Bad Haggis

Bad Haggis

Bad Haggis is a Celtic band with roots in Scottish music.Fact|date=March 2008 The American group is led by piper Eric Rigler, who has played on dozens of movie soundtracks. A tune by Bad Haggis was used in the first season of Crossing Jordan, and pipes and whistles played by Eric Rigler are still heard regularly on the show.

Eric Rigler has played bagpipes on several movies and is commonly regarded as "the world's most recorded piper".Fact|date=March 2008 He also played the pipes at former President Ronald Reagan's memorial service.

Current members

As of 2005/2006:
* Eric Rigler - uilleann pipes, great highland bagpipes, Scottish smallpipe, tin whistle
* Mike Hoffmann - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
* Mick Linden - electric bass, vocals
* Rogerio Jardim - drums, vocals
* Alberto Lopez - percussion

Past members

* Bryon Holley - drums, vocals
* Kathleen Keane - fiddle, whistles, vocals

Guest Members

* Rubén Blades - vocals, percussion
* Los Angeles Scots Pipe Band
* On certain occasions (notably, the 2005 Seaside Games in Ventura), a few members of Bad Haggis have been known to join The Wicked Tinkers on stage.

Discography

* Bad Haggis (1998)
* Ark (2000)
* Trip (2001)
* Wine Dark Sea (2005)

Movie Soundtracks with either Bad Haggis or Eric Rigler

* Titanic
* Braveheart
*
* Troy
*
* Cinderella Man

External links

* [http://www.badhaggis.com/ badhaggis.com] The band's regularly updated homepage.
* [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808593605/info yahoo.com] More information about the movie history of Eric Rigler and Bad Haggis
* [http://www.mikehoffmaNN.com/ mikehoffmaNN.com] Guitarist Mike Hoffmann.
* [http://www.hoffmannamps.com hoffmannamps.com] Hoffmann Amplification - Musical instrument amp builder for Bad Haggis


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