Tony Mc' Mahon's accordion playing at the end, was the best part of it. He was really giving it some "welly" The bodhran player was dam good. It was one hell of a bodhran..
Great documentary. Really captures the spirit of the Fleadh.How comes the sun always seems to shine for the Fleadh.But those bellbottoms and the huge shirt collars? I can't believe I used to wear that gear.Thanks for sharing.
Changes to the fleadh came gradually and began in 1994 with the introduction of the first Guinness gig rig. Then in 2015 fleadh TV brought stage shows which the new fleadh going public liked. But very quickly the street sessions, which were the entry of the world and made the fleadh unique, were edged out. In Clonmel 2004 there were 18 street sessions - by Ennis 2016 there were just 2. The big musicians who played on the street had now moved to the stage. Most didn't even notice what has happend. As a result the fleadh has has lost the feel of the real tradition. * See my book Fawcett's Fleadh (CCE 2017)
I was bartendingin brodericks dar that fleadh and it was a wonderful festival great impromptu sesiuns
The great, and greatly missed, Tony MacMahon and his accordion. The soul of Ireland.
Tony Mc' Mahon's accordion playing at the end, was the best part of it. He was really giving it some "welly" The bodhran player was dam good.
It was one hell of a bodhran..
When it was a real fleadh, and not a commercial event, steared by TV.
At the beginning are the greats Julia Clifford and her brother Denis Murphy on fiddle with Johnny O’Leary on button accordion.
Great documentary. Really captures the spirit of the Fleadh.How comes the sun always seems to shine for the Fleadh.But those bellbottoms and the huge shirt collars? I can't believe I used to wear that gear.Thanks for sharing.
Ive been to raves,ive been to homelands and glastonbury too not a patch on the Fleadh.
That’s the great fiddler Paddy Cronin at 2:14.
Happy stuff. Great listening and watching.
Julia Clifford on the fiddle at the beginning ?
Is it just me or was everything a bit more chilled back then
They had cocaine in Coca Cola back then
Changes to the fleadh came gradually and began in 1994 with the introduction of the first Guinness gig rig. Then in 2015 fleadh TV brought stage shows which the new fleadh going public liked. But very quickly the street sessions, which were the entry of the world and made the fleadh unique, were edged out. In Clonmel 2004 there were 18 street sessions - by Ennis 2016 there were just 2. The big musicians who played on the street had now moved to the stage. Most didn't even notice what has happend. As a result the fleadh has has lost the feel of the real tradition.
* See my book Fawcett's Fleadh (CCE 2017)
The hash was deadly back then.there was no cocaine
Nice to hear Sean Keane and Paddy Taylor
+Tom Greene are you the same Tom Greene that I often met up against in Fleadh competitions in the 60's
+Paddy Joyce It is a distinct possibility! I'm probably a bit of a dinosaur by now!
Tom Green
'Sixpenny money' Not heard that tune for ages.
Rip Tony McMahon, one of the best.
He's still alive as far as I know.
A year too soon. He is gone from us now. RIP Tony McMahon
People look at those tiimes through.rose tinted glasses the same crap.was going on
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