Bon Lavogue / Mrs McLeod

[TheDiarmaidable]

The more a lend me ear te this .... the more a bethinkin tha twill nevar..... an i mane Nevar! be bettered !

[TheDiarmaidable]

apart from the lead two, who else is on here....... they alll done apowefulll job areckin.

[TheDiarmaidable]

o bejasas !

[kfirlevi1]

every place where david spillan play

the music is perfect 

[deslm]

The bluegrassish guitar accompaniment on the reel ruins it for me, but good playing nonetheless.

[BaldGrace]

This is terrific! Go raibh mile maith agat!

[Ynysmydwr]

My favourite Irish air!

But once again: could we not have the title of this "thread" changed to the far more accurate Boolavogue or (in Irish) Buaile Mhaodhóg?

"Bon Lavogue" [sic] must surely be a typo.

[davnet13]

excellent rendering

[JAKWIK]

BRILLIANT

[gnowave]

nice to hear mcleods with 50's style slap double bass in that chorusy part, wuith the drones jumping out at you under it

[kw5gh6]

Caomhain san:

Thank you for your good comments.

You say Boolavogue (not Bon Lavogue)is irish

and was born at the time of Wexford uprising,

right? Then ,I think, it is probable that

Gentle Annie by Stephen Foster might have

its root in Boolavogue. May I have your

further comments?

[caomhain]

This is Boolavogue not Bon Lavogue I am pretty sure. Heard this 100s of times. "the yeos at Tullagh took Father Murphy and burned his body on the rack...etc" Wexford uprising, Ireland 1798 (pre Stephen Foster I think).

[Joalbto]

amazying , no words.

Davy you,re an angel.

[EtiLeda]

this is absolutely amazing.....incredible. any chance anyone have this on mp3 ??

[mactcampbell]

What can I say. Davy Spillane is the master of all masters when it comes to slow airs. And of course, as always, this is another of Aly Bain's outstanding performaces. There is a lot of info on this tune and the lyrics on "the session" site. Must go, have the notes in G major and have to learn it.

[kw5gh6]

JMD0429san: Thank you for your good comments!

You've just hit the nail on the head,I think.

That is celtic-music's deep influence on the Amerian music.

By the way,as to Bon lavogue it seems to me

Gentle Annie by Stephen Foster(Composer of

Hard time come again no more etc.)is very similar to the tune in the sense of basic melody line.(In those days copyright of Foster itself might not have been legally eatablished nor protected,which had led him to the death in poverty).

[kw5gh6]

JMD0429 san, thank you for your good help.

Having read your comments,I reffered to another posting of Uncle joe. There I found a comment regarding "Miss Mcleod's Reel" stating "Yes. It's (originally) a Scottish reel, and later an Irish Reel, with the Irish version being faster, typically with a lot more ornamentation, and essentially BBAA instead of AABB"

First one Bon lavogue also has any similar tune in American music?

[JMD0429]

I can't recall a similar tune to Bon lavogue in our folk music, but I would not be surprised if there was.

Scots-Irish immigrants laid the foundation of folk music in the USA. That's why the two musics blend so well in transatlantic sessions.

[kw5gh6]

Tomtscotland san,  thank you for posting this beautiful tune. May I dare ask you one question?

Bon lavogue seems to me very similar　to Mrs. Jamieson's Favourite.If so,they have　stemmed from same root?　I like both though I am not　able tunderstand gaelic language(neither　irish nor scottish)。

[JMD0429]

I'm not sure if this helps, but in the states the second tune is called "uncle joe".

[JEANETTE60]

I like stuff like this

[ofdfataapet]

@JEANETTE60

It is not bon anything. It is Boulavogue followed by Miss McLeod's Reel OK!

[JMD0429]

Davy Spillane is a legend!

[stonefield94]

amazing....words are needless...just listen and enjoy...

[Ynysmydwr]

Excellent performance. The real title of the first air, though, is not "Bon Lavogue" but Boolavogue (Buaile Mhaodhóg): the parish of the song's famous "Father Murphy of the County Wexford".

[craigschirato]

What heart would this not soften?

[graham1281]

That's superb

[graham1281]

That's superb

[IsabelTopTenClub21]

What a beautiful Celtic Sound!! I justlove it...Put on my dancing shoes and I am off....

reeling and jigging....pure dead brilliant!!!

[TheBachands]

BEAUTIFUL!

[ali1745]

spot on but the reel is called mrs macleod of rassy

[langzeekoei]

This is magnificent. I come from SA but believe that somewhere in a previous lifetime I have heard this, because I just love it from the depths of my soul

[martinmcmutrie]

Thanks for posting this - it's the version of Miss Mcleod's I was looking for. Lovely.

[crtUK]

I posted another version of Mrs McLeod/McLeod's Reel under the title "Uncle Joe" (its American name)from Aly Bain's earlier TV series "Down Home"

[RinceBox]

Boulavogue (Co. Wexford)

[freya1998]

Absolutely Fabulous!

[josiahscurlock]

Wonderful.

[Leif4481]

If that is not magic, then I don't know what is my friends...Leif

[madcelt1]

nothing like the feeling of being back in the old country, aye?

[CarlosMacMartin]

Well mate,I'm actually in the USA,originally from the

state of Arizona but would love to visit Scotland &

Ireland someday.This music transports you there,in the

mind & spirit.Also have some good friends who are of

Celtic descent.Think Aztecs & Celts..nice combination!

[CarlosMacMartin]

Wow! Puts a chill down my spine! Makes me think of

rolling green hills,cold mountian streams,fog,mist,&

chilly mornings.Ahh!I can see it now! Beautiful!

[curamach]

Boulavogue is the air

"At Boulavogue as the sun was setting

On the bright May meadows of Shelmaliar,

A rebel hand set the heather blazing

And brought the neighbours from far and near.

Then Father Murphy from old Kilcormack

Spurred up the rocks with a warning cry;

"Arm, arm," he cried, "for I've come to lead you;

For Ireland's freedom we'll fight or die.""

[TheBachands]

Love these tunes! Who are the players? thanks for posting this beautiful music video.

[tomtscotland]

Davy Spillane on Uilleann Pipes

Aly Bain - Fiddle

Russ Barenberg - Guitar

[coriolan92whybanned]

Awesome! The day the Transatlantic Sessions DVD is released, a music publisher will be rich!!!

[jeanhoel]

problem is , hmmm , i guess they don ' t beleive you : ( ... yet