Red Hackle Pipe Band

Red Hackle Pipe Band
Location Glasgow
Grade 1 (former)
Sponsor Red Hackle

Red Hackle Pipe Band, sometimes known as the Hackle, was a pipe band based in Glasgow, Scotland.

History

Angus McLeod was Pipe majors of the band, followed by Donald Murray.[1] John Weatherston took over as pipe major in 1963, having led the 277 Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Pipe Band to victory at the Worlds the previous year.[2] He was succeeded as pipe major by Malcolm MacKenzie,[2] and then Robert Hardie.[3]

The best result the Hackle managed in the World Championships was a second place in 1954.[4] The band won the title of Best Drum Corps at the World Championships in 1954 and 1955.[5] Under John Weatherston, the band came fourth overall at the Worlds in 1978.[1]

Roddy MacLeod joined the band at the age of sixteen.[6]

The band was named after a blend of whisky, the manufactures of which sponsored the band.[7] Hepburn and Ross, the owners of the distillery, also donated premises for the College of Piping.[7] The band later became known as the Britoil Pipes and Drums.[8]

There are extant pipe bands in Belgium, Cleveland, Wellington and Fairbanks that are also called Red Hackle.[9][10][11][12]

Recordings

The band made several recordings.[13]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Loss of Experienced Judges". Pipe Band Magazine: 14–18. October 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Bagpipe Music : Pipe Tunes : Pipe Music : Bagpipe Composers : McGillivray Piping". pipetunes.ca. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "History". rghardie.com. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "John Weatherston MBE, BEM, 1917-2003". pipesdrums.com. 31 March 2003. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "A Brief History of the Military Drum Leading to the evolution of Pipe Band Drumming" (PDF). ibrarian.net. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Roddy MacLeod MBE". scottishcultureonline.com. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Glasgow Punter. "Glasgow Punter". glasgowpunter.blogspot.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "Updated: William McIntosh, 1954-2009". pipesdrums.com. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  9. ↑ red hackle. "Red Hackle Pipe Band and Highland Dancers (Belgium) VZW". redhackle.be. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Royal New Zealand Pipe Bands - New Zealand Bands". nzpipebands.org.nz. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "Red Hackle - About". redhacklepd.com. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "Fairbanks Red Hackle Pipe Band::ABOUT US::History". fairbanksredhacklepipeband.org. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "Record Archive" (PDF). collegeofpiping.org. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

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