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Yep, saw it, although it wasn't posted yet back in May when I posted initially. So far I've contacted Matt McNeely, Rick Hall and Skip Cleavinger - all of who are unavailable. I also have a message out to Gary White, but he's not responded.

I'm open to other suggestions.

Down to the wire and still looking!

Hi Y'all, My apologies if this is in the wrong forum - mods please move to the appropriate one if needed. I'm getting married on June 22nd in Townsend, TN at a place called the Richmont Inn. I've been trying to find an uilleann piper to play at the wedding (it's going to be a small "destination...

Posted on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0925591786

The F is sold, thanks!


The D is still looking for a good home.



I'll probably give it another week here, then try eBay.

I'm selling my flutes. I just don't have time to play these days, and when I do, about 95% of the time I pick up a low F whistle. So, as I'm currently in a position where some extra money would be really handy, I'd like to sell them to a good home where they'll get some play time. The first is a Bla...

Clip of me trying out the new Copley Delrin F:

For Sake of Old Decency

Kieran O'Hare gave us the tune when he and Liz stopped by the Riley School when they played a gig here in Cincinnati.

Posted my clip in the wrong thread.

To make up for the transgression, here's scottish band Breabach:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylF4vCS0aQY

There's a great version of the tune on John Skelton & Kieran O'Hare's CD "Double Barrelled". That's where I learned it, anyway.

I think they play pretty well.

I'd suggest Cathal McConnell's tutorial from Homespun. It's a pretty good place to start, IMO. ETA: In addition to that, I'd check out some of the various recordings listed in the stickied thread and I'd also look around to see if there's a session in your area and check that out too. There may be s...

B flat is one of my very favorite keys of whistle. I have a Burke and a Reyburn as well as a couple Generations. For the money, the Generations whistles are really quite good. Of the three, I like the way the Generation plays the best actually - as far as backpressure goes anyway. I like the tone of...

Here's a go at a couple of reels:

Martin Wynne's #1 & #2

I've grown quite fond of Anne Maguire's Silver Wedding. It's on John McCusker's CD "Yella Hoose".

It's the first tune in this set on youtube.

There are plenty. I don't think Kevin (Crawford) has a background in music notation and theory for example. Correct me if I'm wrong Kevin. That's what Kevin told us at Swannanoa when I was there a couple years back. Any notation he uses for tunes he gives out is his own ABC system. John Skelton als...