Jim that piper is a bollocks who has no regulators on his pipes , so he is only playing the chanter, a total wazack that does not believe people should use harmony on irish tunes.
my experience is that medicore musicians are always the most defensive. anf that guy is a case in point, i know the bollocks well, he earns his living as a book maker, he is niether a good trad musician or an entertainer
of course tradtional music can be entertaining, examples abound seamuns ennis miko rusell packie byrne all entertainers but also decent trad musicians.
as a matter of interest, i remember doing a folk club in bicester many years ago most of my material was trad, but i was also entertaining, and trying to present the material in an interesting way anyway the organiser interupted me to say, stop telling jokes we have come to hear you Sing.... well mayhem broke loose which was entertaining in itself . the organisers name was chas cordingley.
Tradtional musicians and entertainers are in my experience often one and the same thing.
Jim you are both.   .