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[Hiram]

Notto take away from the thread. But..speaking of piping inna rock band. Anyone know of any bands like that.

Dropkick Murphies, The Mudmen, The Real McKenzies just to name a few.

[castledangerous]

I agree, not real music. I didnt hear any "song" that I have ever heard before but how fast he was playing got my attention. I wish so bad I could afford some pipes and a some instruction. I'd love to play someday.

You don't need to afford pipes to get started, just a practice chanter. Also, many bands give instruction for free. Don't make excuses!

[Teufel Hunden]

Makes me think of when I lived in Edinburgh for a bit when I was a teenager. Whenever I heard street pipers playing, if they played something all too common and familiar, like Scotland the brave (one time I heard 4 people playing it in different parts of the city over the course of just a couple hours), I gave them nothing. If they were playing something I'd never heard before or something I had but in a different style that caught my ear, I gave them a decent sized donation. This gent, fair to say, would receive a good donation.

[OC Richard]

Sorta like Rufus Harley (aka "The Pied Piper of Jazz") on speed?

Except Rufus Harley never learned the correct fingerings or ornaments or even how to tune his pipes. He was a great example of someone who is proficient on other woodwinds (he was a sax guy) but never got very good on the pipes.

His first piping album (Tribute to Courage IIRC) is hard to listen to- no drones, the chanter is out of tune, there are squeaks and squeals due to an extremely easy chanter reed, etc.

By Kings/Queens he had figured out how to play the drones but they're never really in tune.