1974 - Planxty - Rare TV Performance

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  • A rare performance by a rare Planxty line-up.
    Donal was gone, Johnny was in, Christy was on the way out & Paul was just in......
    Liam Óg Ó'Flynn
    Andy Irvine
    Johnny Moynihan
    Paul Brady
    Christy Moore
    Tracklist:
    Yarmouth Town 0:00
    The Little Drummer
    The Rambles of Kitty
    The Frost is All Over
    Arthur McBride (Paul Brady)
    What Andy had to say about this period "Paul Brady had been invited to join Planxty when Donal left in Autumn 1973.
    He declined as he was, at that time, still playing with The Johnstons in the USA and he felt a strong commitment to Adrienne Johnston, who later died a tragic death. We asked him again now, to replace Christy and this time, to our joy, he accepted.
    Paul gave Planxty a big lift. He didn't bring many songs with him though as The Johnstons had become a bit of a middle of the road band by this time. He did, however, bring his version of Arthur McBride and I always remember the first time I heard it in a Donegal pub. I was blown away as everybody has been since!
    1974-75 Before Christy left we played for a month in Edinburgh as a five piece. We had been asked to provide the music for a play called The Fantastical Feats of Finn McCool which was to be a part of the Edinburgh Festival and was staged at the Ice Rink-long gone. We had a tremendous time: playing in one place for a month was a luxury we were not used to!
    Christy duly left and we went on our merry way with our engine room back. We toured all over Europe but exhaustion was setting in.
    By the early summer of 1975, the writing was on the wall: we had to continue because we were now in debt. We had hired an accountant, who shall be nameless, to sort out our Income Tax and without wishing to court libel, I think he took us for a long long ride.
    Tempers became frayed and relationships became strained, nothing personal, we were just at the end of our tether.
    We did one final tour in France with Malicorne and Jean-Pau Verdier. The music was good. My diaries record that we opened the shows-all round France-and went down as well as ever. Johnny recorded this tour in an extremely funny series of cartoons, with limericks attached, that was entitled The Humours of Planxty. I wish I had a copy today!
    Back home, we called a meeting in Des’ office and disbanded. It was a great relief and we adjourned to Madigan’s pub in Donnybrook. We drank to the demise of Planxty, looked at each other and said, ‘’So what do we do now?''.
    Planxty had been my life for three and a half years and now I was back in the mean old world again.
    Since Paul and myself had struck up a particular friendship we decided to stick together and become a duo. At the same time my old friend Alec Finn had asked me to join De Dannan because Dolores Keane had left. So I was in two outfits at the same time, which I should have known was going to be a disaster." www.andyirvine.com
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Komentáře • 147

  • @nbenefiel
    @nbenefiel Před 4 měsíci +15

    I lived in Dublin from 71 to 78. I can’t count the number of times I saw Planxty. The 70’s were a golden time for Irish music, Planxty, the Chieftains, Clannad, the Bothy Band, DeDanan. There were concerts every weekend. I was supposed to be studying but I spent a lot of time listening to music.

    • @tomsampson8084
      @tomsampson8084 Před 2 měsíci +2

      I was in Detroit back then and saw many of those groups (and more) as well. It was a great time for Irish music in Detroit.

    • @nbenefiel
      @nbenefiel Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@tomsampson8084 I grew up in Detroit. Remember Tipperary’s pub, the Dublin Inn, and the Gaelic League. The Gaelic League brought in a new group from Ireland every month.

  • @owenmccarthy6935
    @owenmccarthy6935 Před rokem +18

    Saw this line up in the Pavilion DunLaoghaire in 1974. Best gig I was ever at. Hard to imagine it's the most of 50 years ago. Legends all.

  • @aliceharding1
    @aliceharding1 Před 3 lety +45

    I had the huge pleasure of seeing the original line up plus Paul Brady and Christys brother as extras, in the Pavilion in Dun Laoire sometime about late 73 or 74.. Paul sang this version of Arthur Mc Bride also.. Planxty were a huge influence to thousands of young Irish musicians.. They have to this day never been bettered and there are no bands I know who did as much for Traditional music..

    • @renderizer01
      @renderizer01 Před rokem

      Before Barry Moore became Luka Bloom. Before he got afflicted with tendonitis and had to switch his technique from fingerstyle to flatpicking. A bit sad, actually, I liked his style back then.
      All that said, Christy's hairdo in this video here is something to behold, really...

    • @MarisaDwyer
      @MarisaDwyer Před rokem +4

      If I was born a decade or two earlier, I might have devoted my entire life to being a Planxty groupie. Tragically,I had the opportunity to see them in the early 80's and, due to being an idiot 12 yr old, I didn’t go because I was pouting because my dad wouldn't let me see AC/DC while in Dublin. THE MOST REGRETTED MUSICAL DECISION EVER.

    • @berniecourtney1
      @berniecourtney1 Před rokem +4

      Saw them once or twice in the early and mid seventies, magic, complete magic.

  • @sophiaherschel567
    @sophiaherschel567 Před 10 měsíci +5

    Best irish folk band of all times.

  • @ritamack5731
    @ritamack5731 Před 4 lety +14

    Best performance ever done by Paul Brady.........Arthur McBride. He was definitely at his best.

  • @mrpotato442
    @mrpotato442 Před rokem +5

    Christy Moore looking like Lord Farquaad in this clip with his hair.

  • @GerryBolger
    @GerryBolger Před 4 lety +12

    It's mad to see so much talent on display only for Paul Brady to win.

  • @ShirleyOToole
    @ShirleyOToole Před 3 lety +22

    Paul Brady has an incredible voice

  • @frannieo1707
    @frannieo1707 Před rokem +17

    Thanks for uploading. My late father, a uilieann piper, loved Planxty and Bothy Band. Great to see this again. Brings back wonderful memories.

  • @jennypond5479
    @jennypond5479 Před 4 lety +16

    I am Australian, heard Planxty when I lived in Alice Springs, from Perth originally. Absolutely been hooked for 40 yrs!

    • @lisamcgeeney8972
      @lisamcgeeney8972 Před rokem

      I heard Planxty first in Sydney in 1970s as a child of Irish parents! Family sent us compilation tapes of Trad and Folk music (A Feast of Irish Folk was one) and I loved all the songs - particularly Planxty. When we returned to Ireland in the 1980s I got to know the work of the individual members of the band

  • @jameshenrymurphy
    @jameshenrymurphy Před 6 lety +14

    What a treat ,to hear this after 50 years.

  • @douglaskaiser7360
    @douglaskaiser7360 Před rokem +5

    Props to the old wordsmith who crafted this wonderful tune.

  • @donwilsmore3945
    @donwilsmore3945 Před 4 lety +8

    Gee!... what a line up Planxty ...apart from all great musicians 4 of the best Irish ☘️ singers .

  • @jeremycline9542
    @jeremycline9542 Před 2 lety +14

    Never knew Paul and Christy were in at the same time! This is amazing.

    • @antoineturuban3914
      @antoineturuban3914 Před rokem +1

      Altogether they were 5 : Liam O'Flinn - Andy irvine - Christy Moore - Paul Brady - Donal Lunny.

  • @niallmurray9725
    @niallmurray9725 Před 3 lety +11

    Daoiri Farrell brought me here tonight after his online gig...(he did a great version of the drummer boy) jeezus I’m half a bottle of whisky in and already and listening to this isn’t quenching my thirst... fantastic and much needed during these rough times. 😷
    Slainté 🥃

    • @MarisaDwyer
      @MarisaDwyer Před 11 měsíci

      Planxty and Daoiri is a great Saturday night. Tipping er up to those boys!
      I can't imagine how much trouble I've stayed out of just choosing to stay home and listen to the best. Slainte!

  • @tomgreene1843
    @tomgreene1843 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Great remember hearing Andy and Paul back in the 60s in UCD.

  • @Folkfreak1
    @Folkfreak1 Před 7 lety +32

    This is really a piece of music history. Thanks for shareing.

  • @Apodimi1
    @Apodimi1 Před 7 lety +18

    Great version of Planxty...pity they didn't get a chance to record.....what an album it would have been......with 4 vocalists it would have had to been a double one !!! Thanks a million Andy Irvine Fanblog for sharing ...

  • @doodeen
    @doodeen Před 7 měsíci +1

    Simply Superb!!.Thanks for posting.Cheers Jim

  • @pcset12
    @pcset12 Před rokem +2

    Christy with lovely hair!

  • @grahamehood8248
    @grahamehood8248 Před 7 lety +25

    I actually saw this lineup. They were providing the music for a play about Finn McCool at the 1974 Edinburgh Festival. Very late in the evening they played a concert in the same venue- the old Ice Rink next to Haymarket station. Had to walk ten miles home afterwards!

  • @irishfield1
    @irishfield1 Před 4 lety +3

    So gorgeous music and song ever here adore all I am a great fan ever thank you Andy and Planxty

  • @lew-e
    @lew-e Před 4 lety +12

    all of these guys shows seem like so much fun. Happy and comical and they are genuinely having a good time. Been watching this daily for the past couple weeks now and finding all their other music. I was aware of some bits and pieces but not all of it and I am hooked!

    • @innalitvak6654
      @innalitvak6654 Před 4 lety

      Lew-e being a Planxty fan for more than 20 years I still come back here to watch their videos and it’s so great to know that more and more people are discovering them now!

    • @patwaine8946
      @patwaine8946 Před rokem

      Magic

  • @munsterfloyd
    @munsterfloyd Před rokem +3

    A gem.

  • @AlanLow-wf8op
    @AlanLow-wf8op Před měsícem

    Saw them a couple of times in the Carlton..!! Kris K, John D and a few others. Let's remember the National Stadium was also a 'venue' then, Donovan among others there. Happy days.

  • @frankh4026
    @frankh4026 Před rokem +1

    I saw Planxty in Wards of Ballyfa Galway. 1973. Amps were bad but what a sound!
    Great vid.

  • @curleyteeth
    @curleyteeth Před 6 lety +4

    Pure brilliance.Jim.Liverpool.

  • @TheIkaraCult
    @TheIkaraCult Před 3 lety +3

    the greatnesss all on one stage here is obscene. It's just not fair on everyone else

  • @patrickcoyne1046
    @patrickcoyne1046 Před rokem +3

    Pure class

  • @MegaPaddy68
    @MegaPaddy68 Před rokem +3

    They had great songs

  • @MrLezpye
    @MrLezpye Před rokem +2

    Johnny Moynihan is amazing, great to see him here, what I wouldn’t give to meet him now such a talented beautiful man

    • @jamesbradshaw3389
      @jamesbradshaw3389 Před rokem

      You are only saying this because you paid to say those very kind words, only joking

  • @machree01
    @machree01 Před 3 lety +4

    Another Classic performance from the lads, I take the Black Album, vinyl out every so often, brilliant.

  • @sebdetyra651
    @sebdetyra651 Před 4 lety +6

    Absolutely amazing footage, Irvine is a genius as we all know, people are only recognising this now. In England there's BIMM students who know about this guy. As an Irishman living in the UK this years it blows my mind.

    • @padraichorgan
      @padraichorgan Před 3 lety +2

      Yes ,I agree ,Andy is a musical genius ,with the most unique voice .Makes me laugh when people discriminate about nationality in music ....it knows no borders ,just enjoy and admire.....

  • @TopOfTheMorning-jp1iy
    @TopOfTheMorning-jp1iy Před 11 měsíci +1

    Brilliant

  •  Před 4 lety +5

    Great song, great band, love it

  • @WhiteCavendish
    @WhiteCavendish Před 3 lety +2

    This is a tune that I first heard played by Great Big Sea, and this is a lovely version as well. Great old Canadian tune!

  • @Rupertbear27
    @Rupertbear27 Před 7 lety +7

    Brilliant--saw them live a few times at Leeds /Manchester and the Guildhall in Newcastle with Hamish Imlach and Hedgehog Pie---Fantastic group !!!

  • @MrLezpye
    @MrLezpye Před rokem +3

    Johnny is incredible

  • @johnhogthrob1167
    @johnhogthrob1167 Před 7 lety +4

    Outstanding...Thanks.

  • @oliveroneill1388
    @oliveroneill1388 Před rokem +2

    Incredibly..all..

  • @Brian-zp1df
    @Brian-zp1df Před rokem +1

    Thanks Andy

  • @evelinekettle1150
    @evelinekettle1150 Před 3 měsíci

    First time I saw and heard this!! Great stuff!! 🎉🎉🎉

  • @davidbrennan3613
    @davidbrennan3613 Před 4 lety +1

    Brilliant video. I seen Andy play in new york in 2011 a great entertainer

  • @JohninRosc
    @JohninRosc Před rokem +1

    Fantastic - thanks for posting

  • @waltertross3581
    @waltertross3581 Před 10 měsíci +2

    incredible how he fixed the string that had got out of tune within a few bars from when I noticed, without interruption! (17:45)

  • @jennysharpe3168
    @jennysharpe3168 Před 3 lety +1

    Great energy

  • @lsdmadman
    @lsdmadman Před 6 lety +1

    yay and thanky...saw our Paul in Canton MA at the wee Irish Festival

  • @diamondmidnightgardener
    @diamondmidnightgardener Před rokem +12

    brilliant, the whole thing.... just watching this live version of Paul's Arthur McBride and noticed a couple of great things.... at 16:25 when he sings "when a trusty shillelagh" he knocks the soundboard of his guitar... and at 17:44 "and bid them look sharp" as he adjusts his A-string [here tuned to G for open G tuning] and sharpens it slightly!

    • @oliveroneill1388
      @oliveroneill1388 Před rokem

      Listen to the singing. Stop looking for faults . Ok

    • @oliveroneill1388
      @oliveroneill1388 Před rokem

      Looking at your gay following. Youra dick

    • @diamondmidnightgardener
      @diamondmidnightgardener Před rokem +4

      @@oliveroneill1388 I think you completely missed the point. I have listened numerous times to his performance and it's brilliant. If you read my comment above and think just a little you might consider how clever Paul is to incorporate the above mentioned into his performance

    • @berniecourtney1
      @berniecourtney1 Před rokem +1

      Exactly!! Clever stuff, brilliant in fact

  • @Kampfwageneer
    @Kampfwageneer Před 4 lety +4

    finger plucking and picking combo is unreal, i wanted to try to figure out how he's playing this but once i saw that no way,

    • @ConsairtinFergus
      @ConsairtinFergus Před 4 lety +1

      Irvine has a very peculiar way of plucking / fingerpicking; and also fingering and holding the mast... But It works, and It's what counts in the end :)
      Now I'm watching Brady, I suppose It makes sense... He alvays tuned his guitar in an open D chord, and his playing is as personal as his singing.

    • @Neilweemuck
      @Neilweemuck Před 3 lety

      @@ConsairtinFergus Open G

  • @BobBob-tr9bc
    @BobBob-tr9bc Před 3 lety +1

    Thankyou for this

  • @patrickclerkin-kz1cm
    @patrickclerkin-kz1cm Před 4 měsíci

    Johnny Moynihan making a rare appearance with them.

  • @manuelcastro8113
    @manuelcastro8113 Před 7 lety +4

    Magnífico, tipicamente irlandés.

  • @davidtucker1644
    @davidtucker1644 Před 2 lety +1

    Fantastic band

  • @christaylor2070
    @christaylor2070 Před 3 lety +1

    Rare performance indeed, v. unusual to see Johnny Moynihan playing fiddle. Andy Irvine claims to have been in De Dannan, I must have blinked and missed that!

    • @AndyIrvineFanblog
      @AndyIrvineFanblog  Před 3 lety +1

      Yes, he sure was. There are a handful of li e tracks Records, he was only there for a few months.

  • @jeanlucbuzonie1242
    @jeanlucbuzonie1242 Před 7 lety +1

    .. merci ... depuis la france .. ;) Yiiii Ahhhhh .. ♫

  • @fphelan535
    @fphelan535 Před 3 lety

    I had the opportunity to see that old Harmonium that Paul is playing up in west Wicklow at Ronan Browne, the pipers house

  • @samuelmcintyre3780
    @samuelmcintyre3780 Před rokem

    I saw this lot in the Shannon doo main Street Limavady . The late Colm Mc kenna,s pub year's ago

  • @davidcunniffe1373
    @davidcunniffe1373 Před 7 lety +1

    Good memories of a great band - I also have to agree with Rupertbear about Hedgehog Pie.

  • @user-dr7bx3uo6z
    @user-dr7bx3uo6z Před 9 měsíci +2

    I don't understand how I never heard about this group? I listened to the Chieftains, but these guys are much better.

    • @sdrtcacgnrjrc
      @sdrtcacgnrjrc Před 2 měsíci

      Agreed. Funny enough for me it was the other way round, Planxty were big in our house growing up in the seventies, I only heard of the Chieftains later

    • @HolgerWerner-so2ki
      @HolgerWerner-so2ki Před 2 měsíci

      ❤​@@sdrtcacgnrjrc

  • @davidbrennan3613
    @davidbrennan3613 Před rokem +2

    I got to see Andy in new york, he was brilliant

  • @williefinn4932
    @williefinn4932 Před 7 lety +11

    great to see this transitional version of planxty....christy moore and paul brady on the one stage....johnny moynihan was a talented guy, flitting from whistle fiddle to bouzouki and singing as well...christy`s bodhran was a bit loud....the various planxty`s were all good....not just the original 4..i`m thinking of bill whelan matt molloy nollaig ni cathasaigh and others.

  • @adrianmcgrath574
    @adrianmcgrath574 Před 5 lety

    Classic material :-)

  • @jeffharper9703
    @jeffharper9703 Před 8 měsíci

    ERIN AGUS ALBA GO BRAGH ! 🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @BillOrme
    @BillOrme Před 4 lety +10

    When I hear Paul Brady sing this song I think no one could possibly sing this better. But when I first heard it sung by Andy Irvine, before that, I thought the same thing. I still think the same two things. But it's clear that Irvine deferred to Brady on this, seeing it as his song first, so who am I to question? "And the little wee drummer, we flattened his bow
    And we made a football of his rowdy-dow-dow
    Threw it in the tide for to rock and to roll
    And bade it a tedious returning
    And we havin' no money, paid them off in cracks
    We paid no respect to their two bloody backs
    And we lathered them there like a pair of wet sacks
    And left them for dead in the morning
    And so, to conclude and to finish disputes
    We obligingly asked if they wanted recruits
    For we were the lads who would give them hard clouts
    And bid them look sharp in the mornin'
    Oh, me and my cousin, one Arthur McBride
    As we went a-walkin' down by the seaside
    Now mark what followed and what did betide
    For it bein' on Christmas mornin'"

    • @porterhall27
      @porterhall27 Před 3 lety +2

      the later version recorded in 1977 is better than this one..

  • @TheMannyMan05
    @TheMannyMan05 Před 7 lety +1

    IT'S A VERY ALLUSIVE NARRATIVE, YARMOUTH, EDINBURGH, BUT THEY MADE GREAT MUSIC. THEY PLAYED WELL, 4-COURSE MANDOLIN, UILLEAN PIPES, PENNY-WHISTLE, AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE AND EGYPTIAN OUD, LIKE A LUTE. WELL WORTH SEEING, FOR THE FIRST TIME, FOR ME.

    • @AndyIrvineFanblog
      @AndyIrvineFanblog  Před 7 lety +1

      It is a greek bouzouki not an oud or lute. and the whistle would be known as a tin whistle in Ireland. thanks for commenting!

  • @adoraleonard5122
    @adoraleonard5122 Před 6 lety +2

    💚💚💚💚💚

  • @Kampfwageneer
    @Kampfwageneer Před 4 lety +1

    hey johnny

  • @solncevskiya9850
    @solncevskiya9850 Před 7 lety +1

    super)))

  • @dianebridges9257
    @dianebridges9257 Před 3 lety +1

    Omg Andy. How great a voice

  • @kirisame5939
    @kirisame5939 Před 4 lety +5

    I love irish music and im latino wish i could meet an irish guy

  • @cesbass
    @cesbass Před rokem

  • @Brian-zp1df
    @Brian-zp1df Před rokem

    A happy blending micks in usa

  • @jamesbradshaw3389
    @jamesbradshaw3389 Před rokem

    Good to hear a seafaring song of living life on the high seas or have got the story of this song completely wrong? Planxty The greatest rocking folk band of all times

  • @foggydew5021
    @foggydew5021 Před 3 lety +3

    3:30 Little Drummer. Happy ending for HIM. I would not want to marry a man who emotionally blackmailed me with the threat of suicide. Run miles away from such a psycho, lol

  • @lombroso1969
    @lombroso1969 Před 7 lety +5

    Thank you for sharing. So the lineup is: Brady, Moore, O'Flynn, Irvine and Moynihan. Am I correct?

    • @AndyIrvineFanblog
      @AndyIrvineFanblog  Před 7 lety +3

      Yes. Brady joined as moore's replacement and stayed on for a short time while the transition happened. This is the only known footage of this lineup as far as I know

    • @GerryBolger
      @GerryBolger Před 4 lety +1

      My god imagine losing Christy Moore only to gain Paul Brady! Talk about stumblin from greatness to greatness....

    • @chriscboland
      @chriscboland Před 3 lety +1

      @@AndyIrvineFanblog There's also some BBC footage from the Cambridge Folk Festival in 1974. I put in on my facebook page a couple of years ago. It may still be there.

    • @AndyIrvineFanblog
      @AndyIrvineFanblog  Před 3 lety

      @@chriscboland wow. If you could find this It would be amazing

    • @johnmc3862
      @johnmc3862 Před 2 lety

      @@chriscboland I saw that, it’s a very short snippet.

  • @GerryBolger
    @GerryBolger Před 4 lety +2

    By jaysus that's some yarn by Andy in the description.

  • @iseethem1
    @iseethem1 Před 7 měsíci

    😳

  • @RedKatieAnne
    @RedKatieAnne Před 6 lety

    How long did Johnny Moynihan and Paul Brady play with Planxty? When did Donal Lunny come into the band?

    • @AndyIrvineFanblog
      @AndyIrvineFanblog  Před 6 lety +1

      Lunny was there from the start but left for a time to be replaced by Moynihan, when Christy Moore left he was replaced by Brady. The Band then split, later to reform with the original line-up of Lunny & Moore. It is a shame that they Moynihan Brady lineup never recorded an album.

  • @Kampfwageneer
    @Kampfwageneer Před rokem

    Whats the march played after frost is over?

  • @craiggilmour6062
    @craiggilmour6062 Před 3 lety

    mgaic!!!!!!!

  • @gordypattison3543
    @gordypattison3543 Před 3 lety

    Andy Christy liam lunny
    Best ever.

  • @Brian-zp1df
    @Brian-zp1df Před rokem

    Hey micks

  • @johnmc3862
    @johnmc3862 Před 2 lety

    I wonder how Donal missed this one or maybe he wasn’t in the band then?

  • @peteranderson6173
    @peteranderson6173 Před 3 lety +1

    chisty with hair, kinda paralell n kinda like it... In seperate ways.

  • @eye347
    @eye347 Před 10 měsíci

    Where is Donal Lunny?

  • @gerrykeenan2585
    @gerrykeenan2585 Před rokem

    Bodhran sounds terrible not christy's fault good playing but bodhrans have come a long way in nearly 50 years they sound a lot softer now and more tunefull very hard and noisy back then even when played softly .Great band and went on to b big stars in their own right..

    • @celticdeamon567
      @celticdeamon567 Před rokem

      I prefer the old sound. More tribal, pagan primitive war drum.

  • @greatspottedwoodpeck
    @greatspottedwoodpeck Před 3 měsíci

    Brilliant video from 1974. History in the making. Andy Irvine, Paul Brady, what more do you want. Christy? His ego was much bigger than his talent. He never wrote a memorable ballad. He made his fame from singing others' ballads. And he was good at that. But he couldn't sing or play like Irvine or Brady or any of Sweeney's Men, or you name it. Christy made his name by being a power on stage, helped by liquor. Andy Irvine and Paul Brady didn't push their luck that far. They could've, they shoud've. They both have ten times more talent than "Lisdoonvarna" Moore.

  • @user-yh3xm3zo9l
    @user-yh3xm3zo9l Před 2 měsíci

    Ye this was awesome , till Christy started singing, Andy Irvine , and Paul Brady sang the songs, Christy murdered them, 😔

    • @user-yh3xm3zo9l
      @user-yh3xm3zo9l Před měsícem

      The bold driving Andy Irvine master on the songs, bless u, loved everything u did over the decades, 😂♥️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏