Tommy Reck (Dublin, 1921 - 1991) was born in The Liberties district in Dublin and learned to play the unilever pipes from his tenth year of Teacher Old John Potts (1871-1950) who lived near the corner near him . Potts, in turn, was a student of Martin Reilly of Galway (1829-1904) and several other blind pipers who were taken to Dublin every year to compete in the Feis Ceoil, an annual music festival.

Tommy learned the staccato technique from the classical period of the unilever pipes through this direct link to pre-famine pipes (the Great Irish Famine from 1845-1847). Huize Potts was frequented by the best 1930's pipers, so Tommy did not have to travel to meet with a variety of other styles. After Potts had fallen through a brain bleed and could not play anymore, Tommy pulled a lot with Leo Rowsome and took some of his more legato playstyle. Tommy was active in the organization of the pre-war Pipers Club in Dublin.

After his marriage, he played less frequently and in the 1980s he had become an outsider of the pipers. Prior to that he was one of the top 5 odd pipers in the fifties and sixties, especially with pipers. He was a musician's musician who was acknowledged because of his stubborn, authentic playing style. Tommy was a quiet, shy man with a dry-dry sense of humor. Not a podium, so he remained out of the circles of fellow players and publicity who are shadowing his famous contemporaries Leo Rowsome, Johnny Doran, Séamus Ennis and Willie Clancy. At the end of the eighties, Mick O'Brien from Dublin and Rob van Dijk (The Scholar) again moved him to several performances. Tommy's concert in 1989 during the NVION's TIONOL is considered by many to be the highlight of the 25th anniversary of the association. Discography

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