While many who heard them live contend that G. S. McLennan was the finest strathspey and reel player during the early years of the 20th century, John MacColl the best march player, and John MacDonald of Inverness the best piobaireachd player, many see Willie Ross as the best all-round player of the period. He was known for stirring music and a beautifully toned instrument in everything he played, and his prize-winning in the major events set records for both piobaireachd and light music.
With this competitive record, more than 50 years of continuous teaching throughout Scotland, five seminal books of music and many popular compositions to his credit, Willie Ross can certainly lay claim to having been the most influential piper of the century, including during the decades after his death...
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Pipe Major Willie Ross in 1909:
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