Dougie Pincock

Dougie Pincock has brought a modern sensibility to Scotland's piping tradition. Although he continues to reveal a mastery of the traditional jigs and reels, Pincock has incorporated jazz and rock influences into his playing. During his seven-year tenure with the Battlefield Band, he played everything from traditional instrumentals to Celtic-tinged renditions of Creedence Clearwater Revival's swamp-rock classic, "Bad Moon Rising." Dirty Linen praised him for playing "progressive Scottish roots music at its best," while, ex-Battlefield Band bandmate Brian McNeill claimed that in...