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.
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.
@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."
@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!
@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.
@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...
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.
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 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
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Ignoring the awesome musicianship, this is a far superior version of the piece. Thank you for posting the video.
Amazing player, great style and fantastic musicianship.. might choose to learn it .
Brilliant! What an amazing instrument and Liam O`Flynn is a master of it.
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.
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.
such lovely playing... as always..
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.
I absolutely love this version, Liam is awsome in the true sense of the word
@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."
@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!
Fantastic...
Played with both hands, Both Elbows.Wrist and leg. What an instrument!
What a remarkable performance! I'd never heard that version before. Too bad the end got cut off....
Pure magic by a virtuoso.
Thank you for the info! Amazing!
@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.
@Legertymusic Thank you again. Wishing you a great New Year.
@phoenix1916
The Chieftains' "Fox Hunt" is their own arrangement and part of it derives from this piece, which is much, much older.
@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.
@0kill0omegajackal0 That is the popular version. Seamus Ennis played the definitive version.
You did a good job with what you had.
Liam Og...Legend.
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.
Fair play to ye Clarebannerman fantastic selection of Uillean pipe players (Wicklow man)
no, Seamus' has a gooseneck headpiece, and the chanter keys are shaped differently.
@piobairesicago Ok thanks for that, i cant find their piece on here tho, can you?
lovely
@seonidh Liam's pipes in this video were made by Leo Rowsome in 1936.
has anyone got the complete interview or is there a TV recording of the program?
It's his regular D set I think.
What is this instrument called?
Uilleann Pipes.
Rip Liam
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.
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.
has anybody got " The Fox hunt" by the chieftains, or is this a derivation of it???
wow !
I suggest that if u like this virsion find the david powers virsion...very harmonic
The Fureys And Paddy Keenan Are The Greatest Uilleann Pipers.☘🎼🎼🎼💚
oh thankyou!
excellent pipin', by the way! :)
@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).
Fiach An Mhada Rua agus Liam Óg Ó Flionn a bheith ag seinm - ar fheabhas!!
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.
@9aspengold5 Because most movie scores are composed by people with limited or no experience of the real thing.
umm am i the only guy who typed harmonica and got this?.....
Wanne listen to music? 3:03
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
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.
*Cough* 'Orse!'
The only instrument for me, this.
Ar deis Dé go raibh a anam
@tikioaktree the only one that would admit it lol!
Felix version is de best man!
:)
it was so good until the abrupt end. pity to interrupt the great music
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.