A tribute to Lt Col DJS Murray
Gary West reflects on the life and work of piping authority David Murray, whose involvement in piping spanned over 80 years as an army officer, broadcaster and writer.
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Artist: Iain MacInnes
Titles: Lt Col DJS Murray
CD: Sealbh
Label: Macmeanmna SKYECD51
Artist: P/M Angus MacDonald
Titles: The 93d at Modder River
CD: The World’s Greatest Pipers, vol 1
Label: Lismor
Artist: Iain MacInnes
Titles: The Heights of Dargai
BBC recording: October 1993
Artist: Ist Battalion Scots Guards
Title: All The Blue Bonnets Are O’er The Border
CD: En Ferus Hostis
Label: Lismor LCOM 5263
Artist: Stuart Liddell
Titles: The Little Cascade
BBC recording: Glenfiddich Championship 2010
Artist: DJS Murray (practice chanter)
Titles: Duncan MacRae of Kintail’s Lament (taorluath and crunluath)
BBC recording: 1985
Artist: John D Burgess
Titles: Braes of Castle Grant
BBC recording: May 1982
Artist: P/M Gordon Walker
Titles: The Phantom Piper of the Corrieyairack
BBC recording: Northern Meeting 2016
Artist: P/M Alasdair Gillies
Titles: The Piper’s Bonnet, Susan MacLeod, John Morrison of Assynt House, The Smith of Chilliechassie
BBC recording: Northern Meeting 1994
Artist: Major Gavin Stoddart
Titles: The Braes of Brecklet, The Abercairney Highlanders
BBC recording: December 1980
Artist: Willie McCallum
Titles: Lt Col DJS Murray
BBC recording: Glenfiddich Championship 2005
Broadcasts
- Sat 21 Jan 201721:00BBC Radio Scotland
- Sat 25 Mar 201721:00BBC Radio Scotland
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