I am asleep (Air) & The Clumsy Lover (Reel) Uilleann pipes Chris McMullan

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    Playing I am Asleep (Slow air) and the clumsey lover (reel) on the pipes, The Clumsy lover was originally written as a hornpipe for GHB by Neil Dickie of Edmonton, AB.
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  • @maxromisch3361
    @maxromisch3361 9 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    Where can I get your albums? And if you don't have any, why the hell not?

    • @ChrisMcMullan
      @ChrisMcMullan  9 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Hiram Abiff Hi Hiram, currently working on my first solo album...will be releasing it within the next two months. If you subscribe i'll be able to keep you posted about it!! Cheers Chris

    • @TheScotPiper
      @TheScotPiper 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Chris McMullan Is this a D or Cset?

    • @ChrisMcMullan
      @ChrisMcMullan  9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Hayden Olsen It's in D Hayden

    • @TheScotPiper
      @TheScotPiper 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You tuning it a little flatter? Where's your bridle?

    • @ChrisMcMullan
      @ChrisMcMullan  7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Hi Max, my debut album is available for pre-order from chrismcmullan.bandcamp.com/releases

  • @danielthompson6207
    @danielthompson6207 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Chris, I need you to know that over the years, you've secured a firm and permanent place in my heart. What you do isn't playing music, it's speaking to the soul in a language that only the soul can fully understand. This isn't meant to fluff your ego, though you'd be damn right to have a big one, but just to express my gratitude for you and what you do.
    I've had mornings that were so dark, I wasn't sure if I'd even be able to see the sun when I went outside. My solution, nine times out of ten, is to grab a mug of coffee and listen to your playing. That first sip of coffee wakes me up, and the first note from your pipes always blows those storm clouds away. Thank you, Chris, for sharing your gifts with all of us!

  • @danpusceddu
    @danpusceddu 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I feel like when he gets up in silence at the end there should be thunderous applause and weeping. Terrific!

  • @AlfOfAllTrades
    @AlfOfAllTrades 8 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    I'm surprised the neighbors don't break down the doors. To give standing ovations, that is. Awesome!

  • @kiraalialeeonfairythegreenone
    @kiraalialeeonfairythegreenone ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This is such a beautiful sound. It's stunning. It touches my heart. I love it.
    I'm not Irish. I'm Ukrainian but your music crosses cultural boundaries.💚💚💚💚

  • @Satyrion27
    @Satyrion27 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    There is sitting a man in a kitchen and plays such a music! Sometimes the world shows it is better than it seems mostly.

  • @thomaseoghan6266
    @thomaseoghan6266 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Always go clean mental when I hear the uilleann pipes being played flat out

  • @kevinwikileaks
    @kevinwikileaks 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    One of the best pipe players ive heard

  • @mild_meme
    @mild_meme 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That first air brings a tear to my eye every time

  • @paulmckenzie4291
    @paulmckenzie4291 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Your music is a sword in the heart and a pillow for the soul. The hours you've spent is the love you have. Tears you've made as I stamp my foot. Back to my roots. A room full of people not giving a feck. Massive respect 💪

  • @AlexP-jz9sg
    @AlexP-jz9sg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Best rendition of Clumsy Lover I’ve ever heard.

  • @kahfre3694
    @kahfre3694 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That was and still is an incredible play. I've been listening to it for many years, also sending it to my friends.

  • @Alendavant
    @Alendavant 9 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    My Grandfather, Frank George, is a very well known musician. He is best known for his fiddle and banjo playing, but he played both the Highland and Uilleann Pipes. I showed him some of your videos last spring and he said you are one of the best Uilleann pipers he has ever heard.

    • @Rythmguitarable
      @Rythmguitarable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      is he also a doctor?

    • @josephjbarton
      @josephjbarton 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He hasnt heard many uilleann pipers.

    • @dcartier1692
      @dcartier1692 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Joseph Barton - I am guessing: neither have you.

    • @josephjbarton
      @josephjbarton 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dcartier1692 I am one. Studied under paddy keenan

    • @dcartier1692
      @dcartier1692 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Joseph Barton - which makes your apparently vitriolic comment above very puzzling indeed ...

  • @dominickilpatrick8575
    @dominickilpatrick8575 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Every so often I come back to this video... it's just too good

  • @lizkager5239
    @lizkager5239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Gives me chills every time, even three years after the first time I heard it.

  • @goldensande
    @goldensande 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Haunting and beautiful one moment, and then the next it is so full of pure joy it is like the sunshine breaking the storm clouds.

  • @nareiKWhi7
    @nareiKWhi7 8 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    whenever I miss Ireland I listen to the ueilleann pipes...makes me choke up then smile!!!

    • @AlexP-jz9sg
      @AlexP-jz9sg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too, and I'm not even from Ireland.

    • @trafic11315
      @trafic11315 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me neighter..... but it brings you somehow home ....

    • @pinkmagicali
      @pinkmagicali 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was trying to find words for it but couldn’t. There is such soul and depth to pipe music. Tugs are the heartstrings. This is stunning! I wish I could see Ireland, stupid COVID even cancelled my dance classes. 😫

  • @blancolirio
    @blancolirio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Holy Shit Lad!!!! My Gawd that's good!
    Subscribed!

    • @ChrisMcMullan
      @ChrisMcMullan  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you Blancolirio, this video was a few years ago now but have fond memories recording it 👍🏻

  • @PrismRisen
    @PrismRisen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Beyond superb, Chris. You voice three Celtic spirits at once - past, present, and future (as from Abortach) - in a timeless blend. Your harmonic work, especially at 2:30-3:00 and 4:00-to end, in "I Am Asleep," ascends to the pinnacle. Thank you for your mastery and sharing it in the best acoustical kitchen in the northern hemisphere!

    • @ChrisMcMullan
      @ChrisMcMullan  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for the kind words Dennis 🙂

  • @barryyoung6159
    @barryyoung6159 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The more I listen to this the more I like it - It's magnificent ❤❤

  • @JustinBarylski
    @JustinBarylski 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    By far this is the best version of I am Asleep ever... nobody else seems to capture the emotion behind this tune

  • @caoimghgin
    @caoimghgin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There may or may not have been a tear coming out of my eye. Stop judging. This is everything I wanted to hear. Thanks!

  • @trevorpugh6475
    @trevorpugh6475 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’ve just come back to this fine piece after a couple if years and it sounds as fresh and vibrant as when I first heard it….wonderful! Chris, I hope you’re still with the pipes and in good and rude health.

    • @ChrisMcMullan
      @ChrisMcMullan  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's great to hear Trevor.... I should probably do a new version of this.

  • @fabermcmullen1
    @fabermcmullen1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Chris: We are the McMullens over here in Texas. We came here from Dromore, County Tyrone many years ago, but I had to write you and let you know that we love hearing your great music. We listen to everything new you post. I grew up playing the highland pipes, but I always wished that I could have played the Uillean pipes. You're music isn't great……it's phenomenal, and we're very proud of you as McMullens. I don't know if you speak Irish at all, ach ba mhaith liom a rá gur maith linn do chuid ceol, agus tá muid ag súil go mór leis achen amhran go gcuireann tú anseo ar You tube. Go raibh mile maith agat as do cholceathreaca anseo i dTexas. Le meas, Faber McMullen, Navasota, Texas

  • @EmptyGlass99
    @EmptyGlass99 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What a beautiful haunting piece of music.

  • @leelo12345
    @leelo12345 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Jesus... really great music. thank you for sharing. 👍✨🌈🙋🏼‍♂️

  • @stephenparis9595
    @stephenparis9595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    God bless ya lad. God bless you and your entire family. That's the most beautiful thing I've heard in a long long time.

  • @jamie8032
    @jamie8032 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My mind goes to images of Connemara and the West Coast when I listen to I Am Asleep and to Limerick and Tipp when I hear clumsy lover.

  • @trevorpugh6475
    @trevorpugh6475 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A wonderful way to set me up for the rest of the day by listening to this exhilarating, joyous and emotional piece. Thank you Chris, you've made dark days brighter again! 👉 👌😊

  • @ifoxfirei
    @ifoxfirei 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love a good slow air... lovely

  • @michaelkingsbury4305
    @michaelkingsbury4305 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I could barely stay in my chair hearing that reel! Great playing, man, squeeze on...

  • @marytomes6404
    @marytomes6404 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    whenever I hear Clumsy Lover it blows me away. I love it so much!!!!!!

  • @ebonfae5244
    @ebonfae5244 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is so impressive. I can only imagine how challenging the uilleann pipes are to play, but you do so with perfection. Both pieces are beautiful. The first has a haunting feel and the reel is just good fun! Thanks for sharing this with the world!

  • @EdExploresScotland
    @EdExploresScotland 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In my kitchen I generally make soup. But oh my goodness, this sounds way better than soup.

  • @christopherdietsche5701
    @christopherdietsche5701 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well done, I've never seen anyone play the clumsey lover on the uilleanns, very well done.

  • @pipertripp
    @pipertripp 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Epic. What an insane instrument the uilleann pipes are.

  • @pamelastory8737
    @pamelastory8737 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This moves my heart so deeply 💕 Thank you Chris . Never stop playing I adore the sound .💚💚🌟💚💚🌟

  • @MrShiffles
    @MrShiffles 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you are covering songs made in the past decade, but you make them sound like they came from the homeland many centuries ago...bravo, sir, and much FIRE \M/

  • @novocain13
    @novocain13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So lovely! Thank you. Greetings from Norway.

  • @Flippen87
    @Flippen87 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why does my heat ache when I play this...I can be anywhere but i hear this song and this makes me feel like I need to go home.and hold my family

  • @bethanyleigh216
    @bethanyleigh216 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This is absolutely beautiful. You play with emotion and it's lovely.

  • @shamoo3500
    @shamoo3500 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just want you to know your rendition here, and on Spotify, are amongst the most beautiful sounds I have ever heard in my 30 years of existence. Not once in the hundreds and hundreds of times I have listened to it have I not got chills at the first air.

  • @TheSingingBarmaid
    @TheSingingBarmaid 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely, seriously bloody awesome, wow and regulator work at the end is exquisite!

    • @ChrisMcMullan
      @ChrisMcMullan  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      TheSingingBarmaid Thank you very much, Appreciate the support. My debut album is available here if it interests you. chrismcmullan.bandcamp.com/releases

    • @TheSingingBarmaid
      @TheSingingBarmaid 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great stuff I'm so glad you've recorded your playing. I will definitely check that out, thank you 👍 An inspiration.

  • @terencewinters2154
    @terencewinters2154 ปีที่แล้ว

    Squeezing a goose under the arm. When I hear these pipes airs I moved to melancholy, reflection, or fight. Like irish blues music . Reels on the other and get the feet moving like a banjo.

  • @nextpatch1.18
    @nextpatch1.18 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How can you not dance to this!!!!!!!!!!

  • @robertw7070
    @robertw7070 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    pure magic. Thank you!

  • @kuma1939
    @kuma1939 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You certainly have the Gift, Chris McMullan. Splendid sounds you have shared with us! Respects, man.

  • @bonkersblock
    @bonkersblock 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've never seen bellows can make such an exquisite sound? ?

  • @hubertdelnegro5281
    @hubertdelnegro5281 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tres beau a entendre , une belle instrument . Bravo a l'irlande

  • @Elisabeth4844
    @Elisabeth4844 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You are going to be one of the greats! Wonderful performance!!

  • @fearghuswalsh8827
    @fearghuswalsh8827 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of the best pipers i have ever heard

  • @matthieulaine5786
    @matthieulaine5786 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    fantastic... congrats Chris... I can't imagine the hours of work to get to this... but you get all listenners (and beginners) to dream!

  • @arfer
    @arfer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Very good Chris. You're added to my list of great pipe players.

  • @roxfoot
    @roxfoot 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was outstanding, that transition near made me jump out the window, and you finished like Hussain Bolt, well done.

  • @o0dominic0o
    @o0dominic0o 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is.....amazing. Breathtaking performance.

  • @LousyPiper
    @LousyPiper 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, just WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm playing the GHB but never heard something like this! Highly recommende3d

  • @keithhow3006
    @keithhow3006 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic sound and player.....more please!

  • @MondschreiBand
    @MondschreiBand 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great tunes!
    Please keep on playing :D
    ~Flo

  • @mikel2923
    @mikel2923 ปีที่แล้ว

    The last two and a half minutes are fantastic and really builds into a fast reel… nice intro though and quite haunting.

  • @fradrake11
    @fradrake11 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Travelling from a county Down to county Galway for a long weekend to propose to my now wife it was in Galway town at a music shop I heard this tune I couldn't hear enough . I bought the CD and one of Davy Spillane also it's all I played the whole 4 day's. The Uileann pipes move me like no other musical instrument. They never fail to calm me and take me away. Great tune beautifully played. Thank you.
    Liked and subscribed.

  • @geraldward5318
    @geraldward5318 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Sweet Jaysus that Clumsy lover reel at the end never heard it like that before class sir! thought ye moved into light speed at one point!

  • @billwilliams7566
    @billwilliams7566 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm a piper (GHB), but have never heard Clumsy Lover on the Uillean Pipes before. Wow! Thank you very much..great stuff. :)

    • @ChrisMcMullan
      @ChrisMcMullan  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for the support Bill, feel free to subscribe :)

  • @jimcartner819
    @jimcartner819 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    This young man is superb to listen to and I love the tone of his pipes and would like to know the maker but hats off to this talent.

  • @PuffBartok
    @PuffBartok ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic playing - haunting - and the reel - the total opposite of being asleep. Thanks.

  • @AusDenBergen
    @AusDenBergen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful portrayal, sir. Very well done. This is easily my favorite pieces since the first time I heard it some decades ago. Well done, and thank you soo much for keeping this alive and well.

  • @S24W2
    @S24W2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    beautiful playing, excellent pair of hands

  • @Shakawkaw
    @Shakawkaw 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Absolutely beautiful

    • @ChrisMcMullan
      @ChrisMcMullan  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! Cheers!

  • @OldSchoolChinny
    @OldSchoolChinny 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love this so much, especially the second piece!😀

  • @magaoda
    @magaoda 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great slow air which reveals your talent as a piper.Excellent.

  • @user-ey8bg3zo5z
    @user-ey8bg3zo5z 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    nuair a bheidh an bagpipes seinn, do sinsear seasamh taobh thiar duit cosúil le balla unbreakable ☘️

  • @jiltedjohn9294
    @jiltedjohn9294 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best pipe playing i've ever heard

  • @TheOverlordOfProcrastination
    @TheOverlordOfProcrastination 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not entirely sure I'd want to live next door to you, but that's beautiful, mate.

  • @LifeInStone
    @LifeInStone 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lovely stuff. Me and some friends play both these tunes on the Irish Warpipes/ Piob Mor and you play with beautiful pace and clarity both tunes. Very very nice.

    • @ChrisMcMullan
      @ChrisMcMullan  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      LifeInStone Thank you 👍🏻

  • @54Bero
    @54Bero 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Superb!!! Himmlisch!! Phantastic! Thanks for uplade!!!

  • @MrRyanmcmahon
    @MrRyanmcmahon 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brilliant playing, Well done, inspiring.

  • @TheShamroqDude
    @TheShamroqDude 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was totally NECTAR dude!!!!!!! You're an Amazing piper! You could call down the Angels from heaven playing like that. Very Well Done brother! :-)

  • @psychopyro5781
    @psychopyro5781 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    10 seconds in and I've already left a like on the video

  • @jameswilliams3241
    @jameswilliams3241 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bless you youngin and your pipes!

  • @jjvwguy2489
    @jjvwguy2489 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    love it so wonderful to listen to .....

  • @markthompson3449
    @markthompson3449 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    EEEeeee eeeeee eeeeeeeEEEEEEeeeee!! That was only a joke; I loved your playing.

  • @BrianNewberry
    @BrianNewberry 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That is BEAUTIFUL!!

  • @hubertdelnegro5281
    @hubertdelnegro5281 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bravo chris , c'est un beau morceaux . !!

  • @dannysmith2466
    @dannysmith2466 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gave me goosebumps! Keep on piping with your bad self..

  • @dustineden698
    @dustineden698 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    GNARLY!!!!!!! Gave me all kinds of chills. Thank you.

  • @pgoessnitzer
    @pgoessnitzer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Could listend all day....beautiful!
    ~Pete

  • @HuskReeds
    @HuskReeds 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing playing, fantastic sound! Wow.....

  • @capricornfolkduo5502
    @capricornfolkduo5502 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is my favourite video out of all your videos!

  • @cliffabrams5765
    @cliffabrams5765 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beauty. "The Clumsy Lover" is a real piper's reel-lots of crans on the low notes.

  • @susanbrayhopkins8784
    @susanbrayhopkins8784 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stunning Sounds

  • @bettybiamonte5573
    @bettybiamonte5573 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the music

  • @rcg5317
    @rcg5317 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's as if Eric Clapton was waiting for the kettle to boil so sits down to play a tune.. There are angels throwing sun shafts for this one.

  • @adamruzzo
    @adamruzzo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Breathtaking!

    • @ChrisMcMullan
      @ChrisMcMullan  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      AdamRuzzo Cheers for the support

  • @blarneybabe
    @blarneybabe 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great sound!!! such a clean reel! Slainte!!!

  • @sariahlim
    @sariahlim 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Superb, man. Chills all the way through. Some kind of genius that playing. If real music were where 'pop' is, this chap would own 5 supercars (should he chose to) and be a household name.

  • @yaahoo5844
    @yaahoo5844 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh my goodness you are brilliant! Hairs on end! Now following and waiting on an album!

    • @ChrisMcMullan
      @ChrisMcMullan  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zionist Biker Hi, you can purchase my album from this link here: chrismcmullan.bandcamp.com/releases

  • @anthonybowers7571
    @anthonybowers7571 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    real bluesy the air :) great sound and attack you have

  • @strangerthings6824
    @strangerthings6824 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    amazing..

  • @kcnnanna
    @kcnnanna 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This sounds truly beautiful.

  • @ranzamaceanruig
    @ranzamaceanruig 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    My goodness Chris, my mind is blown! Thank you for sharing your hard work and talent. When I first became enamored with the pipes years ago, it was with the Uilleann pipes because the sound was so hauntingly beautiful. I wanted to learn to play them but soon discovered that I could never afford my own set of Uilleanns, and ended up going with a set of less-than-great Great Highland Pipes instead. As you can imagine, It's just not the same. The Scottish pipes are impressive, but I don't think they have the soul of the uilleanns.

  • @strixnebulosa6921
    @strixnebulosa6921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, awesome sound and great music. Would make a good sound track