I am asleep (Air) & The Clumsy Lover (Reel) Uilleann pipes Chris McMullan

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Playing I am Asleep (Slow air) and the clumsey lover (reel) on the pipes, The Clumsy lover was originally written as a hornpipe for GHB by Neil Dickie of Edmonton, AB.
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[@maxromisch3361]

Where can I get your albums? And if you don't have any, why the hell not?

[@ChrisMcMullan]

Hiram Abiff Hi Hiram, currently working on my first solo album...will be releasing it within the next two months. If you subscribe i'll be able to keep you posted about it!! Cheers Chris

[@TheScotPiper]

+Chris McMullan Is this a D or Cset?

[@ChrisMcMullan]

+Hayden Olsen It's in D Hayden

[@TheScotPiper]

You tuning it a little flatter? Where's your bridle?

[@ChrisMcMullan]

Hi Max, my debut album is available for pre-order from chrismcmullan.bandcamp.com/releases

[@AlfOfAllTrades]

I'm surprised the neighbors don't break down the doors. To give standing ovations, that is. Awesome!

[@michaelkingsbury4305]

My neighbors would try to get me evicted.

[@garyhighley9022]

My neighbors would bring beer.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@danielthompson6207]

Chris, I need you to know that over the years, you've secured a firm and permanent place in my heart. What you do isn't playing music, it's speaking to the soul in a language that only the soul can fully understand. This isn't meant to fluff your ego, though you'd be damn right to have a big one, but just to express my gratitude for you and what you do. I've had mornings that were so dark, I wasn't sure if I'd even be able to see the sun when I went outside. My solution, nine times out of ten, is to grab a mug of coffee and listen to your playing. That first sip of coffee wakes me up, and the first note from your pipes always blows those storm clouds away. Thank you, Chris, for sharing your gifts with all of us!

[@flyingscot47]

The music speaks to ones soul

[@kiraalialeeonfairythegreenone]

This is such a beautiful sound. It's stunning. It touches my heart. I love it. I'm not Irish. I'm Ukrainian but your music crosses cultural boundaries.💚💚💚💚

[@Satyrion27]

There is sitting a man in a kitchen and plays such a music! Sometimes the world shows it is better than it seems mostly.

[@danpusceddu]

I feel like when he gets up in silence at the end there should be thunderous applause and weeping. Terrific!

[@fabermcmullen1]

Chris: We are the McMullens over here in Texas. We came here from Dromore, County Tyrone many years ago, but I had to write you and let you know that we love hearing your great music. We listen to everything new you post. I grew up playing the highland pipes, but I always wished that I could have played the Uillean pipes. You're music isn't great……it's phenomenal, and we're very proud of you as McMullens. I don't know if you speak Irish at all, ach ba mhaith liom a rá gur maith linn do chuid ceol, agus tá muid ag súil go mór leis achen amhran go gcuireann tú anseo ar You tube. Go raibh mile maith agat as do cholceathreaca anseo i dTexas. Le meas, Faber McMullen, Navasota, Texas

[@kahfre3694]

That was and still is an incredible play. I've been listening to it for many years, also sending it to my friends.

[@Alendavant]

My Grandfather, Frank George, is a very well known musician. He is best known for his fiddle and banjo playing, but he played both the Highland and Uilleann Pipes. I showed him some of your videos last spring and he said you are one of the best Uilleann pipers he has ever heard.

[@Rythmguitarable]

is he also a doctor?

[@josephjbarton]

He hasnt heard many uilleann pipers.

[@dcartier1692]

Joseph Barton - I am guessing: neither have you.

[@josephjbarton]

@@dcartier1692 I am one. Studied under paddy keenan

[@dcartier1692]

Joseph Barton - which makes your apparently vitriolic comment above very puzzling indeed ...

[@thomaseoghan6266]

Always go clean mental when I hear the uilleann pipes being played flat out

[@LordAbhartach]

whenever I miss Ireland I listen to the ueilleann pipes...makes me choke up then smile!!!

[@AlexP-jz9sg]

Me too, and I'm not even from Ireland.

[@trafic11315]

Me neighter..... but it brings you somehow home ....

[@pinkmagicali]

I was trying to find words for it but couldn’t. There is such soul and depth to pipe music. Tugs are the heartstrings. This is stunning! I wish I could see Ireland, stupid COVID even cancelled my dance classes. 😫

[@kevinwikileaks]

One of the best pipe players ive heard

[@EdExploresScotland]

In my kitchen I generally make soup. But oh my goodness, this sounds way better than soup.

[@mild_meme]

That first air brings a tear to my eye every time

[@terencewinters2154]

Squeezing a goose under the arm. When I hear these pipes airs I moved to melancholy, reflection, or fight. Like irish blues music . Reels on the other and get the feet moving like a banjo.

[@barryyoung6159]

The more I listen to this the more I like it - It's magnificent ❤❤

[@AlexP-jz9sg]

Best rendition of Clumsy Lover I’ve ever heard.

[@paulmckenzie4291]

Your music is a sword in the heart and a pillow for the soul. The hours you've spent is the love you have. Tears you've made as I stamp my foot. Back to my roots. A room full of people not giving a feck. Massive respect 💪

[@blancolirio]

Holy Shit Lad!!!! My Gawd that's good! Subscribed!

[@ChrisMcMullan]

Thank you Blancolirio, this video was a few years ago now but have fond memories recording it 👍🏻

[@dominickilpatrick8575]

Every so often I come back to this video... it's just too good

[@lizkager5239]

Gives me chills every time, even three years after the first time I heard it.

[@marytomes6404]

whenever I hear Clumsy Lover it blows me away. I love it so much!!!!!!

[@JustinBarylski]

By far this is the best version of I am Asleep ever... nobody else seems to capture the emotion behind this tune

[@goldensande]

Haunting and beautiful one moment, and then the next it is so full of pure joy it is like the sunshine breaking the storm clouds.

[@christopherdietsche5701]

Well done, I've never seen anyone play the clumsey lover on the uilleanns, very well done.

[@leelo12345]

Jesus... really great music. thank you for sharing. 👍✨🌈🙋🏼‍♂️

[@PrismRisen]

Beyond superb, Chris. You voice three Celtic spirits at once - past, present, and future (as from Abortach) - in a timeless blend. Your harmonic work, especially at 2:30-3:00 and 4:00-to end, in "I Am Asleep," ascends to the pinnacle. Thank you for your mastery and sharing it in the best acoustical kitchen in the northern hemisphere!

[@ChrisMcMullan]

Thanks for the kind words Dennis 🙂

[@caoimghgin]

There may or may not have been a tear coming out of my eye. Stop judging. This is everything I wanted to hear. Thanks!

[@jamie8032]

My mind goes to images of Connemara and the West Coast when I listen to I Am Asleep and to Limerick and Tipp when I hear clumsy lover.

[@MrShiffles]

you are covering songs made in the past decade, but you make them sound like they came from the homeland many centuries ago...bravo, sir, and much FIRE \M/

[@michaelkingsbury4305]

I could barely stay in my chair hearing that reel! Great playing, man, squeeze on...

[@nextpatch1.18]

How can you not dance to this!!!!!!!!!!

[@novocain13]

So lovely! Thank you. Greetings from Norway.

[@daviddebroux4708]

That. BASS! 10/10

[@susanbrayhopkins8784]

Stunning Sounds

[@trevorpugh6475]

I’ve just come back to this fine piece after a couple if years and it sounds as fresh and vibrant as when I first heard it….wonderful! Chris, I hope you’re still with the pipes and in good and rude health.

[@ChrisMcMullan]

That's great to hear Trevor.... I should probably do a new version of this.

[@larrymcjones]

I started in 2012 haven’t picked them up seriously since 2014 and I hate myself everyday for being the way I am...one day will be the day

[@ebonfae5244]

This is so impressive. I can only imagine how challenging the uilleann pipes are to play, but you do so with perfection. Both pieces are beautiful. The first has a haunting feel and the reel is just good fun! Thanks for sharing this with the world!

[@fradrake11]

Travelling from a county Down to county Galway for a long weekend to propose to my now wife it was in Galway town at a music shop I heard this tune I couldn't hear enough . I bought the CD and one of Davy Spillane also it's all I played the whole 4 day's. The Uileann pipes move me like no other musical instrument. They never fail to calm me and take me away. Great tune beautifully played. Thank you. Liked and subscribed.

[@stephenparis9595]

God bless ya lad. God bless you and your entire family. That's the most beautiful thing I've heard in a long long time.

[@trevorpugh6475]

A wonderful way to set me up for the rest of the day by listening to this exhilarating, joyous and emotional piece. Thank you Chris, you've made dark days brighter again! 👉 👌😊

[@clockworkolive3756]

probably, the best regulator work i have ever seen

[@EmptyGlass99]

What a beautiful haunting piece of music.

[@pamelastory8737]

This moves my heart so deeply 💕 Thank you Chris . Never stop playing I adore the sound .💚💚🌟💚💚🌟

[@shamoo3500]

I just want you to know your rendition here, and on Spotify, are amongst the most beautiful sounds I have ever heard in my 30 years of existence. Not once in the hundreds and hundreds of times I have listened to it have I not got chills at the first air.

[@ifoxfirei]

I love a good slow air... lovely

[@jiltedjohn9294]

Best pipe playing i've ever heard

[@cliffabrams5765]

Beauty. "The Clumsy Lover" is a real piper's reel-lots of crans on the low notes.

[@pipertripp]

Epic. What an insane instrument the uilleann pipes are.

[@kuma1939]

You certainly have the Gift, Chris McMullan. Splendid sounds you have shared with us! Respects, man.

[@bethanyleigh216]

This is absolutely beautiful. You play with emotion and it's lovely.

[@Shakawkaw]

Absolutely beautiful

[@ChrisMcMullan]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@wendyballi2176]

This dude is epic omg

[@PuffBartok]

Fantastic playing - haunting - and the reel - the total opposite of being asleep. Thanks.

[@ChrisMcMullan]

Thank you :)

[@annaurbanowicz5477]

Beautiful man,beautiful miusic! I LOVE YOU SCOTLAND !!! White Witch Anna

[@robertw7070]

pure magic. Thank you!

[@geraldward5318]

Sweet Jaysus that Clumsy lover reel at the end never heard it like that before class sir! thought ye moved into light speed at one point!

[@TheShamroqDude]

That was totally NECTAR dude!!!!!!! You're an Amazing piper! You could call down the Angels from heaven playing like that. Very Well Done brother! :-)

[@TheOverlordOfProcrastination]

Not entirely sure I'd want to live next door to you, but that's beautiful, mate.

[@LousyPiper]

Wow, just WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm playing the GHB but never heard something like this! Highly recommende3d

[@ChrisMcMullan]

Thanks very much 😊

[@Elisabeth4844]

You are going to be one of the greats! Wonderful performance!!

[@matthieulaine5786]

fantastic... congrats Chris... I can't imagine the hours of work to get to this... but you get all listenners (and beginners) to dream!

[@roxfoot]

That was outstanding, that transition near made me jump out the window, and you finished like Hussain Bolt, well done.

[@bonkersblock]

I've never seen bellows can make such an exquisite sound? ?

[@o0dominic0o]

This is.....amazing. Breathtaking performance.

[@markthompson3449]

EEEeeee eeeeee eeeeeeeEEEEEEeeeee!! That was only a joke; I loved your playing.

[@HarrisKeith]

Charlie Malone's bar in Limerick - where the Acoustic Club happens every Tuesday - bring your good self along one Tuesday & see what happens :-)

[@rickgoad6637]

Beautiful!!! (female voice from off camera: HAVE YER FINISHED THA DISHES???)

[@АфанасийТык]

nuair a bheidh an bagpipes seinn, do sinsear seasamh taobh thiar duit cosúil le balla unbreakable ☘️

[@fearghuswalsh8827]

One of the best pipers i have ever heard

[@rcg5317]

It's as if Eric Clapton was waiting for the kettle to boil so sits down to play a tune.. There are angels throwing sun shafts for this one.

[@psychopyro5781]

10 seconds in and I've already left a like on the video

[@arfer]

Very good Chris. You're added to my list of great pipe players.

[@mikel2923]

The last two and a half minutes are fantastic and really builds into a fast reel… nice intro though and quite haunting.

[@Bagpipe13]

I know and have played "The Clumsy Lover' to this standard on the Scottish highland pipes, but would probably take me about two years to get to this standard on Uilleann pipes, bearing in mind I have never had any experience in playing the Uilleann pipes, fantastic sound indeed, I was a second grade world class piper with 12 years performing experience and have up to date had a break of 35 years, and am considering taking it up again, any positive thoughts would be welcome .

[@MondschreiBand]

Great tunes! Please keep on playing :D ~Flo

[@markm3988]

Awesome brother. I feel this in my soul.

[@patrickrowland6219]

Love that sound

[@dannysmith2466]

Gave me goosebumps! Keep on piping with your bad self..

[@keithhow3006]

Fantastic sound and player.....more please!

[@AusDenBergen]

Beautiful portrayal, sir. Very well done. This is easily my favorite pieces since the first time I heard it some decades ago. Well done, and thank you soo much for keeping this alive and well.

[@sariahlim]

Superb, man. Chills all the way through. Some kind of genius that playing. If real music were where 'pop' is, this chap would own 5 supercars (should he chose to) and be a household name.

[@daveevans7545]

Thank you

[@bettybiamonte5573]

Love the music

[@colindouglas7769]

Classy stuff, Chris! By the way, The Clumsy Lover is a modern Scottish bagpipe reel composed by Neil Dickie. Very popular tune with many session players. I've also heard it played as a jig by the more show-off types. The second half in jig time is a real hoor to play, but very satisfying if you can master it.

[@kasettimaier4745]

one love

[@dustineden698]

GNARLY!!!!!!! Gave me all kinds of chills. Thank you.

[@BrandonEdgar]

Just like Davy Spillane unfortunately he won't answer calls or email you got it dude that's beautiful

[@kevinwhiteman1563]

Very nice!

[@OldSchoolChinny]

I love this so much, especially the second piece!😀

[@SilverFlame819]

I can't even imagine if I heard the dude next door playing something like this. I would trip over my own feet, I'd be rushing to his door to propose so fast. *lol*

[@magaoda]

Great slow air which reveals your talent as a piper.Excellent.

[@pgoessnitzer]

Could listend all day....beautiful! ~Pete

[@isaacislaughter]

Rippin good. 🔥

[@jameswilliams3241]

Bless you youngin and your pipes!

[@BrianNewberry]

That is BEAUTIFUL!!

[@adamruzzo]

Breathtaking!

[@ChrisMcMullan]

AdamRuzzo Cheers for the support

[@S24W2]

beautiful playing, excellent pair of hands

[@daviddejulio863]

Amazing. Love it when airs transition into reels.

[@chrisamick6350]

Absolutely amazing!!