Artist description The band started with a sense of humor and a bond that continues today among a group of people so diverse that you have to have a sense of humor tounderstand why it works.

Music Style Traditional Irish and Scottish music

Musical Influences McCumba, Victoria Police, Shotts & Dykehead

Similar Artists Like none other

Artist History It was 1977, and I was sitting in the Student Unionof the UT campus at Austin when I saw this guy walkby wearing a kilt. I jumped up out of my seat andstopped hom to ask what he was doing with a kilt."Well," he replied, my familty is from Scotland,and..." "Yeah, yeah, ok. But, why are you wearing it today, and why here?" He said, "Oh, well, I'm wearing my kilt in honor of Sean Connery's birthday."We both had a good laugh (even though he was totally serious). After some talk, we discovered that bothof us played the bagpipes and ended up jamming that night.We eventually formed a band. A short time later,we named that band The Silver Thistle Pipes and Drums.Patrick Reagan about meeting Kevin Hendryx Cofounders, Silver Thistle Pipes and Drums.

Group Members Ken Liechti (Pipe Major), Erik Arhelger(Pipe Sergeant),Jason Whitson (Piper), Ian Liechti (Piper), Rose Adams (Piper), Mary Tedesco (Piper), Alison Sherwood (Piper), Jennifer Easterday (Piper), Henry Blassingame (Piper), Jennifer Blassingame (Piper), Bob Heath (Piper), Dave Pietruszynski (Piper), Kevin Smith (Piper), Matthew Willis (Piper), Jaco Conradie (Snare), Karen Green (Snare), Colby Robbins (Snare), Damon O'Gan (Snare), Arthur Keen (Flourishing Tenor), Joanna Sarrett(Flourishing Tenor), Kristel Pittsford(Rhythm Tenor), Wade Harper(Bass)

Instruments Highland Bagpipe, Scottish Drums, Penny Whistle, Djembi, Timbali

Albums SambaThistle (Highland Bagpipe with Brazillian Percussion), Wake up there man!

Press Reviews Austin Chronicle Recommended Listening: "What do you get when you cross Afro-Brasilian percussion and samba rhythms with Celtic pipes and drums? It's called Samba Thistle, and it's a conglomerate of local bands Sambaxé and the Silver Thistle Pipes & Drums. It may seem that mixing the body-rousing drums of Brazil and West Africa with a spiritually and viscerally stirring Celtic pipe arrangement would surely send you careening into some sensory overload, but these people are professionals - you'll be in good hands." Austin Chronicle Review of "Hey wake up there, man!"http://www.auschron.com/issues/dispatch/2000-02-04/music_recviews14.html

Location Austin, TX - USA

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