entertainment is to some extent in the eye of the beholder, to some extent how a performer is perceived can be down to the mood of the person who is part of the audience.
both jim and i know this particular player, steve shaw you do not, he is not in my opinion entertaining and is imo a mediocre musician.in my opinion playing the regulators is an important part of the sound of the uilleean pipes, but even if he was able to play them his music does not entertain me, neither does his bigoted attitude to the use of harmony. i know all about the history and lack of harmony in irish music in the past , but music has to progress, if it does not it becomes a museum piece, these stupid little rules are the same nonsense that holds back CCE.