Man, I played in Grade 1 competition bands in the 60's and 70's and won dozens of individual competitions and all I can say is that I'm glad Stuart wasn't around back then...he's the best I've ever heard.
Dude is a piping stud. An absolute living legend! I especially love how he's almost fanatical about keeping his pipes in tune throughout. There's no "good enough" it's right or wrong.
It is crazy that he is also a Grade 1 snare drummer! It was so much fun when he played the Drum Salute for Max Rayne with Jim Kilpatrick during the Pipe and Sticks on Route 66 tour.
This is what music has evolved to ,man I'm proud to be a piper ,pioneers don't understand boundaries and thank god for that ,really need to practice this slur thing it sounds awesome in the right tune
met Stuart when he played for the Chili Pipers in Rochester NY...the crowd was small so they hung out and drank beers with us for a long time. Just a bunch of cool humble guys... Have his autograph on the inside of my badge case which I carry to this day
I'm a local Rochestarian and love listening to Stuart play... I'm also a big Jack Lee, And Simon Frasier University Fan as well... Scotch games every year they come to NY. As well.. Play on boys!!
Such a joy to watch and listen to! But easy is it not! He makes it look easy but has obviously put the time and work in to become a true master. I am a terrible but enthusiastic piper but coach world class athletes. Most only see the gold medals and amazing performances but not the blood, sweat and tears it takes to be a great like Stuart Liddell! Amazing! Thanks for sharing!
Absolutely outstanding playing! Just - wow!! My current level of piping ability sounds a bit more like that few seconds where he's tuning his own drones at 4:49 ish :)
@@lesliethomson2441 I know that all too well but ,bagpipes teaches more than music ,it teaches discipline, respect ,community spirit ,charity and self respect in one's growth ,don't be the best ,be the change
That Bodron drum really sounded lame in the beginning with the more traditional sort of tunes, but by the end, it was really helping us on a journey to the highlands. Beautiful
Does anyone know the names of last two tunes he plays? I know the first few are highland wedding hornpipe, crossing the minch, and pumpkins fancy. I like the last two tunes and I would like to learn them but I don’t know how to look up the music because I’ve never heard them before and I don’t know what they are called
Does anybody know what type/size bag Stuart is playing? I like how the firearms are sub parallel- the high goose neck “loop” looks highly efficient.. he’s a true master!
The first one was a mix of Highland Wedding 2/4 March and Hornpipe, second "Crossing the Minch", third "The Pumpkins Fancy", fourth is unknown to me, fifth is a Hornpipe or Jig I think you can hear in his performance for the MacRae pipes launch
IMHO, the tuning was more than fine for the setting. No need to disrupt the flow of the music just to get the tuning perfect. Finish the (very enjoyable) set then fix the tune before the next set. Of Stuart can do whatever he feels is best, and maybe his audience prefers perfect tuning over an uninterrupted musical performance. Not the right call for me though.
Wonderful. The only thing is, if anyone sat there and filmed all the dick around (reed warming and such) involved in getting warmed up for such an amazing performance, I hardly think any newcomers to the pipes would be born long after that.
Stuart Liddel is a humble man who plays and you listen.Great band player and pipe Major ❤
Man, I played in Grade 1 competition bands in the 60's and 70's and won dozens of individual competitions and all I can say is that I'm glad Stuart wasn't around back then...he's the best I've ever heard.
Dude is a piping stud. An absolute living legend! I especially love how he's almost fanatical about keeping his pipes in tune throughout. There's no "good enough" it's right or wrong.
It is crazy that he is also a Grade 1 snare drummer! It was so much fun when he played the Drum Salute for Max Rayne with Jim Kilpatrick during the Pipe and Sticks on Route 66 tour.
This is what music has evolved to ,man I'm proud to be a piper ,pioneers don't understand boundaries and thank god for that ,really need to practice this slur thing it sounds awesome in the right tune
The moment when Stuart Liddell asks you to tune his drones. 😧
@@gordonquinn756 that was referring more to average Joe's like me.
Eish!
Loved every second of that! Pity it had to end..could very easily sit n listen to him playing all night!
Glad you enjoyed it
That last tune is unbelievable.
Absolutely no drone movement at all - perfect.
met Stuart when he played for the Chili Pipers in Rochester NY...the crowd was small so they hung out and drank beers with us for a long time. Just a bunch of cool humble guys... Have his autograph on the inside of my badge case which I carry to this day
I'm a local Rochestarian and love listening to Stuart play...
I'm also a big Jack Lee, And Simon Frasier University Fan as well...
Scotch games every year they come to NY. As well..
Play on boys!!
Or was that Stuart Cassells that you saw with the RHCP?
The original version of Cameronian Rant is already hard enough to play. Let’s take it ten steps further!
unreal version...
Such a joy to watch and listen to! But easy is it not! He makes it look easy but has obviously put the time and work in to become a true master. I am a terrible but enthusiastic piper but coach world class athletes. Most only see the gold medals and amazing performances but not the blood, sweat and tears it takes to be a great like Stuart Liddell! Amazing! Thanks for sharing!
Stuart has been my favourite piper ever since I first heard him play on his Solo Piper LP. An inspiration. 👍
The very best...the magnificent Stuart Liddell at his very best. Brilliant
Stuart liddell is fucking amazing i have loved him from day I started playing bagpipes he is definitely a player made from birth.
And what he's done with the Inveraray & District Pipe Band is nothing short of amazing.
A real “lock in” night
Can still play better steaming than most pipers
You are one of the great bagpipers in the world. John Jørgensen Viborg Denmark
Gotta live it and love it, the point where you are too drunk to tune yersel, AND too drunk noo to play!
He had quite a few pints of Guinness at this stage 😆
Bloody hell, you don't hear piping that good very often. Incredible playing!!!
So good to hear the Gaelic Piob Mor in its home of Donegal 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 ☘️ ☘️ 🏴 🏴
Absolutely outstanding playing! Just - wow!! My current level of piping ability sounds a bit more like that few seconds where he's tuning his own drones at 4:49 ish :)
He is definitely something to aspire too ,im glad bagpipes is still alive and men like this exsist, he does it because he loves it you can see that
Aspire you may, and MUST.
But few will make it
@@lesliethomson2441 I know that all too well but ,bagpipes teaches more than music ,it teaches discipline, respect ,community spirit ,charity and self respect in one's growth ,don't be the best ,be the change
He is so awesome,- wow.
This guy is a legent talent in the world!!!!
Thank you from your hillbilly cousins in America rock on
A Legend what a gift and so easy for him
The big unit giving it laldy on the Bodhran 👏
That Bodron drum really sounded lame in the beginning with the more traditional sort of tunes, but by the end, it was really helping us on a journey to the highlands. Beautiful
OK HE HIT HIS STRIDE IN PUMPKINS FANCY
Class playing..
Not too shabby 😊
Well done from,, Ireland 🇮🇪
Quel joueur !!!superbe
Brilliant!
1:17
The moment, when you think, no not the drum. I want only listen to the master playing the pipe
God love you
well done Boss
Well done!
Does anyone know the names of last two tunes he plays? I know the first few are highland wedding hornpipe, crossing the minch, and pumpkins fancy. I like the last two tunes and I would like to learn them but I don’t know how to look up the music because I’ve never heard them before and I don’t know what they are called
The last tune is called Cameronian Rant. It's a competition Strathspey but rearranged here as a jig in 6/8 time
It's a hornpipee here not a Jig, Toole did that in a competition medley I think @@tu1949
The other tube is called Legal Repercussions, Micheal Grey tune
Mighty stuff, hup
Good god those birls
Finally happy with tuning at 4:50 😂
🤣
I wanna pipe like him when I grow up...which means I'd better live to 178.
Fiscal bazar biniou braz
Loved the gunniess pint passed . Makes the the tune original
Best piper
Sure sounds like a Tuck chanter he's playing.
Bagpipe God ❤
(P.S. Stuart's family name is spelt Liddell.)
Apologies - corrected 😊
@@piperjohnmcshane Videos like this are little gems - thanks for sharing this !
@@piperjohnmcshane It's still spelt incorrectly as 'Liddle'
Brilliant. Effortless
Anyone know what the tunes to this set are? Superb 👏
What’s the name of the second song? The one after Highland Wedding.
Crossing the Minch
The money shot at 6:38
Does anybody know what type/size bag Stuart is playing? I like how the firearms are sub parallel- the high goose neck “loop” looks highly efficient.. he’s a true master!
It's a sheepskinbag. The bagshape has more length in the back (behind the Drones) and at the neck. You don't get this bag on the market ;)
Thumbs down only come from losers. Guys stuck in G4 for eternity.
Ja - what are those about - I guess bots inhabit the celtic realm in YT as well
Bagpiping machine
I'm 41, is it too late to learn bagpipes?
It's never too late mate
Im 46 and took it up a year ago!
Can someone give me the name of the medley or of all the tunes?
The first one was a mix of Highland Wedding 2/4 March and Hornpipe, second "Crossing the Minch", third "The Pumpkins Fancy", fourth is unknown to me, fifth is a Hornpipe or Jig I think you can hear in his performance for the MacRae pipes launch
What is the name of te set tunes???
Where can I find the sheet music for the first tune
It’s in one of the Scots Guard books, it’s called Highland Wedding, but he jazzed it up.
What’s that first tune called? Heard it a lot but can’t think of the name lol.
Highland Wedding - hornpipe version
@@piperjohnmcshane thanks so much
Is this in Friels?
It is indeed 😁
What’s the first tune called
Highland wedding
whats the name of the tune at 3.40
Pumpkin's Fancy
IMHO, the tuning was more than fine for the setting. No need to disrupt the flow of the music just to get the tuning perfect. Finish the (very enjoyable) set then fix the tune before the next set. Of Stuart can do whatever he feels is best, and maybe his audience prefers perfect tuning over an uninterrupted musical performance. Not the right call for me though.
Hey Mitchell, give it a miss!
🤣🤣🤣
Hate a show-off! 😅
. . .now, get your pipes on your shoulder and practice!
whats he playing at 4:40?? anyone
'Michael Gray' by William Livingstone
@@martinmcphee49 any idea where the sheet music could be found ? I need it , take my money haha
@@SublimeTrial good luck mate, been looking for weeks now
@@SublimeTrial
You can buy it off Pipetune.ca
pipetunes.ca/tunes/michael-grey/
Great playing, but there's a chirp on his g gracenote birls that is driving me nuts.
Wonderful. The only thing is, if anyone sat there and filmed all the dick around (reed warming and such) involved in getting warmed up for such an amazing performance, I hardly think any newcomers to the pipes would be born long after that.
Plays as if he is utterly bored with tunes he has run through hundreds of times.
What is the name of the first tune
Highland Wedding. The Hornpipe version by Terry Tully.
@@piperjohnmcshanewhere can I find this sheet music