Season 5 Episode 6: Kilts, Bagpipers and Living History. A Chat with Isaac Walters

Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

On this week’s Episode I drink a bit of whisky and have a chat with Isaac Walters about kilts, tartan and a bit of myth busting about the Acts of Proscription. We also chat about the value of living history interpretation in general, and the material culture of great highland bagpipers of the 1790s specifically.

Tunes:

William Dixon: The New Way to Morpeth
James Aird: Johnny MacGill (Come under my Plaidy)
Donald MacDonald: Buckskin Kilt, The Wren’s Death, The Kilt is my Delight, Jenny Dang the Weaver

You can Find Isaac’s Website Here:
https://sites.google.com/view/ihwaltersfactotum/home
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/i.h.walters/

Blarney Pilgrims Podcast Episode About Scottish Baroque Fiddling (amongst other things) with Shane Lestideau:
https://www.blarneypilgrims.com/episodes/shane-lestideau

We discussed the Niel McLean Portrait briefly, but I didn’t use it as the cover art for the podcast, if you want to see it you can follow this link: I thought Niel won the first Bagpipe Competition held by the Highland Society in the 1780s, but looking through Angus MacKay’s notes on the subject I’m not seeing his name.
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw138111/Neil-McLean

Band Camp Friday is Coming up next Friday (March 5th) so Be sure to buy my Album then if you haven’t yet!
Oyster Wives Rant:
https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes

If you don’t buy my Album consider the following Musicians that have appeared, or will appear shortly on the show:

Mick O'Brien, Emer Mayock, Aoife Ní Bhriain: https://goodmantunestrio.bandcamp.com/album/more-tunes-from-the-goodman-manuscripts
Hamish Napier:
https://hamishnapier.bandcamp.com/
Tim MacDonald:
https://tsmacdonald.bandcamp.com/releases
Nicholas Brown:
https://nicolasbrown.bandcamp.com/releases
Donald Lindsay:
https://goodenergy.bandcamp.com/
Jarlath Henderson:
https://jarlathhenderson.bandcamp.com/
Innes Watson and Jarlath Henderson:
https://innojar.bandcamp.com/releases
Blackie O’Connell will be on the show shortly:
https://blackieoconnellcyrilodonoghue.bandcamp.com/

1733: William Dixon’s The New Way to Morpeth: from Matt Seattle’s publication:
https://www.mattseattle.scot/product-page/the-master-piper-new-edition

1780s: James Aird’s Johhny MacGill
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87708296

1806: Caledonian Musical Repository version of Come Under My Plaidy:
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87663639

1803: Come Under My Plaidy from Scots Musical Museum Volume 6:
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87800037

John Glen’s Notes on Come Under my Plaidy and Johnny McGill:
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/91349374
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/91350526

1828: Donald MacDonald’s The Buckskin Kilt:
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682770

1828: Donald MacDonald’s The Wren’s Death:
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682759

1828: Donald MacDonald’s The Kilt is my Delight (This is a cousin Roys Wife of Aldivalock which I played as a Strathspey from O’Farrell in Season 5 episode 1 https://www.wetootwaag.com/s5e01)
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682704

1828: Donald MacDonald’s Jenny Dang The Weaver (this is an immensely common tune)
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682528

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