Charlie Piggott (accordion player) from Cobh, Co. Cork, has been playing traditional music from a young age. One of the founding members of De Dannan, with whom he toured extensively and was involved in several recordings. He now works as a professional musician in Galway and features regularly on television, radio and at traditional music festivals. Strict adherence to tradition is important to Charlie in his performance of music and every effort is made to rescue old rare and seldom played tunes from the tradition. He was one of the most influential Irish banjoists in the generation after Barney Mckenna of the Dubliners. Unfortunately he damaged his thumb in an accident and had to quit the banjo.