Cathal Hayden,Máirtin O'Connor,Samie O'Dowd The Gathering Festival, Killarney, Ireland on 24.02.08

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Cathal Hayden, Máirtin O'Connor, Samie O'Dowd Killarney 24.02.08
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Recorded at The Gathering Festival, Killarney, Ireland on 24.02.08

The Gathering festival caters for traditional music enthusiasts with concerts featuring Ireland's top groups, instrument workshops on a variety of instruments and informal late-night sessions.

Dance fans are not left out either with workshops on set-dancing and sean-nós dancing by day and a céilí each night.

The week also features a singers concert, a major lecture, a schools 'outreach' programme and a tour to Sliabh Luachra region.

Mairtin was one of the main musical forces behind the now legendary "Riverdance" phenomenon, having previously, through his work with De Dannan, Midnight Well, Skylark and as a solo artist, quite simply gone where no Irish accordion player had gone before .He is one of the most respected and best loved musicians ever to emerge from the country.

Cathal Hayden is a multiple All-Ireland Championship winner, he achieved worldwide recognition as one of the founder members of "Four Men and a Dog". He is one of Ireland's top fiddlers and his solo banjo performances are quite simply, show stopping.

Seamie O'Dowd's musical abilities have become increasingly familiar at international level in recent years. Rooted deeply in the traditional music of Sligo, he has played in many genres of acoustic and electric music. He toured the world for a number of years with Sligo trad.legends, "Dervish" and recently has played at home and abroad with Liam O'Flynn, Matt Molloy and Meteor Award nominee Mary Mc Partlan.

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Music

Tags:

• PRAK14
• Cathal
• Hayden
• Máirtin
• O'Connor
• Samie
• O'Dowd
• IRISH
• TRADITIONAL
• GATHERING
• KILLARNEY
• Folk

[WhiteTiger333]

Wow! TIny word for some massive excellence. :) One thing I couldn't work out was where the deep bass was coming from, along with a bit of a beat. Sounded like a bass fiddle, but obviously not if just those three guys were playing. The bottom string of the banjo itself?  Too deep and too much *thunk* to be the guitar, I'm thinking. Wonderful effect, whatever.

[PRAK14]

@WhiteTiger333 -- I am sure it is the guitar sound from Samie, giving it that bass feel. Love the way Mairtin holds back and then enters to a stunning climax. Lovely people too. I have learnt that film things, it may be hard to do, but the results and preservation of history, just magnificent.. One of my favourite efforts.

[ASPARTAMINE4]

@PRAK14 HI PRAK

Those low notes are from the G string on Cathal's banjo.

The man is a genius on both Fiddle and banjo.

regards

Bill

[PRAK14]

@ASPARTAMINE4 - Thanks for your input, I agree, The man is a genius on both Fiddle and banjo, and a Gentleman too..

[PRAK14]

@WhiteTiger333 - Received the following comment :Those low notes are from the G string on Cathal's banjo.

The man is a genius on both Fiddle and banjo.

regards

Bill



[tirvaluk]

Love Cathyls playing, the low note is definitely from the guitar!

[t4texas]

The Liverpool Hornpipe, no? Love this!!

[BobSoperJr]

Excellent sound quality on this vid, PRAK14.

[Scotsovertheborder]

I didn't know this video was here  - brilliant, these guys are unbelievably good. It just so happens that I was listening to the Crossroads album this morning when I was walking the dog

[kwakman55]

theyb played one nite in the ceili house in lurgan and never heard the likes .....