Silly Wizard Live - Land O' The Leal

[DaiReborn]

I was fine until he said his baby was there already. I have three in the land of the leal.

[jimscarff]

Bless you for posting this and the other Silly Wizard videos. Of the 500+ Celtic CDs I own, Live Wizardry is clearly the best. I have all the Silly Wizard CDs, all the Andy M. Stewart CDs, and seen Andy, Phil and Johnny probably a dozen times. Andy's voice still gives me chills. Nobody else since has been as magical as Silly Wizard.

[MsKwwf]

This is wonderful to see and hear. This summer while visiting Scotland I was privileged to hear Andy Steward perform at a private concert, apparently his first one in a long time, and this was one of the songs he sang. Apparently he had such a good time at the concert that he is planning to resume his singing career. I hope so.

[TheGuerrillaPoet]

I've seen and met Andy a couple of times. He's a very nice man, funny as hell, and knows how to give you chills with a haunting song....chills like I'm having right now.

[biologyfreak101]

i was trying to listen to this while studying in the library, but i'm forced to stop cause i'm going into hysterics!!!

[jehouse]

Wow, I was at this show.

[DasHearach]

What an absolutely fantastic fiddler Johnny was. And what a brilliant band of tallent!

[LaurentziuRo]

Verry beautiful song !

[Semaj1250]

God bless Johnny, and the rest of the boys.

[DasHearach]

Don't know if unibomber63 really is Jonny's brother but you should all check out

"Phil y Johnny Cunningham (7/9)" and see just how much tallent these brothers possessed.

[alextirinnanzi]

With love ' n emotion, for Silly Wizard from Rome!

[phaphoutis]

thanx & slanje (forgive if I misspell)( also for the Irish) but I love everything Gaelic so it seems my soul for reasons unknown to my body, Mother & God Almighty must be Celtic. Maybe all souls are?82-86 I`ve been studying in Brittany well...

[littlemorella]

beautiful sad song - love it!

[Gillian1746]

This song is a traditional Jacobite song by Caroline Oliphant (Lady Nairne) . The land of the ' leal' means The land of the ' loyal' . Silly Wizard are silly indeed.

[gaconnochie]

@Gillian1746 "This song is a traditional Jacobite song" I don't think it has anything to do with the Jacobites and nothing in the lyric suggests it would be. She was seemingly deeply moved by the death of her friends only daughter and wrote this song. In the song one partner is dying and tells the other to not worry as they will soon see their long since deceased daughter in heaven - and of course sometime in the future they will see also them again in heaven too. It is about love and death

[joeygsmom]

great song! Have to ask, do you have that one called "Parish of Dunkeld" I believe is the title? thanks

[CELTILOS04]

farewell johnny r.i.p.

[cacacacosa]

Oh dear, I'd give gold to find a copy of this... It seems to be out of stock everywhere. So sad. I love the videos you've uploaded, mate. I really apreciate. They're not only brilliant musicians, they're also hilarious! How I'd wish I could watch the entire thing... Anyway, thanks again!

[cacacacosa]

God, John was a legend.

[pees72]

I thank the Goddess for letting us have Johnny for as long as we did. She is laughing with him now. So great to hear him joke and watch him smile. Peace and love.

[PoitinCZ]

first you cry with laughter, then you cry with the beauty...stunning.

[t4texas]

They were such a great band! I saw them play in Austin at the Cactus Cafe on this tour... just fantastic! Thanks for posting these, NoRefillsLeft! I would love to see one of these concerts released on DVD.

I saw Andy with Gerry O'Beirne at the Cactus 9 years ago. Good folk! (First saw Johnny solo in '83)

[funnylittlelion]

Heartbreakingly beautiful. I find it hard to listen without weeping.

[LindsayCurran]

God love Johnny, Andy - The Silly Wizards - & NoRefillsLeft - for posting! These 1988 Atlanta Georgia Concert live vids are dazzling gems not just for.the hauntingly lovely music - the introductory banter: PRICELESS! Thank you -

[NoRefillsLeft]

@LindsayCurran You're very welcome. :)

[Poodlepups]

@NoRefillsLeft Please please please consider posting more. The Banks of the Bann is my favorite video on YouTube, and the DVD's not being reissued! I play these all the time.

[MusicLoverInGA]

Thanks for posting this. I was at this concert -- 1st row. I was 21. You can find this song also on Andy M. Stewart's solo record: Man In The Moon.

[sciencegeek51]

This has been a favorite song of mine since 1963 when I heard it on Alex Campbell's LP he Best Loved Songs of Bonnie Scotland.

I sang it at my kid brother's memorial service, along with Taps.

It's said that Lady Nairne wrote this for a berieved friend , and I'm sure it's so. A dirge that still manages to celebrate life.

[Ealasaid17]

"Cigaretts and fried breakfasts are still good for you!" Fuck it sounds like my family...if its not fried or full of fat you'll just fade away and die.

[BurningBitumenGolem]

Jeez, i can't into English. Anyways, i enjoyed watching at them. They're my faggotry.

[daeusto]

Johnny is such a loss.

[ysplse]

I love this song. Nice to hear it here by Silly Wizard a great band.

I'd only heard it before by 5 Hand Reel on one of their albums.

[unibomber63]

nothing has captured johnny as well as this video, both as an artist and as the truely witty, son of gael that was johnny, you still make me laugh brother.

[NoRefillsLeft]

10,000 views! January 7, 2010 - 1:00 p.m. Thanks all for watching. :)

[lescot2000]

excellent .. thanks to see the Wizzard .. and ... Johnny .. so ,, nice ... merci

[lakeakero]

Thanks for these Silly Wizard films. Even though I'm an effete sassenach their music never fails to move me. Leaves me with a yearning for I know not what.

[PastraAchat]

I love this song p.Q

[vleal3]

Being a fan of Celtic-world music and having "Leal" as my surname (which means in Portuguese means exactly the same as in Scotts !) I ham double-touched by this song.

[rodneyscousin]

This concert performance was shown on PBS. Maybe we can get them to play it again instead of some of the thuck shows they play over and over.

[stat1791]

Oh, Johnny, I miss you so much, you wonderful talented, sweet man.

[stat1791]

Oh, my. I have this concert on a VCR tao...I love it so much andi t hurts me so that Johnny is no longer with us, Silly Wizard was an amazing band,

[powdergirl7]

Does Johnny have his theme song yet? Dedicated to his memory?

[omswaney]

Cannot tell you how much I love this song. When the fiddle comes in - takes my breath away. Sublime is the right word. It makes me cry though!

[HanuuEshe]

LOL Shamu :D

[joolsoffools]

Lovely. I'm looking forward to a vid of The Broom of the Cowden knows. ;)

[NSResponder]

That is just sublime. What a great performance of a beautiful song.

-jcr

[dasadopeboy]

cunningham!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MARCOSBARCENA]

great band -finest folk from all time.

thanks for posting -

chears from Cantabria - Spain-

[catherder2008]

I was at this concert when it was filmed.

[stat1791]

I am so, so envious, I love this band so much it 's painful. I have this concert on VCR tape and it;s a longtime favorite.

[uniroyal]

Thank you for sharing.

This is the song I wish for my own funeral.

[DaughterUnderChrist]

shamu - haha oh wow. that was funny.

these guys are sweet :)

[JennySF]

Thank you so much for sharing!!! Amazing...

[cocobolo7]

Wow, thanks for these clips NRL. I've been searching for this video for years and can't find it. Hopefully someone will bring it out again.

[Lapsanglover]

Beauty

[EJHV]

I really, really miss John Cunningham...

[stat1791]

I miss him, too, Such a gentle, talented, funny man,

[list55]

this version comes across as very sweet and honest and the chord changes are interesting than Five Hand Reel's version, but al in all Five Hand Reel's version is tops. anyone got it?

[suzytsuzy]

Thank you so much for sharing this. For me, Andy Stewart's voice is bound with 'Skye'. Everytime we go there, I put Silly Wizard on the dvd player in the car - and it's our background music for the holiday. I adore Skye, and I adore Andy Stewart's voice: sublime!

[stat1791]

Andy M. Stewat's voice is one of those things that marks the best of times.

[DuncanFishCartoons]

its a leal whale XD

[stat1791]

Oh, I miss Johnny SO MUCH.

[SlightlySusan]

Unfortunately, I did not discover Silly Wizard until they were about to break up. This is the first time I have heard this gorgeous song. Thank you so much for posting it.

[NoRefillsLeft]

This song is on Andy M. Stewart's CD "Man In The Moon," which is a wonderful album. One of the songs, the title track, is here on YouTube - you should check it out. The CD is still in print and available on Amazon. :)

[stevevaiisgod]

I LOVE this song - but i prefer James Grant's version

[joyfulactivity]

Wonderful... thanks for sharing this!

[powdergirl7]

I love Silly wizard and Andy Stewart! Thank you so very much for sharing this!! Were you there?!? Have you any more? Thanks again!!

[NoRefillsLeft]

No, I wasn't there, wish I was, but at least they made a great video.

I have the entire concert on video, but (a) hesitate to post more due to ye auld copyright issues, and (b) my computer broke. :) Also, I really do my best to respect the rights of artists to collect their royalties. I hope these 3 clips are sort of a "trailer" for their music. :D

The video has been out of print for years and I can't find any to buy. Hopefully the band members will get this show out on DVD some day.

[moyasingsbabyo]

Thanks for sharing! :D

[Cybermaxer]

lol

[delirus42]

Thanks for these vids 8) I've been a Silly Wizard fan for longer than I can remember, but I've never seen them live until now.

[Kuschelchaos]

Thanks a lot for posting!!!

Da bekomm ich immer noch Gänsehaut. Still get goosebumps.

[alba4232]

ich stimme dir zu es ist wunderschoen!

[SwinginDrumMeister]

Shamu ... God Almighty. *wipes the tears away* Thank God for Johnny C. And thanks for these clips, mate - we need more Silly Wizard on YouTube! :)