Alan Hopkins plays Maid Behind the Bar

[erzulie123]

Mr Bordglas.......you cheeky heifer!

[MrBordglas]

Close the window that cow looks friesian.

[pipa123100]

LOVE IT!!!!!!

[erzulie123]

@pipa123100 Thank you!

[pointerboater]

What's your tuning?

[erzulie123]

@pointerboater Standard Irish tenor banjo tuning: GDAE low to high.

[MegaBint]

Absolutely LOVE it!

[NatureLover987]

Beautiful banjo, beautiful playing :)

[gibsonpaddy]

Great instrument

[dubcindub15]

The stuffed cow on the window ledge isn't feeling it, if you can play like that you should be playing in an Irish bar where people know the tune and love it!

[erzulie123]

@dubcindub15 Love It! LOL. And there was me thinking the cow was my biggest fan!....okay my only fan!

[wheatberry]

I find this a great piece to play along with on my Bodrhan - your playing is fabulous !

[Bellerophon2200]

awesome playing dude!

[LinusHagne]

Aside with Barney mckennas version, I like this the most on youtube. Great playing. I'd love to learn how to play :)

[davnet13]

this is just mighty playing------ super

[jakethefiddle]

its on now,cheers,if you don,t like it i will remove,let me know what you think,cheers.

[erzulie123]

Well done Jake, very impressive! Cheers Alan

[jakethefiddle]

thats great because i went ahead and have done a eight track recording,i only just bought the bodhran so you will be able to tell,and played all the instruments myself ,apart from your good self,it only took an hour,i,m learning how to use this zoom machine ,i will put it on here,and i f you like it perhaps you would do some stuff with me and we will create the worlds first online vertual band!!!!,look for maid behind the bar with erzulie and jakethefiddle.cheers,jake.

[jakethefiddle]

hi,i have an eight track and play varius instruments,mandolin etc and i would like to put your banjo on my projects and play with your tunes ,would you mind if i did this?cheers jake buckton.

[erzulie123]

Hi,

I don't mind at all, I'd be interested to hear the results. I'll wait for the royalty cheques to flood in!!! ;-)

[sportinguista1995]

is the banjo easier than the guitar? I played the guitar many years and I wonder how's a banjo xD

[erzulie123]

That's a question I can't answer for you. Get a banjo and give it a try!

[GermanDulcimer]

Well, it has "just" 4 strings, that's for sure :)

[gibsonpaddy]

Great Banjo mate Custys in Ennis has a similar 1 i was playing it the other day

[Tagert112]

Excellent! One of my favorite songs on banjo :)

And kinda wierd but cool to watch someone play it lefty :)

[jeroendevries]

Thanks for posting, great playing.

[tarmenmin]

Brilliant!

[collzeliz]

dont you play backwards?

its brilliant i play the tenor banjo and i learnt this tune a few years ago on some of my other instruments but i could never play that good

but i think its very unusual the way you play but its brilliant.

[erzulie123]

Thanks. I swap the strings around and play left handed, just imagine yourself looking in a mirror and it's the same as you!

[neilhosey]

hes a lefty !!  :)

[gibsonpaddy]

Well done man.... Check out 'gibsonpaddy' and let me know wat u think.....

[HellzNord]

wow i really like this tune and u play it so well

[olmmbill]

Beautiful. Great sounding Vega. Looks like from the late 20's. For the Irish tunes I play on a Vega Professional, which is identical to yours, gold plated but a bit less ornate with the mother-of-pearl. Same tu-ba-phone tone ring. I've been playing Vegas for over 40 years and I love them. And you really know how to play it. Thanks.

[erzulie123]

Thanks olmmbill, (and others for your positive comments) Like you I just love the tubaphone tonerings. A Professional was my favourite until I got this Artist., as you say, basically the same banjo just a bit more fancy. Cheers

[Arkiel91]

Même en France on aime l'Irish Music !

Bravo Monsieur !

[thebullandrews]

lovely playing theres a realy good tone out of that banjo

[erzulie123]

Thanks for your kind comments.

[tarmenmin]

Great work! 5/5;)

[manthem89]

it surprises me you only have 187 views :) nice work.

I began practising this song today its quit hard

keep it up men :)

[Rickupinoft]

I have a Vega too. It is a 19 fret Little Wonder tenor banjo. Not a lot of people would regard them as a very top of the range banjo but I do. I was going to upgrade my banjo a few months ago. I was looking in particular at Paramount Style C, Leader and Epiphone Recording Kings. But I realized that I was happy with my Vega and didn't need an upgrade. And I still have that Vega now. I don't plan on changing it soon either!

[sizefam4]

Sounded great!

[Birdog225]

Excelent example of a Vega played with a great reel! What is that Vega sound? They are so distinct; what is it? Is it the twang? Lots of banjos have twang...What makes those Vega's so great? I don't know but I sure love mine too!