Gerry O'Connor - Tom Billy's Jigs

[@carthageflaherty6247]

brilliant Gerry and the all the lads great job

[@Urfavbookworm-11]

I watched Gerry play a fiddle live today!

[@EUnotsogreat]

This was brilliant. 4 great musicians.

[@ANNAPDUGGAN55]

We are so lucky to have known Gerry before he became famous. He was always an outstanding musician and used to play in my mum & dad's pub in Garrykennedy, Portroe in Co Tipperary. We are all so proud of his achievements. Well done Gerry.

[@briancorcoran8266]

I remember the first time I saw Gerry play on KZbin in my college dorm room. I was blown away. Been following em ever since. What an unbelievable talent and great guy. hope to see him play in person one day. Cheers Gerry

[@VelcroKittie]

Ah he's just the best. What a beautiful piece. Put a massive smile on my face

[@ArundoTrad]

Gerry is a Banjo God. He could make three blind mice sound like a work of musical art.

[@peterbengtsson2326]

Barney McKenna said that Gerry was the best pupil he ever had. Must say that Gerry also had a very good teacher

[@th3dudeabides1]

him and bela fleck

[@richardw2646]

This is absolutely brilliant, wonderful playing and makes the heart sing......

[@davidh6543]

Aw it's just a joy to watch a master craftsman/person at work. Imagine the years of hard slog to make this performance seem so effortless.

[@PatKeogh-u4i]

Best ever top shelf 👌

[@finnhugh]

this is so good,gerry at his best. hello fiach

[@poeta067]

Solo due parole: Grandissimo Gerry!! Spero un giorno di vederti suonare dal vivo, sei un vero mago del banjo!! Saluti a tutti i fan di Gerry dalla piccola Svizzera.

[@neilmcguire5489]

What a few tunes, riproaring stuff, brilliant to hear and watch such good musicians thanks for the wonderful music and the enjoyment ye get out of it and thanks for giving so much enjoyment to so many people, keep up playing

[@TheSapanone]

Phantastic! First class performance! Unfortunately I have never been in Ireland, but I suppose this is the best Irish Banjo player. I enjoy to hear and see this very, very much!

[@chansherly212]

LOVE the sound of the banjo, i can't describe it in any other way than it tickles the ears.

[@manwithbanjo2]

Light as a feckin feather. This is top quality musicianship all round. Thanks guys.

[@alicec20]

greatest living tenor banjo player....genius

[@MikeLacey]

Such outstanding talent here. Exceptional playing and an all round fantastic post. Thank you. Best regards.

[@poeta067]

GERRY O' CONNOR, THE BEST IRISH TENOR BANJO PLAYER!!! AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@davewilliams7628]

Without a doubt

[@backadahand]

Pure therapy

[@snooks284]

Great feeling and gentle touch. Inspiring!

[@justinmclean9275]

Excellent! Why is this set called "Tom Billy's Jigs" if it is Old Joe's/The Cordal/Billy In The Low Ground/The Temperance Reel?

[@Dayepipes]

1st jig sounds similar to "Old Joe's Jig" from Boys of Lough 1st album. Great playing and tune selection for the medley.

[@ezekielsmukler2903]

I heard Gerry O'Connor play 2 jigs and 2 reels in this video today. I liked it.

[@Paxyart]

this is pure GOLD - i'm from Norway , and i love this ....

[@markconroy5984]

great rhythm guitar on this too

[@olvalleygent]

There ain't no one yellin FASTER FASTER. Guess they recognize true talent Best banjo .

[@noelearley5185]

Great Music fair play

[@seanietaxi]

Thanks Kevin for that I've looking for the names of them for ages thanks

[@PaulRocheGuitar]

Just outstanding..love it.

[@th3dudeabides1]

shame on youtube for not promoting this only 1.6k upvotes is wayyyyyy too low

[@poeta067]

Gerry......yuo are awesome.....incredible talent.....a virtuoso...great viruoso!!!!!

[@Cherrygls]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@BambiLoo]

Just plain crackin' good.

[@williamgshippw.g1673]

Beautiful is what beauty does….☮️🎶🔛🌎

[@MediaProSB101]

Damn great music here!

[@EUnotsogreat]

Oh yeah. Brilliant.

[@kevinjamieson]

Old Joe's Jig is the first part you're looking for. The rest: Tom Billy's, Billy In The Low Ground, and The Temperance

[@AmitRoy-sh4el]

Great music. Love it.

[@jeangriveau5969]

J'adore mais je ne peux trouver la partition de ce 1er morceau même pas dans "the session" qui est pourtant une véritable bible du patrimoine de la musique irlandaise!!! Je n'arrive pas non plus à vraiment saisir dans quel ton il est joué. Si quelqu'un peut m'aider.... Par avance, merci.

[@sllgrecco]

Love this, great, great, great!

[@Old-Jazz-by-Terry]

Don't wish to be controversial, but I think he's even better than the late great Barney McKenna.

[@balddonaldcerrone7930]

Terry Gale SUPER CONTROVERSIAL

[@norannemichael7128]

Terry Gale m

[@wiggsan]

If the pupil doesn't surpass the teacher, the teacher wasn't a very good teacher...

[@zPAnimxL]

You're talking about music, it's no competition nor race. Stop trying to compare people.

[@wiggsan]

Good point!!

[@banjoeddan]

fantastic playing as always Gerry

[@ArkRed1]

Hats off to the Brits. They know how to show a little respect for an artist.

[@davedupplaw]

Lovely stuff. Just in case anyone was struggling to find it, I think the second jig is better known around my parts, at least, as The Cordal.

[@irishmatty7997]

Brilliant just brilliant

[@ryanjsimpson]

lovely

[@matthewhayes9520]

Best in the world.

[@angelasharpe6348]

Fabulous

[@canvascat]

really good! thanks.

[@spunnek75]

@mozzarella79 I am not sure about the the first reel ,but the last one is ´´the temperance reel´´ played in a sort of bluegrass beat,cheers

[@1blastman]

Wonderful!!

[@135789able]

Amazing. Thank you :-)

[@ezekielsmukler2903]

Heard "Old Joe's" and "The Cordal" as jigs and "Billy In The Low Ground" and "The Temperance" as reels. So could you change "Tom Billy's Jigs" to "Tom Billy's Jigs and Reels"?

[@ArkRed1]

"...leave their cellphones on in concert halls". Hmmmmm. So Turkey is where we got the idea. Thanks for the heads up.

[@justifiedFaith209]

Phenomenal!

[@trinitypoolservice]

Always great! Triplet king:)

[@Seamus-i7h]

Can some one tell me the tuning on the banjo plz.

[@Semaj1250]

The third tune is "Billy in the Lowgroun," an American Old Timey tune.

[@Planktontube]

He was, may he rest in peace at fiddlers green!

[@TurinDarein]

at the end there are some sounds quite like cooley's aren't there?

[@PacshalMcGowan]

Brilliant 😂

[@edwardtapper5456]

wonderful :)

[@seanietaxi]

Can anyone tell me the name off the jigs at the start,I know there tom billys jigs but is there other names for them,thanks

[@stupidevents2242]

He's my uncleeee

[@nstenson]

Can't you download this to your phone anyway iTunes or anything like that?? Thanks

[@brummydubliner]

nstenson If you used a website like onlinevideoconverter, you can convert youtube videos into mp3 and mp4 videos

[@marybhatia3140]

Newcastlewest

[@DJFozter]

The guy you replied so nicely to was actually commenting on how well the audience reacted to Gerry. The performance is at Celtic Connections in Scotland so get your facts straight before mouthing off on the internet you keyboard warrior.

[@garrycarroll855]

For me the best Banjo player in Ireland.

[@BhfuilIAm1312]

+Garry Carroll Two words: Barney McKenna.

[@zuluder866]

I agree! But now that Barney has gone to Fiddlers Green, Gerry has the honours IMO

[@TheJollys]

Garry Carroll great!!

[@hansguenter6263]

Grandios;!!!

[@papamongey]

glad to be able to say hes a tipperary banjo player like myself :D

[@ised-5239]

Nice tremolos on the banjo.

[@LuigiSfirri]

who's the guitarist? what about guitar tuning?

[@fredericrapaic7468]

oui, quel est son nom?

[@ConanMcDonnell]

That's Tony Byrne. He's one of the few trad guitarists that often plays in standard tuning, as far as I'm aware.

[@fiachoconnor]

Tony Byrne and he plays in standard. Correct. In standard its best to use open chord phasing stats why it sounds open tuned

[@Tonyguitarbyrne]

That’d be me. 👍🏻

[@traceypowell9802]

Class

[@iCMGi]

Is this a gibson tenor banjo gerry is playing?

[@jimkearns3985]

[@Tonyguitarbyrne]

Yep

[@SF-ry3gg]

It’s just good....

[@ised-5239]

Is this a bouzouki in the most right?

[@kevinj2525]

+ISE D- Yup.

[@ised-5239]

+Kevin J it actually originated in greece

[@ised-5239]

+Kevin J and the banjo is from middle east

[@kevinj2525]

And it sounds great in Irish music. funny how these things go isn't it? I thought the banjo's ancestor was from Africa.

[@ised-5239]

+Kevin J it had been thought the Africans adapted the gourd banjo from the arabs. But there are many banjo like instruments in Africa like a jola akonting and kora.

[@Inheritencefan1134]

this was recorded in Britain.

[@alexbenson3011]

lessons?

[@michaelrafferty5579]

Has he really only got 5 digits per hand? He plays 5 notes to my 1 Inspired playing

[@stephaniem6549]

is his banjo in standard tuning?

[@MultiColin1986]

No Its jazz tuned

[@MultiColin1986]

+Colin Feeley cgda

[@johnkeppel1313]

Its in original banjo tuning, gcda.

[@ryanjsimpson]

nice

[@ArkRed1]

Quiet as a mouse peein' on cotton. Now that's the kind of audience you don't mind playing for. I wonder if this concert was in the U.S. Bet it wasn't. No one is yelling, clapping off beat, and stamping their feet or screaming, "Duelin' Banjos" like they do here in the states when somebody plays banjo. .

[@kevinmeehan71]

i know its like really soft not tangy

[@fuggedaboudit223]

He puts many a three finger style player to shame!

[@frogbear02]

You can kinda hear the bluegrassy influence in this XD Its amazing!

[@frogbear02]

Yes, I do know that, but the influence was not only one way. For example, the banjo was brought to Ireland after America.

[@sterlingqualitywater5992]

Are Erinn ni Neosfain Ci Hi Sean Clancy

[@Cuairteoir1]

Go h-álainn ar fad!

[@sazji]

Hmm, I think US audiences are pretty well-behaved over all. But then I live in Turkey where people tend to leave their cellphones on in concert halls....;)

[@patrickoconnor5466]

I need help ok V95W6Y6 I CANT ACCESS MY BANK TO BUY FOOD MY LIFE IS AT RISK

[@michaellane9768]

Barney McKenna was a beautiful person and a great musician, but Gerry is a million miles a better banjo player. To see him stuck behind and playing second fiddle to that arch-charlatan Sharon Shannon is heart-breaking. She's not fit to lace his boots.

[@tomaspergler9443]

well, I like Sharon's playing, don't know what you talk about. Agree with the comment about Barney, never quite understood the hype about his playing, Gerry and plenty young lads do a better job on banjo. Barney deserves credit for popularizing ITM and banjo though.

[@shambles7ful]

You gotta be joking right ? Barney was way up there, one of the best ! Kieran Hanrahan comes out on top in my opinion, no one plays like him.

[@tomaspergler9443]

@@shambles7ful Well, I am not joking. I even gave Barney another chance after your reply and I am not able to find a recording, where he was not making mistakes and where he was tight/precise in rhythm and ornaments. I am open to discussion, so please point me to a good recording and I can re-evaluate my opinion, just please be fair in discussion and don't blame me of joking. Kieran's playing is nice, I used to be a fan, but I prefer Enda Scahill or Stevie Dunne.

[@forestcitytrad]

Barney is no Gerry and Gerry is no Barney. Barney and Gerry are no Kieran and Kieran is no Gerry...or Barney. Get my Point? Each of these banjo players are great in their own way and cannot be compared or duplicated. Your ear will decide what you enjoy listening to.

[@eilishdavey1000]

Forest City Trad i

[@Tonilcameriere]

I'm sorry, Mckenna's the best banjo

[@oliveroneill1388]

Big head on guitar