29. Tommy Keane: Uilleann Pipe Player

Includes: introductions; the list of great players Tommy has played with
including Jacqueline McCarthy, Pádraic Keane, Siobhán Keane and Maisie-Kate
Keane; getting the recording gig for Rum, Sodomy & The Lash; Phil Chevron;
Elvis Costello; Red Roses For Me vs Rum, Sodomy & The Lash vs If I Should
Fall From Grace From God; the arrangement of Dirty Old Town; Old Grey
Whistle Test performance; vari-speeding; the three parts of the uilleann
pipes; the chanter; the range of uilleann pipes vs bagpipes; overblowing
and octave notes; the three drones; the three regulators; Dirty Old Town;
breaking down the solo; the use of colour and vibrato; Paddy Moloney’s
vibrato; Liam O’Flynn’s vibrato; who Tommy likes to listen to; the
different levels of familiarisation of Irish music; having pipes in
different keys; Na Píobairí Uilleann; the renewed popularity of the
uilleann pipes; The Old Main Drag; the ending of the Dirty Old Town solo;
the Blues; Henry Benagh’s fiddle part; Poguetry In Motion EP; Body Of An
American; Planxty Noel Hill; playing live gigs with The Pogues; A Pair Of
Brown Eyes; the overblow; tunes which are not pipe-friendly; the recording
environment for Rum, Sodomy & The Lash; Elvis Costello witnessing the
uilleann pipes; Davy Spillane; Tommy Carney; starting out on the uilleann
pipes; Colm Broderick & Liam O’Flynn’s pipes; Pádraic Keane; Páraic Mac
Donnchadha, as well as other topics.