Dan The Street Singer from Co. Mayo, Ireland 1981
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- Dan The Street Singer a one man travelling band and entertainer from Louisburgh County Mayo.
Gay recalls seeing Dan in Clarinbridge, County Galway during the Oyster Festival walking the streets, singing his songs and collecting money from passersby.
He is well and truly a wandering minstrel.
Dan whose real name is Basil Morahan arrives pulling his cart and performs a medley of songs as The Late Late Show audience clap along.
Dan The Street Singer, has been travelling the streets for 10 years keeping old songs alive. Wherever he goes he gets a great reception from people.
Dan reveals the contents of his custom made cart which includes two 12 volt batteries, a 120 watt amplifier, and speakers. Dan says he manages to make a living from performing and has a basket where people can put money as a display of their support.
This episode of The Late Late Show was broadcast on 17 October 1981. The presenter is Gay Byrne.
I seen the poor man at the Galway Races as a young fella. I stood there transfixed at the sight of this man, until I got a clip on the ear from from my aunt, and was dragged away....God be good to them both, RIP +++, and God be with the days....Ireland was different back then....
Classic!
thankyou ..puts a smile on ones face! it seems to be a more innocent time !
I was 12 when the guy was on. I always looked forward to the Late Late & the horror film double bills on BBC2 on a Friday & Saturday night. Mostly glad I grew up when I did.
bully for you
The Channels!
Never knew Gene Hackman had such a good voice..
That's not Gene Hackman
OMG.. long passed away RIP , I remember him well as he appeared at festivals etc.
Being a young buck myself, I didn't care for that music, I still don't 😂, but without doubt Dan is legend 🙏🙏
When was his demise
@@davefool6815 1998 .
Dan a.k.a Basil Morahan was a secondary school teacher. Taught me commerce 1976-79. Westport CBS
@@kevinbrady8093 omg... So sad.
@@kevinbrady8093 I heard he was a teacher at some stage, certainly a smart guy, pulling that cart around was not without reward and the spectacle was better than his singing or playing. Altogether though a legend of his time.
Dan The Street Singer, kitted out to the hilt, no expense spared, even a 12 string electric guitar, he has even got wheels on the camper van that he pulls behind him. My advice to Dan is don't go to Galway City without your umbrella, it rains hard in that town from time to time, Good for you Dan The Street Singer Man
Back when Ireland was full of characters
I'm not Irish( although my Mother is) ...and yes you are right..there just isn't any characters about anymore.Give me them times over 2021 any day.
@@redkop510 the soul of Ireland has been sold to the highest bidder....shame on the traitors....
@@oldtimer5283 So true.
@@redkop510 Get me to Ireland and I'll be a character!! 😛
@@Lee-nh5bb haha...aye.😁
Reminds me of a busker in New Zealand in Takaka. just busking for de people sharing his songs for years...
He sang and played very well! It would be nice if they gather any videos or pictures and make more videos of him.
Bet not many buskers now would be as open about their finances, what with big brother watching you and they looking for a big cut of you're takings.💶💶💶💰💰💰 Happy days indeed 🎸🎶🎵🎼🎸🎙
Nice win cobber. G'day from Australia mate.
Love the use of sock on his Mic lol
*mic
Love his collection bag!
I quite like this as a memory of times past, but odd to see a wonderful Burns Double Six 12 string used for two chord strumming. :)
Basil, his real name, was a secondary school teacher. He was playing in bands from at least the 1960s. At school if a tune needed to be played he’d always get me to fetch that guitar and a small amp from his car - a hatchback/saloon with a bubble window sticking out, more room? My older brother played guitar; Basil figured I wouldn’t drop that Burns or run away with it : ) Basil Morahan, a great man, with a great sense of humour…RIP
Always at the Rose ofTralee
Legend
Been to Galway streets but not seen him
Yes RAa yes
Tubrity, have you had a tough year, how many of your family has passed..But your feeling grand now.. Have you read much Plato?
When the Late Late was 😊
That's a big amp.
The old free mason handsake, twice
Can you time stamp please?
3.22 funnily enough and at the end
3:22
I'd assumed it was an Irish handshake, as I saw him shake Dylan Moran's hand that way too.
Bollox. Dan was strapped into a harness, including a very heavy guitar. If he was to turn around to face Gay and shake hands “properly” he would have taken Gay out with the neck of guitar…
Does anyone know what kind of guitar Dan is playing?
looks like a Burns electric 12-string
@@RJH1971 thanks 😊
An out of tune one?
Burns Double Six, looks to be '64 or '65. They are *extremely* heavy, these original ones, like 12 or 13 pounds, he must have been hard as nails!
@@will2741 old school!
Automatic confession
He went on to win Eurovision after this😁🙄
and then the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Is he still about .. nice old fashioned voice..?
Basil Morahan passed on to the Great Buskathon in the Sky in the summer of 1998 at the age of 68. Like Ed Sheeran,who some say he inspired, he played to thousands of people in his time.
@@lukagiltrap77 did Ed Sheeran say it himself or was it Tom at the end of the bar who knows everything about nothing, because it sounds like a massive porky pie
@@thehairysnot8069 Some say he turned down the opportunity to replace Mick Taylor in the Rolling Stones in January 1975, because he bumped into one of his biggest fans, Rory Gallagher, at Schipol Airport, and Rory told him not to waste his time with the Stones' gig, as they were all in a shockin' state at the time, and not a rosary between them.
@@lukagiltrap77 some say the devil is dead and buried in killarney, more say he rose again....
@@thehairysnot8069 I can't believe you know Tom too!!
Shame he got scalped by the baler.
Some say they found the biggest collection of vintage porn mags in the history of Mayo when they went in to clear out his house, and that as a young lad, he attended Sandford Park with Conor Cruise O'Brien.
DAN WHAT ARE YOU AT?!😂
i know,gigging with big tom,and elvis in that grand ballroom.
It's a bath he wanted not a cart
or a b....w job
I’m
your a ?
He also referred gaa football matches, to be honest not a great ref .
Pity he didn't lay byrne out with the guitar
Gay was notorious for being super tight with money and he certainly didn't throw anything into Dan's basket
Don't be a nasty git
The hate for Byrne is strong in this one...
@@irishlad8797I agree with you, and gay byrne, always trying to be smart allic
Gay byrne talking crap, it doesn't surprise me, that's why alot of people in Ireland were frustrated with him
A singing bum.