Séamus Begley & a chairde | 19.00 Lá 'le Stiofáin

Clár le ceiliúradh a dhéanamh ar an gceoltóir agus ar an amhránaí iomráiteach, Séamus Begley, a taifeadadh le linn Oireachtas na Gaeilge 2014. I measc na gceoltóirí agus na n-amhránaithe den scoth a bheidh ina theannta beidh Sharon Shannon, Dermot Byrne, Steve Cooney, Jim Murray, Oisín Mac Diarmada, Noel Hill, Rita Connolly, Rinceoirí Seit Chiarraí Thiar, a chlann féin agus a mhuintir ó Bhaile na bPoc agus tuilleadh nach iad.

[@nigelkennedy3427]

RIP Seamus - and I'll always remember those beautiful sessions we had all those years ago down in Dingle. Thanks man.

[@liamgaynor3576]

Incredible, wonderful, beautiful and brilliant

[@JackMcCarthyFL]

Brilliant stuff

[@maureenmartin4730]

It was hard work playing that accordion as he used his hands arms shoulders legs and feet. Exhausting stuff but GREAT⭐️

[@denisryan4984]

cumhachtaí draíochta!!

[@christ6493]

I know it as the Tooramore Slide

[@OShaughnessyC]

Can it get better than this?!

[@denisryan4984]

If it has I'd love to see it. Unreal

[@lubiehotdogi]

can anyone tell me the name of the first tune?

[@thadeufarias4467]

Wedding Feast Slide

[@bonenfant96]

I never could understand the new trend that consist to put a capo up the neck.A guitan sounds so much better with no capo at all.

[@bassplayinggoalie]

Subjective of course. The capo may be relatively new in the extensive history of Irish trad, but then so is the guitar itself.
Using a capo or alternate tuning (in this case both) allows a guitarist to play chord voicings that can't be played otherwise.
Cooney's guitar sounds are defined both by his playing style and his choice of chord voicings. His use of DADGBD has inspired Tim Edey, Jim Murray and others to adopt the tuning too.
But you don't have to like it :)

[@bonenfant96]

Well I like the alternative tunings on both guitar and the fiddle. It's the capo I'm not sure. Before it, what did they do ? Now almost every guitarist use them. It's a trend.

[@irishgandalf757]

Steve Cooney has been gigging professionally since the early 90s at least, if not the mid to late 80s so he's not following any trend and if there is they're copying him. He's originally Australian and it was likely a practical choice of "how am I going to be able to accompany a box? I need to get paid at the end of the night". Source: I grew up listening to this pair gigging live all through the 90s.

[@mixerD1-]

@@irishgandalf757
The 70s, he played with Planxty...or possibly Stockton Wing...

[@mixerD1-]

It's just to do with the overall sound, it gives a tight and crisp sound to the guitar playability that suits the way Seamus Begley plays. Far from a trend...