East at Glendart - Planxty 1980

[surfandtradpcm]

They look very good for of he telly

[surfandtradpcm]

Where do you get your planxty vids.

[bilko1234]

@surfandtradpcm From the telly.....

[claymohr]

@GryffindorGurl - Actually on this album, I believe Andy took over some of the bouzouki duties whilst Donal was playing a larger thing the liner notes referred to as a "blarge". What Andy is playing is too large to be a mandola or octave mandolin unless it's an octave-octave mandolin. :)

[GryffindorGurl]

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS WEDDING MUSIC :D pure magic

[karen1128]

love the sound but what the hell are they playing? oK i'm in america but that guitar thing...is alittle OFF THE TOP....to the morn. if ya know what i mean.

karen peterson a country gospel music loving type. but love the irish tunes too!

[piobairesicago]

@karen1128

I don't know what you mean but the "guitar things" are an Irish bouzouki and an octave mandolin. 

[locomotive1804]

I like the way they close up on faces in the audience - including the little girl who's bored out of her skull :)

[joeygsmom]

hmmm well not everyone appreciates a good gig (I would have though!)

;-)bilko1234.

[jamotrad]

One of my favourite tunes played by Planxty. I love they way they build the sound from the two rythmic Bouzouki's to the full sweet melodic voices of Liam O'Flynn's pipes. Beautiful music.

[gnowave]

its lovely the way the chorus part seeps through, like a misty dewey cold morning and the sun breaks through the mist and warms the soul

[gnowave]

amasing how any ojne could get such a good sound out of the really crappy bodhrans they had then

[cipospalmares]

Christy Moore uses his hand/fingers.

[gnowave]

the chick in the close up in the audience with the white face and the long black hair is very nice.

the band can carry a tune too

[barraomathuna]

the "flawed" quality of the old recording makes the tunes sound so much better!theres almost something nostalgic about it!

[mambositor]

that is so full of joy and life...triumphant....! makes ya want to lep around the garden...

[odubhlainn]

pure magic awsome.

[flanum]

fuck me, did ya see the ad up on the wall behaind liam? "be alive, be walking"! what the fuck??

[taradidi]

who plays bodhran with their hands anymore, that's great.

[cmccaroline]

i absolutely love this reel.this is the tune that got me into irish trad

[upkilt]

It's a jig.

[erconn0r]

Where is Matt! The best part!! ;)

[fiendishfreddie]

Is this known also as Humours of Glendart by any chance?

[trish3rs]

I know the first jig by that name,

[josefgiven]

Wonderful - thanks for posting this.

The second tune - the one started on the pipes - is Brian O'Lynn's. The third one, where they all kick off together, is Pay the Reckoning. They did this arrangement as the 2nd track on After the Break.

[lorgain2]

I had just returned in 1969 after a 10 year stay in England and the old tunes were being given a freshing by the great Planxty and other brilliant musiciansm what a great time for Irish music, thankfully it is still strong.

[alonzogarbanzo]

Glorious performance. Donal and Andy's wizardly bouzoukis, Christy's blazin' bodhran, Liam's mighty wind. Man, I wish I'd been in Ireland in the late 70s.

[festnoz10]

great - thanks Bilko

[gallantbob]

Where do get all your awesome videos? Thanks for sharing them.