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- Eric_Rigler abstract "Eric Rigler is an American player of the Uilleann pipes, Great Highland Bagpipes, and tin whistle. He performs as a solo artist and with the band Bad Haggis, and has been featured on a number of movie soundtracks. He has been described as \"the most recorded bagpiper of all time\". He has been playing all forms of bagpipes and tin whistles since he was a child, performing solo, with bagpipe bands and other musical groups.He has been featured playing Great Highland bagpipes, Uilleann pipes and tin whistle on numerous movie soundtracks, including Titanic, Million Dollar Baby, Road to Perdition, Braveheart, Cinderella Man, Robots, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, The Prince of Egypt, and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. His music was frequently used on the NBC show Crossing Jordan, and his arrangement of an Irish tune was used as its opening theme during the first season. He was also featured on the USA Network in the 2006 Victoria's Secret fashion show, playing the bagpipes for the Highland romance sequence and for the AFI Lifetime Achievement celebration for Sean Connery.Rigler played \"Amazing Grace\" at former President Ronald Reagan's funeral in 2004.Rigler has performed with numerous musicians of many different styles, most famously with Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser and Skyedance. Rigler has appeared on albums artists such as Keith Urban, Barbra Streisand, Rod Stewart, Josh Groban, Phil Collins, Rubén Blades, Meat Loaf, and Romina Arena.Rigler plays pipes and whistles in the Celtic world fusion band he formed, Bad Haggis, based in Southern California. He occasionally performs with Los Angeles-based rock band The Young Dubliners. Rigler wrote the tunes \"The B-52\" and \"Walking the Plank\", which are performed by the World Pipe Band Champion Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band of Northern Ireland, the Los Angeles Scottish Pipe Band, and other top level bagpipe bands throughout the world.On February 12, 2013, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Detective Jeremiah MacKay was killed on duty near Big Bear, California in a firefight. Rigler played a special tribute at his funeral on February 21, 2013, along with 130 other bagpipers and drummers to honor the fallen officer. MacKay was the department's official bagpiper, who had performed at the funerals of other officers.In 2016, Rigler performed on Dream Theater's song \"The X Aspect,\" on their album The Astonishing, marking the first use of bagpipes in a Dream Theater recording.".
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- Eric_Rigler genre Celtic_music.
- Eric_Rigler genre Celtic_rock.
- Eric_Rigler genre Folk_music.
- Eric_Rigler instrument Bagpipes.
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- Eric_Rigler occupation Musician.
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- Eric_Rigler wikiPageWikiLinkText "Eric Rigler".
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- Eric_Rigler birthName "Eric Rigler".
- Eric_Rigler caption "Eric Rigler performing live in 2012".
- Eric_Rigler genre Celtic_music.
- Eric_Rigler genre Celtic_rock.
- Eric_Rigler genre Folk_music.
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- Eric_Rigler instrument Bagpipes.
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- Eric_Rigler subject Category:American_folk_musicians.
- Eric_Rigler subject Category:Great_Highland_bagpipe_players.
- Eric_Rigler subject Category:Living_people.
- Eric_Rigler subject Category:Musicians_from_California.
- Eric_Rigler subject Category:Place_of_birth_missing_(living_people).
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- Eric_Rigler hypernym Player.
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