1. Vinnie Kilduff plays whistle, uilleann pipes, guitar, mandolin, piano, harmonica, bodhran and flute.
19 Facts About Vinnie Kilduff
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Vinnie Kilduff is described as one of Ireland's best known contemporary whistle players.
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Vinnie Kilduff's father was a talented fiddle and whistle player.
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In 1981, Vinnie Kilduff was asked by U2 to play uilleann pipes and bodhran on their album October and to guest with them at their concert in Slane Castle that year.
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In 1983, Vinnie Kilduff rejoined U2 for their promotional tour of the album War.
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In 2009, the U2 song "Tomorrow" with Vinnie Kilduff playing the uilleann pipes was featured in It Might Get Loud, the Davis Guggenheim documentary on the electric guitar from the point of view of Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White.
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In 1988 Vinnie Kilduff was invited by Mike Scott to join the Waterboys for the recording of their Fisherman's Blues album.
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Vinnie Kilduff played guitar, uilleann pipes, and whistle, as well as co-producing several tracks on the album.
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Vinnie Kilduff continued to tour with the Waterboys between 1988 and 1990.
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In 1990 Vinnie Kilduff joined the Irish folk band Clannad for the recording of their album Anam.
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Vinnie Kilduff continued to record and tour with the band throughout the 1990s.
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Vinnie Kilduff featured on their 1996 album Lore, the 1998 Landmarks which received the 1999 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album and their 2005 release Live in Concert.
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In 1982 along with Steve Wickham and others, Vinnie Kilduff was a founder member of Irish rock band In Tua Nua.
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In 1989 Vinnie Kilduff formed his own rock band The Rocking Chairs, along with Conor Brady, Gerry O'Connor, Derek Kennedy and Peter McKinney.
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In 2010 Bergin released one of the songs "My Angel" as a single, with Vinnie Kilduff playing tin whistle and as producer.
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In 1996 Vinnie Kilduff played uilleann pipes as a soloist on composer Patrick Cassidy's Famine Remembrance, a piece commissioned to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Irish Famine.
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In 1990 Vinnie Kilduff released his first solo traditional album The Boys From The Blue Hill.
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Vinnie Kilduff has worked on various film and TV productions in both a production and music-writing role.
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Vinnie Kilduff has worked with many of the leading names in the Music business including U2, Clannad, Sinead O'Connor, The Waterboys, Steve Cooney, Charlie Lennon, Ciaran Brennan, Arty McGlynn and with Newry rock band The 4 of Us.