The Border Minstrel

by Billy Pigg

The Border Minstrel cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1971
  • Label: Leader
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 3.85/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The Border Minstrel' presents selected recordings of the Northumbrian smallpipes player Billy Pigg made by Forster Charlton during the 1950s, issued three years after Pigg's death. The programme mixes his own compositions, including 'The Gypsy's Lullaby', 'Border Spirit' and the variation set 'Bill Charlton's Fancy', with traditional tunes from his repertoire, and it carried his playing to pipers worldwide.

Genres

Descriptors: traditional, virtuosic, acoustic, melodic, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. The High Level Hornpipe
  2. Biddleston Hornpipe
  3. Carrick Hornpipe
  4. I'll Get Wedded In My Auld Claes
  5. Gentle Maiden
  6. The Lark In The Clear Air
  7. Father O'Flynn
  8. Skye Crofters
  9. Dr. McLeod Of Alnwick
  10. The Swallow's Tail Reef
  11. Mallorca
  12. Madame Bonaparte
  13. The Last Of The Twins
  14. King Of The Pipers
  15. Crookit Bawbee
  16. Bill Charlton's Fancy
  17. The Exhibition Hornpipe
  18. Billy Pigg's Hornpipe
  19. The Random Jigg
  20. The Wild Hills Of Wannies
  21. J.R. Pigg
  22. Dargai
  23. Happy Hours
  24. Variations On There's Nae Guid Luck About The House
  25. Holey Happenny

Credits

  • Billy Pigg - primary artist, bagpipes [northumbrian], arranged by, written-by, arranged by [trad. arr.]
  • John Doonan - arranged by [trad. arr.], piccolo flute
  • Janet Kerr - design
  • Colin Ross - liner notes [a comment of billy pigg's playing style]
  • John Wadley - mastered by
  • James Hill - written-by
  • H.R.H. Duke Of Windsor - written-by
  • James Scott Skinner - written-by
  • Emile Vacher - written-by

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