10 Things Fans Should Know About Roddy Piper's Life Outside WWE
From his debut in the early 1970s all the way until his death in 2015, Roddy Piper was one of the most fascinating figures wrestling has ever known. …
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Hartlepool Bagpiper's Tribute to Queen 'Bringing People Together' - BBC News
Chris Pearson playing the bagpipes in Hartlepool … in state and so watching the bagpipe performance was their way of paying their respects.
Queen's Piper Closes Funeral With Traditional Bagpipe Piece
Queen’s Piper closes funeral with traditional bagpipe piece. Pipe Major Paul Burns was the monarch’s personal player at the time of her …
Romford Artist Robert Bryan Dies Aged 72 8911726
Beloved local artist Robert Bryan, whose skills ranged from painting to bagpipe-making, has sadly died at the age of 72.
Maryborough Bagpipe Player Vince Henderson Is Being Mourned | the Courier Mail
Vince Henderson from the Maryborough RSL Pipe Band. “I went through 39 radiation treatments,” he said at the time. “Two of my brothers died of cancer, …
Patrick Sky, '60s Folk Star and Later a Piper, Dies at 80
He was a part of the folk revival emanating from Greenwich Village, mixing melodic songs and satire. Then he became infatuated with the uilleann …
Yoshi Wada 1943 2021
Experimental sound artist and multi-instrumentalist Yoshi Wada died at his home in New York on May 18 at the age of seventy-seven. Best known for his …
Folk Music Icon Patrick Sky Passes at 77
“Patrick Sky the songwriter, singer, and Irish Uilleann bagpipe luthier has left this world into the light from a hospice in Ashville, North Carolina, …
Obituary: Jimmy McIntosh, Scottish Piper Who Made New Life in US
Fast forward several decades and, after buying himself out of the army, he had become one of the 20th century’s most influential bagpipers, …
Remembering Bob Gore, Inventor of Gore-Tex Technology
Remembering American inventor Bob Gore, whose Gore-Tex technology also found a use in synthetic pipe bags.
Famous Pipers: PM John MacLean
My father, John MacLean, was born in the solitary house on the small tidal island of Kirkibost, North Uist, where his father, Angus, was the herdsman. …