Paddy Keenan is an Irish player of the uilleann pipes. The early years Paddy Keenan was born in Trim, County Meath in 1950. His father and grandfather were both uilleann pipers, and his father, Johnny Keenan, spent many nights playing along with piper Johnny Doran. He began playing at the age of nine, and at the age of 14 he played at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. He then turned towards blues and rock and toured England and Europe when he was 17. Early groups and The Bothy Band Returning to Dublin, Keenan played regularly with his brothers and father at folk clubs and various venues around Ireland. In 1975, he was part of a band called Seachtar, from the Irish word for 'seven people.' This band was the genesis for the The Bothy Band, of which Keenan was a mainstay from its inception to its demise in 1979. A solo career Keenan's first (and eponymous) solo album appeared in 1975, and he also duetted

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