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Fred Morrison
Person · male · United Kingdom · Bishopton · born 1963 · recording since 1993
Scottish musician
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Also known as Fred Moorrison
Timeline
6 events▣ Album 4◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1960s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: The Broken Chanter
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2000s
Biography
English biography185 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1323196322
Biography
Fred Morrison (born 1963 in Bishopton, Renfrewshire) is a Scottish musician and composer. He has performed professionally on the Great Highland Bagpipes, Scottish smallpipes, Border pipes, low whistle, Northumbrian Smallpipes and uilleann pipes.
He holds the record for the most Macallan/MacCrimmon Trophies at the Lorient festival, having received the trophy ten times. As well as his work as a solo piper, he has played with such bands as Clan Alba and Capercaillie. His albums have been met with critical acclaim.
In 2004 he was voted Instrumentalist of the Year in the Scots Trad Music awards. He has won a number of prizes in the solo Highland Bagpipes circuit.
Morrison's tunes have become popular in the solo piping circuit and the folk scene. Notable are "Passing Places", respectively a lively hornpipe and a low whistle slow air inspired by train rides that Morrison made all over the UK, "Living Uist", "The Lochaber Badger" and the strathspey "Seonaidh's Tune" that he composed for his son.
Morrison is also the founder and designer of Fred Morrison Pipes, a brand producing Highland bagpipes, Border pipes and Scottish small pipes.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 16 | 37.8th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (4 release groups · 4 studio albums)
Albums · 4
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 46:44
1Reels: Alasdair's Reel / Jan Alexander's Fancy2:012Strathspeys & Reels: Doune of Invernochty / Macbeth's Strathspey / The Rejected Suitor / Lochiel's Away to France / Miss Proud4:223Jigs: The Snuff Wife / Nancy MacInnes / Kenny MacDonald's Jig / The Old Wife's Dance4:214Hornpipes: Unknown / Doctor MacInnes' Fancy2:425Malcolm Ferguson3:486Irish Reels: Rip the Calico / The Woman of the House / The Flowers of Redhill3:037Polkas: Bear Dance / Shandon3:4082/4 Marches: Iain Morrison Jnr of Back Lewis / Donald MacLellan of Rothesay3:549Jigs: Lark in the Morning / Mug of Brown Ale / Broken Chanter / Daniel Michael Coleman's Father's Fancy5:5010Hector the Hero4:3311Strathspeys and Reels: Tillypronie / Dr. Glade's Strathspey / The Doctor of Coll's Reel / Rosemarkie Rant / The Glen Is Where the Deer Is2:5112Piobaireachd: MacCrimmon's Sweetheart5:391999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 58:09
1La Paulettina5:392Donald MacLean's6:523The Wedding Reel3:494The Sound of the Sun4:165Frances Morton's5:026Colin's Cattle3:367Alick C MacGregor8:248Didi's Tune3:5992/4 Marches4:3310Sheenagh's Waltz3:3611Sandy Cameron's2:5712Drumbuie5:262003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 52:56
1Up South3:492The Mistress of the House4:113Passing Places5:144The Ladies From Hell5:545Tony's Tune3:316Coire Bheinn4:487Leaving Lochmaddy3:018The Lochaber Dance5:429The Old School House5:3010The Earl of Seaforth's Salute11:162009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 44:24
1Dannsa rathaid / Train Journey North4:222Gabriella's Jig / The Little River / The Wildcat4:413Leaving Uist / The Lochaber Badger4:114Seonaidh's Tune / Calum Campbell of Benbecula / Steve Byrne's Jig4:595Nameless4:276Outlands2:397The Leafy Lane / Downtown5:598Kansas City Hornpipe / Jarlath's4:499Matheu Watson's / Drumcross / The Morrisons of Gerinish4:0010The Hard Drive4:17
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Fred Morrison head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 16 | 37.8th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Morrison Trio(band) | — | present | original,uilleann pipes |
| Fred Morrison Trio(band) | — | present | low whistle,original |
| Fred Morrison Trio(band) | — | present | original,Scottish smallpipes |
| Clan Alba(band) | — | present | bagpipe,whistle |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20170707-Rudolstadt-Festival-Fred-Morrison-5733.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/70ecd90d-c479-4cee-b755-042c75f6e920discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/70ecd90d-c479-4cee-b755-042c75f6e920core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q470426seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Morrisonbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Morrison
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Scottish musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Carstor · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q470426 · MusicBrainz: 70ecd90d-c479-4cee-b755-042c75f6e920
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