The Dubliners - Boulavogue (Instrumental)

[HabsburgLorraine]

Curious shadow.

[thepikeman98]

The one and only...never to be matched in our time. Long live Barney McKenna !!!!

[kevsonof]

Hail! Hail! the Barney "Magic"

[SuperReddevil16]

absolutely brilliant

[Topnotch121]

great tunage kad.could jizz off to this in the hill kad.

[benny266698]

brings tears to my eyes and the hair on the back of my neck stand up

[punkcity]

Absolutely brilliant. Brought tears to my eyes. Thanks for posting.

[friesenlamm]

Great :) thx for posting this jewel

[xgi36]

Wonderful !! Thank you.

[liams080172]

this was played at my grandfathers funeral as the coffin was brought in. That was over 20 years ago and it still brings a lum to my throat when I hear it now.

[irishgeal1]

as luke said about barney playing the banjo and i think luke knew his back up, ladies and gentlemen, the best banjo player in the world bar none, barney mckenna.

[geofflovett]

@irishgeal1 never a truer word ever spoken irish,barney could make the tenor banjo talk.

[youpick4me]

thanks, bud

[BoudiccaBlanc]

Thank you for posting this video.:-)

So sad, yet so beautiful!

[afertyus1000]

hi maybe he taps the open notes on purpose? it somehow sounds better

[buddhUU]

Y're spot on. Barney often picks drone notes. He makes a few mistakes these days (but he's still great) but when this was recorded it was how he meant to play it.

[youpick4me]

I"ve got a tenor banjo but I can't seem to make it have that constant trembling sound like barney, anyone know of any secrets to this reel? is my pick supposed to hit each note in a certain form? newbie here would love some feedback!

[frankyh101]

no one plays the tenor banjo quite like barney Mckenna

[buddhUU]

Not actually a reel. This is the air from a song played in a slow, loose time. It's often played in waltz time.

For the "trembling" sound you need to master a technique called tremolo picking. It's used a lot on mandolin too. There are tutorials on YT if you search.

Barney is a genius.

RIP Luke, Ciaran, Ronnie and Bobby

[Grave187RIP13]

@youpick4me Learn tremolo picking, as you were previously told.. If you want a good example of tremolo picking watch Alex Chudnovsky's Ripples Of Silence on here.  Sure it's on guitar, but the same basic principal is applied.

[defibrillations]

What a an amazing song and sucha haunting heart wretching version...this was played / sung at my grandads funeral. Still brings a tear to my eye...miss you gran.

[benny266698]

this makes me cry a haunting tune played as only Barney can he is legend

[uncleswilly]

God bless you Barney, i wish there was a vid of this...!

[opaldove]

Ohhh, so do I uncleswilly, so do I :))

[03013691]

Barney! Thank you! This is amazing!!!!

[alpino262]

i fall in love for this tune when i heard the version by Davy Spillane and Aly Bain...

but this one too is very great!

thanks!

[29091920]

barney is ace!

[connelly755]

check brendan boyers version of boolavogue stirring version

[awayachoobye]

I can see from your photy that you want this to be about you. The man was a master - who the hell are you?

[liljimnicebutdim]

was a master? still is actually

[ImOneCrazyFucker]

Go Barney go!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amazing talent.

[joeygsmom]

I love this song its so sad though :*)

[mauve33]

cet air aété créé pour father MURPHY

[thefashionboy253]

bon à savoir dans la mesure où l'on sait qui est "Father Murphy" ; il n'empêche que cela reste sublime!!

[TriLeacAbu]

Hard luck Wexford, Come on Tyrone.

[DiceyRileyProduction]

LEAVE BARNEY ALONE RIGHT! HE PLAYED BILLANTLY! Everyone makes a few mistakes. CAN YOU do better?

This is the Word of our Lord

[tom13671]

very nice

[howdofolks]

superb , wee barneys pure class

[PGPyramid1]

Wow!

[Micksta2007]

one of my all time fav songs. and what an instrumental version! brings tears to the eyes! Go on the Yella Bellys!

[rebeljohn]

brilliant  !!!

[garmla]

this song gets the passion flowing, hup the dubs,(i know its a wexford song)

[exxzxxe]

Truly wonderful!!!!!!

[PSVBoeruh]

Up Wexford............

[parakarter]

So moving! A brilliant player - and the shine on those boots show the man to be a perfectionist! :o)

Long may you continue to entertain us fans, Barney.

[bubblewrapp87]

the man i call uncle barney i am from trim my mothers a mc kenna

[thedubliners1]

Banjo Barney !