makes me smile to listen to this.. my soul dances eveytime

This performance never fails to give me chills.

Nice. Formidable amazing bless you thanks ❤❤❤❤❤

man, been a while since I watched this gem. Still shake my head at the end portion.. the popping...the staccato.. the...awesomeness!!

Again Paddy Keenan and Padraic Conroy , play to a very high standard ,The music Just warms the soul and spirit . It truly is a joy to listen too

The first time I met Paddy, he arrived to pay respects to my grandfather at his funeral. He and my uncle have played together many times, and has been a living connection back to the island in a way. I played some of Paddy's music during my wedding two years ago; before and after our hand binding ceremony. Absolutely wonderful.

From the American side of the Atlantic, JUST AWSOME! Greatful my ancestors came from this most special place.

i have watched this video over and over again. my wife is pissed. . time for bed. this will be the second thing i do in the morning, after i pour me a cup of coffee..... there is a special place in Heaven for you, Paddy.

so irish and so amazing

The 62 people who put thumbs down must not be able to play an uilleann pipe. This guy is a famous genius in the world of us pipers.

An expert on the pipes like my father.

a quebec guy livin newfoundland loves it... thru on me kilt and danced by meself tnx

@balddonaldcerrone7930

7 жыл бұрын

Michael Kelly seen u on a few videos glad to see the Irish blood runs true

@Proud2BaPaddy

6 жыл бұрын

Irish Uilleann pipes are wonderful instruments..Kilts are Scottish lol

@damianoreilly7598

6 жыл бұрын

Fearghal, I think it isn't that black and white - I think the Irish have kilts too historically, albeit in their own ways - the large "great" kilts that are up over the shoulder and can be used as cloaks are debated as having been used in Ireland, although the lein-croich certainly were, though the small kilts (waist down only version) were certainly an invention of the Scots revival in the 19th century, and these kilts have been adopted to an extent by Irish as well. Kilts in their current form though, absolutely Scottish, though we have happily been allowed to appropriate them :p (I am Irish living in Scotland so I can stir things up and get away with it hahaha)

@Proud2BaPaddy

6 жыл бұрын

Damian O'Reilly Yeah I know..But the Irish did abandon the kilt a long time ago whereas the Scottish kept it in vogue..lol..So it's recognised now as a traditional scottish item of clothing..And us Irish are rid of it (thank god)

@damianoreilly7598

6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely - I for certain dont have the legs for a kilt ha

Oh, I love the Irish bagpipe and the sound here is graet!!

hadn't been on this video for some time: it's still completely frikkin awesome

this is so mind blowing and paddy keenan is so awesome. about a year ago i got to meet and play with him it was one of the high points of my irish music career hes really nice too.

Love that rendition of Harvest Home! Wonderful!

I was just to the left of Paddy last Saturday Night at the Plough,and it's so Good to have a Ring-Side Seat to see all the Back-Stiching grace notes flow from his Chanter....what a performance !!! Thank You so much for putting this UP !!!

@inlandonline

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Sean! You wouldn't remember me, but I heard and saw you a few times in California in the 1970s. I love your descriptions and wordsmithery.

@SeanFolsom

3 жыл бұрын

@@inlandonline Thank You Liz !!! You are very kind. Please check out my Face Book page, & my You Tube channel here. My CD "Bagpipes of the World" is here on Y-T as well. All Best Wishes, Sean

Paddy Keenan is a freaking genius!

Truly a absolute master of his instrument... fantastic!

Proud of my Cousin Paddy Keenan well done keep up the good work AJ McCann

@lilthommodt

9 жыл бұрын

unknown you are privileged to have a piper for a cousin, especially one this damned good :D

@JonathanSamudio-Facyson-yc5xm

9 ай бұрын

Yooooooooo

Simply awesome!

life affirming music!

paddys a friggin monster

Just brilliant!

the most fabloues player ,the Hendrix of the uillean pipes

@marykeenan2272

5 жыл бұрын

I agree

absolutely loved it

Jimi Hendrix is the paddy Keenan of the electric guitar.

amazing staccatto section on the harvest home for a piper known to bed the greatest open player ever...has it all.

MOST BEAUTY IN UILEANN PIPES IN HAND OF MASTER

Had the pleasure of playing with the maestro on a Western Australia visit. The master

The last one is outrageous! Paddy Keenan is pretty famous among pipers and fans of Bothy Band.

This guy's gift is continually mind-blowing.

Beautiful

brilliant!!!!

Great music - great musician!

Paganini - the Paddy Keenan of classical music ;)

@inlandonline

3 жыл бұрын

LoL

Wow. "Wow" is not unexpected of Mr. Keenan.

Blessings and peace.

Great version of "Harvest Home"! One of my favourite tunes.

@mistytrees

10 жыл бұрын

Hated the tune til i heard this variation!

@HareDeLune

6 жыл бұрын

motoronna Absolutely agree. I've a bit of history with that tune m'self.

México te saluda. In memorian San Patricio.

@markkavanagh4457

6 жыл бұрын

God loves the San Patricios, and so do the Irish..

that's my great uncle paddy x

@kayleighkeenan4

7 жыл бұрын

what do you mean "no its not." you mean you think I'm lying about my own god damn relatives? its true but i don't have to explain myself to you.

@rsayers47

7 жыл бұрын

Official Kaylie Keenan my dad is very good friends with your great uncle !

@lilthommodt

7 жыл бұрын

Official Kaylie Keenan your one damn lucky lass to be related to this man, his skills are a credit to the very word "Irish"

@IRAUDR

6 жыл бұрын

Official Kaylie Keenan an amazing guy

@IRAUDR

6 жыл бұрын

Official Kaylie Keenan ignore trolls

Great Fella excellent Musician loved by Celts the World over

Listen to The Bothy Band albums and you will know why is actually famous.

i hated that last hornpipe, until now, holy shit... what a man

Owesome, this man is pure Irish blood !!!! keep im well

no less freaking awesome than the 1st 25 times I listened...

Tight playing from Paddy in harvest home. Lovely playing. Unusual chanter. Sounds great. Fair play, your playing is improving all the time. Love the tone you get. It's unique to your playing. Noone can match that. Those huge reeds.

He came often to Montreal when i was there. At one point we jammed together when we were staying at the same house in Essex NY for a festival. Beides talented and with great sense of flow and rhythm, very kind being!

well done cousin keep up the great work

Hi I'm sure very proud. I'd not heard of him but then I am English. I've seen and followed the Chieftains over the years and was hit by the premature death of the great Derek Bell who always reminded me of looking more like a Bank Auditor.....

Only one sour note in the whole piece (around 3:51). Awesome for something this complex.

@lilthommodt

8 жыл бұрын

even if the note was "sour" it still sounds amazing

Paganini? perhaps, but I've always thought of Paddy as the Jimi Hendrix of the uilleann pipes

@vancegodin4149

9 жыл бұрын

I''ve never an irshman who knows of him who didn't make that analogy.

@balddonaldcerrone7930

7 жыл бұрын

Vance Godin I'd say jarlath henderson would be the jimi Hendrix

@tschaknorris

7 жыл бұрын

Paddy Keenan is the Paddy Keenan of the Uilleann Pipes :D

@mikekeyes6102

6 жыл бұрын

Right; comparisons are odious - each man is himself.

@mikedeman5351

6 жыл бұрын

I'd say a hare is the rabbit of the fox world, if you's know what I mean .....

The best piper alive with his buddy Pat Broderick as a close second (in my opinion)

@kayleighkeenan4

7 жыл бұрын

thanks he really is x

I think he's the buddy MacMaster of the ulian pipe

J M & J what a Harvest Home that was !!!!!!!!

Wow, he's flying in the last piece!!!

@shaunshepherd188

7 жыл бұрын

mightlife

Best ever version of Harvest Home - unbelievable.

@dukadarodear2176

2 жыл бұрын

WITHOUT A DOUBT THE BEST @ 04:55

Pure class

Who votes this down? Are they looking for an auto-tuned Uillean pipe?

@Fell_Wanderer

9 жыл бұрын

Lorin Harris Philistines no idea of culture

@fourdragonv2

9 жыл бұрын

Lorin Harris I was looking for an acoustic version.

@OoooHan

9 жыл бұрын

Lorin Harris Dyouve a link to that version?

@Paulfieldz

8 жыл бұрын

+Lorin Harris Damn Scots and their bagpipes ; )

@mcgurkg1

8 жыл бұрын

+Paulfieldz Uilleann Pipes Are Irish !!!

A genius

The Uilleann pipe : la plus belle, la plus douce et sensuelle sonorité de toutes les cornemuses. J'ai entendu dire que pour apprendre cet instrument, d'après la tradition, on joue 7 ans avec l'un des trois bourdons que l'on voit posés sur les genoux de Paddy, puis on en rajoute un second encore pendant 7 ans, et ensuite 7 ans pour le troisième. Donc, au bout de 21 ans, tu peux prétendre être un joueur de Uilleann pipe. Un autre auxiliaire indissociable de l'âme irlandaise !!! En tout cas, c'est l'un des rares instruments à vent qui te permets de boire une Guinness tout en jouant (une paille, mon pote !)...

@luismexedo2583

5 жыл бұрын

Une guinness ou bien quelque chose d'autre…

I can't believe what I just heard. I mean he uses the drones and regulators, his finger work is excellent and he has a good tone and feel for the music. Damn this is good! Kicks it up a notch for me compared to other Uilleann pipers I have heard.

@jenniferjuniper97

9 жыл бұрын

try John McSherry

@kayleighkeenan4

7 жыл бұрын

thanks x

@marykeenan2272

4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant a master on the pipes

My frst tune om pipes the boys of blue hill

I'm no expert; but this is the best I've ever heard on Uilleann Pipes. Superb! Thank you.

@balddonaldcerrone7930

8 жыл бұрын

I would recommend jarlath Henderson

@Dechieftian

6 жыл бұрын

Yes you're right - this is excellent piping. Have a listen to Liam Og O'Flynn with Planxty, play Jennies Wedding, the Virginian and Garreth Barry's .. that is exceptional piping also. Enjoy

Okay, I'm Scots/Irish and here I have to say, the Irish have it over the Scots in that the Irish don't have to try to blow into a big bag and not pass out! Love pipes...either of em.

@dougpatrick2467

5 жыл бұрын

The Scottish have a similar instrument called the small pipes, doesn't have as many drones, and no regulators...has elbow bellows...

@dukadarodear2176

3 жыл бұрын

The culture of the Scotti derives from Ireland - both nations share a lot. The Irish call the "Bag Pipes" 'Na Píobaí Choghaidh' - 'The War Pipes'. The other pipes - with the bellows- are "Na Píobaí Uileann" "The Elbow Pipes". The "Harvest Home, Boys of Bluehill, etc are most likely from a N E England tradition but very popular in Ireland as are Scottish reels such as "Miss McCleod of Rassay".

@JonathanSamudio-Facyson-yc5xm

9 ай бұрын

What's going on.

@JonathanSamudio-Facyson-yc5xm

9 ай бұрын

Sounds like some good music to me. Maybe someone will find a way to sample it. Get you a check. And what's up. You goid.

Fascinating - and enjoyable ! Thank you for sharing and thanks to meehall121 for sending.

By leaps and bounds the best rendition of Harvest Home I've ever heard. Not that it's usually performed too good, but this is really impressive.

@kierankerrigan4284

5 жыл бұрын

Remember him and his father Johnie playing in Slatterys on a Tuesday night with the rest of the family

Thanks! Something new to me.

The highland bagpipe can make you cry one minute and the next raise the hairs on the back of your neck. The Uileann does the same but in a more subtle way.

@RenaissanceEarCandy

5 жыл бұрын

I think it does it in a more powerful way.

@ConsairtinFergus

5 жыл бұрын

I like both, but prefer the Highland. Only 9 notes and a set of complex ornaments. And I prefer Gordon Duncan over Paddy Keenan - both alcoholics, BTW -.

@paulcaswell2813

3 жыл бұрын

@@ConsairtinFergus The Highland pipes are stuck in the 17th century - Uilleans carried on developing. They are the ultimate pipes and capable of playing just about anything (the only barrier is the player!)

@ConsairtinFergus

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulcaswell2813 Nobody denied that: I only said I prefer the sound and articulation of the GHB. It's only a matter of taste.

@paulcaswell2813

3 жыл бұрын

@@ConsairtinFergus Agreed - and apologies if I came across as argumentative - it wasn't intended!

Come up Paddy from Landen rd a stone throw from Labre Park we were baptised in the 6th lock and got 🔐 beside the bonfire on flagons happy days brother.

he's the god of uilleann pipes :D i met him in germany and had a session with him! it was AMAZING!

Magic

amazing

Ah ! The Bothy Band. Legends !! Old Hag album = Classic.

Man I wish I started playing these when I was younger. Seems too hard to learn now

@ThreeSeatStarboard

2 жыл бұрын

Cut that tosh out! I picked up the highland pipes at 40 and never regretted it a single day. Here’s hoping you spent the last year working on a practice chanter, and if you didn’t, here’s hoping you start today!

Great!!!!!!!!!!!!

I really need to practice my Uilleann pipes more!

holy f**K...the end was unreal! why is he not famous..or more famous!!!!!

@markkavanagh4457

6 жыл бұрын

He is famous, hes known all over the world, ive enjoyed this mans playing for thirty plus years, listen to the bothy band who he played for and see just how good he really is..

Awesome piping👍

Paddy come and play more when this is over down in Kilkenny .

his pipes are always in impeccable condition....never out of tune...he keeps adjusting them. doesn`t seem to use a popping strap.

Glad ou got the madra back paddy

Wow

Listening to Paddy or Davy Spillane gives me an awful thirst!

@inlandonline

3 жыл бұрын

ME TOO! LoL and I really cannot drink anymore, but I did plenty of it in my short time walking across the island Dublin to Doolin in the Fall of 1976. I saw Davey playing with John Keenan's group, The Pavees at Slattery's on Capel Street in a "club" called the Twa Corbies. Davey was so young and so amazing, eyes always on his teacher, John. Thomas and Johnny Keenan were in the group, as was a bodhran player named Finbar(r) Furey, no relation, I was told. John Keenan, Sr. played the mandolin. Extraordinary music.

Mesmerising ,enchanting soul searching Has Michael Coleman come back as a piper ?

this music is the reason I can't stop drinking, lol

It helps to have long hands

Amazing yes. "Paganini?" Not even close

ar meisce- drunk .ag eisteacht- listening to this ceol( music ) so good , I ll have another deoch( drink ),!

Actually, he is extremely famous.

just plain & simple the best piper in the universe! foget the rest when there called the so called best & masters of the instrument when they can't even play the regs!

@billlyspencer3118

4 жыл бұрын

Davy Spillane?

@martinlaird4738

4 жыл бұрын

John McSherry and Francis McIlduff got to be up there too!

@paulcaswell2813

3 жыл бұрын

@@billlyspencer3118 Spillane is too 'crossover' for my liking. Paddy's playing is Irish through and through - none of Spillane's transatlantic stuff. Yes I know Paddy claims to have been influenced by the Blues, but IMO his pipes don't shout it the way Spillane does. I can listen to Paddy for ever, Davy, OTOH, I need to turn off after a couple of tracks. Just my own view.

Hey thats awesome friggin Mohawk, I am in the best company then, I am a frigging German loving and playing this great instrument...

The Maverick. 😉

nice boxwood chanter paddy

What are the names of the tunes? I only know the harvest home. Thanks =)

Ytuploadtestpartner Torso's "2 new test" list ._.

One for Davey Cashin !!!

Lunny put it best. The jimi Hendrix of the Uilleann pipes.

@liammcgovern5243

5 жыл бұрын

Paul Scott non

What a treat it would have been to see master musicians playing together Paddy Keenan and Jimi Hendricks

@misterflibble6601

Жыл бұрын

Some people might think this idea a little outre, but think it would be brilliant.

how do you play two parts on one set o' pipes, simultaneously?!!!!

@Dayepipes

10 жыл бұрын

There are 3 stopped pipes lying across the lap on his right leg with keys on them. He presses them with his wrist while he's fingering the melody pipe. You can play 1, 2 or 3 at once, in addition to the drones which are humming automatically in the background. Around 5:40 you'll see his wrist holding a brief chord on them. The rather odd term for the harmony pipes is "regulators" but they don't control anything.