In memory of Alasdair Gillies (1963 - 2011)

In memory of the legendary piper Alasdair Gillies, one of the most successful solo light music competitors in history.
Argyllshire Gathering Oban, August 2007, former winners MSR competition. Alasdair Gillies was the winner of the contest. The tunes are David Ross, Inverary Castle and Broadford Bay.
This video shows the full performance (double MSR). It has a higher resolution than the video I posted in 2009.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• bagpipe
• solo
• piping
• msr
• march
• strathspey
• reel
• Alasdair
• Gillies
• oban
• argyllshire
• gathering
• scotland
• cornemuse
• dudelsack
• David
• Ross
• Inverary
• Castle
• Broadford
• Bay

[FlyingKiltsman]

Iv listened to him on youtube many times and love his piping.

David Gillies.

[hfranke07]

Alasdair was one of my favorite pipers..... not only for the piping, but because he followed his dreams and went to Canada to play. I will miss him.

[KiltedMusician]

That's thousands of hours of practice coming to back him up when he needed it. Good piping Mr. Gillies. We'll miss you.

[Ceoltec1]

Sad that such talent has left us so early. One of my favourite soloist's. RIP Alasdair.

[pitisa1]

My condolences to Alasdair's family..,a great piper that could have done many great thing's.A sad new..

[pipertripp]

Thanks for uploading the full set. One of my favourite performaces and now I finally get to see the full.

[pietromalaguti]

note the "simple" design of his pipe..

[StrathendrickPiper]

great piping cheers for uploading

[paddythepiper1]

Nice tribute cheers for sharing .

[pipergirl7]

amazing performance. Thanks for sharing.