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Liam seemed to play the regs a lot more in them days

Still less than he did when a teenager [clip taken down to conserve bandwith]

m4malious wrote:Something to share, in memory of the man....

https://youtu.be/tsTk_WJ4y70

I didn’t expect that from Mr. O’Flynn @46.42!

Loved the clip, thank you for posting.

I didn’t expect that from Mr. O’Flynn

I have heard it said he was removed from stage during a US tour around that time for that introduction.

Vanzetti wrote:I didn’t expect that from Mr. O’Flynn @46.42!

Some people have such dirty minds, he's talking about the four legged variety of course.

RORY

Regarding this footage. I obtained it through a very co-incidental, non-piping, connection that I made on a trip to the US once.
I've no idea about what equipment was used to record, but the image wasn't great on what I received.
At some point I might take this to a professional, rather than me just using a home vhs / pc to do a digital transfer.....

Mr.Gumby wrote:

Liam seemed to play the regs a lot more in them days

Still less than he did when a teenager : Oireachtas 1962

Is that perhaps a reflection of his time studying under Leo Rowsome? The regulator work in that clip sounds very Rowsome-esk to me, at least like the records of Leo Rowsome that I have.

m4malious wrote:Regarding this footage. I obtained it through a very co-incidental, non-piping, connection that I made on a trip to the US once.
I've no idea about what equipment was used to record, but the image wasn't great on what I received.
At some point I might take this to a professional, rather than me just using a home vhs / pc to do a digital transfer.....

What a treasure you found. Thank you for posting it.

Thanks for posting Malcolm. Liam was only, what, 25 years old when this was recorded. When did he start learning to play the pipes? By the way I still have the Wooff C chanter and it is still going strong with a reed Geoff made for it around 16 years ago

Would this be the first time liam was filmed?

Thanks for posting this Maclolm. Liam did a concert at the Washington Square Church during that same visit to the US in 1971. There is a decent recording of that doing the rounds. Pretty much the same sets of tunes.

rorybbellows wrote:

Vanzetti wrote:I didn’t expect that from Mr. O’Flynn @46.42!

Some people have such dirty minds, he's talking about the four legged variety of course.

RORY

If you listen carefully, you'll notice that he calls it "An *phuis* fhliuch", which does indeed refer to the four-legged variety. I wonder was this intentional and, if so, was it on the advice of a lawyer or the parish priest?

A real gem thank you for posting this.

m4malious wrote:Something to share, in memory of the man....

https://youtu.be/tsTk_WJ4y70

Brilliant, this is a true treasure.