To all my fellow pipers, have a great day and hope you’re playing Erin’s grand music somewhere tonight. Keep your chanter up.
Timmy
Aye, Happy St. Pattty’s Day!
Thanks Timmy, I’ll do my level best to reduce the mountain of Guinness that has been growing in my fridge for the last year or so… I am ashamed to say, I haven’t been that thirsty in while. 
I will certainly have some tunes this am and pm, but at home. Two days out of the year, St. Pat’s and New Years (aka amatuer hour) I avoid the pubs at all cost… having played in them for far too many years on those dates. 
I certainly hope that one of those said tunes will be Danny Boy (ugh). 
Happy st. Patrick to ye all!!! 
I Vas s tem zhe!!!
I might play The Derry Air (Yay), but not Danny Boy (ugh).
Of course, the Tricolor will be flying from my home all this weekend. 
Ho,ho ho merry St Patricks day !!!
RORY
Happy St. Pats day all… May your draft be plentiful and your chanter play in tune!
ATB,
CJ
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I hadddddddd o9bne.
Godhnight.
hmm, possible translations:
I had one.
I had only beer.
I had . . . ohh . . . nine beers.
I did the highland pipe trick or treat pub crall last night. The amateur drinkers did right by me though: $788 for the night. 
Damn, Marc…
Sometimes I forget how big of a draw Highland pipes are money-wise…Did a gig with some friends at a swanky athletic club in Portland. Aside from this one drunk, shamrock-bedecked woman going on and on about her corned beef & cabbage recipe, there weren’t any serious weirdos. Some little kids came up and danced, which was kinda nice.
Afterwards, I went over to the Moon & Sixpence to see what was going on there. Johnny Connolly was on box with Tom Creegan on pipes, Dave Cory on banjo, Jim Chapman on bouzouki, Seamus Egan on tenor guitar (?!) and some guy whose name I can’t remember on a massive drum kit. Everything was amplified up the yin-yang…you couldn’t hear anything over the drums…Lots of people dancing around and spilling beer…Seamus was wearing a utilikilt and a t-shirt that said “Who’s Your Paddy?” Nice one.
Sometimes I forget how big of a draw Highland pipes are money-wise
I am in agreement. I only did three gigs this St. Pat’s and made very good money.
The first was at a local pub playing my uilleann pipes. My sixth year there in a row. Always fun and good pay. A friend joined me on his English concertina. We had about two feet of space on the stage in front of the massive drum kit brought in by the evening band. Never know what to expect!
The second was a private party on highland pipes at a very swank estate in an affluent neighborhood. Upper-crust types. I only had to play for 15 minutes and got the highest pay ever!
Third gig was at a small house near the university. When I arrived the owner’s son’s heavy-metal punk band was playing in the garage. I came in playing highland pipes thru the front door and played for about a half hour. I even went into the garage and jammed a couple of tunes with the punkers. All great fun!
Man…if only we could march with uilleann pipes!
Then it was home with my pocket full of cash and a nice rest.
There’s always next year.
Richard
Our band Sigean (www.sigeanband.com) played a great acoustic venue called the Down Home in Johnson City Tenn. It was a full crowd and great crowd as well. We played well, after the first 3 or 4 set of tunes, I relaxed a bit and played better for the rest.
Saturday morning we played on WETS radio live on Studio ONE. Went well. I had a blast on St. Pat’s friday though, hopw all did. At the Down Home, we had a beef stew made with Guiness, it was great, never had it before.
Tim