Pipers who fiddle and fiddlers who pipe

meemtp · Post by **meemtp** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:01 am

Idle curiosity really, no practical purpose. I'm curious as to how many "name" pipers double on fiddle and vice versa...this has come up a few times and as a fiddle player myself, long before I took up the pipes, I'm wondering how common it its. Here's the list of fiddling pipers that I know of:

Willie Clancy
Martin Rochford (or would he be considered a fiddler that played the pipes?)
Peadar O'Laughlin
Seamus Ennis
Joseph McGlaughlin
Robbie Hannan (doesn't play the fiddle these days but according a recent interview w/ Seat Potts he was pretty good)

Fiddlers who play the pipes:

Willie Kelly
Caoimhin O Raghallaigh
Sean McGuire
Dermot McLaughlin

Patrick D'Arcy · Post by **Patrick D'Arcy** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:30 am

Tommy Keane
Tommy Martin
David Power
Jimmy O'Brien-Moran
Elliott Grasso
Mickey Dunne

There must be loads more?

Pat.

lordofthestrings · Post by **lordofthestrings** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:36 am

Fiddlers who pipe...

...me

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:59 am

I fiddle and pipe... but in no particular order...

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:35 am

I always seem to be fiddling with my pipes.

djm

seisflutes · Post by **seisflutes** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:14 pm

Piper who fiddles here.

Jumper · Post by **Jumper** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:20 pm

Kevin Carr
John Tuohy
Michael Hubbert
Justine Garvey

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:20 pm

Piper what fiddles. Gotta play my fiddle when the humidity goes down to 20%.

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:21 pm

Jumper wrote:Kevin Carr
John Tuohy
Michael Hubbert
Justine Garvey

Justine would never admit to it

Jumper · Post by **Jumper** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:23 pm

fel bautista wrote:Justine would never admitt to it

Ahh, but I've heard her. No denying it as far as I'm concerned.

meemtp · Post by **meemtp** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:05 pm

I forgot about Eliot Grasso, I didn't even know he played fiddle until I saw a video of him and Sean McComiskey.

Maine's own Tom Wilsbach has also played both for 30+ years

Is fiddler Jimmy Power related to David Power? I always thought they must be, both from Waterford, and then the whole Tommy Kearny connection. That would explain a lot!

TimBenson · Post by **TimBenson** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:10 pm

Add Kieran O'Hare to that list.

Kevin L. Rietmann · Post by **Kevin L. Rietmann** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:59 pm

meemtp wrote:I forgot about Eliot Grasso, I didn't even know he played fiddle until I saw a video of him and Sean McComiskey.

Maine's own Tom Wilsbach has also played both for 30+ years

Is fiddler Jimmy Power related to David Power? I always thought they must be, both from Waterford, and then the whole Tommy Kearny connection. That would explain a lot!

I asked Dave about that once. He says something like 15% of Waterford is named Power. Another 15% is Walsh I think.

There was an interview with Eugene O'Donnell in the 70s where the interviewer mentioned Tom Wilsbach playing about 15 different instruments, which Eugene didn't think sounded like a good idea.

Didn't know Jimmy O' played the fiddle. Huh! Peter Laban scrapes a bit, while Sara Cory pipes a bit. Aimee Nemeth? Sean MacAloon! Frankie Gavin and Joe Burke both play pipes I'm told. Tom Standeven.

Fiddle for me, too. It's nice to stand up and play music, there are all those nifty fiddle tunes as well, some of which are nice on the pipes as well. Novelty Hornpipe, anyone?

tompipes · Post by **tompipes** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:21 pm

Tommy Reck played fiddle.
He and Tom Mulligan used to swap duties on pipes and fiddle when they played together.

Tommy

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:50 pm

Jumper wrote:
fel bautista wrote:Justine would never admitt to it
Ahh, but I've heard her. No denying it as far as I'm concerned.

she's maintained they were Kerry polkas