A friend of mine is helping to organize a benefit concert for Katrina victims and they are requesting a uilleann piper. I was directed to this site by a great highland piper, and since I am one myself, I am of little use. Does anyone have contacts for pipers in these three states? The concert is in Lexington, KY.
I’d suggest Skip Cleavinger of Bowling Green KY or Matt McNeeley of Knoxville TN.
When is the concert?
The concert should be somewhere during the first couple weeks in April - no dates have yet been set.
Brian McCoy from Columbus, OH. He’s really good.
Brian Bigley in Cleveland, Ohio. Proffessional guy, very good piper (even regulators - gasp).
i am brian mccoy’s nephew. his website is http://www.kellsband.com . i’ll tell him about it at christmas. p.m. me with how to contact you so i can pass on the information.
I am not certain, but I think I briefly met Brian at the Half Time Rec in St. Paul Mn last May. He was playing as part of a trio and it might have been the Kells… can’t remember.
Anyhoo, good piping and tunes coming out of his Daye chanter. 
I’ve got to second Brian Bigley-- he’s a great piper. PM me if you want his contact details.
Matt McNeeley is an exelent piper, I would recomend him highly.