Girl Blasts Lynyrd Skynyrd’s ‘Free Bird’ Solo On The Bagpipes
A girl at a Celtic Festival did the Lynyrd Skynyrd classic, Free Bird solo on the bagpipes to absolute perfection, and someone captured it on video for us all to enjoy!
The event was the 33rd annual Pittsburgh Irish Festival. It was held the weekend of September 6th through the 8th at the Carrie Blast Furnaces National Historic Landmark — Rivers of Steel, which is a historical landmark located in the city. A remnant of the once massive, legendary U.S. Steel Homestead Steel Works, the Carrie Blast Furnaces are a vestige of Pittsburgh’s 20th-century domination of the steel industry.
According to the festival website, in addition to the three-day “Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day Festival,” the Pittsburgh Irish Festival has expanded into a year-round resource for education and cultural programs through the creation of the Irish Education Outreach Program.
The Program’s primary objective is to create a higher awareness of the ethnic richness and significance of the Irish and Irish-American culture and presence, from both a historical and contemporary perspective. This year’s festival was filled with food, drink, vendors, and loads of entertainment, including one special young lady.
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About The Lady Bagpiper
The talented Lass that the Free Bird solo on the bagpipes is Ally Crowley-Duncan, aka Ally The Piper! According to her website, Ally is a multi-instrumentalist, best known for her work on the Great Highland Bagpipe. Ally likes combining bagpipes with modern music but also plays a wide variety of traditional music on the instrument as well. You can find Ally’s content on her TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook pages, or you can become a Patron to support her art and receive early releases of content, and early access to tickets.
If you would like to see Ally The Piper perform live, you can take the trip out to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania the weekend of September 27th through the 29th, for the Celtic Classic Festival. Ally will be performing there Friday at 7:30 pm and Saturday at 2:15 pm! Then you can say you saw the Free Bird solo on the bagpipes!
Here’s the video from the Pittsburgh Irish Festival that first caught my attention:
