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Bothy tube

With about 38000 views so far, I guess everyone here has seen this at least once. If not, it's a good one for the archives.
What a classic.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=I3oO6I56Guc

# Posted on January 19th 2009 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh

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Thanks, Dubh - what a great way to start the work week!
Does anyone know what the instrument is that Triona Ni Dhomhnaill is playing? Didn't she also play a Hohner on occasion?
Tom

# Posted on January 19th 2009 by tomw

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I love youtube!

# Posted on January 19th 2009 by davydd

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A Hohner Clavinet. The Bothy Band,often imitated,never equalled.

# Posted on January 19th 2009 by dafydd

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Absolutely f***ing brilliant.
Where would you hear the like of it???!!!

# Posted on January 19th 2009 by Dennis Regan

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Dafydd-the instrument in the picture is a Clavinet? I don't really know much about them, but if it is, it must be an earlier one than the D6 and the ones that I used to see around here. It sounds great, anyway. I notice that her wrist position is somewhat unusual; probably a quirk of the instrument--as a teen, I had an old Wurlitzer 140B electric piano. When I got it, the gent that I bought it from warned me not to hammer it like a real acoustic piano, else I'd start breaking things. He was correct; I was constantly replacing broken reeds and tuning the sucker.
Cheers!
Tom

# Posted on January 19th 2009 by tomw

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So great! I like the clav in the mix with it...fitting, oddly enough.

What's the tune at 2:55? Stunning.

# Posted on January 20th 2009 by samiam590

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Fisherman's Lilt isn't it?

# Posted on January 20th 2009 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh

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Looks like a D6 to me. It could be an early model.I can't see the volume knob and switches on the left hand side but that could be because of the camera angle.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330300745954

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6qJteOpbcI

http://www.gti.net/junebug/clavinet/ident.html
http://www.emu.com/products/product.asp?category=526&product=11084&nav=introduction

# Posted on January 20th 2009 by dafydd

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Great stuff!
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ASKwb3lZKz4&feature=related
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=NTdRmBAOpNo&NR=1
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhdr8murPXc&feature=related
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=XgXwIIHAmaw&NR=1

Does anyone know the names of these tunes?: Really nice.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=1bLcJCHSLb4&feature=related

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=y9eC_MYp-5I&feature=related

Not the bothies, but this is off Mickey Dunne’s tape The Limerick Lasses, I think it was called.
Great tune, lovely setting:

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=fS2Mo39mBZo&feature=related

# Posted on January 20th 2009 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bLcJCHSLb4&feature=related
Re that clip. I don't know the song but I call the tune before it The Whole Chicken In The Soup.

# Posted on January 20th 2009 by dafydd

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Dafyyd and Tomw, it's a model "L" the only clavinet with the key colors reversed and that odd shape:
http://www.gti.net/junebug/clavinet/clavl.jpg

# Posted on January 20th 2009 by Ramiro

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bLcJCHSLb4
It's track 7 from Portland:
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/100

# Posted on January 20th 2009 by Ramiro

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it was hearing this lot that got me into itm approx 30 years ago, i still think after hours is the best trad recording i have heard, sadly i never got to see them live

# Posted on January 20th 2009 by selston steve

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Thanks, Ramiro, lovely tune, especially the last one.

Steve - same. Well it should have been 30 years for me too, but I was too busy at the time to find it. My loss.

# Posted on January 20th 2009 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh

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Thanks Ramiro! I thought that it might be an early one... or something custom built/modified - clavichord kits used to be pretty cheap here in the states...
dafydd- thanks for the links. I might consider bidding on the ebay one, as I've always wanted one, and know how to fix 'em...

Enough about the tech. HOW does she play that stuff?

Cheers, Y'all,
Tom

# Posted on January 21st 2009 by tomw

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Duijera Dubh, in that video of Micho Russell you posted, is that Iarla O'Lionaird speaking before he plays? My goodness.

# Posted on January 22nd 2009 by samiam590

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Yes, it seems so. This is the whole program, I think, and some much later solos by Iarla:

http://eamonnmcdonagh.wordpress.com/category/music/page/2/
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=leG3XiZmuXc
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=3JEiuM_eHuw&feature=related

# Posted on January 22nd 2009 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh

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It is the second you tube scrolling down the page. The one entitled "Concertina".

# Posted on January 22nd 2009 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh