Boxes, fiddles, bouzoukis, bodhrans & resonators on Craggy Island

**kmmando** · Apr-12-2012, 5:45pm

Might be of interest ...

**zoukboy** · Apr-12-2012, 10:14pm

Excellent! Thanks for posting, Kevin!

**John Kelly** · Apr-13-2012, 4:30am

Great stuff!

**Steve L** · Apr-13-2012, 5:38am

I feel like I just had a great vacation! Thanks so much for that Kevin, it was wonderful.

**Jim Garber** · Apr-13-2012, 7:54am

Wonderful. I was over there in that very area back in 1978. Man, makes we want to go back.

**DougC** · Apr-13-2012, 9:25pm

The lilt, the craic and the diddle-do. Makes my heart warm. Thanks.

**Dagger Gordon** · Apr-14-2012, 12:08am

Yes, enjoyed it very much.

So much in fact that I've ordered Mary Staunton's Circle Of Friends CD. Irish music the way I like it.

**kmmando** · Apr-17-2012, 4:43am

http://marystaunton.com/

One of the best bits of accompanyment to a jig - Alec Finn on bouzouki track 1 - a killer!

**Bertram Henze** · Apr-17-2012, 7:58am

Hanky please, somebody.

I was there, some 24 years ago.
Played in sessions in O'Connor's and McDermot's.
Played "The Ladies' Pantalettes" in an independent hostel washroom when a girl walked in in her underwear.
Went to Inis Oirr but saw nothing - lying on the beach for hours, while my stomach tried to forget the rough crossing and looked forward to the return trip; the next day, I met the woman who is my wife today.

There's a place soaked in memories. Thanks Kevin for posting!

**kmmando** · Apr-17-2012, 8:39am

Bertram that's excellent! Pity there's no film of your trip back then!

slainte, KHJM

**Bertram Henze** · Apr-17-2012, 11:08am

Originally Posted by kmmando

Pity there's no film of your trip back then!

Ah well, just take any old photo of me and photoshop it pale green, that's about it...

**Duccy** · Apr-17-2012, 11:23am

Thanks for sharing this....I didn't know that Brendan Gleeson was a player!

**kmmando** · Apr-17-2012, 2:15pm

Yes, a really good musician is Brendan, he played on the Cold Mountain soundtrack - I found this snppet from an interview on line

Falls Church, Va.:

Did you do all the fiddling for your character in "Cold Mountain"?

　

Brendan Gleeson:

Yes and no. I played all the tunes and sang all the songs but at times needed help to maintain the audience's presence in the theater. In other words, they have a soundtrack but the fiddling is mine.

We went to Nashville for a week and laid a soundtrack before we began shooting the film so I would play the fiddle with the soundtrack in the background.

　
A great fellow indeed, a thrill to meet and have a tune with.

**doon can** · Apr-21-2012, 3:33pm

Great, great music, and lovely pictures too. Would Mr McLeod happen to know the name of the tune which begins at around 4minutes 50seconds?

**kmmando** · Apr-23-2012, 6:31am

Its the second tune on track 4 of her excellent album "Circle of Friends"

4. Old Timey Set: Ragtime Dream or Hawthorne's Favourite - Craig Johnston's

http://www.allcelticmusic.com/music/...f_Friends.html

glad you liked the video!

best wishes, Kevin

**doon can** · Apr-23-2012, 3:09pm

Originally Posted by kmmando

Its the second tune on track 4 of her excellent album "Circle of Friends"

4. Old Timey Set: Ragtime Dream or Hawthorne's Favourite - Craig Johnston's

http://www.allcelticmusic.com/music/...f_Friends.html

glad you liked the video!

best wishes, Kevin

Thanks very much; I´ll look out for that.

Duncan

**kmmando** · Jun-20-2012, 8:51am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbGEY...eature=related

Thsi great concert by the early De Danann has finally emerged in its entirety - just sublime to see and hear!