John Doyle and Liz Carroll - Siena Acoustic Festival

Another performance in Siena for the amazing duo. John and Liz are playing a set of four tunes: the first one is called "Paddy G's Trip to Dingle" written by Paddy Glacan, the second one is written by John Doyle and is called "on the lam" (or at least I hope I've understood well the title ;-) ), the third one is a tune by an accordion player named Tom Flamey (again... Sorry if I did not catched the name), the fourth one is by Liz Carroll and it's called "the top of the stairs". I hope you'll all enjoy this terrific set! Up the Ireland! :-D

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Music

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• Doyle
• Carroll
• Siena
• Acoustic
• Festival

[bookpacker]

Anyone know what guitar John's playing?

[MacMercury]

During the Festival John used two different guitars. This one is tuned in Drop-D while the other one is tuned in B. I know that both are hand-made, but unfortunately I can't remember the name of the Luthier...

[tastommy]

great set from these two . pacy without losing the phrasing if you know what i mean

i'm on replay four at the moment!

[MacMercury]

Yeah! Good Idea ;-)

I am studying this set for the guitar's positions as well... I know what you mean ;-) Keep on playing!

[traxsalty]

The mix engineer blew it. There is so much interplay between Liz and John that gets lost in this mix because of the balance and the lack of outboard reverb to give it space

[Legertymusic]

John never really plays particularly hard, a lot of the "battering" is due to the live mix and poor sound of the video transfer. However I would stress, Liz and John are a DUO, not simply melody and accompaniment. Thus, the guitar fills a lot of roles: percussion, bass and harmony. They work hard to make sure both instruments are in the forefront together.

[powerthomas]

@MacMercury They're McConnell guitars made by Jordan McConnell of the Duhks fame.

[Raichu234]

OMG THEY ARE AMAZING. BEST DUET EVER. Names of the tunes: Paddy Glankin's Trip To Dingle/On The Lam/The Waves at Dingle/The Top of the Stairs x

[bolder1967]

I'm Borg!!!!!

[starpunzel]

Having seen them both live, I can attest that John does not overwhelm Liz in the least. He uses chords most guitarists wouldn't even dream of and the way he manages rhythm and melody simultaneously is nothing less than amazing.

[musik102]

I think John's playing is terrifc. And, yes, I does contain a lot of subtle playing! I've listened to guitarist back fiddlers all my life and I've rarely heard any guitarist approach John's use of light and shade, subtle rhythm changes, bass movement etc. He's a complete rhythm section! The balance in the studio isn't perfect - but the playing is!

[Legertymusic]

John is a great accompanist, but he is not MERELY an accompanist, so raising the bar when it comes to trad guitar playing is part of their journey as a duo. Melody should always be king in trad music, but the guitar need not only be accompaniment anymore.