Fel Bautista
Los Angleles, CA
I saw Steeleye at Ed Pearle’s Ash Grove. I heard about a group called the Chieftain’s from an Irish band that played at a pub in downtown L.A. I saw the Chieftain’s from the second row at Royce Hall when they did their first US tour in 1974. The gates were opened. Planxty, the Bothy Band soon followed. I went to Ireland for a week in 1978. While in Ireland. I met several people, notably Matt Kiernan through the help of Na Piobirti Uilleann, the Irish Piper’s club.. The world wide web was up and running in the late 90s so I eventually found the Southern California Pipers Club and got piping instruction from them through the years.