Seán McGuire In Full Flight

[juiceterry67]

My first time ever hearing Sean McGuire, it wont be my last. exceptionally brilliant

[SuperDonna888]

God bless you Mr McGuire, you gave and continue to give pleasure to so many people, with your masterful and sensational playing.

[rayggallagher1974]

Good grief: amazing. Love the wee bass notes he inserts.

[ancientfifer]

The Stephan Grapelli of Trad Fiddle. Amazing!

[daisyjopling]

This video is incredible. Sean seems like he is doing hardly anything, but if you close your eyes the music is so full of spirit I just want to get up & dance for joy. His bow technique is mesmerizing, this is really fast playing!

[Philoaussie08]

Fantastic !!!

[CaptainHousty]

what a legend

[jaffacakeaddict1]

@NiallR1991, he was born in mullahoran, co cavan. the birthplace of my grandmother rose maguire his first cousin and moved up north when he was young

[jaffacakeaddict1]

that man was my grandmothers first cousin, and the pride of my grandmothers family!!

i dont have any of his musical talent though :(

[jaffacakeaddict1]

that man was my grandmothers first cousin, and the pride of my grnamothers family!!

i dont have any of his musical talent though :(

[denisfoley]

and one of Irelands finest fiddle players

[denisfoley]

check a link " Sean Mc Guire in full flight" abbolute demonstration of one of the best

[gibsonpaddy]

The New Policeman is the first Reel.

[oilitreacht1]

i have a camcorder recording dated 19 july 2003 of sean playing the fiddle ,the uileann pipes in our house . a pure genius and he even played the masons apron for me even though he had gone off the tune.i first heard him play this on a tape from 1972. my late father and he were great friends for many years.Slan libh.

[BigBossCat]

Bloody hell, talk about pure genius. He's incredible - a master at work.

[Heath75032]

Sounds like an electric fiddle. am i right?

[gibsonpaddy]

Nope

[fiddlinmatt]

@Heath75032

yeah he's plugged in

[katsandroses]

*phenomenal*

[Wafaloo]

this gets better every time I watch it

[BenDover118]

tats annelaines dad in the hippy rug..:L:L:L:L:L xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxx

[irishjig123]

Brilliant music, Just one question is that Vincent Brown in the auidance from 2:19-2:26 looks very like him......Or maybe i am just going fucking blind

[elvischevy]

top class  / whats that accordian is sounds fab

[xxfiddlexxchickxx]

Is there any vidio of Sean playing Maisons Apron?

[RowanBlaney]

i used to get taught by his pupil, she'd send me to him when i was particularly bad! haha!

[wheelnutter]

Sean was also an excellent ullian pipes player. He played them on our American tour in the 60s. After every show he was always invited to someones house for another music session. He was a one off.

[helewelle1]

I have happy memories as a child listening to Sean Maguire. My Mother Eileen Stapleton (Lane) played piano in the Four Star Quartet in the 1960's with Sean Maguire fiddle, Bill Power banjo and Sean Cotter bass. They recorded the best traditional record ever made , recorded at Bill Stapleton's Studios ( my late father) Dublin . I donated recordings of Sean Maguire to the Irish Traditional Music Archives ! .

[gibsonpaddy]

were can dat record be got mate...

[beziersdude]

Clarebannerman I see in the sean mcguire write up that you say hes from belfast , not sure if this is true, I was at many of his concerts in cavan and he said this is where he came from (maybe he meant his people came from cavan) also Joe Burke at a concert addressed him as the genius from cavan.

Im from france but l like to go t o cavan whenever I get the chance. ,

ths for posting .

[NiallR1991]

He is indeed from Belfast :)

Never ever heard of him being from Caven before, eerytime I heard him play it was in Belfast and several murals have been painted in his honor in the west belfast area ^^

[BrainFPatterson]

@NiallR1991 - He lived most of his life in Belfast but he was born in Cavan.

[leftclog51]

just wondering did this man play in manchester in the 60s my own motherwas great fiddle player in that time but sadly she passed to spirit 30 years ago i am sure hes name was mentioned

[mandohat]

Wow@! didn't know about this guy. He's like an irish vassar clements

[tomthefunky]

Take that you country wannabees. Irish people rule and Yankee Irish are even better. UP LONG BEACH NY!!!!!.

[homanahomana]

Really don't like the sound of that instrument (was forced to play it when I was younger) but it sounds great in his hands, really unique to hear it played like that (by the way, thats exceptionally difficult to do on a fiddle!!!)

[kirsty519]

I can´t believe the crowd are just sitting there!!! I´d be stamping my feet and whooping!!!, thank you Clare, you put some brilliant stuff on here x give us some Gavin Marwick and bellevue rendezvous!!

[bossnmoo]

my grandpa and my dad and uncles would jam with him when he would come to cleveland... at our house on sunday, roast beef and sean mcquire as long as they weren't the ones playing!

[terrygrif]

Hi Mike. Who are the other musicians playing with the great Sean? Most enjoyable.

Terry.

[chrisinireland1]

He was the greatest...a 'once in a lifetime' player.

[Stargreened]

On second listening to this clip the third tune sounds like a variation of the 1st and 4th parts of the Mason's Apron any one agree?

[gibsonpaddy]

no its not i would have heard it instantly if it was

[Stargreened]

clarebannerman you really do put some gems on here. Long live YouTube and the internet.

RIP Sean.

[gibsonpaddy]

The best without a doubt

[themaples36]

reminds me of dermot obrien r i p who i worked with as drummer way back in early 80 s he plays his own way

[themaples36]

whatched him in preston in 19 73 i was 11 still remenber that wizard ace ultimate musician

[mediatorstage]

good stuff, excellent, nice etc

[mediatorstage]

Savage!

[nousername010101]

Wow! Perfect! but never use a piezzo.

[dblpjsc]

jpense que ti jean carignand vien de perdre son tite de champion du monde hahaha!! WOW!!

[gibsonpaddy]

one of the greats u say?? he is de great one

[tullochgorum]

Wow - what verve! Pity about the pickup quality, but there's enough of the performance captured here to see that he was one of the greats...

[gibsonpaddy]

Not 1 mistake in 3 tunes. Un-natural!

[gibsonpaddy]

Best irish fiddle player that ever lived. No1 will even come close 2 this man!!!

[ashleyleaper]

best irish

no no

BEST EVER!!!!

[gibsonpaddy]

Thats wat i meant cus. I never got 2 meet him but i exchanged letters wit him a few times. He was very kind with his advice

[mongorich]

What a fiddler! Nice job on guitar and box as well!

[KimInTheBox]

:] Man, he must have been some good, I wish i could have Met him..

[boxplayer2]

clarebannerman is that u on the guitar? random i no

[MRMETHOS1]

Unreal.

[Poodlepups]

I have to say, his playing must be terrific, but his pickup makes him sound like he's playing a Casio electronic one!

[dblpjsc]

ouf!!! WOW!!!

[swisspiper]

I ove the great fiddler SEan, but why nobody sponsored him a not so bad pick-up!?!

[CelticRose1967]

Very nice!! I would love to be able to play like Seán McGuire. Fine playing I say!!

[heggers9]

I'm pleased to say I saw Sean play live and he was a genius and a also wonderful teacher sadly missed .

[Jarrahnut]

Full flight? Crikey! That's jet propulsion! tremendous talent!

Hello to my wonderful friends Jackie Fallis and Brian Fagan - they're both tremendous too!

WE don't have to WIN the human race ... just SAVE it ...

Colin Hugh Abbott.

[Kyosuken]

WOW THATS SO KOOL

[KeyManiacLad]

The middle tune is called Lad O'Beirne's Favourite. Lad O'Beirne was a fiddle player who resided and played, I believe, in New York City around the 1930's - could someone verify?

[clarebannerman]

Correct--thanks Key

[SwinginDrumMeister]

Cheers KML, that's the last one nailed.

[mcmanus813]

he used 2 teach me

[conormaguireofficial]

this is great to see my grandfathers music being celebrated even now...never got to see him play...ony only got to hear cds a few years ago...

[Uladach]

Up there with Johnny Doherty, Stephan Grapelli and David Ostriach

[xms32]

masterful.

[SwinginDrumMeister]

The last tune is "The Cape Breton Fiddlers' Welcome to Shetland" by Willie Hunter - at least, Seán McGuire's take on it. Anybody know the names of the other two?

[SwinginDrumMeister]

First one's "The Belles of Tipperary" also called "The New Policeman", one more to go...

[HenryLeFong]

Sean - I had a couple of his LP's years ago one called 'Man of achievement' its great to see him in action, after hearing him for years. I always thought that some of his tunes were over dubbed but NO - they were all played on one fiddle at the same time by a genius !! RIP thanks for the music

[sope92]

is the accordion guy doing playback?

he doesn't open the bellows!

[KKJ52]

It's an electro/acoustic accordian. No need for bellows in electronic mode.

They've been around for many a year and have all the capabilities of a conventional keyboard when amplified.

[sope92]

but does it have bellows?

[KKJ52]

Yes, and if watched closely - especially at 2:33 - it can be seen very slightly flexing at the top-right of the instrument - no doubt a reflex action from a player used to acoustic mode.

(All accordian bellows can be locked in a closed position)

[sope92]

thank you for the information

[sheikyertailfeather]

sounds like a great musician. I've never heard of Belfast Symphony Orchestra. Was this the old BBC NI Orchestra?

[hdsnpm]

thats the best it can be done , any faster it s broken glass all the talent is controlled ace musician, god bless we have lost him

[violinist2552]

omg he is now my idol im only fourteen and i love playing fiddle music especially irish :] its sd to see such good talent be gone he sounds really good

[comhaltasmad]

Excellent post bannerman.Thanks again for all the videos they are a magic.

[jadmy5]

Maguire was a pure genius and in his golden period unsurpassed!His playing evolved over the years from a clean vituosic into a magical power house of exploding flamboyance and self expression. That was real music from the depths of his being. What an honour to have known him.

[fiddlinnfishin66]

what an amazing talent.he is sadly missed.r.i.p.sean.

[markendall007]

one word,

fantastic,

sure wish I could have seen him play live....

a true legend.

[wheelnutter]

Danced to his brilliant music in many dancing championships in the sixties. He made the music come alive particularly the Masons Apron.He toured with us round Americia with our dancing school ( McCoys) and was a great guy. PS. He played even better when he had a few jars. He is sadly missed.

[Rickupinoft]

What a legend. A fiddle player who'll never be forgotten. He has left a big mark on the tradition no doubt and, whilst his playing is generally a bit quick and frantic for my liking, I do enjoy watching and listening to his performances and he can hold an audience indeed!