

[mzginge1]

kewl he is talented, not wot i would have chosen to play but he is good.

[Bigirishcunt]

American country fiddle??? And I look like a bastard Cheesecake.

I like you Americans very funny people!! :O) clueless but fucking funny!!!

[EpicGifted]

this is like american country fiddle music played on a bagpipe. i like it

[celticgarrison]

This is musically annoying.

[Dira65]

AS a previous pos indicates this is clearly a bit of a light hearted carryon to finish a set-the discerning have clocked this.Morrisons vast and varied repertoire is testimony to his technical ability across genres and instruments-magnificent slow airs and musical perfection in expression-worth checking out if you are serious about your piping

[askmrlizard]

Does this music hold true to the GHB piping traditions? No. Is it entertaining to many? Yes. I personally don't like his style, but that's probably because I am a GHB player. Most people who don't like his playing style are in fact GHB players who don't like to see their instrument played out of tradition.

[kundalinifire]

But he's not playing a GHB here.

[ego666brain]

Well if your so concerned about tradition, you can't really play any of that modern crap called ceol beag either, can you?

[borderpiper61]

i hate people like you...

[askmrlizard]

Ok maybe that comment came out harsh sounding. I was trying to explain the reason often other pipers don't like his music is because it is very different from what they play. I failed to make the distinction that this is NOT the reason I don't his music as much as normal piping. I wouldn't call him a shit piper, and I don't have a problem with people who do like him. He is a very talented musician though.

[Dira65]

Which "other pipers"did you have in mind ?-I am assuming you have a wide ranging informed professional network to form such a judgement?

Enjoy good piping,feel the sheer joy of the " Outlands " tracks on the website.They seem to me to be a wonderful exercise in musical expression with all participants on the CD enjoying their artistry together....some team!

[askmrlizard]

Sorry if my first comment seemed high nosed and "protector of the arts"ish.

[borderpiper61]

thats the point, in my opinion you only protect the military style and not the tradition of the bagpipe. its much more than an instrument for marching bands and still standing guys with perfect fingering and no emotions.

sorry for my bad english but im sure you understand what i mean...

[Bigirishcunt]

Anyone who says Fred is shite know's fuck all about Piping whether it be GHB, Small, Reelpipes or fucking plastic piping.

Let's see your video Gobshite?

[Scotsovertheborder]

Bigirishcunt, not only do you have the best name on youtube, you are fuckin spot on.

Guid man yersel.

[thebuskersmovement]

Very Nice. we Had A Scottish Up Rising Last night too!! Check Out The Busker's Movement

[ivinvol]

I like it!

[jdfword123]

yeah these are scottish reel pipes of his own design not uillean : /

[arkhatych]

it's like the pastoral/union pipes, the primitive form of the uillean pipes

[CelticGlazik]

WAW !!!!!

[jimbobmcgrath]

these are uillean pipes! uillean is the irish word for 'elbow'! if these were bag pipes he would be using his mouth! plus he is shite so i dont know why i even botherd writin this!

[F4RKY]

What makes you say that this is shite piping?

[jimbobmcgrath]

it sounds like crap

[infullflight25]

Go Fred. We're coming to Todds Bar tomorrow night. See you there!!!

[frazzle515]

I didn't know James May played?!

[ldu03113]

I didn't know Susan Boyle played?!

[jackhawkpiper97]

Those are Fred morrison reelpipes(smallpipes) by mccallum

[Krathor18]

I think the uillean pipes are ace, and they are like the electric guitar of irish music lol , fabulous, i play irish whistle myself, and im excellent at it, but want to play uillean pipes lol x

[graeme0309]

These are the lowland pipes. Not uillean.

[seonidh]

These are not Uilleann pipes but Scottish.

[erwantapp]

trop beau et en plus il est sympa

[epi7servoi]

crack!!!

[maroto1988]

quémalo

[jurywoman]

es impresionante y este año en Ortigueira tambien se salió :)

[Bigirishcunt]

Kitchen Piping Fred morrison style!!!! :O)

[gradypiper]

awsome!!!YOU ROCK Fred Morison!!

just mabye one day ill sound like that.lol

[sleeperzinblu]

THAT's funny! He's got a little Leo Rowsome in him!

[unionfallen]

I want Fred Morrison reels pipes so much!

[SoundLad123]

how duz he get air in the bag?

[Cagun]

bellows under right arm

[SoundLad123]

oh ye

[sSsj4goten]

@SoundLad123 yes under his right arm, there is one of those blowthingies connected to his bag. But be not mistaken, being able to control both arms -being: keeping pressure on the bag with the left arm and controlling airsupply with the right arm- isnt simple!

[hyperpiper94]

@sSsj4goten Definately not! I actually played his pipes at the MSA summer camp in washington state this last year, and they we're so hard to get used to! Not only that, but sence they are Bellows-blown, there is no water on the Reed, making it very easy to play, so I was overblowing... With my arm :P

[manolerilla]

Fantasticooo!!!!

[leviathan6144]

Hes amazing

[andygirvan2]

Think they're Fred's own version of the Border pipes; designed by himself and manufactured by McAllum Bagpipes in Kilmarnock.

Basically Border Pipes in the key of "A" with a Highland Bagpipe chanter.

[mixnie]

Amazing sound he get's out of it!

normal not a fan of this kind of music but this i really like!!

[AnDyNeWbUrY09]

border Pipes

[JamyLius]

Cagun

What kind of bagpipes is it?

[Jestepher]

I'm pretty sure they are Scottish Smallpipes.

[JamyLius]

Hm....

but I thought that it is a Border pipe(s) O_o

[Jestepher]

Could be, I get confused between the two..

[cra150680]

it is definitely border pipes he plays...

[Shakez76]

That shit just ant right! Awesome!

[ruaridhhanna]

You have to go for for a bit of Malky Jones as well!

[gangstazombie22]

holy shi*...

[captainfantastic007]

fuck aye!!!!!!!!

[Lombaxchick]

That was so whack.

Damn, I wish I had skills like him.

[CapoeiraPiper]

weird fellow, but his fingers are of golden butter.

[cibersoft]

guapissimo cañitaAAA

[olynchyliz0523]

OMG thats cool

[santiagoauld]

fukin good !

[Donegaldan]

Too fast!

[seonidh]

Its like Jimmy Hendrix of the piping world I have never heard a smallpipe played like that before. And to think hes improvising here.

[CharlieRutan]

Listen to a piper named Finbar Furey.

[seonidh]

I have one of his early CDs and must admit on the Union pipes finbars very good. I dont think Fury plays the smallpipes though?

[GoodIrishWitch]

It's actually Paddy Kenan who is considered to be Jimmy Hendrix in the piping world :)

[seonidh]

Lol Paddy Keanan doesn't play the pipe in this video he plays a Union pipe thats like comparing a claronette and an oboe. Two different trads and playing styles. The pipes in this video are Scottish. I ment the piping world as in context to this video the smallpipes not Uilleann Union pipes.

[MMAgrrl]

God, Fred's amazing. :)

[GoodIrishWitch]

Oops, this is something I have completely forgotten about :(

[infullflight25]

Brilliant stuff.  He's a genius.

[MatthewAbs]

The sound recording device isn't to good but this is great he really is quite a windbag. I mean how does he manage to get enough air?

lol he great

[cougarspiper]

what are the tunes?! Its awesome

[lachiemckenzie]

most of that sounded like a cat dying slowly in a blender. He tries to play too fast, loses it, then craps on for ten seconds doing random fingering which sounds bad...am i right? like- good skills but ruins it with annoying repetition and awkward skirls...audience liked it- spose you had to be there

[conalzer2k7]

yeah. like theres no rythym in it at all. quick flashes of notes.

[allancamera]

@lachiemckenzie You're absolutley spot on. Hilairious.

[MelbourneGigs]

does anybody know what this tune is?

[frantxuastur]

brutalisimooooo

[mackinnon182]

This has inspired me to smoke pot more regularly :)

what a genius this man is

love it, gna go see him live 1 day

[ghynds]

I love that you can see how much fun Fred has when he plays - what an entertainer!

[TheFirstDidjeridude]

thank you for finally syncing up the audio/video..

i first saw this vid a while back & was amazed at the sound, but disappointed, cuz for so long, it wasn't synced correctly..

thanks again :)

[DudelsackOnline]

I have this tune in my show also, but Fred is really the best ! If I would play in this way: my chair would be broken !

[KiltDude32]

It's kind of weird to see his fingers flying so quickly, and his right arm pumping the bellows so slowly. Neat video!