Season 5 Episode 19 A Chat with Joey Abarta about Pat Sky and American Uilleann Piping

Tunes: Patrick Sky: Many A Mile Joey Abarta: Eibhli Gheal Chiuin Ni CHearbhaill (Fair Gentle Eily OCarroll) Please Consider Supporting the Show by Joining the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag ++++XXXX++++ Joey Abarta Huge thank you to Joey Abarta for Chatting with me. You can Buy the Album Copley Street on Bandcamp here: https://copleystreet.bandcamp.com/album/copley-street I also recommend looking over the gorgeous website for Copley Street here: http://www.copleystreet.com/ As of the time of this recording you can still book lessons with Joey at many different levels of commitment and interest here: https://uilleannpipelessons.youcanbook.me/ Pat Sky The Track Many A Mile is off Pat Sky’s Debut Album “Patrick Sky” it is streaming many places and available for digital download on some services. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Sky_(album) Pat Sky Video from North Carolina Television: https://youtu.be/7al1306eAFI Pat Sky’s NYTimes Obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/arts/music/patrick-sky-dead.html Pat Sky’s Rolling Stone Obituary: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/patrick-sky-folk-singer-dylan-contemporary-dead-obit-1175891/ I spoke about my history and what Pat Sky meant to me earlier on Episode 16: https://www.wetootwaag.com/s5e16 ++++XXXXX++++ RESOURCES Joey Referenced some of the cool older Newsletters put out in the 1970s. Most (if not all) Of them are Hosted by NPU for you to read: This Newsletter "The Uilleann Piper" was begun in 1974 in an attempt to connect all of the known Uilleann Pipers in the US and Canada https://pipers.ie/source/media/?mediaId=26431&galleryId=1037 The Uilleann Piper grew into the Seattle Piper's Club's Newsletter, "The Piper's Review" https://pipers.ie/source/media/?galleryId=1036&mediaId=26318 Please take advantage of the Tune Collection tab: https://www.wetootwaag.com/tunesources Also Please take a minute to leave a review of the podcast! Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGASupport Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast