Gordon Duncan

b. 1964, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland, d. 14 Dec 2005, Edradour, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. Probably one of the most talented from the youthful era of Scottish pipers to emerge by the end from the twentieth hundred years, in his brief existence Duncan helped inhale new life right into a traditional musical type. Born right into a lengthy type of Scottish pipers, he started playing the notoriously hard instrument at age eight and was an effective competitor within the junior picture. He graduated towards the folk circuit in his past due teens and performed sessions for several the leading rings of your day, including Ceolbeg and Wolfstone. His personal recordings through the 90s included 1994’s masterful SIMPLY FOR Seumas, called for the main from the Glasgow University of Piping who was simply one of the from the aged safeguard of Scottish piping to consider umbrage at Duncan’s interpretations of the original oeuvre. The recording included innovative reworkings of pìobaireachd and reels and, within the shutting track, even integrated contemporary dance beats. Further recordings by Duncan continuing to push in the limitations of traditional piping, using the Circular Breathing (1997) featuring support from banjo participant Gerry O’Connor and Duncan eschewing the pipes on many tracks to try out the whistle. His last documenting Thunderstruck (2003) reworked an AC/DC riff for the name track and in addition featured a fresh reading of Duncan’s personal tune, ‘Andy Renwick’s Ferret’. Duncan required his personal life in Dec 2005.