Over here in Holland I met him a few times and yes he's quite shy but also a very funny man! Great sense of humor and ofcourse wonderful craftsmanship in his music.
@9aspengold5, The "tune" used in the Disney film is a fake "Irish" style tune written for that scene. If you have listened to any traditional Irish music for any length of time, you will be able to tell that it is not the real thing, either in the style played (by a classical orchestra) or the tune (which doesn't follow anything like traditional structure). It is an example of a stereotypical Irish culture that never existed, and which cannot compete with the beauty of something like this!
6:35 I wonder if this is where the American anthem "Over There Over There Over There" originated. Geroge M Cohan was a step dancer and began his career in a musical Irish act called Hibernicon.
@Legertymusic thank you for this information. I have enjoyed Irish music for years and wondered why there was such a difference from the movie music and true Irish music.
@phoenix1916 The slip jig at the end of the piece Liam is playing here is incorporated in the Chieftain's Fox Hunt. Sean Keane plays it on the fiddle. Other than that, the Chieftains either composed on their own or borrowed other tunes (like The Foxhunters' Reel) for their "Fox Hunt."
@seonidh He has a couple of 19th century sets. One is a C# set made by Coyne which he inherited from the late Seamus Ennis (RIP). You can see videos Seamus playing that same instrument on youtube if you look around a little bit; my favorite is entitled "Seamus Ennis plays a reel." The other set is an Egan (I can't recall its tuning, it was either C or Bb) which a very generous widow bequeathed to him after her husband passed. He has used it on several of his recordings over the years.
Someone asked what the difference was between. The bagpipes and unlearn pipes, reminds me of a story I heard that the Irish played both up to the .middle of the eighteenth century and decided to give the coarser instrument to the Scots as a present ,they haven't copped on to the joke yet!
I have a love for the bagpipes also...but my first love is the uilleann pipes...Did you know that this instrument was almost extinct 60 years ago..When I listen to the pipes I am in a different world...R.I.P. Liam O'Flynn ..probably the best piper that ever lived...
The Uilleann Pipes..(Uilleann Irish for Elbow)...The instrument is mostly associated with Irish Traditional Music. Liam is one of the foremost exponents of the U.P.
@9aspengold5, To be fair, it is a fun movie and I remember it fondly from my own childhood (the banshee scared the crap out of me, though!). It just shouldn't be taken as a template for traditional Irish music or culture during that time period! (for instance, the 'real' Irish fairies in the folklore tradition are pretty scary beings, not funny little people).
is this the same fox chase from deford bailey? also lightnin hopkins. and then theres an alan lomax video of a dude playing pepsi bottles to "fox chase".....then later i found an odetta song called "the fox chase" but it had lyrics not just instrumental....thats when i think i discovered a second folk song called "fox chase" not sure if they related...anyone know?
literally the American Fox Chase Instrumental song i know...is just like one chord and a whole bunch a woops and hollers lol. mimicing foxes. usually with harmonica.
It seems linked in concept only. I think it's probable that the blues musicians heard it but then adopted their own version of it to the harmonica. The only musical bit I've found linking them is in Doc Isaiah Ross' version, in which he hints at the ending phrase of 'An Maidrin Rua' (which Seamus Ennis & Liam here use as a continuous motif throughout theirs) as an introduction.
Not a bagpipe...The Bagpipes are the Scottish version...the Uilleann (Elbow) Pipes are the Irish version...The Irish version are played with the fingers,hands,wrists and elbows...(The Scottish Pipes are blown into and have a much louder and harsher tone)
Actually 'bagpipes' covers the family of instruments and the uillean pipes definitely counts as a bagpipe instrument., A similar example would be how the term 'Stringed instrument' could apply to the guitar, banjo, violin, bouzouki or any other number of instument. 'The Bagpipes' as you call them are the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe, but there are hundreds of variations of bagpipe.
Not really, uilleann pipes is a very Irish instrument. They have highland pipes and other bagpipes in Scotland, but they are different from uilleann pipes, which has a very special sound and is hand pumped and has regulators which scottish pipes do not
It's probably one of the drones. There's nothing worse than playing an untuned instrument, you just have to stop and fix it before your eardrums break! :P
Ignoring the awesome musicianship, this is a far superior version of the piece. Thank you for posting the video.
Over here in Holland I met him a few times and yes he's quite shy but also a very funny man! Great sense of humor and ofcourse wonderful craftsmanship in his music.
Brilliant! What an amazing instrument and Liam O`Flynn is a master of it.
Magnificent!
Many thanks for this rare piece - and the wonderful info notes
ah, the pipes, the pipes!
gotta love the uilleann pipe. it suits ireland and irish music so well
Sure . Piping invented Irish music.
Sûrement un des instruments de musique les plus compliqués à jouer.
Magnifique.
Amazing player, great style and fantastic musicianship.. might choose to learn it .
Liam Og...Legend.
@9aspengold5,
The "tune" used in the Disney film is a fake "Irish" style tune written for that scene. If you have listened to any traditional Irish music for any length of time, you will be able to tell that it is not the real thing, either in the style played (by a classical orchestra) or the tune (which doesn't follow anything like traditional structure). It is an example of a stereotypical Irish culture that never existed, and which cannot compete with the beauty of something like this!
Played with both hands, Both Elbows.Wrist and leg. What an instrument!
such lovely playing... as always..
I absolutely love this version, Liam is awsome in the true sense of the word
Thank you for the info! Amazing!
Pure magic by a virtuoso.
6:35 I wonder if this is where the American anthem "Over There Over There Over There" originated. Geroge M Cohan was a step dancer and began his career in a musical Irish act called Hibernicon.
@Legertymusic thank you for this information. I have enjoyed Irish music for years and wondered
why there was such a difference from the movie music and true Irish music.
Rip Liam
Fantastic...
@phoenix1916 The slip jig at the end of the piece Liam is playing here is incorporated in the Chieftain's Fox Hunt. Sean Keane plays it on the fiddle.
Other than that, the Chieftains either composed on their own or borrowed other tunes (like The Foxhunters' Reel) for their "Fox Hunt."
@Legertymusic Thank you again. Wishing you a great New Year.
What a remarkable performance! I'd never heard that version before. Too bad the end got cut off....
You did a good job with what you had.
@seonidh He has a couple of 19th century sets. One is a C# set made by Coyne which he inherited from the late Seamus Ennis (RIP). You can see videos Seamus playing that same instrument on youtube if you look around a little bit; my favorite is entitled "Seamus Ennis plays a reel."
The other set is an Egan (I can't recall its tuning, it was either C or Bb) which a very generous widow bequeathed to him after her husband passed. He has used it on several of his recordings over the years.
Fair play to ye Clarebannerman fantastic selection of Uillean pipe players (Wicklow man)
lovely
has anyone got the complete interview or is there a TV recording of the program?
Someone asked what the difference was between. The bagpipes and unlearn pipes, reminds me of a story I heard that the Irish played both up to the .middle of the eighteenth century and decided to give the coarser instrument to the Scots as a present ,they haven't copped on to the joke yet!
I have a love for the bagpipes also...but my first love is the uilleann pipes...Did you know that this instrument was almost extinct 60 years ago..When I listen to the pipes I am in a different world...R.I.P. Liam O'Flynn ..probably the best piper that ever lived...
The Irish played the Bagpipes/Píobaí Choghaidh/War Pipes but mostly going into battle.
@phoenix1916
The Chieftains' "Fox Hunt" is their own arrangement and part of it derives from this piece, which is much, much older.
The Uilleann Pipes..(Uilleann Irish for Elbow)...The instrument is mostly associated with Irish Traditional Music. Liam is one of the foremost exponents of the U.P.
oh thankyou!
The Fureys And Paddy Keenan Are The Greatest Uilleann Pipers.☘🎼🎼🎼💚
@0kill0omegajackal0 That is the popular version. Seamus Ennis played the definitive version.
wow !
@seonidh Liam's pipes in this video were made by Leo Rowsome in 1936.
@piobairesicago Ok thanks for that, i cant find their piece on here tho, can you?
no, Seamus' has a gooseneck headpiece, and the chanter keys are shaped differently.
has anybody got " The Fox hunt" by the chieftains, or is this a derivation of it???
@9aspengold5,
To be fair, it is a fun movie and I remember it fondly from my own childhood (the banshee scared the crap out of me, though!). It just shouldn't be taken as a template for traditional Irish music or culture during that time period! (for instance, the 'real' Irish fairies in the folklore tradition are pretty scary beings, not funny little people).
@9aspengold5 Because most movie scores are composed by people with limited or no experience of the real thing.
excellent pipin', by the way! :)
*Cough* 'Orse!'
I suggest that if u like this virsion find the david powers virsion...very harmonic
Fiach An Mhada Rua agus Liam Óg Ó Flionn a bheith ag seinm - ar fheabhas!!
Wanne listen to music? 3:03
It's his regular D set I think.
What is this instrument called?
Uilleann Pipes.
umm am i the only guy who typed harmonica and got this?.....
The only instrument for me, this.
Felix version is de best man!
:)
is this the same fox chase from deford bailey? also lightnin hopkins. and then theres an alan lomax video of a dude playing pepsi bottles to "fox chase".....then later i found an odetta song called "the fox chase" but it had lyrics not just instrumental....thats when i think i discovered a second folk song called "fox chase" not sure if they related...anyone know?
literally the American Fox Chase Instrumental song i know...is just like one chord and a whole bunch a woops and hollers lol. mimicing foxes. usually with harmonica.
It seems linked in concept only. I think it's probable that the blues musicians heard it but then adopted their own version of it to the harmonica. The only musical bit I've found linking them is in Doc Isaiah Ross' version, in which he hints at the ending phrase of 'An Maidrin Rua' (which Seamus Ennis & Liam here use as a continuous motif throughout theirs) as an introduction.
Ar deis Dé go raibh a anam
@tikioaktree the only one that would admit it lol!
ya should warn us that the pipin' don't start for three minutes. We want the pipin', not the gabbin' :) That's the way of us Murphys. :)
And us Texans who dream of the land of our ancestors!
For me it depends on who's gabbin.
is this a bagpipe?
yep, an uilleann pipe ( the irish pipe )
+Celtic Gwen Loar I see
Not a bagpipe...The Bagpipes are the Scottish version...the Uilleann (Elbow) Pipes are the Irish version...The Irish version are played with the fingers,hands,wrists and elbows...(The Scottish Pipes are blown into and have a much louder and harsher tone)
there are many bagpipe, decade ( especially in france), the highland bagpipe is only one of them, even if it's the most known
Actually 'bagpipes' covers the family of instruments and the uillean pipes definitely counts as a bagpipe instrument., A similar example would be how the term 'Stringed instrument' could apply to the guitar, banjo, violin, bouzouki or any other number of instument. 'The Bagpipes' as you call them are the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe, but there are hundreds of variations of bagpipe.
it was so good until the abrupt end. pity to interrupt the great music
i thought this instrument is scottish! but still they have their own version of this instrument right ?
Not really, uilleann pipes is a very Irish instrument. They have highland pipes and other bagpipes in Scotland, but they are different from uilleann pipes, which has a very special sound and is hand pumped and has regulators which scottish pipes do not
It's probably one of the drones. There's nothing worse than playing an untuned instrument, you just have to stop and fix it before your eardrums break! :P
Interview is quite, waffley :/ but the tune s good, even better in Darby O'Gill and the Little People xD
A great version, but believe it or not, I really prefer the one done in the movie "Darby O'Gill and the little people".
No similarity to the Fox Chase I remember from the Disney movie "Darby O"gill and
the little peoplle". Sorry, but I prefer the Disney version.