Pete Purvis

Peter Purvis is Gaelic Storm's Highland piper, Uilleann piper and Irish whistle player. He comes to us from Ottawa , Ontario , Canada 's capital, where there are more snowmobiles than cars parked outside the local pub. (Other bands may be jumping on this whole "low-carb" fad, but Gaelic Storm is proudly 20% REAL Canadian! FDA approved!) Reared in this chilly northern hamlet, Pete began playing bagpipes at age 12 when he reportedly: "heard them... and thought they sounded cool" (if we ever needed proof that teenagers were messed up...). Pete is now a Grade 1 piper, who has played with some of Canada 's best and award-winning pipe bands and ensembles. His musical career has taken him all over Scotland , England , Ireland , and even as far as Sydney , Australia to play at the 2000 Olympics. When Pete was asked why he wanted to tour with this
particular band, he replied: "Hey... they're fun...why not."

 

You can learn more about Peter and check out his solo CD's at:
www.peterpurvis.com
myspace.com/peterpurvis