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Piper Jones Band

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​EJ Jones has been performing at TSF for almost 20 years with Clandestine, the Willow Band, and now the Piperjones Band. The group performs traditional and original bagpipe music with cittern and percussion accompaniment.

EJ Jones began his musical journey with the bagpipes in 1986 under the instruction of gold-medalist piper Michael Cusack. The bagpipes soon became his life.

EJ's performing career started as a simple street musician while he pursued competitive success in classical bagpipe contests and, under the direction of gold-medialist Donald MacPhee, as a member of the Hamilton Pipe Band - at the time, one of the top ranked pipe corps in the United States.

In 2002 EJ recorded his first solo album, The Willow, along with fiddle player Rosie Shipley and guitarist Gerry O'Beirne, which met with great acclaim and featured many of EJ's original compositions.

Combining his performance talents with his desire to discover the best possible sounding pipes, EJ became a pipemaker. He now makes his home and workshop in the North Carolina mountains. His Scottish smallpipes are played across the US and abroad.

Approaching twenty years as a professional piper and ten years as a professional pipe-maker, EJ teaches at bagpipe-learning events such as the Pipers Gathering, the Celtic Arts Foundation in WA, and the North American Academy of Piping and Drumming. He is in great demand as a recording and performing artist on the Scottish Highland pipes and Irish flute, and he also crafts the Scottish Smallpipes - which he played on Robert Earl Kean's album "Traveling Storm."

In August 2014, EJ will travel to Brittany to compete in the MacCrimmon Trophy at the Festival Interceltique, the largest Celtic festival in the world. Upon his return, he will embark on a coast to coast tour of the United States with performances from Maryland to California and many states in between.

www.piperjones.com

2017 Live Music

ED MILLER
Scotland, UK
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Jil Chambliss & Scooter Muse
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ANTON & THE COLTS 
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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BRIAN McNEILL 
Scotland, UK
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SCOTLAND RISING
Texas & Oklahoma, USA
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MURDER THE STOUT
Houston, TX USA
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REEL TREBLE
North Texas
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FORT WORTH SCOTTISH PIPES & DRUMS
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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RATHMORE
Texas & Oklahoma, USA
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TULLAMORE
North Texas
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Margaret Gravitt & Jim McCrain
Texas
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CLEGHORN
America!
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JIGGERNAUT
North Texas
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SELKIE GIRLS
North Texas
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PIPER JONES BAND
USA
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CLANDESTINE
Houston, Texas
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SKELETON MCKEE
North Texas
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SEAMUS STOUT
North Texas
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N TEXAS CALEDONIAN PIPES & DRUMS
North Texas
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JED MARUM
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Texas
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LASSIES GALORE w/Emily Dugas
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North Texas

N TEXAS CALEDONIAN PIPES & DRUMS
North Texas
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WILLOW & HER GIANT
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North Texas
FIDDLE FADDLE w/BRIAN McNEILL
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2017 Texas Scots Talent Winners

ANTON & THE COLTS +
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
THE VINE BROTHERS
Fayetteville, AR
The BROOK & The BLUFF
Birmingham, AL
THE GRENAWAYS
Cornwall, England, UK
REEL TREBLE +
North Texas

CONNEMARASTONE
Essen, NW, Germany
NARROW PLAINS
London, England, UK
CHARLIE JEAN +
London, England, UK
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Be sure to listen, like and follow all of our Texas Scot Talent Winners! Talent with a "+" are planning to perform at the 2017 Texas Scottish Festival & Highland Games. Schedule TBA.

Past Texas Scots Talent Performers/Winners

John McGroarty +
Fife, Scotland
Madi Davis +
McKinney, TX
Scottish Thunder +
Austin, TX
Dead Tree Duo +
Austin, TX
Songs For Ceilidh +
Worcester, MA

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      • Children
      • Photo Contest >
        • Photo Contest Archive
        • TSF Photo Contest FORM
      • Scottish Breed Fun Match
      • Shortbread Contest
      • Shortbread Registration
      • Whisky Tasting
      • BRODY
  • Clan Village
    • Scottish Clans
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      • Fort Worth Scottish Pipes & Drums
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