billy connolly

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MajorChaos69

13 жыл бұрын

billy connolly playing banjo on andrew dentons enough rope

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@StewartNicolasBILLYCONNOLLY 5 жыл бұрын

Billy actually played this on my banjo, then autographed it! #lovethebigyin

@randomfamilyman4876 5 жыл бұрын

Are you kidding??!!

@StewartNicolasBILLYCONNOLLY 5 жыл бұрын

@@randomfamilyman4876 I am not kidding my Friend, Billy is the one!

@vikingboyd1201 3 жыл бұрын

You lucky lucky man

@lizzabug87 3 жыл бұрын

Wow that’s amazing! You are very lucky. He saved my life. I will be forever grateful to him. He makes the world a better place just by existing.

@simmo303 4 жыл бұрын

He was always self-deprecating about his playing but he truly was damn good.

@Jeremy-dd2jj 4 ай бұрын

An absolute marvel of Scottish ingenuity. Love from Mississippi

@francodevlin3112 5 жыл бұрын

People dont realise he was a musician before anything else... his playin music in pubs is what led to him being a comedian

@aliciarobertson4979 3 жыл бұрын

All Glaswegians, and Scots in general, know about Billy’s music career, especially his being with Gerry Rafferty in the Humblebums, along with Tam Harvey. We love the Big Yin! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@darrynberry8124 2 жыл бұрын

I hate to be that fella but it was him being smart arse with his ganger ( foreman ) and folk finding him hilarious led to his comedy career first off when he worked in port Glasgow but yes he always loved music . He clarified this himself

@eddiebrophy503 5 жыл бұрын

He's just absolutely the best. God bless you Billy Connolly.

@architectwmf 5 жыл бұрын

Great man. Brought so much joy and fun into our lives. Thanks Billy

@kimjohnellis698 5 жыл бұрын

God Bless Billy Connolly with all the blessings in the world x

@gordonm.7387 7 жыл бұрын

As a wild an ribald Scotsman I am proud of Bill. He's a free spirited old bugger! I love him. Long may we be wild!

@fireblade954rr4 5 жыл бұрын

Gordon M. And as a Scotsman I couldni agree wae yi more sir.....

@Versul1 4 жыл бұрын

We wouldn't have Bluegrass if not for Celtic

@aliciarobertson4979 3 жыл бұрын

Gordon, Fireblade, and Don… Exactly! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@jakeglanville6835 9 ай бұрын

Sorry. As someone who has known Billy Connolly since he worked in the shipyards, he's always been a comedian as well as a first class musician. Black Jake of Norwich.

@ilikezappa3268 4 жыл бұрын

Billy spreads a bit of joy in a grey world. Good boy

@mrbartle7556 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful :) Very happy x

@gordonm7038 6 жыл бұрын

I love Billy. Beautiful soul. Great picker! Long may he run!

@randomfamilyman4876 5 жыл бұрын

Billy conolly. So pure, so uncut, so raw, so fucking amazing. I love you billy

@michaelrawson6261 5 жыл бұрын

Billy is a legend, and so much better a musician than he EVER admits to!

@alancarlyon3928 5 жыл бұрын

He recons himself that he is not a great banjo player, to me he is one of the best and one of the funniest fun love giving guy's on our planet!

@StewartNicolasBILLYCONNOLLY 9 жыл бұрын

Billy's musical ability has always come second, third or fourth to his comedy, acting, presenting, interviewing windswept and interesting personality!

@florianp2122 7 жыл бұрын

Interesting windswept showbiz personality! :D

@Zorza123123 6 жыл бұрын

Billy Connolly is a great actor.

@BobFarnell 5 жыл бұрын

I Love it BILLY CONALLY MASTER MUSICIAN

@VehicularBrit 8 жыл бұрын

"It's out of tune but bugger it" **twang** "Oh no, unbugger it"

@jakeglanville6835 9 ай бұрын

I'm astonished anyone should say this. The tunnel makes no difference to tuning the 5th string. Have you ever tried a fretless Mountain banjo with friction pegs? I have Cammeyers and Barnes & Mullins ZB's. Never noticed any tuning problems with the 5th string. BJ.@@-BriceW.Alms-

@orkadian4173 5 жыл бұрын

What a brilliant man!

@janetwilson6069 5 жыл бұрын

Billy, you ARE the man !

@mcfcguvnors 4 жыл бұрын

dont need a tuner when its in yer head ...love billy

@jamesmclellan4272 2 жыл бұрын

That made a old man very happy

@slumdogjay 3 жыл бұрын

People forget he was a musician before he was known as a comedian. Played in the band The Humblebums with Gerry Rafferty.

@arthurpewtey 5 жыл бұрын

It's almost unfair that one of the funniest people ever to have set foot on this mad planet of ours is also a pretty good (and often seriously underrated) musician.

@Versul1 4 жыл бұрын

Ever watch Steve Martin play banjo? He's a regular Earl Scruggs.

@liisavarhalla6348 3 жыл бұрын

He doesnt think hes good...we all think hes VERY good!! A man of many talents...no one else like him!!!!!😊♥️♥️♥️

@alan4sure 2 ай бұрын

The tune is Called Cripple creek.

@bluesharp59 5 жыл бұрын

Nice and A Thumbs Up for you.

@mandoprince1 3 жыл бұрын

Billy knows his banjos! Immediately spots that it is a Zither Banjo ( a type that was very popular in Britain from the late 19th Century to the middle 20th Century) and quickly realises that it is a Cammeyer. One of the most highly rated brands, I think it is a Vibrante. Very nice instrument and very nicely played!

@christopherhelton6999 Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad somebody else noticed this! I've been lusting after a zither banjo for over a decade now, mostly thanks to Margaret Barrie and Pecker Dunne. Sadly, all the ones you see on eBay (and there are never many) are either in shite condition or priced waaaay beyond my range.

@chancepurkey 7 ай бұрын

Brother please don't leave us.

@BilliBanjo 5 жыл бұрын

genius

@RonWylie-gk5lc 5 жыл бұрын

I once heard him say " this is a sentence you never hear...."that's the banjo players Porsche" lol , great man

@brightonduder 2 жыл бұрын

bloody love that man

@agod5608 5 жыл бұрын

Billy is hilarious.

@gordonm.7387 7 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

@simonl1785 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent

@hollywoodoftheozarkspresen8691 5 жыл бұрын

I live in the Ozarks love it,

@malcolmhutchison62 4 жыл бұрын

The mans a legend 😁

@allthatstitching 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful. ❤️

@Gary-pogi 2 жыл бұрын

Saturn couldn't touch him tonight.

@leesawford 9 жыл бұрын

Cripple creak ..The big Yin is the man...

@Motty1066 10 жыл бұрын

YES! Play the banjo, live a little. YES!

@shirlegirling6830 5 жыл бұрын

A musician as well 👍😉🍀❤️🎭😊👵🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Great !

@aliwhitwell 5 жыл бұрын

Played in a band called the Humblebums with Gerry Rafferty!

@duncanwallace7760 9 жыл бұрын

he is the king!

@davidmg1925 5 жыл бұрын

Top man.

@basilmac1 10 жыл бұрын

Wonderful x

@johnsturdy6429 5 жыл бұрын

Top Man no doubt bless him

@donnaphilben6325 5 жыл бұрын

Banjo Billy! : )

@whocares2001 5 жыл бұрын

wow!

@kathycarr7148 5 жыл бұрын

And here I thought he was just an insanely funny man!!

@lukasegota9640 10 жыл бұрын

Love Billy the king of comedy :)

@danielbrooks3566 5 жыл бұрын

I loved the rebel yell in the middle of it.

@scottishalwaysdixie1638 5 жыл бұрын

If the Man was English aye would still say this bloody Legend just as well he,s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@aliciarobertson4979 3 жыл бұрын

Aye, a legend. For a wee country we have a large share of internationally known talent. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Big Yin is the man! Billy was in the Humblebums with Gerry Rafferty, and Tam Harvey. Fellow Glaswegian Frankie Miller called him his best friend. My son worked for him years ago and he was as lovely off stage as he was wonderful on stage.

@markorollo. 7 жыл бұрын

i want to be Billy Connolly when i grow up, im only 42

@EatPsychedelics 4 жыл бұрын

MarkoRollo sounds like you need to grow up, my friend. To be yourself though :) cause you’re unique and a miracle

@oldladykai3031 4 жыл бұрын

me too, I'm 68

@aliciarobertson4979 3 жыл бұрын

There’ll only ever be one Big Yin. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@folkfingerstylefreddy2154 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@tatoclever154 8 жыл бұрын

You´re just great and dynamic!

@yayoineko 10 жыл бұрын

Made me smile like a dork.

@donnaphilben6325 6 жыл бұрын

yayoineko Billy has a way of making people smile. 😁

@gordonm7038 6 жыл бұрын

Donna Philben I love Billy! A true legend!

@stranraerwal 4 жыл бұрын

yayoineko: how does a dork smile-or is it stork ?

@ianmclaughlin4043 6 жыл бұрын

Always the big yin

@BritishComedyUK69 5 жыл бұрын

love it :)

@larsfillmore4765 2 жыл бұрын

Superb

@simmo303 5 жыл бұрын

Always sold himself short as Banjo player but this shows that he was good.

@mohanicus 6 жыл бұрын

chase music. hes a class banjo player.

@nightowl8477 5 жыл бұрын

I always thought he was the missing member of Monty Python

@zippysworld 9 жыл бұрын

legend!!

@jakeglanville6835 9 ай бұрын

At least he knows what frailing is! BJ.

@bossfan49 5 жыл бұрын

Probably one of the top 3 coolest guys ever, not named Jesus. I don't know who the other 2 might be..just leaving room out of fairness.

@joeygibson8444 8 жыл бұрын

What the fuck is with the first bit of this video?

@stacyblue1980 7 жыл бұрын

my thoughts exactly. fuck sake....

@MajorChaos69 6 жыл бұрын

I was a huge fan of a game called Enemy Territory WW2 game and that was my avatar/logo... There is an American flag there also, why do you people focus on the nazi flag for? I think it reveals more your personality than mine.

@markwright6045 5 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah fun.

@markmoore7042 5 жыл бұрын

Old corn liquor was the cause of it all

@user-ov1us7oy2z 3 жыл бұрын

Acknowledged

@mongoardath1 10 жыл бұрын

so the question is.....Billy or Steve Martin? Banjo duel!!

@soddof7972 7 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately Billy can't frail any more :( room for two banjos in bluegrass though

@donnaphilben6325 6 жыл бұрын

Billy can't play banjo anymore? 😢

@jamesmclaren2268 6 жыл бұрын

parkinsons

@graysonbyrd7538 6 жыл бұрын

So sad he can’t pick or frail anymore :( That being said, Steve would probably crush him!!

@aliwhitwell 5 жыл бұрын

@@graysonbyrd7538 Steve is a world class banjo picker in the Scruggs style of picking. Billy was a frailer before his illness.

@1987jock 10 жыл бұрын

I want a banjo.

@markmoore7042 5 жыл бұрын

Cripple creek

@iancameron7292 2 жыл бұрын

Not too sure if Andrew Denton even expected Billy to be able to play.

@druss69harad61 3 жыл бұрын

Gerry's mate lol

@deltabilly1 5 жыл бұрын

It’s a zither banjo, formerly a 6 string. Very rare.

@nickdunne364 4 жыл бұрын

Ive got one love it

@jakeglanville6835 9 ай бұрын

Sorry. Must correct you here. Zither-Banjos are rarely, if ever, 6-string banjos. In fact I've never seen one. They are 5-string banjos, which often have 6 tuners for ease of manufacture and appearance. They are not rare. Scores of tens of thousands were made and large numbers are still around. You can buy one for as little as £30. Black Jake of Norwich, one-time good friend of Sir Billy. No, we didn't fall out, just drifted apart. He's the man who made God laugh, and my hero forever!

@deltabilly1 9 ай бұрын

@@jakeglanville6835very rare in the states anyway!