ALasdair was in The Black Watch regiment. I trained as a soldier at the same place (bridge of don , Aberdeen) with him. They wanted him so badly...lol! good on ya wee man.
He has tiny hands and short fingers... doesn't seem to stop him though. Hard to tell on the video but he also has maybe the sweetest sounding set of pipes I've ever heard.
well...only if you knew how great a band the Queen's own had back then...one of the best bands in the British Army in fact...you ever heard the story that he was put on charge by his CO once for not handling a machine gun with his gloves on cause his fingers were such asset to his regiment.
ghostpiper 1, What I meant is that Alasdair is consistently the best player, 11 Silver Stars, Glenfiddichs, Silver chanters. Sure the Wee Man is a brillant player and on his day a match for anyone, including Alasdair, but for pure consistency Alasdair is hard to beat. Gordon has won silver stars, but not the Glenfiddich outright. I've heard it said that he has won the Silver Chanter but wasn't awarded the 1st prize!
