Andy Irvine - O'Donoghues

[surfandtradpcm]

Its a guitar shaped bouzouki or a gouzouki and its tuned GDAD'. Made by Stefan Sobell. Check the website out.

[surfandtradpcm]

Its a guitar shaped bouzouki or a gouzouki and tuned GDAD

[jprmac1]

What a guy. How the *emph* does he do it?

[Jag517]

Oh i wish i was back in O'Donoghues Pub Dublin.. What a song, what a pub!

[deathcadilac]

i wish i could play this song :(

[Stratplayer05]

I am confused. He seems to play that instrument alot. Is it an 8 string guitar with paired strings like a 12 string, or is it a Bouzouki that is shaped like a guitar?

[bigalli100]

amazing musicion.look at all them chord changes and added melodys,and he is singing aswell great style.and hes a humane person with good political views.one of the best along with dick gaughan...thanks for posting...

[Goofigonzo]

I first heard this when I went to see him in the Edinburgh Folk Club with a friend last year and absolutely fell in love with his music- this was probably my favourite!

[Lisnageeragh]

A great song about an iconic place! Man of them now gone....so many had good times there!

[yahoochiewatchie]

I was just in O'Donoghues last night - crackin spot! One of the few remaining proper irish pubs

[Uuuurk]

this is actually a ulliean pipe shaped as a bouzouki

[TheRakishPaddy]

@Uuuurk Haha ;)

[billydruid1]

fuckin great stuff man

[tonymfahy]

Brilliant Andy!

[girrrty]

what i wudn give to hav been in o donoghues in them days, a fly on the wall!

[macdoff]

This " guitar" with 4 paired strings is a guitarshaped bouzouki made by Stefan Sobell, a first class luthier from England.

[Steph9737]

this brings me good memories of his concert in Panama :) i love his music and he is a very kind man. Thanks Andy for such good music, go raibh maith agat!

[thetwentinch]

He's playing a guitar with 4 pairs of strings -- anyone know anything about that?

[illusivemcsorley]

@thetwentinch lol I never even noticed until you said. I must be blind. Great observation!

[deex22]

@illusivemcsorley Think's it's a bouzouki- guitar... seen him the other night, actually an 8 string

[TomRAFC]

@illusivemcsorley its called a gazouki. a guitar string like a bouzouki

[illusivemcsorley]

@TomRAFC Thanks Tom! Cheers, all the best.

[Thomasfiddle]

@thetwentinch It's a bouzouki with a guitarr body that he had made. I think that you can read about it on Andy Irwines homepage.

[thetwentinch]

@Thomasfiddle That makes sense - I'd probably have figured it out myself if I'd thought about it for a few minutes. God it brings me back - a neighbour's 21st birthday party, my first sight of a bouzouki, a Pioneer sliding down the wall at 2am...wonderful. Must start playing again.

[ConorSod]

@thetwentinch Its actually a Bouzouki, he just came up with the idea of putting the strings on a guitar body (for comfort more than anything), however the finger board is also much longer than the standard acoustic guitar

[brycecake2]

@thetwentinch i think its an octave mandolin set up like a guitar shape-wise and whatnot

[brycecake2]

@thetwentinch i think its an octave mandolin or bouzouki set up like a guitar shape-wise and whatnot.

[silvi01977]

@thetwentinch He's most likely strung his guitar like a bouzouki... he can get the tone and depth from the body of the 12-string and he can utilize the riffs and shapes from the other side of his musical arsenal. Sounds great either way.

[RovinBoozers]

@thetwentinch--It is actually a custom-made bouzouki with a guitar body; Andy prefers the sound he gets from the larger body.

[shgsistemas]

@thetwentinch

Actually it's a guitar-shaped irish bouzouki (tuned G-D-A-D)

[thetwentinch]

Thanks to EVERYONE who has written in the last month to tell me it's a guitar-shaped bouzouki. Rekindled my desire to play, once my wrist is sorted.

[bodhranseb]

@thetwentinch its a bouzouki

[dhen75]

@thetwentinch Andy got this made himself, from what I know its tuned the same ass a Bozuki (bad spelling!)

[ProvoIRA2010]

@thetwentinch It's not a guitar

[thetwentinch]

Thanks to everyone who pointed out that it's a bouzouki with a guitar-shaped body.

[TheRakishPaddy]

@thetwentinch

I think he had it custom made. It's tuned to a bouzouki, but shaped like a guitar.

[happybiker365]

@thetwentinch

This is a Bouzouki with a guitar body ... brilliantly produced by Stefan Sobell

[MrSheymie]

Hi @thetwentinch ! This is a guitar-bouzouki (bascially the strings of a bouzouki on a guitar body). The bouzouki is a greek instrument. (I'm happy to be corrected if someone knows, but) I think Andy Irvine may have invented the guitar-bouzouki. The guitar body makes it louder than a bouzouki than would normally be possible on a traditional bouzouki body, and the bouzouki strings and tuning keep the lovely ringing sound of the greek bouzouki.

[hugostabiloboss]

@thetwentinch It's basically a Bazouki with the dreadnought guitar body that he has specially made so that it can give it a more powerful accoustic sound than the original instrument. He actually references the bazouki in the song. His is a modification of it. Great sound hasn't it?

[TheEdhoward85]

@thetwentinch It's called a Bouzouki, it originated from the Lute family, taken from Turkey to Greece, in the 60's found it's way into the Irish folk scene from the Greek bouzouki. It's a 8 string, with 4 sets of two.

[Geser1567]

@thetwentinch it's called an irish Bouzouki although the one he's playing is a custom made guitar bodied Bouzouki, they tune up the same as a mandolin either GDAE or GDAG

[zookarama]

@thetwentinch Actually, its not a guitar- its an Irish bouzouki with a guitar body. The string courses are tuned in 5ths, as with a fiddle or mandolin. Looks like the scale on this one is about 23". Google Irish Bouzouki for more info. Graham McDonald of Oz makes very similar instruments in Canberra.

[ciaranjmartin]

@thetwentinch It's basically a bouzouki with a a guitar's body, he uses a lot these days

[SulliBackingTracks]

@thetwentinch Its an octave bouzouki.

[clarebannerman]

O'Donoghues in the 60's/70's was magic!

[TownCoote]

Jaysus I love this too. Has me dreaming of days that I'm not sure existed, but I'm desperately trying to cling onto.

[Jenxxie]

Fantastic. Andy, you and Donal are 'the men' ...  Just wicked !

[ronanberg]

perfect

[gandesa38]

this guy is the cream of our generation,check out his website and get along tosupport this wandering troubadour

[neohip]

I said much the same thing earlier this evening.I directed a new fan to his website and I even used the word "Troubadour".

Brilliantly descriptive of Andy isn't it?.

I first liked Andy's music because I thought it very good,not knowing a thing about the man.His guitar playing and songs made me feel that I had found a genius that no one else knew about!.

It was a few years later that I realised he was actually rather brilliant,and much loved and respected by his peers,as he should be!.

[joeygsmom]

yes we Andy fans, there are quite a few of us !

:-)

[neohip]

Not as many as there should be,but there will be many more if I have my way!.

[joeygsmom]

Ill drink to that!

on the bright side, many of the people who have uploaded these vids are young people,who simply like the music (rather than being nostalgic) so that should count for something:-)

[MartynFolkSinger]

What a brilliant song!

Bravo Andy!!

[arsewipe24]

bring back real pubs....irish pub life is under attack.

[Rory99M]

@arsewipe24 not tonight

[clarebannerman]

O'Donoghues --"I gave U all the best years of my life" --- Paddy,Maureen,Con & Greg ♪♫

[bunglecraigavon]

Brilliant stuff, thanks for putting this on here. Do you know was this released on any albums?

[illusivemcsorley]

I don't think so from what I can tell. Damn shame. I'll keep looking though and asking around. I'll message you if I find it on an album.

[evadnarf]

Yes. It appeared on "Changing Trains" . An album recorded by Andy's Group Mozaik. Available at all good online record stores.

[bunglecraigavon]

thanks alot just ordered it!

[illusivemcsorley]

Thanks for answering evadnarf

[ConorSod]

If you try pick up the new Mozaik album its the first track on it. Great version with Bruce Molsky on the fiddle backing andy.

[illusivemcsorley]

Thanks Conor!

[TomAJoad]

Excellent!

I just love this Andy Irvine song!

Thanks Man!

[illusivemcsorley]

Cheers Ruair! Hope you're well.

2:20 "He swallows his pint and he's back on track... how the **** does he do it?" hehe that lyric always gives me a smile