Here comes day 11 of Mayhem’s 12 Days Of Christmas posts. Santa is oiling his beard and the elves are packing for a long holiday! The theme for this series of posts is the classic cumulative song “The Twelve Days Of Christmas”. What gift was presented on the eleventh day of Christmas? It was of course Eleven Pipers Piping. The link to today’s tune is not very tenuous and features an actual piper, of the bagpipe variety!
Today’s tune comes from Ally The Piper a.k.a. Piper Ally a.k.a. Ally Crowley-Duncan. She is from New York and she plays the bagpipes like she was born to it. Despite my Scottish background (I am half Scots) I have never liked the bagpipes much. But the way Ally plays and what she plays is something special. She began as a YouTuber. Her mission in music seems to be the modernisation of the Great Highland bagpipe. She blends classic rock and heavy metal with Celtic influences, captivating audiences worldwide. She covers metal and contemporary songs alongside traditional tunes and really is a joy to listen to. She has received support from the likes of Metallica and Iron Maiden, to name just a couple. Ally is a bit of a multi instrumentalist too, when it comes to traditional musical instruments in particular. This post features her take on the classic “Crazy Train”
There will be a playlist of all twelve songs when we get to the final one. In fact that playlist is under the streaming Christmas tree already and ready for unwrapping tomorrow. What do you think the final song will be tomorrow?
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