I have written an article about the piping underclass, unsuccessful and unlucky pipers in America, 1860-1920. I put it up recently on my website Lives of the Pipers. Of possible interest.
It was first published in An Píobiare, Jan. 2022.
Nick Whitmer
Ithaca, NY
The Piping Underclass - a Lives of the Pipers article
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Re: The Piping Underclass - a Lives of the Pipers article
Thanks Nick. I'm surprised at how most pipers of the late 19th and early 20th century ended up in very diminished circumstances at the end of their lives.
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Great job, Nick! Thanks so much for doing this fabulous research and sharing it with us!
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A poverty of pipers, how appropriate!
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Re: The Piping Underclass - a Lives of the Pipers article
Fabulous as always Nick!
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Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love.
Love is not music. Music is the best.
- Frank Zappa