Gordon Walker at the SPSL

Gordon Walker gives a fine performance at the 2008 Jim Caution memorial recital. The venue is the Great Hall of the London Scottish Regiment, infamous for it's echo. Despite that, Gordon sounds fine, especially a stoatin' Jig of Slurs. Gordon plays Naill pipes with a poly McCallum chanter, Ross chanter reed and eezedrones.

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• piping
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• london
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[kro2837]

I'm pretty sure that's not a poly mccallum....

[ScotPipingSocLondon]

@kro2837 That is 100% a poly McCallum, with a Ross reed. I played those pipes myself that same evening when Gordon loaned them to me. He also loaned them to P/M Roger Huth. It's a poly McCallum that Gordon was using for band and solo work, stamped "McCallum" in the usual place. We then had a discussion on the merits of poly McCallum chanters at the half time break. I wouldn't post something I wasn't sure of.

[sgknexmaker]

Wow. Breathtaking. :P

[pitanoperra]

fantastic music and player

[theherpman94]

what's the tune right before jig of slurs?

[fathertedsmate]

gordon,put the computer on youtube

[kro2837]

@ScotPipingSocLondon Wow really? Totally fooled me. Thanks for the info. I've never seen a poly chanter or anything with that kind of sole or that kind of sound. Great stuff! Thanks for posting the video.

[piperbob2]

@DGaige This was filmed from quite far back in this big hall (the drill hall of the London Scottish Regiment), so you do get plenty of reverb. I should have been up at the front, but, as you can imagine, the hall was pretty fully - Gordon's really popular !

[happyg556]

i can see how its infamous for bands but for solos it sounds stunning especially for pibroch and slow airs.

[israelipiper]

On of the nicest and most energetic Jig of Slurs around. For me, this is THE pointing. Neither over-pointed, nor under-pointed--and that's a delicate matter in a fast jig with subtle expression. Gordon puts the magic into it, no doubt about it.

[tachuman]

Brilliant playing!

[MrHoohoodragon]

@wrighta18 It's called "Rakes of of Kildare" Gordon is doing one of his usual random improvisations on this tune, so you likely won't find it in the form that he plays it.