The Carrickdale last night was excellent. You sang my favourite Beeswing and my sisters favourite Ordinary Man. Thank you for a wonderful night. You are absolutely brilliant. You continue to sing loud and proud. Long may it last. See you next time Christy you legend.
Martina.
Christy's reply
Carrickdale has always been a great gig room for myself and the crew….thanks you for your feedback..glad you got to hear your chosen songs
last nights set:
City of Chicago
Quinte Brigada
Only our Rivers
Go Move Shift
Black & Amber
DTs
Connolly Was There
Beeswing
Stitch in Time
Sail On Jimmy
Johnny Boy
Ride On
On The Mainland
Back Home in Derry
Voyage
Smoke & Strong Whiskey
Boy in the Wild
Lawless
Magdalen Laundry
Lisdoonvarna
Boy from Tamlaghtduff
Palestine
Cumann na Mná
Honda 50
McIlhatton
Minds Locked Shut
Time Has Come
Ordinary Man
Sonny’s Dream
Nancy Spain
Finally managed to get tickets to come see you at Mullingar next March–the culmination of a long-held dream! Hopefully (hint, hint) my wife and I will be dancing a reel in the flickering light . . . .
Go well.
Christy's reply
hint me again closer to the time…Its been a while since I danced in the flickering light…it will need attention Doctor
My dear friend..
It’s probably the longest I’ve gone without seeing you onstage, omitting Covid, and it was well worth the wait.
The rawness of the Carrickdale gig tonight was amazing. Reaching for the bodhrán during ‘Back home in Derry’, the way you could have heard a pin drop for the Magdalene Laundries, the reading of the audience to see what moved them.. it was electric. I’m bucked – sleep tight!
Dear Mr Moore,
after a long time a couple of years ago I listened again after a long time to your song “90 miles from Dublin town” and, thinking today to those you sang, I wrote these few lines which I gladly share with you
(rough english translation follows)
LA RABBIA ANTICA
(Oppressa all’agio,
una fede bambina
reclama il ricordo):
Domati dal dubbio
apostoli stanchi stanno.
Yesterday, yet,
we were heroes…
Imbarazzanti stendardi,
logorati dall’odio,
lasciati all’oblio
come coperte consunte.
Ora è silenzio in Irlanda.
Muti e mutati i cuori.
E nessuno il giorno attende.
(Transl:)
THE ANCIENT ANGER
(Oppressed by comfort,
a childlike faith
claims memory):
Tamed by doubt,
tired apostles stand.
Yesterday, yet,
we were heroes…
Embarrassing banners,
worn by hatred,
left to oblivion
like worn blankets.
Now there is silence in Ireland.
Mute and changed hearts.
And no one awaits the day.
PS: It’s an acrostic in italian
Thanks (for all)
Christy's reply
for years now I’ve wanted to rewrite that song….
if I ever get it done I intend to call it
“The Ballad of Kieran Nugent”
I watched him speak yesterday in the Film ” A Ballymurphy Man”
essential viewing for anyone interested in recent Irish History and Struggle
Christy, stunned silence here….on a perfect day for walking.
Rory
Christy's reply
just making final preparations here for a gig in Carrickdale Co Armagh….always a great night..its right on the border….listeners come from all sides..we got 4 in from Scotia tonight, a few Yanks, and some who have flown in from far afield in mainland Europe….there will be a good smatterin rusty rifles …
tomorrow we strive to elect a new President….
We have been canvassing and supporting Catherine Connolly here…
Hey Christy, hope you are well. Listening to the auld Box set recently. We are thinking of putting ‘Three Drunken Maidens’ into our repertoire. I can’t recall you playing it solo or am I wrong?
Kind regards
Dave and Giles ((More Christy)
Christy's reply
I think you may be right…I’ve no recollection of playing it solo…1972 it was Planxty’s first release. …a single on Ruby Records….I still remember the rehearsal when Liam Óg segued from the chorus into “The Dublin Reel “for the first time..it was a match made in heaven…Donal stitched together a link pass…it went to number 5 in the singles charts and our journey began
I bought my tickets Christy… I’m coming to see you in Mullingar at the end of March… I am so excited.. your voice and your music have changed me.. I can’t wait to see it live… Marlene
Christy's reply
if all goes well..hopefully the gig will live up to your expectation….we’ve all gotta lotta livin to do before that day comes around..
and as the fella once said..”the day will come when the day wont come”
Hello Christy,
Well, any odd romps here would be with DCI Barnaby and DS Jones from Midsomer murders. I’m trying to improve my fingerpicking (guitar) and broken chords (harp) plus working my way through the 48 pages that Bertram Bronson devotes to Little Musgrave. There are so many tunes in there, must be 100 at least. I’m about half way through them, not a one is anything like the one I sing that I learnt from you.
Dear willie
Sometimes unvetted things ( like random messages in a guestbook) get through the vetting process wherever and whatever the vet may be checking for, eg blue tongue, scrapey, snowflakism….
Tyrrany never acceptable, just like intollerance and ascribing guilt without knowing all facts.
Irish folkies usually produce good work, oh daniel (lovely new cd) for example, but i suppose they cannot please everyone and not a’body can wear an Arran sweater the ‘right’ way round.
Happy singing
Rory
Christy's reply
Rory,
We were off duty yesterday, went to see “The Man From Ballymurphy”….a film by Trisha Zeff on the life and times of Gerry Adams…see it if it comes your way..a great insight to a life spenr at the forefront of struggle against forces of occupation and oppression
Thanks for sharing… but I dont access facebook
the back room team use it to share information…
I simply dont have enough hours in the day..
this platform here is the only leisurely distraction I enjoy..
apart from that its life here, work, excercise, the odd romp with Judge Judy plus weekend scrums and lineouts….revisiting Ricky Lynch’s “December 1942” today, also trying to write a new verse 3 for Jim Page’s “Palestine”
…saw a beautiful clip of your sister Anne singing for Catherine too. Hopefully you’ll share a gig with her in the Aras soon. Keep well.
Christy's reply
Thats our Anne,,,,it was a great buzz to hear her sing for Catherine….the event took place in a venue that formerly was The National Bank in Miltown Malbay…I worked there as a junior clerk back in 1964/5….great to see it re-purposed and hosting such a gathering
As Marty says, it’s great to see some clips from the Ceol for Connolly. Looks like it was an enjoyable and positive night- its been a sadly negative campaign in many ways. Saw
Great to see some clips from Vicar St gig for Our President to be…. on the home straight now , hoping for a good turnout from young and old.
Prime Time tonight , a few words in our native tongue would be great to hear.
Christy's reply
ceart go leor Mairtín…le cónamh Dé, beidh Caitríona and Brian ag cónaí in Árus an Úachtaráin
Hello Christy,
So I did it. I retired. Never expected to live long enough to get here. I was very young when I started working for Calderdale. The pension was something that everybody did. It came with the job and you had to opt out of it if you didn’t want it. I was too lazy for that and I thought, what I’ve never had I won’t miss. I haven’t made many sensible decisions in my life but, somehow that one was good. It’s not much of a pension, and I’m far too young for the state pension , state pension age will probably be about 110 by the time I get there, but suddenly ive got money to live on and TIME! I started yesterday. Lots of practice! Still feel like work will find out and drag me back. Hopefully I’ll get used to it soon.
I’ll stop waffling now.
Sad to read that Wally’s Los Desparscidos never got the acknowledgement it deserved from the guy who requested it. Always loved that song. I often think of your other El Salvador song too – seems like forever since I’ve heard it live ” A girl cries in the early morning, woken by the sound of a gun…..” Just seen you mentioned in a clip from Catherine Connolly but I’ve no Irish, but I’m sure it’s positive https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16LnDdV39A/
Christy's reply
The support gig for Catherine Connolly was thronged..a great gathering of her enthusiastic volunteers and supporters…..Catherine introduced me and I sang Quinte Brigada, Connolly Was There***, Oblivious and Palestine
*** written by Dominic Behan…I recorded it in 1968 on my first album
The Speech Project by Gerry Diver is a touch of magic…a golden hmage to Irish musicians from past and present.Last night,Gerry explained the back story,how he noticed rhythms and cadences in accents and speech patterns.A night in a recording studio,playing fiddle to the same patterns,sowed the seeds for the project. Your involvement at an early stage added some clout…
Joe Cooley featured on two tracks last night.The magic of Gerry’s on stage computer produced Joes words as Gerry and Lisa played the complex,wonderful fiddle parts in sync with the words,recorded decades ago.
‘Old Time Musicians’,was humourously dedicated to Gerry’s old school mate in the audience,. Mike MCGoldrick…there must have been something good in the M20 water supply in the late 20th century.Two maestros coming from a small neighbourhood…
After the gig I congratulated Lisa and Gerry and snapped a photo of Gerry and Mike. I left them to have an epic catch up.
It had been a brilliant gig.And,in the classic spoken words of Joe Cooley…’thats enough’!
Hi Christy
I’ve had music luck this year…two tremendous,local gigs by Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver…last night at The Waterside,Sale,I’d purposely booked a seat with a clear view of both players. A good move…there’s a lot going on between the musicians. Fiddles,banjo,autoharp,drum,Gerry’s computerised effects and Lisa’s stunning singing. A bonus was seeing the duo’s interaction and Gerry’s smile of satisfaction when slick time changescame off…there’s amazing playing by both.
Like the genuine folkies they are,there’s huge respect for the music’s heritage…names of composers,singers and influences. Many will be known to readers here and it’s a credit that the history is linked to what it means to Lisa and Gerry.
Lisa’s singing of big ballads was superb…Long Lankin was chilling.She’s also a clever word Smith ( with nods to Heaney) the impressionistic Train Song uses words brilliantly…in that spirit,I jotted down points that struck me as the gig unfolded…
Textures,drone,timing,rhythm,subtle,power,changes,echo…
Lisa’s background in English folk links well with Gerry’s Manchester/Irish background ( last night’s gig,being a few short miles from M 20 where he (and I ) grew up…The Lass of Aughrim rang out,after a reference to the film of Joyce’s,The Dubliners and there were sets of tunes,showing fab fiddle playing and changes of tempo.
The Speech Project (mentioned here,by you) is where I entered Diver world,a few years back. it is so important,that I’ll do another post about it re last night,rather than it be an add on here. I’ll call it quits now,but have a lot of notes from last night,if anyone needs more info.
Pure magic on a grim,wet night.
Dave
16 tonnes indeed…or Jimmy Dorsey’s “Workin’ in the coal mine”..
Me ol man did a lung in the coal mines at Wonthaggi during the Depression – bloody hard way to earn a quid…he also laid railway tracks across the Nullarbor…
Don’t forget your shovel – I dig it
Coming up in spades tomoz
Salutations to yez orl
Danny Harris of Sunraysia’s sleepy capital
Hi Christy, it’s 2am here but I just watched Seamus O Rourke and his prom “rescue time “, it is a powerful piece of writing.
Have a listen when you get a chance.
Like yourself back in the day , I got word that Anne and Joe are performing at the roadside tavern in Lisdoonvarna, it’s a lovely spot for a bit of grub and even better music , Peter and the crew have always been good to me with the gigs with Sean. I’ve been listening to the piper Tara Howley and I love her way of performing the tunes and melodies.
God love us but I wish I was on the west coast of Clare watching and learning it all , I wonder be times if they put down the phones and just listened, how rare a moment in time can be to just listen. Tonight I think of how beautiful “Wicklow Hills and Metropolitan Avenue “ really are. I’ve taken Black outa “lawless”, and replaced it with beautiful, words hurt, words heal.i broke 3 strings tonight in the one gig , but it didn’t phase me one bit, for the audience was changing the strings with me and carried me through the nightmare of my mishaps, Sweet Thames flow softly carried me on the drive home, i always love yourself and Sinead singing it together along with , “ in this heart “ ,
Hope the gigs are going well for you , my next gig is for Amos House , and clothing the homeless people in Rhode Island , in my heart and head these are the most importand gigs for me , to play a banged up Tak from 92 and a Vermont Bodhran from Copperman by the way I know your goats original,
Love ye Git
Fin
Hi Christy
Just broke out the knitting needles again and we reminisced about the Killashee gig in March. Still hoping to get a picture of you in that bonnet 🙂 powerderek698@gmail.com
Cheers
Michelle Power
The Carrickdale last night was excellent. You sang my favourite Beeswing and my sisters favourite Ordinary Man. Thank you for a wonderful night. You are absolutely brilliant. You continue to sing loud and proud. Long may it last. See you next time Christy you legend.
Martina.
Carrickdale has always been a great gig room for myself and the crew….thanks you for your feedback..glad you got to hear your chosen songs
last nights set:
City of Chicago
Quinte Brigada
Only our Rivers
Go Move Shift
Black & Amber
DTs
Connolly Was There
Beeswing
Stitch in Time
Sail On Jimmy
Johnny Boy
Ride On
On The Mainland
Back Home in Derry
Voyage
Smoke & Strong Whiskey
Boy in the Wild
Lawless
Magdalen Laundry
Lisdoonvarna
Boy from Tamlaghtduff
Palestine
Cumann na Mná
Honda 50
McIlhatton
Minds Locked Shut
Time Has Come
Ordinary Man
Sonny’s Dream
Nancy Spain
I hour 50 minutes
Finally managed to get tickets to come see you at Mullingar next March–the culmination of a long-held dream! Hopefully (hint, hint) my wife and I will be dancing a reel in the flickering light . . . .
Go well.
hint me again closer to the time…Its been a while since I danced in the flickering light…it will need attention Doctor
My dear friend..
It’s probably the longest I’ve gone without seeing you onstage, omitting Covid, and it was well worth the wait.
The rawness of the Carrickdale gig tonight was amazing. Reaching for the bodhrán during ‘Back home in Derry’, the way you could have heard a pin drop for the Magdalene Laundries, the reading of the audience to see what moved them.. it was electric. I’m bucked – sleep tight!
so happy to see you both again last night
Dear Mr Moore,
after a long time a couple of years ago I listened again after a long time to your song “90 miles from Dublin town” and, thinking today to those you sang, I wrote these few lines which I gladly share with you
(rough english translation follows)
LA RABBIA ANTICA
(Oppressa all’agio,
una fede bambina
reclama il ricordo):
Domati dal dubbio
apostoli stanchi stanno.
Yesterday, yet,
we were heroes…
Imbarazzanti stendardi,
logorati dall’odio,
lasciati all’oblio
come coperte consunte.
Ora è silenzio in Irlanda.
Muti e mutati i cuori.
E nessuno il giorno attende.
(Transl:)
THE ANCIENT ANGER
(Oppressed by comfort,
a childlike faith
claims memory):
Tamed by doubt,
tired apostles stand.
Yesterday, yet,
we were heroes…
Embarrassing banners,
worn by hatred,
left to oblivion
like worn blankets.
Now there is silence in Ireland.
Mute and changed hearts.
And no one awaits the day.
PS: It’s an acrostic in italian
Thanks (for all)
for years now I’ve wanted to rewrite that song….
if I ever get it done I intend to call it
“The Ballad of Kieran Nugent”
I watched him speak yesterday in the Film ” A Ballymurphy Man”
essential viewing for anyone interested in recent Irish History and Struggle
“A BALLYMURPHY MAN”
Christy, stunned silence here….on a perfect day for walking.
Rory
just making final preparations here for a gig in Carrickdale Co Armagh….always a great night..its right on the border….listeners come from all sides..we got 4 in from Scotia tonight, a few Yanks, and some who have flown in from far afield in mainland Europe….there will be a good smatterin rusty rifles …
tomorrow we strive to elect a new President….
We have been canvassing and supporting Catherine Connolly here…
Hey Christy, hope you are well. Listening to the auld Box set recently. We are thinking of putting ‘Three Drunken Maidens’ into our repertoire. I can’t recall you playing it solo or am I wrong?
Kind regards
Dave and Giles ((More Christy)
I think you may be right…I’ve no recollection of playing it solo…1972 it was Planxty’s first release. …a single on Ruby Records….I still remember the rehearsal when Liam Óg segued from the chorus into “The Dublin Reel “for the first time..it was a match made in heaven…Donal stitched together a link pass…it went to number 5 in the singles charts and our journey began
I bought my tickets Christy… I’m coming to see you in Mullingar at the end of March… I am so excited.. your voice and your music have changed me.. I can’t wait to see it live… Marlene
if all goes well..hopefully the gig will live up to your expectation….we’ve all gotta lotta livin to do before that day comes around..
and as the fella once said..”the day will come when the day wont come”
safe travels Marlene
Hello Christy,
Well, any odd romps here would be with DCI Barnaby and DS Jones from Midsomer murders. I’m trying to improve my fingerpicking (guitar) and broken chords (harp) plus working my way through the 48 pages that Bertram Bronson devotes to Little Musgrave. There are so many tunes in there, must be 100 at least. I’m about half way through them, not a one is anything like the one I sing that I learnt from you.
Rebecca
Ride On Rebecca..try and stay between the ditches
Dear willie
Sometimes unvetted things ( like random messages in a guestbook) get through the vetting process wherever and whatever the vet may be checking for, eg blue tongue, scrapey, snowflakism….
Tyrrany never acceptable, just like intollerance and ascribing guilt without knowing all facts.
Irish folkies usually produce good work, oh daniel (lovely new cd) for example, but i suppose they cannot please everyone and not a’body can wear an Arran sweater the ‘right’ way round.
Happy singing
Rory
Rory,
We were off duty yesterday, went to see “The Man From Ballymurphy”….a film by Trisha Zeff on the life and times of Gerry Adams…see it if it comes your way..a great insight to a life spenr at the forefront of struggle against forces of occupation and oppression
Hope this is the one you meant
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17S3Th53bh/
Thanks for sharing… but I dont access facebook
the back room team use it to share information…
I simply dont have enough hours in the day..
this platform here is the only leisurely distraction I enjoy..
apart from that its life here, work, excercise, the odd romp with Judge Judy plus weekend scrums and lineouts….revisiting Ricky Lynch’s “December 1942” today, also trying to write a new verse 3 for Jim Page’s “Palestine”
…saw a beautiful clip of your sister Anne singing for Catherine too. Hopefully you’ll share a gig with her in the Aras soon. Keep well.
Thats our Anne,,,,it was a great buzz to hear her sing for Catherine….the event took place in a venue that formerly was The National Bank in Miltown Malbay…I worked there as a junior clerk back in 1964/5….great to see it re-purposed and hosting such a gathering
As Marty says, it’s great to see some clips from the Ceol for Connolly. Looks like it was an enjoyable and positive night- its been a sadly negative campaign in many ways. Saw
twas a crackin gathering
Great to see some clips from Vicar St gig for Our President to be…. on the home straight now , hoping for a good turnout from young and old.
Prime Time tonight , a few words in our native tongue would be great to hear.
ceart go leor Mairtín…le cónamh Dé, beidh Caitríona and Brian ag cónaí in Árus an Úachtaráin
Hello Christy,
So I did it. I retired. Never expected to live long enough to get here. I was very young when I started working for Calderdale. The pension was something that everybody did. It came with the job and you had to opt out of it if you didn’t want it. I was too lazy for that and I thought, what I’ve never had I won’t miss. I haven’t made many sensible decisions in my life but, somehow that one was good. It’s not much of a pension, and I’m far too young for the state pension , state pension age will probably be about 110 by the time I get there, but suddenly ive got money to live on and TIME! I started yesterday. Lots of practice! Still feel like work will find out and drag me back. Hopefully I’ll get used to it soon.
I’ll stop waffling now.
Short clip from the Catherine Connolly gig.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQCoGv7COFX/?igsh=MTdneTh5Y2JtM29yNQ==
I don’t know Instagram so I hope this link works ok.
Rebecca
Sad to read that Wally’s Los Desparscidos never got the acknowledgement it deserved from the guy who requested it. Always loved that song. I often think of your other El Salvador song too – seems like forever since I’ve heard it live ” A girl cries in the early morning, woken by the sound of a gun…..” Just seen you mentioned in a clip from Catherine Connolly but I’ve no Irish, but I’m sure it’s positive https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16LnDdV39A/
The support gig for Catherine Connolly was thronged..a great gathering of her enthusiastic volunteers and supporters…..Catherine introduced me and I sang Quinte Brigada, Connolly Was There***, Oblivious and Palestine
*** written by Dominic Behan…I recorded it in 1968 on my first album
The Speech Project by Gerry Diver is a touch of magic…a golden hmage to Irish musicians from past and present.Last night,Gerry explained the back story,how he noticed rhythms and cadences in accents and speech patterns.A night in a recording studio,playing fiddle to the same patterns,sowed the seeds for the project. Your involvement at an early stage added some clout…
Joe Cooley featured on two tracks last night.The magic of Gerry’s on stage computer produced Joes words as Gerry and Lisa played the complex,wonderful fiddle parts in sync with the words,recorded decades ago.
‘Old Time Musicians’,was humourously dedicated to Gerry’s old school mate in the audience,. Mike MCGoldrick…there must have been something good in the M20 water supply in the late 20th century.Two maestros coming from a small neighbourhood…
After the gig I congratulated Lisa and Gerry and snapped a photo of Gerry and Mike. I left them to have an epic catch up.
It had been a brilliant gig.And,in the classic spoken words of Joe Cooley…’thats enough’!
Dave
Speech Project… by Gerry Diver…great album
Hi Christy
I’ve had music luck this year…two tremendous,local gigs by Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver…last night at The Waterside,Sale,I’d purposely booked a seat with a clear view of both players. A good move…there’s a lot going on between the musicians. Fiddles,banjo,autoharp,drum,Gerry’s computerised effects and Lisa’s stunning singing. A bonus was seeing the duo’s interaction and Gerry’s smile of satisfaction when slick time changescame off…there’s amazing playing by both.
Like the genuine folkies they are,there’s huge respect for the music’s heritage…names of composers,singers and influences. Many will be known to readers here and it’s a credit that the history is linked to what it means to Lisa and Gerry.
Lisa’s singing of big ballads was superb…Long Lankin was chilling.She’s also a clever word Smith ( with nods to Heaney) the impressionistic Train Song uses words brilliantly…in that spirit,I jotted down points that struck me as the gig unfolded…
Textures,drone,timing,rhythm,subtle,power,changes,echo…
Lisa’s background in English folk links well with Gerry’s Manchester/Irish background ( last night’s gig,being a few short miles from M 20 where he (and I ) grew up…The Lass of Aughrim rang out,after a reference to the film of Joyce’s,The Dubliners and there were sets of tunes,showing fab fiddle playing and changes of tempo.
The Speech Project (mentioned here,by you) is where I entered Diver world,a few years back. it is so important,that I’ll do another post about it re last night,rather than it be an add on here. I’ll call it quits now,but have a lot of notes from last night,if anyone needs more info.
Pure magic on a grim,wet night.
Dave
16 tonnes indeed…or Jimmy Dorsey’s “Workin’ in the coal mine”..
Me ol man did a lung in the coal mines at Wonthaggi during the Depression – bloody hard way to earn a quid…he also laid railway tracks across the Nullarbor…
Don’t forget your shovel – I dig it
Coming up in spades tomoz
Salutations to yez orl
Danny Harris of Sunraysia’s sleepy capital
Hi Christy, it’s 2am here but I just watched Seamus O Rourke and his prom “rescue time “, it is a powerful piece of writing.
Have a listen when you get a chance.
Like yourself back in the day , I got word that Anne and Joe are performing at the roadside tavern in Lisdoonvarna, it’s a lovely spot for a bit of grub and even better music , Peter and the crew have always been good to me with the gigs with Sean. I’ve been listening to the piper Tara Howley and I love her way of performing the tunes and melodies.
God love us but I wish I was on the west coast of Clare watching and learning it all , I wonder be times if they put down the phones and just listened, how rare a moment in time can be to just listen. Tonight I think of how beautiful “Wicklow Hills and Metropolitan Avenue “ really are. I’ve taken Black outa “lawless”, and replaced it with beautiful, words hurt, words heal.i broke 3 strings tonight in the one gig , but it didn’t phase me one bit, for the audience was changing the strings with me and carried me through the nightmare of my mishaps, Sweet Thames flow softly carried me on the drive home, i always love yourself and Sinead singing it together along with , “ in this heart “ ,
Hope the gigs are going well for you , my next gig is for Amos House , and clothing the homeless people in Rhode Island , in my heart and head these are the most importand gigs for me , to play a banged up Tak from 92 and a Vermont Bodhran from Copperman by the way I know your goats original,
Love ye Git
Fin
Hi Christy
Just broke out the knitting needles again and we reminisced about the Killashee gig in March. Still hoping to get a picture of you in that bonnet 🙂
powerderek698@gmail.com
Cheers
Michelle Power