Scary photo of Seattle Pipers' Club, early 1980s

Uilleann Pipes
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“Go back to Scotland!” “Get a haircut!” Like the photo of Pat McNulty this is newly posted by the Irish Traditional Music Archive.

Denis Brooks is the folically challenged chap, and I do believe that’s Sir Rod Margason in the coat playing the bones, apparently they wouldn’t let him put on the pipes for some reason. :tomato: Think that’s Bill Heaton between them. Beats me about the rest. Those mentioned will perhaps get a kick out of this, or maybe they’ll want to puke. :really:

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That’s Todd Denman on the right. Classic shot! :slight_smile:

Patrick

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I wondered if that wasn’t the Todd monster. They tell me he was “forcibly ejected” from the club at some point. Creative differences, ya know? :stuck_out_tongue:

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I believe that is Howard Stoppelmann between Brooks and Denman. Haven’t seen him in years. His father just passed RIP.

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That’s Denny Hall directly in front of Brooks.

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By the bye, Heaton had a chanter by Pat McNulty, complete with aluminium keys. . .

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The cross legged seated piper is Walter Connelly. Wonder if Sean is playing that lovely Hughes & McLeod set?

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Yes those are the guys exactly as they were when I first met them at a San Francisco tionol around 1980.

There’s a photo floating around of one of those early Bay Area gatherings.

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I used to have McNulty regs - the caps had a “CN Tower” profile, really bright white plastic. Almost every keyblock had snapped off and been glued back in place. Funnnnnnky. They did work fairly well though.

There are a good few shots of the early SF club, the Seattle one not so much. Bad lighting, perhaps? :laughing: It’s funny that the ITMA would use Rod as a historic graphic representation of Irish music too. Thanks for all the IDs - I’ve only met most of these chaps once or twice over the years.

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The guy whose head is in front of D. Brooks’ chest is Phil White. I think they are now all identified.

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Gotta disagree, Ted. That is Denny Hall. Wrong glasses and too narrow a face for Phi. I believe Phil didn’t get to Seattle until well after this event. . .in fact until after after his marriage. I cannot, however, recall a name for the gent on the end, next to Denny.

Bob

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Right you are!

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There are many tales yet to be told from this era. . .but I’m afraid they’ll have to wait for the Statute of Limitations to expire. . . :smiley:


Bob