Sorry. As someone who has known Billy Connolly since he worked in the shipyards, he's always been a comedian as well as a first class musician. Black Jake of Norwich.
All Glaswegians, and Scots in general, know about Billy’s music career, especially his being with Gerry Rafferty in the Humblebums, along with Tam Harvey. We love the Big Yin! 🏴🏴🏴
I hate to be that fella but it was him being smart arse with his ganger ( foreman ) and folk finding him hilarious led to his comedy career first off when he worked in port Glasgow but yes he always loved music . He clarified this himself
It's almost unfair that one of the funniest people ever to have set foot on this mad planet of ours is also a pretty good (and often seriously underrated) musician.
I'm astonished anyone should say this. The tunnel makes no difference to tuning the 5th string. Have you ever tried a fretless Mountain banjo with friction pegs? I have Cammeyers and Barnes & Mullins ZB's. Never noticed any tuning problems with the 5th string. BJ.@@-BriceW.Alms-
Aye, a legend. For a wee country we have a large share of internationally known talent. 🏴🏴🏴 The Big Yin is the man! Billy was in the Humblebums with Gerry Rafferty, and Tam Harvey. Fellow Glaswegian Frankie Miller called him his best friend. My son worked for him years ago and he was as lovely off stage as he was wonderful on stage.
Billy knows his banjos! Immediately spots that it is a Zither Banjo ( a type that was very popular in Britain from the late 19th Century to the middle 20th Century) and quickly realises that it is a Cammeyer. One of the most highly rated brands, I think it is a Vibrante. Very nice instrument and very nicely played!
I'm so glad somebody else noticed this! I've been lusting after a zither banjo for over a decade now, mostly thanks to Margaret Barrie and Pecker Dunne. Sadly, all the ones you see on eBay (and there are never many) are either in shite condition or priced waaaay beyond my range.
@@andy86i It does not surprise me that his first banjo was a zither banjo. There were a lot of them made and they would have been very common and relatively affordable in Scotland. Zither banjos can also be seen in performances by Pentangle and Mungo Jerry😎
I was a huge fan of a game called Enemy Territory WW2 game and that was my avatar/logo... There is an American flag there also, why do you people focus on the nazi flag for? I think it reveals more your personality than mine.
Sorry. Must correct you here. Zither-Banjos are rarely, if ever, 6-string banjos. In fact I've never seen one. They are 5-string banjos, which often have 6 tuners for ease of manufacture and appearance. They are not rare. Scores of tens of thousands were made and large numbers are still around. You can buy one for as little as £30. Black Jake of Norwich, one-time good friend of Sir Billy. No, we didn't fall out, just drifted apart. He's the man who made God laugh, and my hero forever!
Billy actually played this on my banjo, then autographed it! #lovethebigyin
Are you kidding??!!
@@randomfamilyman4876 I am not kidding my Friend, Billy is the one!
You lucky lucky man
Wow that’s amazing! You are very lucky. He saved my life. I will be forever grateful to him. He makes the world a better place just by existing.
Sorry. As someone who has known Billy Connolly since he worked in the shipyards, he's always been a comedian as well as a first class musician.
Black Jake of Norwich.
An absolute marvel of Scottish ingenuity. Love from Mississippi
He was always self-deprecating about his playing but he truly was damn good.
People dont realise he was a musician before anything else... his playin music in pubs is what led to him being a comedian
All Glaswegians, and Scots in general, know about Billy’s music career, especially his being with Gerry Rafferty in the Humblebums, along with Tam Harvey. We love the Big Yin! 🏴🏴🏴
I hate to be that fella but it was him being smart arse with his ganger ( foreman ) and folk finding him hilarious led to his comedy career first off when he worked in port Glasgow but yes he always loved music . He clarified this himself
As a wild an ribald Scotsman I am proud of Bill. He's a free spirited old bugger! I love him.
Long may we be wild!
Gordon M. And as a Scotsman I couldni agree wae yi more sir.....
We wouldn't have Bluegrass if not for Celtic
Gordon, Fireblade, and Don…
Exactly! 🏴🏴🏴
Great man. Brought so much joy and fun into our lives. Thanks Billy
God Bless Billy Connolly with all the blessings in the world x
He's just absolutely the best. God bless you Billy Connolly.
I love Billy. Beautiful soul. Great picker! Long may he run!
He recons himself that he is not a great banjo player, to me he is one of the best and one of the funniest fun love giving guy's on our planet!
I Love it BILLY CONALLY MASTER MUSICIAN
Billy conolly. So pure, so uncut, so raw, so fucking amazing. I love you billy
Absolutely beautiful :) Very happy x
Billy spreads a bit of joy in a grey world. Good boy
Billy's musical ability has always come second, third or fourth to his comedy, acting, presenting, interviewing windswept and interesting personality!
Interesting windswept showbiz personality! :D
It's almost unfair that one of the funniest people ever to have set foot on this mad planet of ours is also a pretty good (and often seriously underrated) musician.
Ever watch Steve Martin play banjo? He's a regular Earl Scruggs.
He doesnt think hes good...we all think hes VERY good!!
A man of many talents...no one else like him!!!!!😊♥️♥️♥️
Billy is a legend, and so much better a musician than he EVER admits to!
Billy Connolly is a great actor.
People forget he was a musician before he was known as a comedian. Played in the band The Humblebums with Gerry Rafferty.
What a brilliant man!
Billy, you ARE the man !
"It's out of tune but bugger it" **twang** "Oh no, unbugger it"
I'm astonished anyone should say this. The tunnel makes no difference to tuning the 5th string. Have you ever tried a fretless Mountain banjo with friction pegs? I have Cammeyers and Barnes & Mullins ZB's. Never noticed any tuning problems with the 5th string.
BJ.@@-BriceW.Alms-
I live in the Ozarks love it,
Fantastic!
genius
he is the king!
Wonderful. ❤️
Excellent
Nice and A Thumbs Up for you.
A musician as well 👍😉🍀❤️🎭😊👵🏴
Great !
Played in a band called the Humblebums with Gerry Rafferty!
I once heard him say " this is a sentence you never hear...."that's the banjo players Porsche" lol , great man
The tune is Called Cripple creek.
If the Man was English aye would still say this bloody Legend just as well he,s 🏴🏴🏴
Aye, a legend. For a wee country we have a large share of internationally known talent. 🏴🏴🏴 The Big Yin is the man!
Billy was in the Humblebums with Gerry Rafferty, and Tam Harvey. Fellow Glaswegian Frankie Miller called him his best friend. My son worked for him years ago and he was as lovely off stage as he was wonderful on stage.
Top Man no doubt bless him
Billy knows his banjos! Immediately spots that it is a Zither Banjo ( a type that was very popular in Britain from the late 19th Century to the middle 20th Century) and quickly realises that it is a Cammeyer. One of the most highly rated brands, I think it is a Vibrante. Very nice instrument and very nicely played!
I'm so glad somebody else noticed this! I've been lusting after a zither banjo for over a decade now, mostly thanks to Margaret Barrie and Pecker Dunne. Sadly, all the ones you see on eBay (and there are never many) are either in shite condition or priced waaaay beyond my range.
I am reading his book right now and he says that the first banjo he ever bought was a zither banjo
@@andy86i It does not surprise me that his first banjo was a zither banjo. There were a lot of them made and they would have been very common and relatively affordable in Scotland. Zither banjos can also be seen in performances by Pentangle and Mungo Jerry😎
The mans a legend 😁
Wonderful x
YES! Play the banjo, live a little. YES!
You´re just great and dynamic!
Billy is hilarious.
Top man.
Love Billy the king of comedy :)
Cripple creak ..The big Yin is the man...
bloody love that man
wow!
I loved the rebel yell in the middle of it.
Brilliant
And here I thought he was just an insanely funny man!!
Banjo Billy! : )
legend!!
At least he knows what frailing is!
BJ.
i want to be Billy Connolly when i grow up,
im only 42
MarkoRollo sounds like you need to grow up, my friend. To be yourself though :) cause you’re unique and a miracle
me too, I'm 68
There’ll only ever be one Big Yin. 🏴
Made me smile like a dork.
yayoineko Billy has a way of making people smile. 😁
Donna Philben
I love Billy! A true legend!
yayoineko: how does a dork smile-or is it stork ?
Brother please don't leave us.
That made a old man very happy
love it :)
Always the big yin
What the fuck is with the first bit of this video?
my thoughts exactly. fuck sake....
I was a huge fan of a game called Enemy Territory WW2 game and that was my avatar/logo... There is an American flag there also, why do you people focus on the nazi flag for? I think it reveals more your personality than mine.
@@MajorChaos69it’s… just… sudden.
Always sold himself short as Banjo player but this shows that he was good.
chase music.
hes a class banjo player.
so the question is.....Billy or Steve Martin? Banjo duel!!
Unfortunately Billy can't frail any more :( room for two banjos in bluegrass though
Billy can't play banjo anymore? 😢
parkinsons
So sad he can’t pick or frail anymore :(
That being said, Steve would probably crush him!!
@@graysonbyrd7538 Steve is a world class banjo picker in the Scruggs style of picking. Billy was a frailer before his illness.
I always thought he was the missing member of Monty Python
Probably one of the top 3 coolest guys ever, not named Jesus. I don't know who the other 2 might be..just leaving room out of fairness.
Superb
Saturn couldn't touch him tonight.
❤❤❤
Old corn liquor was the cause of it all
Is it me or could he not pass for John Cleese?
Oh yeah fun.
He is always self-deprecating about his playing but he was great in his prime.
I want a banjo.
Cripple creek
It’s a zither banjo, formerly a 6 string. Very rare.
Ive got one love it
Sorry. Must correct you here. Zither-Banjos are rarely, if ever, 6-string banjos. In fact I've never seen one. They are 5-string banjos, which often have 6 tuners for ease of manufacture and appearance. They are not rare. Scores of tens of thousands were made and large numbers are still around. You can buy one for as little as £30.
Black Jake of Norwich, one-time good friend of Sir Billy. No, we didn't fall out, just drifted apart.
He's the man who made God laugh, and my hero forever!
@@jakeglanville6835very rare in the states anyway!
Not too sure if Andrew Denton even expected Billy to be able to play.
Acknowledged
whats the song called?
+Brandon Buchanan cripple creek
Thanks Jonathan Ross
Sounds a bit like Led Zeppelin's Bron Au Yor Stomp too, same tempo anyway. You might like their live version on TH-cam At Earl's Court 1975
The best recording of Bron Y Aur Stomp is the one with 373,000 + views. The others posted are rather lacking in sound quality.
just might be need of new strings...
What?
No mention ofClive Palmer ?
so the "Big Yid" is now Sir "Big Yid" ! what ever next !
Why are you calling him "Big Yid"?
William Butler Big Yin you clown
William Butler Big Yin! LOL
big yid.... ye plank
Big Yid.... OMG! 😂
Gerry's mate lol
Presenter knows F all about banjo, and shows it!
0:04 The F? I’m just trying to watch the video man
C
dont need a tuner when its in yer head ...love billy