Dellboypolecat
County: Tyrone
Posts: 7553

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22/11/2009 19:44:07
patrique
County: Antrim
Posts: 5647


I played folk music all over England, and a fair bit of N.Ireland, and Kelly, and the Dubliners, were legends.


Well your some tell tail ..............



Dell, my real e-mails are signed at the bottom "musician and Thespian".

Now, I would hardly have been a professional musician for years without playing music.

I was ALSO all over England as a North West Clog MORRIS DANCER, which we were able to combine to get music bookings, because many, many. many of the greatest Traditional musicians are English.

Now if I admit to being a Morris dancer, anything is possible.

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 23/11/2009 19:07:37    492115

kingpuck71
County: Derry
Posts: 332

491299
22/11/2009 19:44:07
patrique
County: Antrim
Posts: 5647


I played folk music all over England, and a fair bit of N.Ireland, and Kelly, and the Dubliners, were legends.


Is there anything you haven't done?



Yes, got a normal career type job, better able then to support my wife and family.

However as Charles Bronson explains to the Mexican children in "The Magnificent Seven", that takes courage.

I just NEVER grew up.

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 23/11/2009 19:09:57    492118

I cant believe no one has mentioned De Dannan yet and the mastery of Frankie Gavin. Wolfe tones what a waste of space.

paddyogall (Mayo) - Posts: 5110 - 23/11/2009 20:01:36    492182

23/11/2009 20:01:36
paddyogall
County: May




Frankie lost a few "friends" recently with his "new" De Danaan line up, when Tony McMahon described Alec Finn and Ringo as "backers".

Very talented player, flute and fiddle, but very much a business man, and fair play to him I suppose.

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 23/11/2009 20:16:11    492192

32_4_1 -both good. wolfe tones live shows are far better though

when hav you gone to see them live?

shotgunwilly (Meath) - Posts: 209 - 23/11/2009 20:27:38    492199

seen wolfe tones in navan and ashbourne

32_4_1 (Meath) - Posts: 4124 - 23/11/2009 21:00:32    492230

Luke Kelly is the best singer ever bar none

miketyson (Limerick) - Posts: 2748 - 23/11/2009 21:24:02    492264

32_4_1

Was it the rugby club by any chance boss as anytime they where there i was on the door.

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 23/11/2009 21:31:11    492273

paddyogall
County: Mayo
Posts: 2033

492182 I cant believe no one has mentioned De Dannan yet and the mastery of Frankie Gavin. Wolfe tones what a waste of space.
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Now De Dannan are the very essence of what Irish folk music should be about, could listen to them all day long if I didnt have to work!

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 23/11/2009 21:38:02    492280

paddyogall
County: Mayo
Posts: 2033

Top marks Paddy. De Dannan. Pure Quality. What about the Bothy Band, Tommy Makem, Stockton's Wing, The Bards, Danny Doyle ( The Rare Oul times ), Jimmy Crowley as well. I had a tape called Another Feast Of Irish Folk ( not to be mistaken with A Feast Of Irish folk ), but unfortunately lost it. It was on the Polydor label and featured some great tunes including Snowy Breasted Pearl by the Wolfe tones i think ( a damn good number ), Weille,Weile,Weila ( i think it was called ), Shipyard Slips, Tipping it up to Nancy, Seven Drunken Nights ( well five anyway ... any of you ever hear the other two verses?...rough as ) and other great tunes. god this all brings back great memories. If anyone knows where you could get a copy of this album please, please let me know.

kingpuck71 (Derry) - Posts: 691 - 23/11/2009 22:50:02    492350

For Traditional, close to a session sound, Bothy Band were hard to beat. Saw a Bothy "tribute" in Belfast recently with my old Manchester mate Mick McGoldrick on flute and John McSherry on pipes, absolutely wonderful.

Altan were wonderful Frankie Kennedy (RIP) was a neighbour and when he started dating Mairead he called to my door asking me to teach him the whistle. Two years later the wee #### was a maestro on the flute. And of course the much maligned Chieftains for pure trad. In recent times Flook, with McGoldrick, and Lunasa are great.

And I recently had another nostalgic night at the Ulster Hall watching "Moving Hearts", a combination of blues/jazz and trad with my old mate Davy on pipes. I think Davy was in the all Ireland U16 fleadh in 1977 when I first played with him, in a musical sense.

Now I can play different instruments to a varying degree, from awful to quite good, so how come I have played music with all of these "greats"?

I cheated. I am the best bodhran player who ever lived.

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 23/11/2009 23:02:02    492362

Dellboypolecat
County: Tyrone
Posts: 7574

492273 32_4_1

Was it the rugby club by any chance boss as anytime they where there i was on the door.


no ashbourne hotel coming up to christmas about 2 years ago

32_4_1 (Meath) - Posts: 4124 - 23/11/2009 23:03:32    492363

23/11/2009 23:02:02
patrique
County: Antrim
Posts: 5667

Would that be Davy Spillane?

kingpuck71 (Derry) - Posts: 691 - 23/11/2009 23:25:09    492388

patrique
County: Antrim
Posts: 5667

492362 For Traditional, close to a session sound, Bothy Band were hard to beat. Saw a Bothy "tribute" in Belfast recently with my old Manchester mate Mick McGoldrick on flute and John McSherry on pipes, absolutely wonderful.

Class act Mick McGoldrick patrique. You must know his mate Dezzi Donnelly, he can play a mean fiddle. Give me Dezzie in front of Gavin any day.
You must know John Joe Kelly also, another class act on the bodhran. Some fine trad musicians have come out of Manchester in recent times.

Mancirish (UK) - Posts: 2200 - 24/11/2009 00:04:43    492424

kingpuck71
County: Derry
Posts: 337

492388
23/11/2009 23:02:02
patrique
County: Antrim
Posts: 5667

Would that be Davy Spillane?


Yes. I had taught for one year in a school in Belfast and a couple of the pupils bought half sets of pipes. One of those was Robbie Hannon from Bangor, who some "purists" will tell you is "the " piper nowadays. THe following year I met Robbie at the Fleadh in Ennis with a skinny long haired piper with him. This was Davy Spillane.

This year with Moving Hearts Davy looks more like Sly Stallone in Rocky 5.

But a wonderful musician.

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 24/11/2009 00:50:32    492449

patrique, your a legand.

millhouse (Meath) - Posts: 892 - 24/11/2009 15:43:51    492806

kingpuck71 County: Derry Posts: 337 492350 paddyogall County: Mayo Posts: 2033 Top marks Paddy. De Dannan. Pure Quality. What about the Bothy Band, Tommy Makem, Stockton's Wing, The Bards, Danny Doyle ( The Rare Oul times ), Jimmy Crowley as well. I had a tape called Another Feast Of Irish Folk ( not to be mistaken with A Feast Of Irish folk ), but unfortunately lost it. It was on the Polydor label and featured some great tunes including Snowy Breasted Pearl by the Wolfe tones i think ( a damn good number ), Weille,Weile,Weila ( i think it was called ), Shipyard Slips, Tipping it up to Nancy, Seven Drunken Nights ( well five anyway ... any of you ever hear the other two verses?...rough as ) and other great tunes. god this all brings back great memories. If anyone knows where you could get a copy of this album please, please let me know kingpuck71 I both agree and disagree with your choice of ballads. Snowy Breasted Pearl is indeed my favourite ballad and on the rare occasions when I am asked to sing its the unfortunate song that I murder. On the other hand I find Seven Drunken Nights the most annoying stupid song I have ever heard in my life.

corkcelt (Cork) - Posts: 4388 - 24/11/2009 16:26:47    492864

Now if I admit to being a Morris dancer, anything is possible.


Excuse my ignorance but a " Morris dancer"

chainsaw (Laois) - Posts: 712 - 24/11/2009 16:32:28    492878

Mancirish County: UK Posts: 140 Class act Mick McGoldrick patrique. You must know his mate Dezzi Donnelly, he can play a mean fiddle. Give me Dezzie in front of Gavin any day. You must know John Joe Kelly also, another class act on the bodhran. Some fine trad musicians have come out of Manchester in recent times. Thousands of great musicians from Manchester. Before everyone attacks me and tells me to p### off on music nights my last words are usually "If I had never left Manchester you would never have heard of John Joe". Great bodhran player, and strange to relate he also plays mandolin, as do I. I think he must have modelled himself on me.

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 24/11/2009 19:41:32    493117

millhouse
County: Meath
Posts: 184

492806
patrique, your a legand.



With a sheepish look at the ground, and looking suitably humble, all I can say is "I know".

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 24/11/2009 19:42:33    493119