Well, derrymacash, I got my copy by a path of very little resistance indeed: I purchased it at a Paddy Keenan concert in Sioux Falls, South Dakota last November. Three of them, signed, in fact: one for Hyp and me, one for Mom, one for my daughter.

But that specific solution isn't available to you, unfortunately. Doesn't look from his website (www.paddykeenan.com) that he'll be playing in England any real time soon. I went through a bunch of UK-based online CD places, and plenty have "Na Keen Affair" and "Poirt An Phiobaire," but none have the solo debut. But looks like Terry's got the thing for you.

I'm glad that those who know him well find him as grand a fellow as we did, Larry. He took the time to chat with us for several minutes after the show when we shoved this short stack of CDs in front of him to sign. He had been talking during the show about a piece of music he had written that was inspired by the Sand Creek massacre, but that ended up being used in a documentary about Wiccans for British TV (or something like that; the memory grows hazy). Anyway, the only recorded version of the tune was on this TV documentary, and he offered to send us a copy of the tape--said to email him about it. Procrastinators that we are, we haven't got back in touch with him, but will--we found him to be charming, a touch eccentric (went in stocking-feet with a hat pulled down low over his eyes for the whole show), gracious, witty, and kind.

And, in spite of the Dakota-wintry lack of humidity, a damn fine Uillean piper--one of the very best. No slouch on whistles and flutes, either. He wasn't happy with his performance because the dry air was working buggers with his regulators, but we were in heaven from the first note. But he did tell us about the worst dry-reeds experience he'd had--playing a festival in Telluride (I think--Colorado, anyway). Ouch. Guess all that wetness in Ireland and the UK serves a purpose after all.

Chris