Mick O'Brien in Paris (2003)

[Seanmcdhuibhne]

Mick you gave me your CD An Ancient Voice of Ireland and I play it every day in the car since I left for the shores for Americay. Thank you so much and God Bless

[MrJohnered]

Awesome piper

[anderson09manutd]

wat a ledge his me maths teacher

[Goober650]

Brilliant musician. I've met him a few  times and you couldn't meet a nicer bloke. A real gentleman.

[MacHendrik]

This is the first uilleannpiper I see who realy uses the regulators throughout the whole tune rather than to use them for short beats.

Great instrument, great performance!

[Domitianvs]

@MacHendrik There are plenty more. Or, at least, there were. Leo Rowsome did that a lot. On his album King of the Pipers, there is a set with Jenny's Wedding & Lord McDonald, with some absolutely mind-blowing regulator work, very varied, with both short beats and longer chordal playing.

[RockyRoader]

@MacHendrik Eugene Lamb does that very well too.

Mighty tunes!

[hio54]

He never talks about it, he's so modest too if you ever ask him after class he allways plays it down :P

[synballein70]

Beautiful ^,^

[TraceurRobbie]

alri joey wdc cya in school on monday, micko is meh irish nd cspe teacher too =)

[joey080910]

hes my irish teahcer and my cspe teacher :) hes sound

[pamshub]

hes my geography teacher too

and hes funny to have teaching me

bu he never plays anytin on de ullin pipes

[SkynyrdMan77]

lol...he's my Geography teacher! :D

[PDarcy]

You're a lucky lad to have such a talented teacher! Have him play Freebird for you some time ;)

[SkynyrdMan77]

haha...that'd be great! ;)

[smacclutch]

i'd give my right nut to have mick be my teacher shit. what's he like in the classroom?

[SkynyrdMan77]

ah he's a pretty easy goin guy, a good laugh:D

[SkynyrdMan77]

he also teaches maths and irish :)

[akiraz23]

send best greats, and many THX for show this master talent^^,

[jeffhegarty]

Cracking stuff indeed

[OShaughnessyC]

Extraordinarily beautiful rendering.

[conor5678]

mick is a friend of mine and his family aswell he is terrific!! best piper in ireland!!

[brendanokelly]

Lovely stuff Pat, sitting here with a class of red wine just enjoying the tunes .

Your friend Brendan in the land that the Craic forgot ( Germany ) And if ye ever come to this neck of the woods and fancy a few tunes let me know ,slan.

[PDarcy]

I wasn't there no. I was watching TV in California at that time. I found this on the Parisian Uilleann Pipers Club website. Their site now seems out of business so I thought I'd continue the tradition and post it here.

[99luftballons]

Patrick,I had the chance to see and heard Mick on Juny for the birthday of a friend living now in Britanny,you know this friend ...but we are online... no name !As every times it was a great moment . I make him laughing when I spoke about the shots I 've found on your site(I think it's on your Website ? cutting the cane,making surf...)Yes the NPU Paris site is out for the moment;it's a good idea to post this clip there!No problem with M.Gx.and others .Ciao

[99luftballons]

Many thanks Patrick . Always a pleasure to heard and see him . But , were you in paris for this concert ? It was just after another concert that the Breton Pipers Association organised ... in Britanny .