For those who care, the original setlist is: Paddy Phase#1, The Nine Points of Rogarry, The Limerick Lassies, The Hunters Purse, Farewell to Ireland, The High Reel, The Kosher Reel, The Laird of Drumblair, Jean's Reel, The Musical Priest. Just imagine a stick with one end.

wow. i've never heard a box bein played so fast and so clean lol. pure genius

Johnny's gone, sadly. But Phil is very much alive and well, performing, composing, producing, teaching - he's only just barely 50! I saw them many times back in the day, and even this many years late they still amaze me...

As an old Punk Rocker I have to say this is more hardcore than any punk band. Mindboggling speed, Phil's accordion has difficulty keeping up with him. Brilliant, the stuff that legends are made of.😃

Becoming a SW fan was the beginning of my Celtic journey (okay, I'm Japanese - American and not very Celtic) and my Celtic addiction. In fact, last December, I gave a lecture on Celtic music at my church and included SW in my musical selections. Cheers to Johnny's memory \_/

saw Silly Wizard in Vancouver, 70s... one of the BEST memories of my life - so grateful to life for the opportunity to see these extremely talented people...pure joy!

God I miss Johnny. Absolutely one of my favorite people in this solar system....

saw them and silly wizard in the early years. how they played so fast and in tune always amazed me. brilliant.

Andy M Stewart the lead vocal in Silly Wizard used to say that sometimes Phil played so fast only dogs could hear him.

Jesus...Phil Cunningham is the Rick Wakeman of the piamo accordion.That speed!!!!

It's not just their technique, although that is staggering in itself, but the fluidity, expressiveness and sheer musicality with which they imbue(d) their playing. Lots of musos play fast; it's the fashion. But a computer has technique: it will always be able to do it faster, cleaner and more in time and tune. It's the amount of music in your music that counts, and these two are/were real musicians in the only way that matters. Oh, and a sense of fun too ... music is all about good times!

Phew... Taking a breath ;-) . Out of this world as usual. What a tandem!

Each year it gets more beautiful.

An amazing musical thrill ride. I like to imagine Phil telling Johnny “I’ll race you to the end” - and they’re off!

What a feel for their music they have with their personalities shine through. Inspirational.

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Brilliant

Absolutely phenomenal!

This is without a doubt the best video on KZfaq.

The memories, the rounds of continual dancing; makes my head spin. Great Video!

I saw Johnny in New Bedford, MA where he was living--at the Whaling Museum about 2 weeks before he died. Part of me died with him.

Those Cunningham boys certainly had (have) dancing fingers.

I sat a meter back from them on this tour and recorded it. And I've played about a meter away from Johnny in a live sessiun. Including Phil's deliberate wrong notes. In front of about 29 people. It was quite a relief later to hear the live in Boston double album where they had a decent sized crowd to appreciate them.

Impressing! It's the first time I saw Silly Wizard in my life sniff sniff and I want more :)

Best KZfaq video ever??? Maybe.

Amazing virtuoso playing!!!

astounding stuff a bit like celtic duelling banjos!!!

Don't know when this was made, but I saw them play at ODU in Norfolk, Va. and they played this very set and looked just like they do in this video. Thank you for posting this, brings back such great times. Johnny was still playing on his Wizard fiddle and he let me play it, what a thrill, such a magical instrument, it was stolen in N.Y. at the airport is what I heard. They were a great team, funny too.

THAT'S what you call 'Music'

Fantastic!

matur suksma untuk videonya

@Dayepipes Laird o Drumblair as a reel is called Angus Campbell I think. Tune @ 4 mins is Jeans reel yeah. Absolutely stunning from both

THE BEST, TEH BEST, THE REAL BEST......., AWESOME, CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!! OLÉ, OLÉ, OLÉÉÉÉ !!!

Thank you for this!! ❤

Its very fabulous

Einfach nur unglaublich... der absolute Wahnwitz! :-)

Yes I miss him. He was a fun guy to hang out with. Ted The Fiddler

sono senza parole, questa è musica...

We saw just the 2 of them tour USA a year or 2 later with this exact set in their show, post-Phil-mustache evidently. I'm pretty sure it's on Silly Wizard's live from boston album. I think this video is sped up, but it's pretty amazing how they were playing in this era at normal speed. I was playing Irish pipes in a music workshop sessiun once when Johnny sat down one seat away from me. Trust me, I shoved my beer far far away and thought very carefully before joining in with any other tunes.

Wow! that's a fast Musical Priest!

The flute is fantastic!!...

Brill Billding ... this is class .... r.ip J.C.

Well all i can say is you have remarkable taste...As for Phil doing a "Farewell Tour" Hes still going strong I'm happy to say done a "Programme" for the BBC just last year tracing Scottish folk routes taking part were Babara Dickson/Ronnie Browne{The Corries) Aly Bain/Ian McCalman

Geezus so mighty you lads

Johnny the main character of master mayhem.

Brillantes

Excellent !

Saw them several times at International House and the Cherry Tree on Penn's Campus. Even after he left the group, Johnny would show up and join them on stage. Their show became cheidhlis, with people dancing at the back of the room.

WONDERFUL

Phil used to introduce the first tune by explaining how his chords were nicked from "Do You Want to Know a Secret?"...

@darragh1980 "Limerick Lasses," "Farewell to Erin," "Sandy Duff," bit of something deleted, "Laird of Drumblair" done as a reel, accordion tune whose title I forget, closing with "The Musical Priests." I heard them do this set with Silly Wizard live just a few feet away in a small pub concert setting. It's among those on the outstanding "Live in America" album.

RIP

Class😂🙏

Phil sounds like a musical MG42!

Jean's Reel is on from 3:28>5:15, followed by Musical Priest.

you make me proud to be Scottish

@Davccelion Thanks! I should have known... did'nt notice he had changed to the accordion...!

@jomaugar . he is Phil Cunningham, brother of Johnny Cunningham.

Hey, seriously...does ANYONE have the tune "Dr. Strage" that Johnny apparently wrote? Where can I find it?

Hi John! Thanks for your uploads! Do you know any other player like Johnny Cunningham live?

does any one know what the last reel in the set is? its killing me.

I believe it is "Jean's Reel."

when u hear this songs... you want to do only one thing.... STAND UP AND DANCE your ass off :DDD (god forgive me for the ass xD)

Hey:) I have been looking forever for some kind of live show with them that you could buy on dvd.. Do any of you know if there was ever made some live fotage of them that later became a Video/dvd that you could buy?

the limerick lasses

woot!!!!.....jhonny is the scottish malmsteen....

phil is doing Farewell to ireland

Who is the accordionist? He's goddam good too!

Ok it's not sped up in the way a tape would do it. Digital time compression is another matter, doesn't need to alter the pitch --but I won't press the point. What's 2% among friends? I must be at least 10% slower than either one of them.

Brav0

This has not been speeded up. See my posts of Phil & Johnny Cunningham for comparison.

actually not the last, thats musical priest i think, but the one before it.

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and they say bluegrass is fast??