Seamus Ennis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLe9etQ0iwQ
I've got one of his albums,but I never thought that I'd ever see him playing.Isn't You Tube wonderful?Just lookat his hands,his fingers are just as long and spidery as Robert Johnson's or Jimi Hendrix's.
I saw him playing in the sixties at Darlington Folk Workshop when he was on tour. It was a really warm night and he had trouble keeping his pipes in tune.
"...he's playing a tune he learned from a manuscript..."
Yeah, but it was his father's manuscript. Mr. Ennis senior was proably too humble to teach his own tune to his son, so it remained on paper until Seamus dicovered it and honoured his father's memory by playing it on YouTube.
It's a cracking tune - and hardly anyone plays it.
they are launching a new book by Pat Mitchel - The Dance Music of Seamus Ennis at Na Píobairí Uilleann this Friday 25th at 7pm. They used to say Ennis never played for dancers!
What does it matter if he learned from a manuscript or not - or whether it's 'traditional' or not. The man's playing his father's tune from his heart - a tune that his father was glad to hear him play. As the second tune on YouTube is entitled: Seamus Ennis, god of Uilleann pipes. We are very fortunate to see and hear him playing.
Seamus Ennis
Seamus Ennis
Seamus Ennis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLe9etQ0iwQ
I've got one of his albums,but I never thought that I'd ever see him playing.Isn't You Tube wonderful?Just lookat his hands,his fingers are just as long and spidery as Robert Johnson's or Jimi Hendrix's.
# Posted on May 23rd 2007 by dafydd
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Great stuff - but he's playing a tune he learned from a manuscript, it's not even traditional, what would llig think?!
# Posted on May 23rd 2007 by RockyRoader
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I saw him playing in the sixties at Darlington Folk Workshop when he was on tour. It was a really warm night and he had trouble keeping his pipes in tune.
# Posted on May 23rd 2007 by ricthewhistle
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"...he's playing a tune he learned from a manuscript..."
Yeah, but it was his father's manuscript. Mr. Ennis senior was proably too humble to teach his own tune to his son, so it remained on paper until Seamus dicovered it and honoured his father's memory by playing it on YouTube.
It's a cracking tune - and hardly anyone plays it.
# Posted on May 23rd 2007 by CreadurMawnOrganig
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And then there's this one of Seamus:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTMsFlSw_JI
# Posted on May 23rd 2007 by fidkid
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I preffer the slow air.........brings a tear to my eye
# Posted on May 23rd 2007 by dinn2
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they are launching a new book by Pat Mitchel - The Dance Music of Seamus Ennis at Na Píobairí Uilleann this Friday 25th at 7pm. They used to say Ennis never played for dancers!
# Posted on May 24th 2007 by iwerzon
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great videos mate
# Posted on May 31st 2007 by trad!
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What does it matter if he learned from a manuscript or not - or whether it's 'traditional' or not. The man's playing his father's tune from his heart - a tune that his father was glad to hear him play. As the second tune on YouTube is entitled: Seamus Ennis, god of Uilleann pipes. We are very fortunate to see and hear him playing.
# Posted on June 23rd 2007 by shardul