Happy St Patrick's Day from Emerald Guitars

[Emerald Guitars]

Today is St Patrick’s Day and all around the world people are celebrating their Irish heritage, something that is very important to us. To celebrate this big day in the ‘Irish’ calendar, we wanted to do something special for you – so we made a short film.

A few weeks ago we put down the tools for the day and headed for the seaside village of Portsalon, right here in Donegal, where we had our very first Emerald Session in The Stores Bar located on the beautiful Atlantic Drive.

It was a beautiful day as we enjoyed our county’s beautiful countryside, before an afternoon of incredible music from Country, Folk and Rock ’n’ Roll to Gypsy Jazz! This film is the final result of it and we hope you enjoy the ceol agus craic (music and fun) featured!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1q5YH8hLrU

The film really reflects what we are all about at Emerald Guitars and is also a nice representation of where we are from; A county, country and people we are very proud of!

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those wonderful musicians who came out and showed us why we are so proud to be Irish and to be living and working in one of the most beautiful counties in Ireland! The talent we have here never ceases to amaze us!

Thank you to Sarah and her staff for hosting us and to John and Pat Muldowney, Jonathan Smeaton, Johnny ‘Boxtie’ Gallagher, Ted Ponsonby, Mark Black, Billy Robinson, Cian O’Donnell, Ruairi Friel, Without Willow (Simon McCafferty and Karen Kelly), Wyatt McLean and Peadar Coll – Thank you for you friendship and talent!

Hat-tip to some of the other beautiful instruments featured on the day from Avalon to Martin and most notably, the 7-string Howard Dobro and six-string Howard Dreadnought made here in Donegal by our good friend and highly-respected luthier, Fitz Howard in Letterkenny.

Happy St Patrick's Day to you all!

[SpruceTop]

Thank You, Emerald & A Happy St. Patrick's Day To You All Too! A green Emerald X20 Artisan is in my future!

[Steve Christens]

Well the speaking parts could have used subtitles in some spots......but great fun nonetheless! Thanks for posting.

Have one for your friends in America today. Now I need to go play my Emerald.

Cheers,

Steve

[Fixedgear60]

Wonderful!!! Thanks for sharing... can't decide which is cooler... the guitars and singing or the Awesome VW Bus!!!

Thanks for the mini vacation to your part of the world!!!

[Alistair Hay]

Happy St. Patricks day.
I hope the short film gives you all a little insight into the place and people that inspire the guitars we build.
Thanks for being part of it.
Alistair

[mot]

Happy St. Pat's Day to you too. Thanks for making the video. It made the day that much brighter when I watched it from my email this morning.

Cheers,
Tom

[martingitdave]

Happy St. Patrick's day! The video was great. Being of Irish heritage, I've only made one trip to my ancestor's home of Cork. But, I took my father and we had a splendid time. We both felt as if we were home. I've been playing Irish music and sessions for years, and it never gets old.

Best of luck with you guitars! They look wonderful.

Alistair;

This is one of the neatest videos I've seen in a long time. The setting is marvelous, the music is stunning. Thank you for sharing.

My favorite player is Blackbeard. He is 4th standard deviation good. Does he have CDs?

[CarbonAxe]

To Ireland! Slainte!

[Emerald Guitars]

Maidin mhaith (Good Morning) to you all from Donegal.

Your comment gave us a good laugh, Steve! Don't worry, even Irish people sometimes find it hard to understand each other's accents . We are so delighted that you guys enjoyed The Session and we really appreciate the nice feedback!

EvanB, 'Blackbeard' is none other than Johnny 'Boxtie' Gallagher (you may recognise him from some of our YouTube videos). Johnny is renowned throughout Ireland and Europe. He is also closely associated with the Rory Gallagher International Festival, which takes place in Ballyshannon, Donegal, every year. I will check in with him about CD availability!

If anyone would like to know more about the artists featured, give me a shout!

Thank you again from all the team! Best Wishes, Sean

[tdq]

Thoroughly enjoyed that, great musicians (and instruments - love the fretless bass) and an amazing location. I'll get to Ireland one of these days.
P.S. Wouldn't Emerald make a great Dobro?

[Acousticado]

That was fun to watch and enjoy. Loved the drone shots of the countryside, the people, the pub, the Guiness, the VW bus...and all the Emerald guitars. Well done! Once again, I always find it interesting how language accents mostly disappear in music vocals. Thanks for sharing!

[Darwin]

Great video! Was a blast. The VW bus was from my day no doubt! Thanks Emerald! -- Darwin

[Uncle Pauhana]

A great video! Really well produced, but most importantly, full of warmth. Thanks and blessings to you all.

[Claytone]

Wow!!! The video transported me across the pond...Thanks Guys & Gals. In reference to Steves "subtitle" comment, the accents did not scare me, but the VW driver needs to drive on the RIGHT side of the road...Eeekkk... LOL

What a wonderful group of musicians and kudos to all...