I managed to rescue a clip from a VHS tape of Finbar Furey playing his "Lonesome Boatman" on a "low" whistle in or around 1982.
Here's the link to the clip - should be of some interest, both musical and historical :
https://youtu.be/oRZMtFAItgA
Finbar Furey - "The Lonesome Boatman", "low whistlcirca 1982
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Finbar Furey - "The Lonesome Boatman", "low whistlcirca 1982
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Re: Finbar Furey - "The Lonesome Boatman", "low whistlcirca
Thanks for the post! I enjoy watching different versions of Finbars tunes and songs as he changes it up quite a bit, always creating new and interesting music. Such a fantastic performer.
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Re: Finbar Furey - "The Lonesome Boatman", "low whistlcirca
I came across a 3-track "single" release of Finbar playing "The Lonesome Boatman" on iTunes - 3 versions, "classic", "vocal", and "club-mix" [ honest ! ]. I bought it out of curiousity, but my advice would be don't bother. The video clip is by far better.
"There's fast music and there's lively music. People don't always know the difference"