Well, I must be as far away from Belfast as you can get - some 12,000 miles. I'm the last of my family from Belfast, all my relations are dead and I'm the last from Belfast, Country Antrim. I still recall visiting my great grandfather in Crumlin before leaving Belfast in the 1950's and the tears from the relations at the wharf. I guess I'll see them all soon.
The Auld Fella loved this song, he could belt it out in fiddle, bango, piano accordion and voice...he never took a music lesson in his life, was too poor, and was judged worthy of manual labor for life, such was rural Ireland in the 50/60'ies...RIP Auld Man, you proved them wrong...+__
This is my absolute favorite version of The Black Velvet Band. Christy and Sean compliment each other so well, with such different quality of voices, but both so powerful and in top form. And you can just feel the spirit of Luke through it all. Pure joy. Thank you Dubliners!
My father was a huge Dubliners fan. In 1996 I went with him to Eindhoven, Netherlands to a concert. I remember he bought the cd that was just released then, Further Along❤
This was played at the end of my Uncle's funeral a few weeks ago. He and his brother (my Dad) moved from Belfast to England in the 1950s, and while it's not quite the story of the song, the lines about being "far away from my friends and relations" having left Belfast were especially poignant. Fantastic version, with Christy Moore alongside them!
I love the full-circle story hidden in this video. The Dubliners (with Luke Kelly, minus Ronnie Drew) performed Black Velvet Band on The Talk Show in 1970; there's a video here on RU-vid. At 2:26 into that video, the camera focuses on a man in the crowd: 25-year-old Christy Moore. Here he is, 17 years later, filling Luke's shoes, while singing that very song! Wonderful performance, and a great coming full circle for Christy Moore!
I remember in the 80s early 90s going to derry with me dar and getting on the piss with family in a boozer singing this and the whole gaff was up singing its up there with the best memories of my dar r.i.p kenny burke miss you so much xxx
I've seen The Dubliners three times, the first time it was this lineup and I've seen Christy Moore once. I had no idea they had performed together but it makes sense I suppose, great performance!
Pure Magic !! From a distance of 420 miles and 33 years This incredible Live session ,a collection of legends.... on stage...caught on Camera ..Such a powerful and rare meeting ...still has the power to pull me in and take me flying along a wild and woolly ride ..Enchanting the ears while punching and kicking the heart into submission.. In awe and Trembling I applaud ! Thanks to all those brave souls wherever they be
Christy is great but this a perfect example that the Dubs were with their unique voices a complete different league. Sean is a complete higher class within this song!
It was nice to see the accordion in there amongst the group that was playing , one of the most difficult instruments to play getting some air time, great job Mr cameraman ! Also nice to see there wasn't too many guitars as they can drown out the mistakes in vocals and other instruments playing like the fiddle. Why do so many play the guitar these days as well as way back then, BECAUSE IT'S EASY compared to other instruments. P.s Is that a young Steve Coogan and partner in the audience, at time index 2;55.. Wow he and she look really happy. ;(
How come when they say “I thought her the queen of the land” people in pubs during St Patrick’s day say “AND SHE WAS”???? I am not Irish and heard this at a pub here in the USA
My favourite Dubliners song. Me n me dad used to laugh about the lyrics. He warned me not to feed men strong drink. I said I’d better things to do with my money. He also warned me ffs, as though I needed telling, not to lure priests fffffsss. I made clear the donning of frocks and pretending to be Christian was not a turn on. Not my actual words to him of course.
This was the real Christy Moore' singing a good sensible traditional song. His material went down downhill' yaars ago. All he can sing now' is material by writers.
