The legendary Barney McKenna. Saw him many times with The Dubliners in the South of England. Just noticed John Sheahan with a Guitar, never seen that! All of of them brilliant and only John left now.
Ah Stuttgart I love the city and the German people I spent 6yrs.of my young life there learning my profession great place great people God bless you all slainte
Oh no! I can't believe all of the original performers of that marvelous band have now gone. I had so hoped to see this man live one day. Now that chance is gone forever. May he rest in peace and let's hope the band can now reunite in Heaven for that's where he has surely gone!
The Best Banjo Player fore Every Times.I saw him 3 Times in Duisburg,this was Amazing and Unforgettabel Evenings.He is the best for ever and ever and ever!I Love this man,and i'm so so sad that he died and i had not the chanc to see him One more Time!Forever in my Heart!
What an absolute hero. The world's a lot emptier a place without you Barney. I'd the lads in the great beyond didn't know what hit them when you Luke and Ciaran rocked up the bar, and started belting out the tunes like the old days. Rest in Peace Mr. McKenna.
A pure Genius with the Banjo, so glad I heard him live a several times. Never forgotten, for his playing and his Humour (Barneyism). The world has lost a real treasure a few years ago. RIP
Every year on then I come back here to listen to this beautiful song. It's amazing how it makes your day, jumping all around like nothing else matters.
I don’t think I’ve read through a comment section before where every comment is basically in agreement with each other (that this man is legend and loved by all and will be missed) Even the trolls wouldn’t dare disrespect this man God bless your eternal soul Barney)
It was his version of the Mason's Apron, as recorded in the 60s, that influenced me to start playing banjo. There was a particular 'energy' in his playing that no one else managed to transmit. One could argue that Kieran Hanrahan, Gerry O'Connor and Cathal Hayden are better banjo-players (kindly understand that I have great respect for those men too). There was an urgency about Barney's playing that the others just couldn't match. I can't explain it very well, maybe, but it was like he was trying to communicate a message. Perhaps THAT's how he influenced more banjoists in his time than any other Irish banjo player. The people he reached got that 'message'.
Very interesting insight. In some ways, American bluegrass banjo icon Earl Scruggs could be said to have had a similar sort of urgency. In bluegrass, it's sometimes called 'drive'.
captacoustic "Drive" is an often used term in bluegrass and is a necessary ingredient to that genre. It is quite fitting to describe Barney's playing. One can play with a drive... but that 'urgency' describes a real conviction by the way the notes are played. To give another example, Maria Callas wasn't technically the greatest of sopranos, but she sang each song as if it had been written especially for her, as if SHE were the one IN the song as opposed to she singing ABOUT the person. THAT's conviction :-) But, back to banjo-players... It is also interesting to note that Barney & Early died within about a week of each other.
A lot of people write Barney off as not " technically good " but what He could do more than any modern banjo player I've heard, is pump LIFE into tune and make that tune grab you by the ... you know what I mean : )
Nothing beats a Barney performance. Listened to this performance, loads and loads time . The late Great Barney always made it look easy. The Master at work, always in charge of his instrument. Haven’t said that , he was a great inspiration. You will see lot’s that aspire to the Great Barney’s pace and stile .None come close.
Barney, don't worry, you are in Heaven. It's just youtube playing here. Carry on Barney, make sure the lads are alight, and aright! And no messing up there!!
Barney was a true legend and his great wing man Eamon beside him. It was a great privilege to see them live in there prime . What a great video of them together.Sad they are both no longer with us. R.I.P. lads
THIS is music... It's real, and it's not overly digitized and it's not just a bunch of guys showing off how fast they can pick. It's just music, pure, simple, and great.
i met them a couple of years ago in Hamburg, lucky to stay in the same hotel as them, the Raddison, and loved the chat we had with them all,and we were back stage to meet them . made my stay worthwhile. Ray
Had the honor to meet the Dubs in person backstage in 2010, they were very nice. Sang with Sean Cannon and his son in a small German Pub the year before. That was nice to. Barney was such a fantastic Banjo Player. RIP, the world lost a pure genius of Music back than when he died
i met them in Hamburg and i can say they were all great to talk to , Barney had us in stitches with his stories as did Patsy. met Lukes brother, lovely guy as well. the rest were as well. Ray
Although I remember reading something Sheahan said that in the start of the band they didn't agree with each other and told everyone fuck off, but at the end of the week Ronnie Drew always called them up again and they continued on playing :)
The strings on Barney's banjo must have been red hot in the end! While Eamonn kept pace on his guitar at 5:30 John seems to have given up. R.I.P. Barney and Eamonn; we will never see or hear the like of this performance live again!
Wow! There are some many bluegrass players i know that will shun you if you play the banjo with a pick. I'm a guitar player but like to play Banjo and get very self-conscious about my technique. Watching this gave me a lot of inspiration and motivation to continue making music that I enjoy.
It would also be nice if the Dubliners came here to the states to do a show for their 50th anniversary, i mean why not this is a BIG anniversary. every dubliner fan in America would go to see them. But it looks like that's not gonna happen :(
Well Paddy isn't really part of the Dubliners, he just plays together with them sometimes :P I've heard that most of the Dubliners are quite nice gentlemen, so I think they go well together :)
What a legend. He didn't play the banjo. He owned it.
This is one serious banjo solo. Respect.
"trio"
Best tenor banjo player I've ever heared and great human being also
Pure genius. None better. Never will be. RIP Barney, you are a legend. Brilliant
The legendary Barney McKenna. Saw him many times with The Dubliners in the South of England. Just noticed John Sheahan with a Guitar, never seen that! All of of them brilliant and only John left now.
RIP Barney - The worlds best Tenor Banjo Player ever...
Bestest banjo solo I've ever heard, I am actually learning the tenor banjo and it is very fun to learn R.I.P Barney McKenna
Hats off to Messrs Sheahan and Campbell for keeping up with Barney...!
Beautiful the 3 of them. Definetly not forgotten.
Only just found this, just amazing!!
He plays: Maid behind the bar / Boyne Hunt / The Shaskeen Reel / The Mason's Apron
:)
Only just fabulous
It's very nice watch the our Great Barney plays with his banjo.😍🎼🎼🎼🎼👍🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
Rest in perfect peace dizzyfingers. You never EVER fail to make me smile. Beautiful man very sadly missed.
Barney is a legend and always will be R.I.P barney there's only one person that can play a banjo that's barney
Barney sure could play the bejaysus out if that banjo, he's sorely missed. RIP Barney, you'll certainly never be forgotten
This man inspired me to start learning the tenor banjo. I am determined to do him justice as I attempt to master this instrument
How are you getting on?
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@@theliamofella Going well I’m nowhere near barneys level of course but steadily learning new tunes and starting to perfect them.
Ah Stuttgart I love the city and the German people I spent 6yrs.of my young life there learning my profession great place great people God bless you all slainte
Oh no! I can't believe all of the original performers of that marvelous band have now gone. I had so hoped to see this man live one day. Now that chance is gone forever. May he rest in peace and let's hope the band can now reunite in Heaven for that's where he has surely gone!
Barney McKena absolutely an irish legend.
The Best Banjo Player fore Every Times.I saw him 3 Times in Duisburg,this was Amazing and Unforgettabel Evenings.He is the best for ever and ever and ever!I Love this man,and i'm so so sad that he died and i had not the chanc to see him One more Time!Forever in my Heart!
oh ,somebody else :D Mercartorhalle or in the new temple?
My Dad saw him in the Mercartorhalle many times, a few times, I accompanied him.
Now that's music.what a bloody fabulous banjo player.sadly gone now and Eamonn gone too on guitar.Thanks for the music lads.
What an absolute hero. The world's a lot emptier a place without you Barney. I'd the lads in the great beyond didn't know what hit them when you Luke and Ciaran rocked up the bar, and started belting out the tunes like the old days. Rest in Peace Mr. McKenna.
One of my favourite "Dubliners" a very talented man who is very much missed.
Sadly missed by all a great character. Great musician R.I.P. The Dubliners a great group
A pure Genius with the Banjo, so glad I heard him live a several times. Never forgotten, for his playing and his Humour (Barneyism). The world has lost a real treasure a few years ago. RIP
Best banjo solo ever. I can listen to it again and again and again. r.i.p. Barney.
Rest in peace Barney...i think you are in the fiddlers green now. You remain a magician for us.
Best banjo player of all time.. RIP Barney
True legend who's instrument should always be associated to him and not the other way around!
Rest in Peace Barney!
His music never forgotten listening to this regular all the way in the far north in Finland
Mind = Blown. This is amazing, and thats an understatement
Kind thanks.Enjoyed the unforgettable Dubliners through decades in concert!
Very good solo.I think that banjo is very difficult to play because often it is necessary to play very quickly
in america we call it a feature
or trio
@@feelinghealingfrequences7179 search banjo metal on youtube
May you rest in peace, Barney.
You were an inspiration and a banjo legend, and you will be missed.
I didn't even know he had died until today... RIP. He and Ronnie are performing at the great bar in the sky, and everyone's loving it!
This is one serious banjo PLAYER
Barney and Eamonn are absolutely legends.
@@plasticbucketwhy you feel the need to say that?
So grateful I got to see him live! THANK YOU FOR THE PERFORMANCE BARNEY! I hope you're jamming on that banjo somewhere in the clouds!
The clapping did my fucking head in...
Respect for these guys
Every year on then I come back here to listen to this beautiful song. It's amazing how it makes your day, jumping all around like nothing else matters.
I don’t think I’ve read through a comment section before where every comment is basically in agreement with each other (that this man is legend and loved by all and will be missed)
Even the trolls wouldn’t dare disrespect this man
God bless your eternal soul Barney)
absolutely brilliant! Lord, YT's given me some great music tonight!
Ahh Barney, you’re missed a lot, all of you are missed,
UNFORGETTABLE FOR EVER!
It was his version of the Mason's Apron, as recorded in the 60s, that influenced me to start playing banjo. There was a particular 'energy' in his playing that no one else managed to transmit. One could argue that Kieran Hanrahan, Gerry O'Connor and Cathal Hayden are better banjo-players (kindly understand that I have great respect for those men too). There was an urgency about Barney's playing that the others just couldn't match. I can't explain it very well, maybe, but it was like he was trying to communicate a message. Perhaps THAT's how he influenced more banjoists in his time than any other Irish banjo player. The people he reached got that 'message'.
Very interesting insight. In some ways, American bluegrass banjo icon Earl Scruggs could be said to have had a similar sort of urgency. In bluegrass, it's sometimes called 'drive'.
captacoustic "Drive" is an often used term in bluegrass and is a necessary ingredient to that genre. It is quite fitting to describe Barney's playing. One can play with a drive... but that 'urgency' describes a real conviction by the way the notes are played. To give another example, Maria Callas wasn't technically the greatest of sopranos, but she sang each song as if it had been written especially for her, as if SHE were the one IN the song as opposed to she singing ABOUT the person. THAT's conviction :-)
But, back to banjo-players... It is also interesting to note that Barney & Early died within about a week of each other.
captacoustic ... apologies for use of capital-letters, by the way. I can't insert 'italics' for emphasis :-)
He's the reason I started to play to so I completely understand where you're coming from,legend.
A lot of people write Barney off as not " technically good " but what He could do more than any modern banjo player I've heard, is pump LIFE into tune and make that tune grab you by the ... you know what I mean : )
The Maestro at work.
I wish I could have just 1% of his amazing talent and skill!!
RolletjeTape You would not be a very talented man
Me too buddy
This man was an absolute legend
They all were
Is and are
Unfiltered cigarettes Big scruffy beards and Guinness that's what gave them that unique sound, but mostly the Guinness.
Legends all of them.
Legends each and everyone of them.
I think it is amazing talent
Nothing beats a Barney performance. Listened to this performance, loads and loads time . The late Great Barney always made it look easy. The Master at work, always in charge of his instrument.
Haven’t said that , he was a great inspiration. You will see lot’s that aspire to the Great Barney’s pace and stile .None come close.
Good man Barney - the 'second best' banjo player in The Dubliners RIP
Thanks Barney for bringing out and popularizing the Irish Tenor Banjo style to the wider public (like me😀)
The end is incredible!
No lad better on the banjo than poor old Barney 😁😁👍👍
You can just imagine at the start when the audience join in clapping. Barney looking over to John, let's make the bastards regret that decision.
Barney would not say that . B
I guess they had a bit more respect for the audience, if not they woudn't play so truly.
RIP Barney
you will be sadly missed
best banjo solo in the world!
Going to see dubliners story next month, cant wait 🔥🔥
What is Dubliners Story
@@plasticbucket a musical its actually seven drunken nights-dubliners story, google for clips x
magic,they dont make em like that anymore amazing cant get enough
Barney, don't worry, you are in Heaven. It's just youtube playing here. Carry on Barney, make sure the lads are alight, and aright! And no messing up there!!
I Love Barney R.I.P. see you in the next Life!!!!I am sad!
I might have had a drink, OK, there's no 'might; about it, but, this is is THE MOST AMAZING' thing ever. 'ARE You KIDDIN' ME? YIKTWBGPGMFB....'
The master 🙌 end of story .
THE MASTER.
I wish I could upvote this more than once...
You enter in IMMORTALITY with this song !!! :) Thanks !! :)
Barney was a true legend and his great wing man Eamon beside him. It was a great privilege to see them live in there prime . What a great video of them together.Sad they are both no longer with us. R.I.P. lads
Rest in peace my banjo idol.
Barney musta thought he was being paid by the note. Bless 'im.
THIS is music... It's real, and it's not overly digitized and it's not just a bunch of guys showing off how fast they can pick. It's just music, pure, simple, and great.
never forgotten, easily missed, is that you? Barney we love you, McCabes.
Come to think of it, they have been playing for nearly 50 yrs.
I have been so Lucky to see Barney play with the Dubliners severel times at the Skagen Festival Denmark
i met them a couple of years ago in Hamburg, lucky to stay in the same hotel as them, the Raddison, and loved the chat we had with them all,and we were back stage to meet them . made my stay worthwhile. Ray
Had the honor to meet the Dubs in person backstage in 2010, they were very nice. Sang with Sean Cannon and his son in a small German Pub the year before. That was nice to. Barney was such a fantastic Banjo Player. RIP, the world lost a pure genius of Music back than when he died
Amazing
i met them in Hamburg and i can say they were all great to talk to , Barney had us in stitches with his stories as did Patsy. met Lukes brother, lovely guy as well. the rest were as well. Ray
thanks Martin for posting Barney at his brilliant best. Ray
What a player you would have to go a long way to beat this 😊
So sad, that he's gone. He was brilliant.
Although I remember reading something Sheahan said that in the start of the band they didn't agree with each other and told everyone fuck off, but at the end of the week Ronnie Drew always called them up again and they continued on playing :)
listen to that!
thats a Master at Play.
R.I.P. Ich bin stolz dich noch im Dezember 2011 live gesehen zu haben
The strings on Barney's banjo must have been red hot in the end! While Eamonn kept pace on his guitar at 5:30 John seems to have given up. R.I.P. Barney and Eamonn; we will never see or hear the like of this performance live again!
"I believe it is from around'ish 1995. " Это всё ещё 1995-й, друг.
Very Unusual To See John Sheahan Play The Guitar , Especially One That Looks Like It Was Played By Ronnie Drew
Apparently Barney taught him how to play the guitar and the mandolin/banjo and John taught Barney how to play the fiddle
Love the hat 👍 hoping to get a banjo soon.
He bought that hat in Norway the badge on the hat is the winter Olympics badge. B
Wonderful! :))
Thank you for sharing this clip with us on YT. :))
Wow! There are some many bluegrass players i know that will shun you if you play the banjo with a pick. I'm a guitar player but like to play Banjo and get very self-conscious about my technique. Watching this gave me a lot of inspiration and motivation to continue making music that I enjoy.
if you're ever asked to explain what it's like to be irish play this
RIP man, could never meet a more happy joyful bloke in your life. True legend and last of the original Dubliners. RIP pal.
amazing
Sounds great!
Hero. Cheers. Been looking for that for i dont know how long
They ought to bottle this!!
It would also be nice if the Dubliners came here to the states to do a show for their 50th anniversary, i mean why not this is a BIG anniversary. every dubliner fan in America would go to see them. But it looks like that's not gonna happen :(
Well Paddy isn't really part of the Dubliners, he just plays together with them sometimes :P
I've heard that most of the Dubliners are quite nice gentlemen, so I think they go well together :)
I used to think that the banjo was a joke but this changed my mind :D
Versus all that You listed ,Pretty Much almost anything But Country and Electro/Pop should Win every time
Ba seinneadoir as cuimse é Barney McKenna !