Geantraì - Sean Potts

PJ · Post by PJ » Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:18 am

There's a nice edition of Geantraì featuring Sean Potts on TG4:

http://www.tg4.tv/

Click on Ceol Cartlann on the left menu and scroll down to Geantraì - 28/11/2006

Anyone know who the second piper is?

totokots · Post by **totokots** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:25 am

The second piper is Ned Wall from Co. Wexford (I think).

Richard Katz · Post by **Richard Katz** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:06 am

What slow aire is it that the piper and whistler are playing? Very nice.

Cheers! Richard

PJ · Post by PJ » Sat Jan 13, 2007 11:06 am

Caoineadh a phiobaire (the piper's lament) which Sean Potts senior wrote for John Potts. It's followed by Strike the Gay Harp.

Sorry for if the spelling is wrong and if I got Sean's explanation wrong. My Irish is very rusty.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 11:10 am

PJ wrote:
Sorry for if the spelling is wrong and if I got Sean's explanation wrong. My Irish is very rusty.

Sean's dad wrote it for his dad. Cuimhne an Phiobaire... The Piper Remebered.

Richard Katz · Post by **Richard Katz** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 6:21 pm

Anyone have the notation or ABC for the Piper Remembered tune?

I would love to learn it. Very moving.

Many thanks!

Richard

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 6:23 pm

Richard Katz wrote:Anyone have the notation or ABC for the Piper Remembered tune?

I would love to learn it. Very moving.

Many thanks!

Richard

Yeah, somewhere. I'll PM it to you.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 6:26 pm

It should be in your inbox now. Have fun, it is one of my favorite tunes.

Here's a clip of my doing a messy job of butchering it...

http://www.tinwhistletunes.com/clipssni ... osephS.mp3

PJ · Post by PJ » Sat Jan 13, 2007 6:26 pm

At the same link, go to TG10 is Fearr: Ceol and about 21 minutes in there's a brief clip of Paddy Keenan playing the Kesh jig with Matt Molloy.

Also, Geantraì on 19/12/2006 is presented by and features Robbie Hannon

Fergmaun · Post by **Fergmaun** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:08 am

I have already posted about some programmes on TG4.
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php ... ht=#603192

Cheers

Ferg

rgouette · Post by **rgouette** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 12:04 pm

Richard Katz wrote:What slow aire is it that the piper and whistler are playing? Very nice.

Cheers! Richard

I second that!

tommykleen · Post by **tommykleen** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 4:59 pm

Here's an interesting recipe for this tune.

Tommykleen's Key-sublime Pie

-Try playing the tune on a C chanter over D drones.

-Shift the tune up so that the starting note is Bb (well, B note on a D chanter).

-Some of the D regs will work on this. Experiment!

-Garnish with a twist of lemon

-Serves 4.

t

alurker · Post by **alurker** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:34 pm

totokots wrote:The second piper is Ned Wall from Co. Wexford (I think).

Yeah he's from a place called Ballycullane about 10 miles from where this programme was shot, in harmonica player John Murphy's pub (called Colfers) in Carrig-On-Bannow. Ned was taught by Tommy Kearney in Waterford. He plays a nice set of reels with his brother Dermot and their brother-in-law Rory Healy. There's a great festival held in Carrig each July. http://www.philmurphyweekend.com/

PJ · Post by PJ » Mon Jan 15, 2007 1:59 pm

Paddy Keenan, Finbar Furey, Paddy Glackin, Bothy Band, Johnny Keenan etc.:

Ceol na bhFánaithe - 20/09/2006

There's a great clip with Paddy Keenan playing his old Rowsome chanter with something resembling a UFO on the top of it!!

o'corragain · Post by **o'corragain** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:48 pm

HELP

What am I doing wrong? I can't get back any farther than Nov 2006 in the archives. Can anybody tell me how to get to the show with Paddy Keenan?

Thanks in advance, David