The Rambles of Kitty - Planxty

[themachinist1000]

The Bouzouki player looks sooo much like a character from Asterix and Obelix but I forget who - can anyone help me?!

[BoatmanCalling]

Who is playing the Bouzouki here?

[BoatmanCalling]

@BoatmanCalling Actually never mind, I think it's johnny moynihan. Are you heading to the Vicar Street gig tonight Bilko?

[juiceterry67]

Holy god that's some wig on Christy,

[matskigudjohnson]

The power in Christy's Bodhran  is unreal.

[Holm182]

The jig they play in the beginning is called "Garrett Barry's jig"! Should be added to the description/tags I think! :)

[walshy2103]

Feck sake lads! He's playing like that not to drown out the whole thing. Ive seen bodhran players beating the bodhran that hard that the reat of the session could not be heard. Pure disaster when that happens hey!

[captainghey]

>hear legendary band playing awesome tunes

>discuss whether by far the LEAST important instrument is hit with a stick or a hand

never change youtube.

oh and in my opinion the excessive drumming ruins this set, I can hardly hear what Paul and Andy are doing

[SuperCeol]

i love when the bodhran is played like this. sounds like a proper war cry. yup

[Steffordprawn]

@synthpathetic Expression of doubt. In any case an opinion is accorded more respect if it is put without profanity.

[ohisashiburi]

If ever we forget what 'living' is, this is the medicine we all need! BRILLIANT! Who among us can sit still?

[locomotive1804]

Like Paul Brady, guitar master, Christy Moore, bodhran master, Liam O'Flynne of the pipes, and who's that chap they borrowed off the the Bothy Band?

[ramqen951]

If you have their Hewlitt or the humours of Ballyloughlin from The Well Below The Valley i would love to hear them again.

[mickwor1111]

you r such a wanker synthpathetic obviously u kno fuck all about irish trad , granted bodhran is a tinny , but its real fuckin trad not the digital synthysiser shit they have these days , a bodhran should b played with vigor , not like a robot that so many off these new " bodhran technicians" with their hyatts and triplets say it should b played " there is alot to b said 4 "PUB PLAYERS "

[cheripoupette]

love this music so much !!

[54spiritedwill54]

mighty stuff

[ohisashiburi]

WITHOUT flaws

[robertalansmith]

It does seem very noticeable... maybe he was playing it too near the mike, or it was turned on too high.

[tshoebat]

This is music.

[skane01]

Isn't Sean og O'Flynn the world's only uileann players

[Donegaldan]

As Clare Bannerman corrected me it's Liam og O'Flynn. certainly not the only famous uileann piper, but one of Ireland's best

[clarebannerman]

Actually it's Liam Og O'Flynn, not Seán.

[Donegaldan]

Near enough, Tullamore Dew affects my spelling accuracy so excuse me on this one.

Liam Og it is..

[poteensean]

don't get me wrong I'me a big fan of christ''s music but hu looks a bit like "umpalumapa" miget up there..

[Donegaldan]

Sean og O'Flynn has to one of the world's best uileann players. Calm, melodic and disciplined.

[clarebannerman]

I think the first jig is called after Junior Crehan, of Mullagh,County Clare.

[sufferthefaster]

wow...just wow

[ancientbricks]

I'm curious about how Christy is holding his bodhran. Holding it by the bars like he is, it creates quite a pingy monotone sort of sound. Today's bodhran players tend to mute the head with their body and their left hand to produce a variety of tones. Maybe this indicates the evolution of bodhran playing over the years.

[finbarmaginn]

aye that, and over all, christy is not as good a musician as the rest of these guys, good singer tho

[patchbod]

I think all this chat about how he's playing his bodhran is a bit silly - everyone's forgetting that considering he's playing with planxty, he probably wanted it to sound like that? There are such a thing as different styles and different ways of playing to create different atmospheres, and I think that playing it with no dampening makes it a lot more dancy and medieval sounding. The fact we're commenting on it now shows that it's out of the ordinary, and the sign of a good musician is just that

[thirteenfingers]

Ah yea, but *he* isn't sat on YouTube commenting on and criticising things he's incapable of doing - what does HE know about bodhrán? Haha.

Good call. ;)

That said - the talk about his playing reminded me of an old phrase that always makes me laugh... bodhrán murderer. It really says it all when used at the right time. :op

[Dayepipes]

@patchbod Remember none of the musicians ran the recording mix. I've done scores of recording and broadcast appearances playing uilleann and highland pipes, and unless I nearly threatened murder to the sound mixer it was only 1 in a thousand of them that could come close to capturing the instrument and band sound right. --But that 1 in a thousand, he'd hit it right in maybe 3 or 7 seconds, and he'd think we were the idiots for doubting him. Oh what a world.

[Dayepipes]

The opening tune is Garrett Barry's Jig I believe. What a great piping lesson it is with clear audio and views of his fingers. Thanks so much for posting.

[RockyRoader]

Great sounds -who's that on whistle?

[RockyRoader]

Pardon me - it's Johnny Moynihan of course!

(Now playing the best of oldtimey, and releasing his first recorded material in about 30 years!)

[kelticknots]

Absolutely deadly thanks for posting!

[spudseamus]

pure spirit

[lorgain2]

They were in a class of their own, sheer beauty.

[alonzogarbanzo]

Wow! I can't believe I'm seeing Planxty with BOTH Christy and Paul B. This is golden.

[PamBeatabet]

Deadly thanks for posting

[amergin2006]

mighty stuff

[mikeymurray]

class few tunes. any more?