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PS does anyone outa interest know of any Irish Pipers of the old West?I heard of one who played up North somewhere but have forgotten the details..
Shurly this is on topic 
Slán GO Foill
Uilliam 
I’m curious.
Whatever you may think of the CD Song of the Irish Whistle by Joannie Madden, there’s a track that treats Lord Mayo in a definitely cinematic fashion, mainly using the pipes, and when I heard it, I thought to myself, “Fenians on the the High Chaparral! There should be a movie for this. A Fist Full of Punt, or something.”
It could’ve happened.
I have a friend of mine that does the Civil War recreation thing and he suspects that since there were lots of recruits from the Irish immigrant population, there was a lot of Irish music played in the camps on more portable and less complex instruments-fiddle, whistle, guitar, banjo and possibly concertina, rather than uilleann pipes.
The pipes are not exactly “camp friendly” although you could have them in a more established setting like a permanent settlement. You’d need to find some kind of documentation that they were around and which type-1/2 set, 1/2 set plus 1 reg.
Much better, yes, thanks.
Uilliam, here’s a link that mentions uilleann pipes.
http://hauntedfieldmusic.com/ias.html
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They fought for the Blue, the Gray, and the Green. These are their stories in song…
Civil War Music - CD with 12 authentic songs of the American Civil War’s fighting Irish - Union and Confederate! Includes 36 page full-color booklet with complete lyrics, Civil War period graphics and photographs, and historical liner notes by noted author Joseph G. Bilby. (Click to order)
From sound of the fretless, gut-string banjo, period parlor guitar, uilleann pipes, fiddle & button accordion, to the nineteenth century four-part vocal harmony arrangements and piano, every effort was made to give this recording the authentic feel and sound of the Civil War era. We are delighted to announce that the principle musicians featured on the previous album were again available for this recording. They are, of course, Liz Knowles-Fiddle (Riverdance, Cherish The Ladies), Jerry O’Sullivan-Uilleann Pipes & Whistle (Shanachie recording artist), and John Whelan-Irish Button Accordion (seven time All-Ireland champion and Narada recording artist). Also again featured are Frank Giordano-Harmony Vocal & Guitar (The Brandos), Seth Farber-Piano (Willy DeVille Band, Hairspray- Broadway musical), and Anik Oulianine-Cello (Thoroughly Modern Milly-Broadway Musical). David Kincaid handles the Lead & Harmony Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, Bodhrán & Bones, as well as the recording engineering, arranging and production. (Click to order)
Here is a photo of an early Taylor set, carriage mounted, apparently used in anger during the Civil War. There are no soundclips, only ammunition clips, but apparently it played a cran like a machine gun.
There were a few pipers around San Francisco in the old days, one died playing his Coyne/Egan set on a pier and that set is still around. Piper’s name was McCarthy I believe.
You’re probably thinking of the piper who worked for the Hudson’s Bay company, we had a post here about him. His 1 reg set turned up in Portland Oregon and was bought by Ted Anderson.
Thanks folks keep em coming…BTW Its the OLD WEST as in Buffalo Bill etc not modern day 
Alan..“Ah’ll be yewer Huckleburry” 
yer already a spoken fer
Pipey that was an interesting link thanx.
Fel the pipes are quite resilient in there capacity for travel..and would be easier to stow than a banjo or geetar some of the early pipes that I have seen were quite small ,so it is more than probable than unlikely that they were around in the old west.Kevin reminds me a little it was something about someone playing in the middle of winter after that I am a blank. 
Wonder what the natives thought of them? 
Shoorly this is on topic
Slán Go Foill
Uilliam
