Bagpipe humour!

[KD Burke]

But of course getting two bagpipes in tune is done all the time. So is getting 20 in tune!

Of course! And there is no finer feeling in the world than standing in the circle with a well-tuned band playing well!

It seems that whenever I perform, someone wants to tell me a bagpipe joke. Out of self-defense I’ve acquired a large number of jokes for the purpose of beating them to the punchline.

As to banjo, I don’t play, but appreciate the instrument. It’s considerably more versatile than most folks imagine. A gentleman by the name of John Bullard has even released an album of classical music based on instruments typically associated with Bluegrass. It’s called “Bach on the Banjo” and it’s amazing. Also Bela Fleck is known for jazz banjo, a mind expanding experience if ever there was one!

[OC Richard]

Of course! And there is no finer feeling in the world than standing in the circle with a well-tuned band playing well!

Oh my gosh yes! Playing in a circle of Grade One pipers hammering out The Sheepwife with all those tachums clicking with precision is my best piping memory ever.

John Bullard has even released an album “Bach on the Banjo”

Then there's Jerry O Sullivan playing Bach on the pipes! It's amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_J_PXqrdBk

[AbuMaia]

A gentleman by the name of John Bullard has even released an album of classical music based on instruments typically associated with Bluegrass. It’s called “Bach on the Banjo” and it’s amazing. Also Bela Fleck is known for jazz banjo, a mind expanding experience if ever there was one!

This may be getting too far off-topic, but there's a group called Sinfonity that does classical symphony music on electric guitars and basses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqgQ7IYhvRg

[tripleblessed]

@OC Richard, what a great link. Sounds like it was meant to be done that way. And might actually have been during Bach's life.
Also is not something that I ever considered before.

Thanks for posting.