(AP) - During Operation Desert Storm, Sgt. 1st Class Michael Connell practiced his bagpipes outside every day. He practiced at a Kuwaiti military base, while wearing his kilt, sporran, dress shoes ...

His sets can span for more than an hour, jumping between traditional bagpipe melodies, military tunes, and medleys of jigs and reels. When he lets notes drag out, they bounce off the brick ...

A cultural history of bagpipes (31 min 57 sec) MacLachlan told Sunday Morning's Jim Mora his lifelong fascination began early as a boy after bearing witness to the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

But bagpipe music played sweetly at funerals—particularly those of firefighters, military men and women, police officers—can comfort humans at their most heartbroken and vulnerable.