Strange uilleann gig request

Uilleann Pipes
1

I got an email yesterday from somebody who has some sort of band, which has a St Patrick’s Day gig, looking for an uilleann piper to sit in with them for the gig.

They pasted a link to a recording which they said was the sound and style they were looking for.

It was Kathryn Tickell playing Northumbrian pipes!

I’ve had scores of people over the years tell me they want to hire somebody to play “the loud bagpipes you march around in a skirt” but paste a link to somebody playing uilleann pipes.

But to hire an uilleann piper to play the Northumbrian pipes is a new one!

2

I didn’t know who she was, here is a link.

she starts playing at 1:20 into the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiuMwskhsGk&feature=related

Maybe you should send them a link showing what the uilleann pipes sound like.

Best wishes.

3

Better than me mate, I got a call from my neighbor asking me to stop playing. Can’t blame him either. Lol. Cheers

4

That’s the one that beeps, right? Couldn’t you fake it with a Casiotone?

5

I got invited to “march which the pipers” in the Montreal St. Patrick’s Day Parade. I said “Certainly, as long as you provide a wheelchair and someone to push it”.

6

A wheelchair would have come in handy for me as well.

I was just nearing the end of playing at memorial service. I had played UP at this funeral home before and all was going well. Then just before the final piece the funeral director announced that everyone in attendance would stand and follow the piper outside. :confused:

7

Well I suppose you could stop playing, stand up, quietly walk out the door, and see if they all follow you!

8

The bottom line is: cash on arrival and play until the cows come home!

9

If they fly me down to California I’ll do it…and if they pay enough I’ll wear a mini skirt as well!!!

Ian