Silly Wizard Live - Willie Archer and The Banks of the Bann

[@georgehill6726]

This man was special. Intelligent and entertaining.

[@webmouse3]

I spent a lovely evening listening to Andy and Manus at a pub near DC. Fine gent.😊

[@IraMikhaylova]

I'm Russian but this music seems to come from the very deep of my heart. Thanks to S W!

[@SergeNRTK]

Аналогично )

[@Lirik405]

чё кого

[@adhdblockedtobrilliantwith4293]

What wonderful music. Andy was so charming. RIP Andy and Johnny

[@geraldt.9403]

Met Andy many times in Germany, beginning with Silly Wizzard in our Club Sanssouci, in the Rätschenmühle Geislingen and many places elsw. Allways a friend on the road. RIP and have fun with all the good singers up there.

[@mackintosh1954]

R I P andy you always give me pleasure listening to your songs ,hope you are now at peace

[@goofy79248]

He had the Best Voice Ever!!

[@paulkinsella6536]

@@goofy79248 Andy was one of the best ballad singers i have heard. Silly Wizard were very good, always liked, Wi my dog and gun, and The Banks of the Bann, it's a different Banks of the Bann, to the one he is singing. It's a slower song. Andy and Johnny R.I.P. 👍

[@frankbolger3969]

These Celtic ballads are like scarlet threads that wind through my heart and hold it together.

[@martine2u]

You don't know how precious this is to me. I've loved Silly Wizard forever, but alas I'm too "young" :-) to have seen them live. This is pretty much the first time I see a video recording of them. If you have anymore to share, pretty please, put them up. I, and everyone in my situation, will be eternally grateful. :-) Here is to the best Celtic band ever...

[@DaveH001]

I LOVE listening to the Cunninghams playing together. Whether they happened to be performing with Silly Wizard or Relativity or Nightnoise they were consistently great! Luckily the Cunninghams always seemed to be teaming with other superbly talented musicians and the result is a mountain of wonderful Celtic music.

[@WVislandia]

Such a fine singer. Miss him.

[@ewanhaig4566]

Thanks Andy, for all the fun and drinking and fantastic music, rest in peace. So another of the giants has left us ... I just hope when my time is up, I'll go to a place where at least I can hear them ... no matter what the heat is ;-)

[@petergreen3122]

Wonderfully sarcastic and dry satiric wit by Andy. The musical skills once again are impeccable...

[@bronyr]

RIP Andy. And Johnny...

[@terrygrif]

Most enjoyable. 5*. Thanks for posting. Apart from the song I could listen to the Cunningham brothers all night. Such talent. Terry.

[@goofy79248]

Marvellous story told by this véry great Scotsman there ever was. After Ewan !!

[@robertbergstrom7029]

Such a beautiful voice.

[@horizon5912]

Brilliant!

[@killiekentman]

saw them many times, always enjoyed them. brilliant band.

[@yveeliza]

Simply awesome talent! ღ ღ

[@Domitianvs]

This is bloody amazing. Wish I could get a hold of this whole DVD.

[@elenavanbc]

among the best musicians I ever saw (live!)

[@heatherrussell8255]

Loves this song, and this melody. Loves it. 🎶☘️

[@seamusberen]

What a find! This is a very old and rarely performed song, done exceptionally well by a fine group. It has seldom been recorded. Thanks for posting this and for remembering Willie Archer and his lady, wherever they may be.

[@scarnish1]

great humour great music proper entertainment eat your heart out billy connolly these are the men of the people

[@georgehill6726]

Indeed

[@drummerboy1390]

Love the transition into Donna's Waltz.

[@karlt10]

RIP Andy

[@Elderwilliam]

Great clip NoRefills , the first time I saw them was in The third Eye Centre in Sauchiehall St , Glasgow in the early 70's , they were great then and still are.

[@c0gsinc0gs]

Thanks for this, I'm glad you included the jokes and stories. I saw this on Austin City Limits years ago and have been a fan ever since. One thing I remember that cracked me up was when they did this long explanation of the medley they were about to play and how there was a traditional Scottish song that people would recognize because the Beatles had stolen it for a song and that people should listen for it, in the middle of the medley they broke into a cover of "Do You Want to Know a Secret"

[@ScottLeDrew]

Beautiful song

[@railgap]

Never having seen Silly Wizard live (alas!) I never new Andy was damned near a standup comedian.

[@jsabrina01]

Thank you so much for posting all three of these Silly Wizard Live pieces. Are there more?

[@ceanadach]

Can't seem to stop listenin to this every day now... Tnx fer postin'!

[@lescot2000]

brilliant

[@c0gsinc0gs]

@NoRefillsLeft Thanks, that's really great to know!

[@PhalainaBelgium]

Our hats off guys ! This is top ! Phalaïna

[@scarnish1]

top stuff

[@grandpahilly]

brilliant stuff

[@NoRefillsLeft]

@barakl Silly Wizard Live in Concert at Center Stage - Atlanta Georgia April 1, 1988. It's been out of print for several years now.

[@jsabrina01]

I certainly understand and respect your desire to avoid copyright issues and respect royalties -- although if a performance isn't available to purchase any more it's frustrating. I'd certainly purchase a recording from the source if I could!

[@catherder2008]

Hey you can see me in this clip at 3:46. I'm to the left of the guy in the tie.

[@Jc-ul9ff]

nice

[@Korth23]

Silly Wizard "Live Again" - the remastered, repackaged, complete CD of the band's "Live In America" & "Golden, Golden" LPs is out!!! Available only direct from the band at sillywizard.co.uk

[@funnyAnna]

@Poodlepups that's what I was thinking as well when I heard it :) I play "the palomino waltz" and eventually listened to a recording of that where Phil combined it with "Donna's waltz". Love this whole video!!

[@worldtravelercommentary5219]

I suspect plucking wild roses is the female equivalent of sowing wild oats.

[@moragmacgregor6792]

Bwahahaha! Good call 🌹

[@NoRefillsLeft]

4/7/10 - 9:30 p.m. - 10,000 views! Thanks for watching. :)

[@drummerboy1390]

Great stuff.

[@celestialair]

@NoRefillsLeft Hello mate! I want to say many thanks to you for posting these three videos and ask if there is any chance maybe to share the whole concert? This is one of my favorite bands and I'd love to have this video in my collection, but it seems to be impossible to find it anywhere else :( Thank you in advance!

[@NoRefillsLeft]

I have the entire concert on video, but (a) hesitate to post more due to ye auld copyright issues, and (b) my computer broke. :) Also, I really do my best to respect the rights of artists to collect their royalties. I hope these 3 clips are sort of a "trailer" for their music. :D The video has been out of print for years and I can't find any to buy. Hopefully the band members will get this show out on DVD some day.

[@Poodlepups]

Another musician just identified the second waltz at the 7 minute mark as "Donna's Waltz"...he knew because Robin Bullock recorded it and used to hear it all the time.

[@allanwronoski7641]

A scottish band playing a great irish song. Take that england!!

[@roberthercliffe4783]

Allan Wronoski racist

[@moragmacgregor6792]

I thought the instrumental was "Peggy's Waltz" - I had a fabulous recording played on solo guitar by…Robin Bullock? Can't trust my memory 100% on either of those names.

[@NoRefillsLeft]

No, it's called "Donna's Waltz," composed by Phil Cunningham (of Silly Wizard), on his CD "The Palomino Waltz."

[@moragmacgregor6792]

NoRefillsLeft ~ My error. I saw the credits at the end of this concert and they clearly said Donna's Waltz. The recording I had credited the tune to Phil C…but I could've sworn the name was different. My bad. It's a lovely tune.

[@phlarrdboi]

do you have a song or not?

[@NoRefillsLeft]

Lucky you. :) I've seen Andy with Gerry O'Beirne several times, the same with Phil & Aly, and I saw Johnny with Celtic Fiddle Festival and Susan McKeown, just never Silly Wizard. Except for this video. :)

[@jamesstuartbrice420]

He really had a good sense of humor in introducing songs. This is such a beautiful version of a great song. I wonder if the waters of the Bann act as an aphrodesiac or is it just its reputation. If I were a girl, I would avoid the Bann River or only go there in groups to avoid such young men, who are probably all flocking there in hopes of finding a naive young woman.

[@nwaknam4320]

а ну теперь понятно как научиться правильно шутить по-шотландски: побольше спойлерить😄

[@NoRefillsLeft]

@xanadugardener You are most welcome. :)

[@barakl]

hey, thanks so much with the upload i was raised on silly wizard. might i ask what concert this is?

[@NoRefillsLeft]

Hopefully neither of them are still hanging around down by the river Bann . . . :)

[@moragmacgregor6792]

I love this song, can't get enough of it. And it's kind of about date rape…but it's so jaunty.

[@kennethcrane9848]

i'd say more about a bit surprised instead of rape~lol

[@NoRefillsLeft]

@c0gsinc0gs Agree, that was really funny. If you do a KZbin search for "Scottish Tradition: Phil Johnny Cunningham 2" by user UISTMAN59, you will see essentially the same thing, unfortunately without the lead-in that made it so funny (sadly, the clip is also out of synch). If you do a search for "Aly Bain and friends Cunningham", you will find the full-length show that UISTMAN59's clip is from. Johnny and Phil perform together twice in the show - also with Richard Thompson - great stuff. :)

[@iamzareleu4778]

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