Didn't Mealy (O'Mealy to the Dubliners) have a detestation for being filmed or recorded, fearing he would never be properly compensated?
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1946 film footage of a (Belfast-area?) piper
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Re: 1946 film footage of a (Belfast-area?) piper
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Re: 1946 film footage of a (Belfast-area?) piper
Any idea as to what the air is? It's quite lovely.
Re: 1946 film footage of a (Belfast-area?) piper
Just rewatching this. I hadn’t watched it all before
How bout that version of the Enniskillen Dragoon with Hawaiian guitar
And what is your man playing in the Yellow Rose of Texas
A bouzouki shaped tenor guitar (?)
How bout that version of the Enniskillen Dragoon with Hawaiian guitar
And what is your man playing in the Yellow Rose of Texas
A bouzouki shaped tenor guitar (?)
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Re: 1946 film footage of a (Belfast-area?) piper
Edit I think it has six strings. Cool looking guitar thoughdunnp wrote:Just rewatching this. I hadn’t watched it all before
How bout that version of the Enniskillen Dragoon with Hawaiian guitar
And what is your man playing in the Yellow Rose of Texas
A bouzouki shaped tenor guitar (?)
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Re: 1946 film footage of a (Belfast-area?) piper
It could be in the "cittern" family of instrument, which includes varieties described as "Portuguese guitar" and "English guitar." But most of those seem to have eight or ten strings, with some in courses like a mandolin.dunnp wrote:Edit I think it has six strings. Cool looking guitar thoughdunnp wrote:Just rewatching this. I hadn’t watched it all before
How bout that version of the Enniskillen Dragoon with Hawaiian guitar
And what is your man playing in the Yellow Rose of Texas
A bouzouki shaped tenor guitar (?)
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Re: 1946 film footage of a (Belfast-area?) piper
oleorezinator wrote:Who is the piccolo player in the beginning?
Is it John Doonan?
Edit: Nevermind, wrong time frame...
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Re: 1946 film footage of a (Belfast-area?) piper
Fairly certain it’s just an eccentric shaped guitar.
At first I thought a tenor guitar but that was only because the other two pegs are off camera.
When he’s playing the Hawaiian guitar you can clearly see six white pegs on the other one as it’s lying against the wall in the background.
It has an almost French made look about it. Body shape sure looks look a large bouzouki though.
At first I thought a tenor guitar but that was only because the other two pegs are off camera.
When he’s playing the Hawaiian guitar you can clearly see six white pegs on the other one as it’s lying against the wall in the background.
It has an almost French made look about it. Body shape sure looks look a large bouzouki though.
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Re: 1946 film footage of a (Belfast-area?) piper
In a way it’s prophetic. A harbinger of things to come.
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