Patsy Touhey

Article summary

Patrick J. Touhey (26 February 1865 – 10 January 1923) was a celebrated player of the uilleann pipes. His innovative technique and phrasing, his travels back and forth across America to play on the variety and vaudeville stage, and his recordings made his style influential among Irish-American pipers. He can be seen as the greatest contributor to a distinctive American piping style. Recordings made of Tuohy in the 1900s have been digitised and made available on the ITMA website as well as the Dunn Family Collection site of the Ward Irish Music Archives.

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1. date of birth: 1865-02-26 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of death: 1923-01-10 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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