Had an absolute blast playing with the guys again. Paddy is one amazing musician and a first rate gentleman. Very warm indeed!
At the KRCL radio braodcast (playing bodhrán):
And joining in for the encore at Kingsbury Hall (stuck piping behind the music stand!):
What a great time!!
Bri~
Cool photos. I like the second one in which the piper on the left is obviously having a good time and is mighty pleased with himself while Paddy Moloney is looking on with concern and a pained expression. 
A good time was had by a–…most. I mean, really, two UPs playin’ together!!! Tawk about a squawk!!!
Guess we should start a tally of how many chiffsters have been onstage with auld boys…Stout and BLee for starters…
McHaffie…
Mark Cantor (the whistle player and flute player in brown in the two photos above), a Salt Lake City ITM musician who has posted a couple of times on the flute and Irish Trad forums…
oh - and another person I know of who mentioned it to me but probably won’t post about it here…
Isn’t that the correct plural form?
A flock of sheep, a gaggle of geese, a sounder of swine, a squawk of pipers? 
Not if they’re in tune with each other, listen to each other, and can keep a steady pace at any tempo. That last bit seems to elude a lot of people on any instrument for some reason, God knows why.
I’ve seen three UPers playing together and the sound was dynamite because A) they were in tune and B) they were good players who not only had control of their instruments but also listened to each other.
Paddy Maloney does look a bit concerned…Couldn’t find the smiley emoticon for envy…that is great Brian.
PhilO
The reason for Paddy’s concern (though at the time the photo was taken, he was actually shouting encouragement’s like “Atta boy!” and “Go now boys!” to all of the rest of us) was very likely his own Gallagher chanter - it wasn’t very well behaved for the show - at least not what Paddy is used to. Still, he found the time to talk to each of us after we went off stage and commented on each of our playing individualy. Positively too even!
Thought I’d better duck back in - looks like I didn’t add enough smileys.
I love the sound of pipes; though I’m mostly focused on whistle (and getting interested in flute) I keep thinking that - “someday” - I’ll take up the U-pipes.
Just couldn’t resist the chance for a cheap dig. (That being said, reading some of the long-running threads on reeds and chanters over on the piper’s forum helps me resist the urge start pipes right now)
Don’t let them scare or intimidate you! We all have to start somewhere. i bet you’d be amazed at just how easy a good chanter DOES in fact play! It’s much like the misuc is already in the thing and all you have to do is let it out. It takes care of much of the work for you in this respect. It’s a hard thing to explain and I’ve never felt like a whistle quite did this for me. Dive on in and give it a solid go. I really think you’d be amazed.
Even Paddy was a beginner once - and from what I hear, a pretty lousy one at that! He learned quickly though and look at the little guy go now!
(edited to remove non-pc offensive “short” connotation.) 
I think you have just thoroughly removed yourself from the man’s good books when you wrote that. Very sensitive.
We were joking about it the night before at the hotel Peter - as I am always self-concious myself of being the “short one” out here. I’m sure he would know I meant no harm there. 
A couple more photos:
Paddy and his new harpist Triona Marshall:
And another from the show:
Even Paddy was a beginner once - and from what I hear, a pretty lousy one at that! He learned quickly though and look at the short little guy go now!
Hey!! I resemble that statement! 
Sweet photos!! It’s cool that you actually got to get some. Wish I coulda been there!
And my DORK picture of the year! Yep, I actually had to WORK to look that goofy! The camera we were using was a digital and apparently decided it needed to use a slow shutter speed. Hence the drugged out look on Paddys face is actually a blurred blink. At least I think that’s what it was.
[quote=“Brian Lee”]And my DORK picture of the year! Yep, I actually had to WORK to look that goofy!
A’h the price of Fame.
Kissing but 
always makes
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Oh you’ve got it all wrong!! Paddy’s Pained Expression is saying “Foolish me, why didn’t I add that lad Brian Lee to the band AGES ago!” Paddy told me so himself after the show! 
It was Kevin C. who was a bit dismayed with my flute playing (I was right in front of him) and deedled a while to help me catch up with their mercurial playing! 
But I must say that I was dead-on with Paddy at the radio show! THAT he did tell me 
! Thanks for posting the pics, Brian. I understand security was none too happy with Heidi for snapping them! She’s a brave lass, that one!
Is it within the guidelines to put in a plug for independent public radio www.krcl.org “the fret and fiddle show” Sundays 5-7pm (Mountain Time)? Celtic and American oldtime trad since 1980. Chiff and Fipple fans might like it and could suggest music I may not know about. You can email me through krcl.org.
Mark Cantor
Yeah, Heid almost got drawn and quartered for shooting where she wasn’t allowed but HEY! It was worth it right?!
OW!
(She’s sitting next to me here and I just got slugged!)
A serious good time though. I’m hoping to post a few more shots up on the SLPC site in the next week here. There are a TON to go through though. Mark is quite the player as well and has taught me much of what I know today about whistling. And he’s not kidding when he says he played a piece with Paddy VERy well. I’d have said “perfectly” but we don’t want to swell his head TOO much! Paddy was grinning during the whole tune though…better than the look I got!
Bri~