I am asleep (Air) & The Clumsy Lover (Reel) Uilleann pipes Chris McMullan

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  • Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
  • Debut Album: bit.ly/2PthnHA
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    Playing I am Asleep (Slow air) and the clumsey lover (reel) on the pipes, The Clumsy lover was originally written as a hornpipe for GHB by Neil Dickie of Edmonton, AB.
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    #Uilleannpipes #irishmusician #irishmusic

КОМЕНТАРІ • 385

  • @maxromisch3361
    @maxromisch3361 9 років тому +129

    Where can I get your albums? And if you don't have any, why the hell not?

    • @ChrisMcMullan
      @ChrisMcMullan  9 років тому +30

      Hiram Abiff Hi Hiram, currently working on my first solo album...will be releasing it within the next two months. If you subscribe i'll be able to keep you posted about it!! Cheers Chris

    • @TheScotPiper
      @TheScotPiper 9 років тому +2

      +Chris McMullan Is this a D or Cset?

    • @ChrisMcMullan
      @ChrisMcMullan  9 років тому +5

      +Hayden Olsen It's in D Hayden

    • @TheScotPiper
      @TheScotPiper 9 років тому +2

      You tuning it a little flatter? Where's your bridle?

    • @ChrisMcMullan
      @ChrisMcMullan  7 років тому +13

      Hi Max, my debut album is available for pre-order from chrismcmullan.bandcamp.com/releases

  • @AlfOfAllTrades
    @AlfOfAllTrades 8 років тому +142

    I'm surprised the neighbors don't break down the doors. To give standing ovations, that is. Awesome!

  • @danielthompson6207
    @danielthompson6207 Рік тому +10

    Chris, I need you to know that over the years, you've secured a firm and permanent place in my heart. What you do isn't playing music, it's speaking to the soul in a language that only the soul can fully understand. This isn't meant to fluff your ego, though you'd be damn right to have a big one, but just to express my gratitude for you and what you do.
    I've had mornings that were so dark, I wasn't sure if I'd even be able to see the sun when I went outside. My solution, nine times out of ten, is to grab a mug of coffee and listen to your playing. That first sip of coffee wakes me up, and the first note from your pipes always blows those storm clouds away. Thank you, Chris, for sharing your gifts with all of us!

  • @kiraalialeeonfairythegreenone
    @kiraalialeeonfairythegreenone Рік тому +12

    This is such a beautiful sound. It's stunning. It touches my heart. I love it.
    I'm not Irish. I'm Ukrainian but your music crosses cultural boundaries.💚💚💚💚

  • @Satyrion27
    @Satyrion27 7 років тому +17

    There is sitting a man in a kitchen and plays such a music! Sometimes the world shows it is better than it seems mostly.

  • @thomaseoghan6266
    @thomaseoghan6266 4 роки тому +7

    Always go clean mental when I hear the uilleann pipes being played flat out

  • @danpusceddu
    @danpusceddu 2 місяці тому +2

    I feel like when he gets up in silence at the end there should be thunderous applause and weeping. Terrific!

  • @fabermcmullen1
    @fabermcmullen1 10 років тому +45

    Chris: We are the McMullens over here in Texas. We came here from Dromore, County Tyrone many years ago, but I had to write you and let you know that we love hearing your great music. We listen to everything new you post. I grew up playing the highland pipes, but I always wished that I could have played the Uillean pipes. You're music isn't great……it's phenomenal, and we're very proud of you as McMullens. I don't know if you speak Irish at all, ach ba mhaith liom a rá gur maith linn do chuid ceol, agus tá muid ag súil go mór leis achen amhran go gcuireann tú anseo ar You tube. Go raibh mile maith agat as do cholceathreaca anseo i dTexas. Le meas, Faber McMullen, Navasota, Texas

  • @kevinwikileaks
    @kevinwikileaks 8 років тому +12

    One of the best pipe players ive heard

  • @blancolirio
    @blancolirio 5 років тому +15

    Holy Shit Lad!!!! My Gawd that's good!
    Subscribed!

    • @ChrisMcMullan
      @ChrisMcMullan  5 років тому +1

      Thank you Blancolirio, this video was a few years ago now but have fond memories recording it 👍🏻

  • @LordAbhartach
    @LordAbhartach 8 років тому +31

    whenever I miss Ireland I listen to the ueilleann pipes...makes me choke up then smile!!!

    • @AlexP-jz9sg
      @AlexP-jz9sg 6 років тому +2

      Me too, and I'm not even from Ireland.

    • @trafic11315
      @trafic11315 6 років тому

      Me neighter..... but it brings you somehow home ....

    • @pinkmagicali
      @pinkmagicali 3 роки тому +1

      I was trying to find words for it but couldn’t. There is such soul and depth to pipe music. Tugs are the heartstrings. This is stunning! I wish I could see Ireland, stupid COVID even cancelled my dance classes. 😫

  • @Alendavant
    @Alendavant 10 років тому +102

    My Grandfather, Frank George, is a very well known musician. He is best known for his fiddle and banjo playing, but he played both the Highland and Uilleann Pipes. I showed him some of your videos last spring and he said you are one of the best Uilleann pipers he has ever heard.

    • @Rythmguitarable
      @Rythmguitarable 4 роки тому +3

      is he also a doctor?

    • @josephjbarton
      @josephjbarton 4 роки тому

      He hasnt heard many uilleann pipers.

    • @dcartier1692
      @dcartier1692 4 роки тому +5

      Joseph Barton - I am guessing: neither have you.

    • @josephjbarton
      @josephjbarton 4 роки тому +1

      @@dcartier1692 I am one. Studied under paddy keenan

    • @dcartier1692
      @dcartier1692 4 роки тому +3

      Joseph Barton - which makes your apparently vitriolic comment above very puzzling indeed ...

  • @kahfre3694
    @kahfre3694 7 місяців тому +2

    That was and still is an incredible play. I've been listening to it for many years, also sending it to my friends.

  • @mild_meme
    @mild_meme 3 роки тому +3

    That first air brings a tear to my eye every time

  • @AlexP-jz9sg
    @AlexP-jz9sg 3 роки тому +5

    Best rendition of Clumsy Lover I’ve ever heard.

  • @dominickilpatrick8575
    @dominickilpatrick8575 3 роки тому +7

    Every so often I come back to this video... it's just too good

  • @paulmckenzie4291
    @paulmckenzie4291 4 роки тому +11

    Your music is a sword in the heart and a pillow for the soul. The hours you've spent is the love you have. Tears you've made as I stamp my foot. Back to my roots. A room full of people not giving a feck. Massive respect 💪

  • @EdExploresScotland
    @EdExploresScotland 3 роки тому +1

    In my kitchen I generally make soup. But oh my goodness, this sounds way better than soup.

  • @barryyoung6159
    @barryyoung6159 9 місяців тому +1

    The more I listen to this the more I like it - It's magnificent ❤❤

  • @lizkager5239
    @lizkager5239 3 роки тому +5

    Gives me chills every time, even three years after the first time I heard it.

  • @goldensande
    @goldensande 10 років тому +13

    Haunting and beautiful one moment, and then the next it is so full of pure joy it is like the sunshine breaking the storm clouds.

  • @PrismRisen
    @PrismRisen 5 років тому +13

    Beyond superb, Chris. You voice three Celtic spirits at once - past, present, and future (as from Abortach) - in a timeless blend. Your harmonic work, especially at 2:30-3:00 and 4:00-to end, in "I Am Asleep," ascends to the pinnacle. Thank you for your mastery and sharing it in the best acoustical kitchen in the northern hemisphere!

    • @ChrisMcMullan
      @ChrisMcMullan  4 роки тому +1

      Thanks for the kind words Dennis 🙂

  • @JustinBarylski
    @JustinBarylski 7 років тому +2

    By far this is the best version of I am Asleep ever... nobody else seems to capture the emotion behind this tune

  • @jamie8032
    @jamie8032 2 роки тому +1

    My mind goes to images of Connemara and the West Coast when I listen to I Am Asleep and to Limerick and Tipp when I hear clumsy lover.

  • @leelo12345
    @leelo12345 2 роки тому +2

    Jesus... really great music. thank you for sharing. 👍✨🌈🙋🏼‍♂️

  • @caoimghgin
    @caoimghgin 4 роки тому +4

    There may or may not have been a tear coming out of my eye. Stop judging. This is everything I wanted to hear. Thanks!

  • @michaelkingsbury4305
    @michaelkingsbury4305 8 років тому +8

    I could barely stay in my chair hearing that reel! Great playing, man, squeeze on...

  • @christopherdietsche5701
    @christopherdietsche5701 12 років тому +2

    Well done, I've never seen anyone play the clumsey lover on the uilleanns, very well done.

  • @trevorpugh6475
    @trevorpugh6475 2 роки тому +3

    I’ve just come back to this fine piece after a couple if years and it sounds as fresh and vibrant as when I first heard it….wonderful! Chris, I hope you’re still with the pipes and in good and rude health.

    • @ChrisMcMullan
      @ChrisMcMullan  2 роки тому +2

      That's great to hear Trevor.... I should probably do a new version of this.

  • @marytomes6404
    @marytomes6404 7 років тому

    whenever I hear Clumsy Lover it blows me away. I love it so much!!!!!!

  • @EmptyGlass99
    @EmptyGlass99 8 років тому +5

    What a beautiful haunting piece of music.

  • @ifoxfirei
    @ifoxfirei 9 років тому +2

    I love a good slow air... lovely

  • @MrShiffles
    @MrShiffles 7 років тому +1

    you are covering songs made in the past decade, but you make them sound like they came from the homeland many centuries ago...bravo, sir, and much FIRE \M/

  • @novocain13
    @novocain13 2 роки тому +1

    So lovely! Thank you. Greetings from Norway.

  • @trevorpugh6475
    @trevorpugh6475 4 роки тому +3

    A wonderful way to set me up for the rest of the day by listening to this exhilarating, joyous and emotional piece. Thank you Chris, you've made dark days brighter again! 👉 👌😊

  • @pipertripp
    @pipertripp 12 років тому +2

    Epic. What an insane instrument the uilleann pipes are.

  • @nextpatch1.18
    @nextpatch1.18 3 роки тому

    How can you not dance to this!!!!!!!!!!

  • @ebonfae5244
    @ebonfae5244 4 роки тому +6

    This is so impressive. I can only imagine how challenging the uilleann pipes are to play, but you do so with perfection. Both pieces are beautiful. The first has a haunting feel and the reel is just good fun! Thanks for sharing this with the world!

  • @stephenparis9595
    @stephenparis9595 3 роки тому +1

    God bless ya lad. God bless you and your entire family. That's the most beautiful thing I've heard in a long long time.

  • @bethanyleigh216
    @bethanyleigh216 8 років тому +14

    This is absolutely beautiful. You play with emotion and it's lovely.

  • @cliffabrams5765
    @cliffabrams5765 9 років тому +2

    Beauty. "The Clumsy Lover" is a real piper's reel-lots of crans on the low notes.

  • @LousyPiper
    @LousyPiper 4 роки тому +1

    Wow, just WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm playing the GHB but never heard something like this! Highly recommende3d

  • @pamelastory8737
    @pamelastory8737 2 роки тому +2

    This moves my heart so deeply 💕 Thank you Chris . Never stop playing I adore the sound .💚💚🌟💚💚🌟

  • @geraldward5318
    @geraldward5318 6 років тому +8

    Sweet Jaysus that Clumsy lover reel at the end never heard it like that before class sir! thought ye moved into light speed at one point!

  • @TheShamroqDude
    @TheShamroqDude 11 років тому +1

    That was totally NECTAR dude!!!!!!! You're an Amazing piper! You could call down the Angels from heaven playing like that. Very Well Done brother! :-)

  • @MondschreiBand
    @MondschreiBand 12 років тому +1

    Great tunes!
    Please keep on playing :D
    ~Flo

  • @clockworkolive3756
    @clockworkolive3756 4 роки тому +1

    probably, the best regulator work i have ever seen

  • @terencewinters2154
    @terencewinters2154 Рік тому

    Squeezing a goose under the arm. When I hear these pipes airs I moved to melancholy, reflection, or fight. Like irish blues music . Reels on the other and get the feet moving like a banjo.

  • @shamoo3500
    @shamoo3500 6 місяців тому

    I just want you to know your rendition here, and on Spotify, are amongst the most beautiful sounds I have ever heard in my 30 years of existence. Not once in the hundreds and hundreds of times I have listened to it have I not got chills at the first air.

  • @robertw7070
    @robertw7070 6 років тому +2

    pure magic. Thank you!

  • @keithhow3006
    @keithhow3006 7 років тому +1

    Fantastic sound and player.....more please!

  • @o0dominic0o
    @o0dominic0o 9 років тому +2

    This is.....amazing. Breathtaking performance.

  • @TheOverlordOfProcrastination
    @TheOverlordOfProcrastination 5 років тому +1

    Not entirely sure I'd want to live next door to you, but that's beautiful, mate.

  • @Elisabeth4844
    @Elisabeth4844 10 років тому +6

    You are going to be one of the greats! Wonderful performance!!

  • @bonkersblock
    @bonkersblock 8 років тому

    I've never seen bellows can make such an exquisite sound? ?

  • @rickgoad6637
    @rickgoad6637 6 років тому +2

    Beautiful!!! (female voice from off camera: HAVE YER FINISHED THA DISHES???)

  • @jiltedjohn9294
    @jiltedjohn9294 3 роки тому

    Best pipe playing i've ever heard

  • @fearghuswalsh8827
    @fearghuswalsh8827 7 років тому +2

    One of the best pipers i have ever heard

  • @arfer
    @arfer 7 років тому +5

    Very good Chris. You're added to my list of great pipe players.

  • @PuffBartok
    @PuffBartok Рік тому

    Fantastic playing - haunting - and the reel - the total opposite of being asleep. Thanks.

  • @matthieulaine5786
    @matthieulaine5786 7 років тому +2

    fantastic... congrats Chris... I can't imagine the hours of work to get to this... but you get all listenners (and beginners) to dream!

  • @S24W2
    @S24W2 7 років тому +1

    beautiful playing, excellent pair of hands

  • @SilverFlame819
    @SilverFlame819 6 років тому +1

    I can't even imagine if I heard the dude next door playing something like this. I would trip over my own feet, I'd be rushing to his door to propose so fast. *lol*

  • @HarrisKeith
    @HarrisKeith 5 років тому +2

    Charlie Malone's bar in Limerick - where the Acoustic Club happens every Tuesday - bring your good self along one Tuesday & see what happens :-)

  • @psychopyro5781
    @psychopyro5781 7 років тому +5

    10 seconds in and I've already left a like on the video

  • @mikel2923
    @mikel2923 Рік тому

    The last two and a half minutes are fantastic and really builds into a fast reel… nice intro though and quite haunting.

  • @Roke87
    @Roke87 11 років тому +1

    The Society of Uilleann Pipers (pipers.ie) has a list of pipe makers. They are quite expensive. If you have an Irish music school in your area they might offer lessons and rentals.

  • @kuma1939
    @kuma1939 5 років тому +1

    You certainly have the Gift, Chris McMullan. Splendid sounds you have shared with us! Respects, man.

  • @roxfoot
    @roxfoot 8 років тому +1

    That was outstanding, that transition near made me jump out the window, and you finished like Hussain Bolt, well done.

  • @fradrake11
    @fradrake11 3 роки тому

    Travelling from a county Down to county Galway for a long weekend to propose to my now wife it was in Galway town at a music shop I heard this tune I couldn't hear enough . I bought the CD and one of Davy Spillane also it's all I played the whole 4 day's. The Uileann pipes move me like no other musical instrument. They never fail to calm me and take me away. Great tune beautifully played. Thank you.
    Liked and subscribed.

  • @OldSchoolChinny
    @OldSchoolChinny 5 років тому +3

    I love this so much, especially the second piece!😀

  • @jameswilliams3241
    @jameswilliams3241 5 років тому +1

    Bless you youngin and your pipes!

  • @magaoda
    @magaoda 9 років тому

    Great slow air which reveals your talent as a piper.Excellent.

  • @dustineden698
    @dustineden698 5 років тому +1

    GNARLY!!!!!!! Gave me all kinds of chills. Thank you.

  • @pgoessnitzer
    @pgoessnitzer 8 років тому +1

    Could listend all day....beautiful!
    ~Pete

  • @Shakawkaw
    @Shakawkaw 11 місяців тому

    Absolutely beautiful

  • @sariahlim
    @sariahlim 7 років тому +2

    Superb, man. Chills all the way through. Some kind of genius that playing. If real music were where 'pop' is, this chap would own 5 supercars (should he chose to) and be a household name.

  • @MrRyanmcmahon
    @MrRyanmcmahon 7 років тому +2

    Brilliant playing, Well done, inspiring.

  • @markthompson3449
    @markthompson3449 3 роки тому

    EEEeeee eeeeee eeeeeeeEEEEEEeeeee!! That was only a joke; I loved your playing.

  • @electrondady1475
    @electrondady1475 4 роки тому +1

    thanks for your wonderful music

  • @hubertdelnegro5281
    @hubertdelnegro5281 5 років тому

    Tres beau a entendre , une belle instrument . Bravo a l'irlande

  • @HuskReeds
    @HuskReeds 7 років тому +1

    Amazing playing, fantastic sound! Wow.....

  • @kevinwhiteman1563
    @kevinwhiteman1563 5 років тому +1

    Very nice!

  • @bsb4038
    @bsb4038 9 років тому +2

    second to s.ennis in my thoughts! you are awsome......

  • @annaurbanowicz5477
    @annaurbanowicz5477 4 роки тому

    Beautiful man,beautiful miusic!
    I LOVE YOU SCOTLAND !!!
    White Witch Anna

  • @markm3988
    @markm3988 Рік тому +1

    Awesome brother. I feel this in my soul.

  • @jimcartner819
    @jimcartner819 8 років тому

    This young man is superb to listen to and I love the tone of his pipes and would like to know the maker but hats off to this talent.

  • @strixnebulosa6921
    @strixnebulosa6921 3 роки тому +1

    Wow, awesome sound and great music. Would make a good sound track

  • @Bagpipe13
    @Bagpipe13 18 днів тому

    I know and have played "The Clumsy Lover' to this standard on the Scottish highland pipes, but would probably take me about two years to get to this standard on Uilleann pipes, bearing in mind I have never had any experience in playing the Uilleann pipes, fantastic sound indeed, I was a second grade world class piper with 12 years performing experience and have up to date had a break of 35 years, and am considering taking it up again, any positive thoughts would be welcome .

  • @TheSingingBarmaid
    @TheSingingBarmaid 6 років тому +1

    Absolutely, seriously bloody awesome, wow and regulator work at the end is exquisite!

    • @ChrisMcMullan
      @ChrisMcMullan  6 років тому

      TheSingingBarmaid Thank you very much, Appreciate the support. My debut album is available here if it interests you. chrismcmullan.bandcamp.com/releases

    • @TheSingingBarmaid
      @TheSingingBarmaid 6 років тому

      Great stuff I'm so glad you've recorded your playing. I will definitely check that out, thank you 👍 An inspiration.

  • @pointy5911
    @pointy5911 4 роки тому +1

    Great piper. I love it that you use regulators too. Seems to me a lot of uillean pipers do not anymore.

  • @anthonybowers7571
    @anthonybowers7571 4 роки тому +1

    real bluesy the air :) great sound and attack you have

  • @ArmsR4Huggin
    @ArmsR4Huggin 8 років тому +2

    Come back to Rochester! We miss you!

  • @susanbrayhopkins8784
    @susanbrayhopkins8784 2 роки тому

    Stunning Sounds

  • @BrianNewberry
    @BrianNewberry 7 років тому +1

    That is BEAUTIFUL!!

  • @daviddejulio863
    @daviddejulio863 2 роки тому

    Amazing. Love it when airs transition into reels.

  • @kcnnanna
    @kcnnanna 8 років тому +2

    This sounds truly beautiful.

  • @billwilliams7566
    @billwilliams7566 6 років тому +1

    I'm a piper (GHB), but have never heard Clumsy Lover on the Uillean Pipes before. Wow! Thank you very much..great stuff. :)

    • @ChrisMcMullan
      @ChrisMcMullan  6 років тому

      Thanks for the support Bill, feel free to subscribe :)

  • @13c11a
    @13c11a 5 років тому +1

    Astonishing! Inspiring and rousing. Thank you.

  • @fullstrutn
    @fullstrutn 11 років тому +1

    My My My very well done!!!!!!