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Though not one of the most widely played or known classical bagpipe composer, Roderick Campbell’s contribution to the catalogue of great pipe tunes is outstanding, including such excellent works as “The Royal Scottish Pipers Society,” “The Abercairney Highlanders,” and “The Banks of the Skiach,” to name just three. He was born on May 24, 1873 in Lochbroom, Ross-shire. Sandy Cameron reportedly heard him play before he’d received any formal tuition, was amazed by his ability, and subsequently became his teacher. He won the Gold Medal at Oban in 1908, and the Open Piobaireachd there in 1910. He was piper to the Count de Serra Largo, who lived in Tain, Ross-shire, and then to Colonel Scott in Derby, England, and was instructor to the Royal Scottish Pipers Society. After the Great War he settled in Edinburgh, where he spent most of time making reeds and teaching. Aside from these details, very little is known about him.