Evening Christy
Every wednesday evening my pal has his punk and reggae radio show on castle sound radio 8-10pm.
Tonight he excelled himself by slipping in Hamish’s ‘cod liver oil’. Timeless and magic, indeed the youtube video in the club is even better.
Cheers
Rory
Christy's reply
Glory Hallelujah !
We were talking about Hamish and his Family here tonight…
I was remembering those times when I stayed with them in Motherwell..
it was a home away from home for me
then I come up to find your post
O Glory hallelujah !
the cod liver oil and the orange juice
Hi Christy.. Great to read of successful video recordings and two great songs in ‘Barrowland’ and ‘Clock Winds Down’ in two unique locations.. look forward to seeing them in due course. On route to Drogheda Hospital yesterday (broke the feckin’ thumb playing ball) I was meandering through Boyne Valley humming the air of Tony Small’s ‘Mandolin Mountain’ and reminded of that great verse; “All along the Valley of The Boyne On to Tara Hill, I know that it always was, I know that it always will..”
I see they’re ploughing a new bypass around Slane..JCBs galore.. hope they leave the old road accessible..
Christy's reply
Thats greast news about a Slane by pass..I reckon it will do wonders for that beautiful place…Slane has always had a lovely vibe about it but the heavy traffic passing thru has really messed it up in recent years
coincidentally I was out walking the sea wall this morning when I met Eoin Kenny ,Uilleann Piper of renown. We were talking about the great Fleadhs we attended years ago and he remembered missing one havin broken a finger “at the ball”
He had to make a decision then…he had to chose between playing the Pipes or playing for Dublin..thankfully, he made the right decision !
Hello Christy,
Well that’s me told.
One of the best things about getting to know you a little through this guestbook has been getting a bit of understanding of how you work, the effort, time and focus you put into what you do.
What you said the other day about using time while watching rugby to do guitar exercises helped me a lot.
I’ve realised I need a practice session each day for the harp by itself.
I’ve been letting it dally along while I’m singing and you’ve made me see that it needs more focus. Obvious but somehow I missed it. So, harp in the morning, songs in the afternoon.
I’m the same as you on gig days. The whole day focuses in on that moment. Never been able to be at all casual about it.
SKY news live from Wigan. One of the links being used – a snippet of Mike Harding’s ‘Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls’…so many memories flooding back from one small clip of song!
Hi Christy,
No sign of a Clonmel gig coming on soon, pity.
I see you are playing Cork on June 25th. Do you think there would be any chance you could swing by this way on your way down to meet “The Galtee Mountain Boy” in Burncourt? It’s a beautiful piece of work. Would love to get a few shots of the two of you together. It would only add an hour or so to your journey down….sure the stop would break the journey for you. Any way, we live in hope, Goodbye a while and take care.
Christy's reply
Morra Bocsti…Thank you for your invite to Burncourt….
Clonmel is high on the list of Towns I want to play…but I dont run the gigs, book the venues or any of the back room work that goes on…. I stick to the singing and all that has to be done to keep my end of the show on the road….hopefully I’ll get to return to the Vale of Honey before too long…
re your kind invite to”swing by this way” on June 25th!!!
The Marquee will be by far the biggest gig I play this year….it will akin to my “All Ireland Final”..from the moment I wake that day all my focus will be on the gig….nothing will avert my attention from the 8 o’clock kick off …. in 2022 it takes me all day to do my gig….it was a different story 50 years ago, I’d be knockin back porter ’til show time !!!
Hi Christy,
My youngest has been touring the youth hostels of Italy, solo, for 3 weeks.
The delights of Naples, Rome, Florence ( and saw the Viola win ) , Bolonga and lastly Milan.
His best find was the ‘stumbling stones’ , small brass plaques in the pavement in Milan with single names , dates of birth and places and dates of death of numerous innocents taken by Mussolini’s henchmen to their murder in Nazi death camps.
Yellow Triangle and December 1942 thudding home.
2 fine songs remembering, like the plaques, in very small ways horrors that we must never forget.
Sing out, sing loud Christy.
Rory
Hello Christy,
I followed Dave’s suggestion and ended up on a, set list site.
Wandered round a bit. It lists loads of gigs but not all of them and the site let’s you add songs to set lists of gigs you were at.
So there’s loads of room for errors and many gigs are missing f
But
Even so
It delivers a serious amount of anorak worthy info and analysis of gigs, songs, albums… … … https://www.setlist.fm/stats/christy-moore-63d6aeef.html
Its got stuff missing. It says you’ve performed ride on 49 times (top song) and Joxer only 28 times.
But I’m in awe of the level of work that’s gone into it.
Did the Limerick well thing appear?
Rebecca
Christy's reply
I’ve never heard of this site before……I’ve seen it now and its of no interest …
Evening Christy
Every wednesday evening my pal has his punk and reggae radio show on castle sound radio 8-10pm.
Tonight he excelled himself by slipping in Hamish’s ‘cod liver oil’. Timeless and magic, indeed the youtube video in the club is even better.
Cheers
Rory
Glory Hallelujah !
We were talking about Hamish and his Family here tonight…
I was remembering those times when I stayed with them in Motherwell..
it was a home away from home for me
then I come up to find your post
O Glory hallelujah !
the cod liver oil and the orange juice
Hi Christy.. Great to read of successful video recordings and two great songs in ‘Barrowland’ and ‘Clock Winds Down’ in two unique locations.. look forward to seeing them in due course. On route to Drogheda Hospital yesterday (broke the feckin’ thumb playing ball) I was meandering through Boyne Valley humming the air of Tony Small’s ‘Mandolin Mountain’ and reminded of that great verse; “All along the Valley of The Boyne On to Tara Hill, I know that it always was, I know that it always will..”
I see they’re ploughing a new bypass around Slane..JCBs galore.. hope they leave the old road accessible..
Thats greast news about a Slane by pass..I reckon it will do wonders for that beautiful place…Slane has always had a lovely vibe about it but the heavy traffic passing thru has really messed it up in recent years
coincidentally I was out walking the sea wall this morning when I met Eoin Kenny ,Uilleann Piper of renown. We were talking about the great Fleadhs we attended years ago and he remembered missing one havin broken a finger “at the ball”
He had to make a decision then…he had to chose between playing the Pipes or playing for Dublin..thankfully, he made the right decision !
Hello Christy,
Well that’s me told.
One of the best things about getting to know you a little through this guestbook has been getting a bit of understanding of how you work, the effort, time and focus you put into what you do.
What you said the other day about using time while watching rugby to do guitar exercises helped me a lot.
I’ve realised I need a practice session each day for the harp by itself.
I’ve been letting it dally along while I’m singing and you’ve made me see that it needs more focus. Obvious but somehow I missed it. So, harp in the morning, songs in the afternoon.
I’m the same as you on gig days. The whole day focuses in on that moment. Never been able to be at all casual about it.
Rebecca
sounds good
Mornin’ Christy
A blast from the past to start the day…
SKY news live from Wigan. One of the links being used – a snippet of Mike Harding’s ‘Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls’…so many memories flooding back from one small clip of song!
Have a good day.
Dave
whallup
Hi Christy,
No sign of a Clonmel gig coming on soon, pity.
I see you are playing Cork on June 25th. Do you think there would be any chance you could swing by this way on your way down to meet “The Galtee Mountain Boy” in Burncourt? It’s a beautiful piece of work. Would love to get a few shots of the two of you together. It would only add an hour or so to your journey down….sure the stop would break the journey for you. Any way, we live in hope, Goodbye a while and take care.
Morra Bocsti…Thank you for your invite to Burncourt….
Clonmel is high on the list of Towns I want to play…but I dont run the gigs, book the venues or any of the back room work that goes on…. I stick to the singing and all that has to be done to keep my end of the show on the road….hopefully I’ll get to return to the Vale of Honey before too long…
re your kind invite to”swing by this way” on June 25th!!!
The Marquee will be by far the biggest gig I play this year….it will akin to my “All Ireland Final”..from the moment I wake that day all my focus will be on the gig….nothing will avert my attention from the 8 o’clock kick off …. in 2022 it takes me all day to do my gig….it was a different story 50 years ago, I’d be knockin back porter ’til show time !!!
Hi Christy,
My youngest has been touring the youth hostels of Italy, solo, for 3 weeks.
The delights of Naples, Rome, Florence ( and saw the Viola win ) , Bolonga and lastly Milan.
His best find was the ‘stumbling stones’ , small brass plaques in the pavement in Milan with single names , dates of birth and places and dates of death of numerous innocents taken by Mussolini’s henchmen to their murder in Nazi death camps.
Yellow Triangle and December 1942 thudding home.
2 fine songs remembering, like the plaques, in very small ways horrors that we must never forget.
Sing out, sing loud Christy.
Rory
Adelante Rory…No Paseran !
Hi Christy
What a great Monday! Fair play to you and crews… I’m playing some Luka now – ‘Bogman’ never sounded more apt…
Not sure I’ll ever visit the places you mention, but I’ll certainly have a shufti online.
As ever, thanks – enjoy the gig prep.
Dave
dig deep, throw well back….
Thank you for telling us the tale of the two songs, recorded yesterday.
Hello Christy,
I followed Dave’s suggestion and ended up on a, set list site.
Wandered round a bit. It lists loads of gigs but not all of them and the site let’s you add songs to set lists of gigs you were at.
So there’s loads of room for errors and many gigs are missing f
But
Even so
It delivers a serious amount of anorak worthy info and analysis of gigs, songs, albums… … …
https://www.setlist.fm/stats/christy-moore-63d6aeef.html
Its got stuff missing. It says you’ve performed ride on 49 times (top song) and Joxer only 28 times.
But I’m in awe of the level of work that’s gone into it.
Did the Limerick well thing appear?
Rebecca
I’ve never heard of this site before……I’ve seen it now and its of no interest …