Patriotic Piper, Vol. 1

The Patriotic Piper, Vol. I

The Patriotic Piper, Vol. 01 EBOOK COVERHighland bagpipers and those who enjoy Scottish, Irish, and American history and heritage — The Patriotic Piper, Vol. 01 — presents 20 military and patriotic tunes arranged into 8 performance pieces honoring the US Military and historic military engagements. Accompanying these compositions are the fascinating back stories to the tunes or trivia about the performance numbers. Further sharing Scottish and Irish culture The Patriotic Piper goes on to feature 15 recipes with food history and trivia. A percentage of the profits go to support SAMS Post #1889 (Scottish American Military Society), a Congressionally chartered national Scottish-themed veteran’s organization.

Available Now on Amazon
Print Edition — Published 22Nov2020
E-Book — Published 05Nov2020

SAMS Post 1889 and Post 1852 preparing for the Auburn WA. Annual Veterans Day Parade, 11 November 2017. We had a great turn out!

So what’s in
THE PATRIOTIC PIPER???

Military & Patriotic Music & History

  • U.S. Military Set – The U.S. Air Force, Marines’ Hymn, The Army Goes Rolling Along, Anchors Aweigh, Semper Paratus
  • Civil War Set – When Johnny Comes Marching Home, The Irish Jaunting Car
  • WWI – Great War Set – Over There, It’s A Long Way To Tipperary
  • WWII – Bill Millin Set – Highland Laddie, The Nut Brown Maiden, All The Blue Bonnets Are Over The Border
  • Scottish Patriotic Set – Scotland The Brave, Scots Wha Hae Wi’ Wallace Bled
  • U.S. Patriotic Set – America The Beautiful, Yankee Doodle
  • Green Hills / Battle’s Over (Retreat Set) – The Green Hills Of Tyrol, When The Battle’s Over
  • Minstrel Boy Blue Set – Minstrel Boy, Bluebells Of Scotland

Traditional & Somewhat Traditional Recipes

  • Baked Scotch Eggs and “The Enigmatic Scotch Egg”
  • Bridies
  • Cock-A-Leekie Soup
  • Cottage Pie and “Cottage Pie’s Humble History”
  • Cullen Skink
  • Farls
  • Irish Soda Bread and “Soda Bread Science”
  • Modern Haggis and “Haggis Trivia”
  • Neeps & Tatties and “Turnip Roots”
  • Scones With Oats and “Scones Around The World”
  • Scotch Broth
  • Scottish Shortbread and “Scotland, New Year’s Eve, & Shortbread”
  • Selkirk Bannock and “Significant Bannocks”
  • Slow Cooked Scottish Beef Stew
  • Stovies

Here’s how Don talks about
The Patriotic Piper …

“As a Highland bagpiper and grandson of 2 World War II veterans, and a relation of World War I vets, I am honored to be a member of the Scottish-American Military Society participating in Mt. Rainier Post #1889.  My Post has a small pipe and drum corps — of which it is my pleasure to lead!  During the summer of 2018 I began collecting tunes for our pipe & drum corps to use in performance that represented the Post and purpose of The SAMS.  During the months that preceded publishing my debut recipe book, “Make Your Own Darn Good Cookies“, I realized I could put my book-writing skills and passion for piping together to benefit my Post.  The more I dove into the researching the music I knew it would be interesting to include the history in the book with the tunes.  The project grew in scope, further sharing Celtic heritage and culture, to include Scottish and Irish recipes.  Members of Post 1889 got behind the book, many contributing to the work, along with other SAMS members and friends of mine.  It was an amazing project to work on!”

Available on Amazon as both a Paper & Ebook — also on Smashwords in e-book form

 

 

Here’s Don’s other sheet music book “Make Your Own Darn Good Cookies” — including 3 original compositions and a little over 50 recipes you are going to love — mostly cookies!

 

 

Tartan Tunes interviewing Don about The Patriotic Piper, Vol. 01