The Creggan White Hare (Daoiri Farrell cover)

For my 50th birthday I got a brand new bouzouki as birthday present from my mum and what a wonderful gift this is! This really adds to my Irish folk repertoire as it creates that typical Irish folk sound.
Luckily it didn't take me too long to get a grip on this instrument, to feel the sound and the typical way of playing which is different from (and at the same time reminiscent of) a guitar.
When I started searching for bouzouki songs I almost instantly bumped into the works for the great Daoiri Farrell, a great, young Irish musician who not only is a master in playing the bouzouki - he also has a great voice to sing these songs.
As I am currently discovering the bouzouki, I will come up with some other recordings for sure. For now, I hope you enjoy my first rendition of 'The Creggan White Hare'.

[@MendocinoSpirits]

Wonderful!

[@jorisvangaal]

Thanks a million!

[@ms.ingmarbles]

beautifully done:-)

[@jorisvangaal]

Thank you so much 😀

[@dominikpokorny]

Very nice song 👍 I never owned a bouzouki myself but I very much enjoy the sound of it 🙂 ...and that ending is lovely

[@jorisvangaal]

Thanks and how wonderful that you wached the whole video til the end! Yeah, it was a little Easter Egg as there were some German tourist cyclists who stopped to watch & listened and who started applauding at the end. Luckily I hadn’t noticed them during the recording so the surprise and thank you ate the end were genuine 😁🤟🏾

[@dominikpokorny]

@@jorisvangaal Haha that's awesome! 👍

[@HolgervomDorf]

Very nice Sir 👍

[@jorisvangaal]

So nice of you: thanks a million!

[@LaCaganera]

calma té

[@TheRealVenusian]

This song sounds so beautiful in F Major! Wonderful work sir :)

[@jorisvangaal]

Thanks a lot! Yeah, Daoiri Farrell plays it in a different key but that's a bit too high for my voice so I'd tuned it down half a note

[@TheRealVenusian]

@@jorisvangaal well, you made a good choice! Also I saw in the description that you're over 50?? Maybe it's the hat, but you look much younger!

[@jorisvangaal]

@@TheRealVenusian Haha, thanks a million! Would you please say that to my kids who think that I am very auld ;-)

[@teeell3712]

Really enjoyed that 👍

[@jorisvangaal]

Thanks 👍

[@BanjoChuck]

Indrukwekkend! zeker geen makkelijk nummer.

[@jorisvangaal]

Dank je! Tis idd een tricky nummer om onder de knie te krijgen en de manier waarop Daoiri Farrell dit nummer speelt is nog mooier maar hij is dan ook een echte bouzouki wizard!

[@generic.hybridity3136]

Nice work

[@jorisvangaal]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@ArlinPound-rn8nk]

Ok

[@dafyddroberts4798]

And the maker of the bouzouki is....

[@jorisvangaal]

It was made in Romania by HORA

[@MGWAIKIDOJITSU]

Great rendition well done I have that Hora Irish bouzouki it’s a amazing instrument . I also play that tune as well but I have a nice looking sound hole cover in line as it is so loud when playing with a plectrum ,so I fingerpick all my tunes , 👌👌

[@jorisvangaal]

Wow! That's impressive to fingerpick the double strings or do you use some finger and thumb picks?