Davy Spillane

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Davy Spillane

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Hi,anyone seen the 'Davy Spillane Band' live video on YouTube from the 80's? Watched it the other day, will say one thing he came certainly move his fingers on that chanter, some great tracks if anyone is interested,, Cheers. :wink: will try and get a short cut up as I'm using my IPad..
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Yes, that's the one, cheers, I've also been listening to Gerry Rafferty's brilliant Album 'North and South' Davy plays some nice bits on Pipes and Low Whistle and penny on a few of Gerry's tracks, Winter Comes, Tired of Talking, love to listen to this album Volume well up!
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If it had' a na been for Davy I wouldn't have ever taken the pipes up, best River Dance piper ever!
Love his style of playing with a little reverb on the chanter and whistle to smooth it out, mind you he must be a terrific reed maker the way his reeds stand up to his fast playing, but there are a couple of other traditional pipers I like, Tommy Keane the Dusty Miller is a Magical piece of piping I love, from his CD The pipers a prone? but Davy is my favourite,,
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Spillane is god!
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Of course, the entire world heard him play the lament on Riverdance, but even without all that tech & orchestration, his air playing is stunning. The way he can slide into a note and his regulator work knocks me out.
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