Artist Info: Jack Armstrong

Jack Armstrong (May 16, 1904 – September 6, 1978) was a performer on the Northumbrian smallpipes.

Born in Wideopen, North Tyneside, five miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne, in 1904. He and his father, both coal miners, worked at Dinnington colliery, but Jack managed to get a job as a chauffeur shortly after World War I. In 1926 Jack married, and he was living at Skipton in North Yorkshire when he taught himself to play the pipes. His style, influenced by his father's playing [read more...]