West Clare Fiddle Playing

[allendupras]

whats the name of the first song???

[bungalowct]

@allendupras Caher Rua reel (tune, not song)

[allendupras]

@bungalowct tune... song.. who F$@%##ing gives :P It's music

[bungalowct]

@allendupras Your welcome. I wasn't responding to criticize but to give the name of the reel. Maybe also to save you future embarrassment;)

[allendupras]

@bungalowct uhhh sorry.... I guess I just got mad :P It's the only thing about celtic music that pisses me off..... Although it's not even the music but the people that play it.... Thanks though :D (I've been told it's a tune and not a song a million times over again already)

[capelstreetgal]

I think that was Paddy Glackins father behind them with his arms folded.

John was a great caractor as he prnounced it.

[frussell3]

Frank Harte in blue on the left hand side?

[irishgeal1]

thats the style of her.

[shitamerica1]

If I was in a band, I'd be the woman in the leather coat

[dpoland]

@shitamerica1 good one, good one, too funny.......

[sylvie13150]

it's beautiful.

I loved it!

bravo to you.

SYL

[sixkidz317]

Up the Banner!!

[shankandbrisket]

Wonderful!!!

[iiijg77]

I watch this over and over... Pure Heaven...

[Cavanpiper]

dang thats Frank Harte sitting next to them. Wonderful.

[HEADSUPBERKELEY]

By GOd it is good to see this family

Must take a lesson from James now if I ever get back to dear old Ireland

Slainte

BB

[WindyPoplars09]

@HEADSUPBERKELEY

James is living in Miami Florida now.

[Iamnodhimmie]

Hey! That's a very young Frankie Gavin in the background!

[minoguee]

No its not, john kelly father with his two sons

[bluezaroo]

Excellent Video,

Darragh Reck.

[fergansean69r]

pure irish music lovely stuff.. this is what the young irish musicians of today should be aspiring to...

[guitard00d2]

hey, u dont have to aspire to violin playing. i mean, look at "flogging molly" for example

[xxchangeling]

This music is great, but I don't have a clue what is it that makes one style different from the other.

They all sound very similar, Irish, Scottish, Donegal, West Clare, Northern...

When you love music you wish you had a 1000 years to live to be able to learn all the wealth of musics there is in this planet with all their subtleties and intricacies.

[FurorTeutonicus]

great

[kealyc]

Look at those hairstyles, aren't they glorious. They should be doing Mach 3 and moisturiser commercials on RTE.

[rockridgerobin]

Wonderful!

[ormoluinhen]

I tend ot fling my bow around when I play, maybe i should be more restrained then i'd get a more beautiful sound like this

[NatureLover987]

cripes the guy at 0:42 looks kinda creepy ..

[rodolfogden]

Indeed, he does. Perhaps that's because concentrating on the music has transported him to another realm of consciousness. He looks a bit like a medieval style painting of saint, does he not?

[Seamus616]

Unreal. Bail ó Dia orthu!

[rohlederj]

Who's that sad-looking girl?

[fiddlinnfishin66]

thanks for that.pleasure to hear.

[dowhatucan]

great stuff. thanks.

[apriloreilly13]

try thesession(dot)org they have all kinds of sheet music and tabs for traditional music.

[smacclutch]

john kelly is a legend

[JDLK2005]

Notes? I wouldnt say these lads have even seen the notes, most of this music is learned and played on the fly

[evedaly333]

really glad to see other clare folk with videos putting the music out there... thank you!

[beachbabebluesky]

Clarebannerman for President!!!

[1890cabin]

I have happy feet now.

[TeeBeeBad63]

And I have jazz hands!

[ricc4life]

cool i wish i could play like that

[jsherlock95]

Ah there is nothing quite like it I love sessions like this.

[Legertymusic]

That's the stuff.

[lorgain2]

The audience are behaving like most Irish people who are enthralled by good musicians.

The musicians welcome the absence of the `clappers`.

[suuzzee5]

Brilliant!!!

[glasgowkiwi]

Just look at the audience! The Irish are masters of suppressing their enthusiasm.

[BonneauEric]

i like this thank.

[sprothan2]

Beautiful!

[petraki53]

Thanks a lot for this one. I met (and played a tune with) John Kelly 30 years ago in O'Donaghue's. Joe Ryan was there, too. John was a good concertina player as well. Brings back memories!

[kickatinalong]

Great pulsing rhythm, masterful. I remember sessions at the 4 seasons listening to John and James and others in the early 80s.

[torianna16]

ABSOLUTLY MAGNIFASINT!

[consairtin]

this has to be my favorite video on youtube. the music is so sublime, and i will never be able to divine all of it's depth.

[jerryhollandjr]

great playing!

[tommyceol]

The Wild Irishmn is a great tune. That's Frank Harte RIP sitting up on the left corner. Legend.

[fiddlinshim]

When John the Father recorded the first tune on the old Seoda Cheoil, II, LP, the first tune was called "Caher Rua".

[gwyguy]

This is a clip from the video "Come West Along the Road", where the tunes are given as Ceathru Cavan and The Wild Irishman. They were and are one of the great families of Irish music, the Kellys of Capel Street in Dublin.

[Hofner78]

Any one have the names of those tunes?

[scarlotte13]

Excellent music. Similar to the music I grew up to in Newfoundland. As a great number of Newfoundlanders are of Irish descent, alot of Irish traditional music here.

[clarebannerman]

John Kelly and Joe Ryan played a regular gig in O'Donoghue's Pub, Dublin for many years in the '70's. He also played in the Four Seasons Pub at the top of Capel Street of a Thursday Night (great sessions).Many is the good night I had listening to beautiful music like this. Rest in peace John.

[Lisnageeragh]

@clarebannerman was often in O'Donoghues on those nights with the late Eddie Clark....inside the side door!

[JAZZYJULS]

terrific!