Maybe pushing it but, no time for love also? Folks up here remember you playing and your support after some significant events including in some homes and this song means so much to all of us.
Christy, been to see you around seven times this past while – please play “Listen” one of your greats, when I’m back down in átha cliath on 19th March. Thank you so much for your service over all these years. Fear uasal. Finscéal
One sad day today – the passing away of the great Dolores. What a talent, what a singer. Gippmeister, your musical choice is wonderful, I’ve just played it, loud, on my headphones. What a combination, herself and Mick from not so long ago. I’ve gone one step further; her tribute to Nelson Mandela. Another marvelous work. Hear and take in Dolores singing to the accompanying African drum beat. She’ll be much missed. We had heard about her battle with cancer.
My sympathy to the extended Keane family. I’m sad this evening.
May Dolores rest in peace.
What a loss! After mentions of Arty and Nollaig and herself takes me back to the late Planxty days in ’83. I remember seeing herself, Andy Irvine, and Gerry O’Beirne in Trinity College in 1984, was stunning.
Evening Christy. Yes, very sad news about Dolores, your fellow member of Planxty in later years of the band. I’m sure you had great craic at the time. I saw her a couple of times in Manchester with John and I think Gerry O’Beirne. Also in 1990 at Finsbury Park when the sun came out to greet you. May she rest in peace.
now I’m sitting here
before the fire
the empty room
a forest choir
the flames have cooled
don’t get any higher
they’ve withered now
they’re gone
and I’m steady thinking
my way is clear
and I know what
I will do tomorrow
the hands have shaken
the kisses flowed
and I will dissappear
Let me tell you that I love you
that I think about you all the time
Caledonia you’re calling me
now I’m going home
and if I shall become a stranger
no it would make me more than sad
Caledonia’s been everything I’ve ever had
Hello Christy,
I was giving Arty McGlynn and Nollaig Casey’s album Lead the Knave a twirl last night. Very familiar Bodhran sound on there. I had a look at the credits. Sure enough, there you are!
Rebecca
Christy's reply
it was great to get the call from Arty & Nollaig all those years ago….what a great melodious couple they made…always up for the best of music and the bit of craic…great memories of working with Nollaig in Planxty..of recording the ordinary man Album with Arty….so many of his distinctive lines still resound..his BOTERA album a firm favourite of mine…may he riff in peace
hope to find you in a good shalpe. I have to say nothing really important.I just would like to remember you, that I will atttend the concert at the 17th of may in the NCH. Not my favourite venue, but the date fits with german bank holidays. And I still would like to hear Victar Jara again. That would be really great. Flight, the hotel is booked, the rest of the journey is planned ( like the cliche german, I will do the rebellion tour, a tour at glasnevin and kilmainham goal and the rest of the day and nightime I will stay at “The Celt”, “The Cobblestone”, “Fibbers Magees” and around the Grafton Street to look out for the buskers. 😉
Christy's reply
jasus Matthias, I can only hope that your well thought out plans all come through…you have it mapped out from the very second you land…its good to have things in place..now all you gotta do is follow thru….
I think back to my own early attempts follow a schedule….once travelled to Portlaoise to see Kildare play Laois back in 1962… we never made it past the first pub beside the train station….
I’ve taken note of Victor for the NCH but no guarantees…I’m having to reconsider requests and call outs…recently they have been distracting the flow
Bruce Springsteen met Shane before he died.
Said Shane’s songs will still be sang 100 years from now.
True that Boss but I’m sure they’ll be singing
“Down all the years, down all the days”
Just saying like …
When Johnny Cash was recording Redemption Song,
his producer Rick Rubin suggested he change a line,
cause the english wasn’t so good …
“Bob Marley wrote that. I can’t change it”
Is ceart agus is cóir sin.
Christy's reply
Springer on the money there Bourkey…its getting on for 50 years since Shane’s poetry began to emerge …the beauty still flows unfettered..new generations enthralled by the imagery, the passion,the love anger and understanding that permeate his verses…
on the back of your post I picked up the auld box and sang “A Pair of Brown Eyes” to the wall here in the workroom …no better way to start a new week….
I deeply cherish a small number of outstanding and beautiful memories of short times spent in his company…very little said but strong connections established that still linger….a love of the light that still shines out from the Puckaune Lighthouse
Hi mate. I’m a fan of yours from Tasmania and since I had first heard “back home in derry” Ive thought that it’d be great if someone down here wrote a few songs back at youse telling some tales from the other side of the coin sort of thing. It occurred to me just recently that id be drinking a warm beer during a cold day in hell before any of these other lazy bastards got to it so youse will just have to make do with me and my humble efforts I spose.
I made a swap with a mate for a banjo late last year which im waiting for him to come good on but in the meantime I decided to just have a crack at it and write me songs to previous songs like you did with your tribute to Gordon Lightfoot. So I thought id try that with a song I liked by a band called Charlie and the Bhoys and in the process realised it was originally a Woody Guthrie song! And then I got distracted by that cause id never really heard much of him and quite liked it! And then I decided to procrastinate further on me efforts by writing all of this as a way of showing you how little actual work ive done so far, comparatively.
This land is your land
Don’t feel much like my land
Exiled upon Van Diemens land
Via ancient Ireland
They stole all you’d to eat
Chained us to the first fleet
Singing this land was made for you and me
Hi christy,
In the depature lounge.
Breakfast awaits at the intercontinental with your team.
Big game day
Triple crown
Time will come on headphones
Athenry in the crowd
English wooden spoon
Night in naas
Almost heaven….not west virginia
May the best team win
Rory
Hi Christy,
Missed a few posts, busy live lots of sick people to take care of but I hope you are feeling better ! Otherwise if you need a nurse let me now and I’ll come over.
Hope to see you alive and kicking in Castlebar.
Take care xxx
Chris
Hope you’re feeling better Christy.. we’re giving out about the weather here but it’s a sign everything else is grand.. Galway bound for a gig tonight in Monroes.. never played it but heard good things.. I see Bruce released his version of Shane’s “Rainy Night in Soho”.. did you ever sing it? https://youtu.be/r_Z3JL42L5Q?is=5sv3mgf1HH3SkWyt
Maybe pushing it but, no time for love also? Folks up here remember you playing and your support after some significant events including in some homes and this song means so much to all of us.
Christy, been to see you around seven times this past while – please play “Listen” one of your greats, when I’m back down in átha cliath on 19th March. Thank you so much for your service over all these years. Fear uasal. Finscéal
One sad day today – the passing away of the great Dolores. What a talent, what a singer. Gippmeister, your musical choice is wonderful, I’ve just played it, loud, on my headphones. What a combination, herself and Mick from not so long ago. I’ve gone one step further; her tribute to Nelson Mandela. Another marvelous work. Hear and take in Dolores singing to the accompanying African drum beat. She’ll be much missed. We had heard about her battle with cancer.
My sympathy to the extended Keane family. I’m sad this evening.
May Dolores rest in peace.
Slán abhaile Dolores.
Rest in peace Dolores!
What a loss! After mentions of Arty and Nollaig and herself takes me back to the late Planxty days in ’83. I remember seeing herself, Andy Irvine, and Gerry O’Beirne in Trinity College in 1984, was stunning.
Her work with john Faulkner was special!
This always gets me with Mick Hanley!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LqhMBqK2GY4&list=RDLqhMBqK2GY4&start_radio=1&pp=ygUSTXkgbG92ZSBpcyBhbWVyaWNhoAcB
Evening Christy. Yes, very sad news about Dolores, your fellow member of Planxty in later years of the band. I’m sure you had great craic at the time. I saw her a couple of times in Manchester with John and I think Gerry O’Beirne. Also in 1990 at Finsbury Park when the sun came out to greet you. May she rest in peace.
Rest in peace Delores Keane one of the finest purest voice we ever had
Hope you are back on track take care
now I’m sitting here
before the fire
the empty room
a forest choir
the flames have cooled
don’t get any higher
they’ve withered now
they’re gone
and I’m steady thinking
my way is clear
and I know what
I will do tomorrow
the hands have shaken
the kisses flowed
and I will dissappear
Let me tell you that I love you
that I think about you all the time
Caledonia you’re calling me
now I’m going home
and if I shall become a stranger
no it would make me more than sad
Caledonia’s been everything I’ve ever had
Ah No. Poor Dolores hast passend away. Off to her own private Caledonia. Very sad.
Hello Christy,
I was giving Arty McGlynn and Nollaig Casey’s album Lead the Knave a twirl last night. Very familiar Bodhran sound on there. I had a look at the credits. Sure enough, there you are!
Rebecca
it was great to get the call from Arty & Nollaig all those years ago….what a great melodious couple they made…always up for the best of music and the bit of craic…great memories of working with Nollaig in Planxty..of recording the ordinary man Album with Arty….so many of his distinctive lines still resound..his BOTERA album a firm favourite of mine…may he riff in peace
Hi Christy,
hope to find you in a good shalpe. I have to say nothing really important.I just would like to remember you, that I will atttend the concert at the 17th of may in the NCH. Not my favourite venue, but the date fits with german bank holidays. And I still would like to hear Victar Jara again. That would be really great. Flight, the hotel is booked, the rest of the journey is planned ( like the cliche german, I will do the rebellion tour, a tour at glasnevin and kilmainham goal and the rest of the day and nightime I will stay at “The Celt”, “The Cobblestone”, “Fibbers Magees” and around the Grafton Street to look out for the buskers. 😉
jasus Matthias, I can only hope that your well thought out plans all come through…you have it mapped out from the very second you land…its good to have things in place..now all you gotta do is follow thru….
I think back to my own early attempts follow a schedule….once travelled to Portlaoise to see Kildare play Laois back in 1962… we never made it past the first pub beside the train station….
I’ve taken note of Victor for the NCH but no guarantees…I’m having to reconsider requests and call outs…recently they have been distracting the flow
Bruce Springsteen met Shane before he died.
Said Shane’s songs will still be sang 100 years from now.
True that Boss but I’m sure they’ll be singing
“Down all the years, down all the days”
Just saying like …
When Johnny Cash was recording Redemption Song,
his producer Rick Rubin suggested he change a line,
cause the english wasn’t so good …
“Bob Marley wrote that. I can’t change it”
Is ceart agus is cóir sin.
Springer on the money there Bourkey…its getting on for 50 years since Shane’s poetry began to emerge …the beauty still flows unfettered..new generations enthralled by the imagery, the passion,the love anger and understanding that permeate his verses…
on the back of your post I picked up the auld box and sang “A Pair of Brown Eyes” to the wall here in the workroom …no better way to start a new week….
I deeply cherish a small number of outstanding and beautiful memories of short times spent in his company…very little said but strong connections established that still linger….a love of the light that still shines out from the Puckaune Lighthouse
PS: Forgot to say , to go with my one verse, I did manage to come up with an alright sounding name for an Aus-Irish folk band. Tasmanian Ireland!
Hi mate. I’m a fan of yours from Tasmania and since I had first heard “back home in derry” Ive thought that it’d be great if someone down here wrote a few songs back at youse telling some tales from the other side of the coin sort of thing. It occurred to me just recently that id be drinking a warm beer during a cold day in hell before any of these other lazy bastards got to it so youse will just have to make do with me and my humble efforts I spose.
I made a swap with a mate for a banjo late last year which im waiting for him to come good on but in the meantime I decided to just have a crack at it and write me songs to previous songs like you did with your tribute to Gordon Lightfoot. So I thought id try that with a song I liked by a band called Charlie and the Bhoys and in the process realised it was originally a Woody Guthrie song! And then I got distracted by that cause id never really heard much of him and quite liked it! And then I decided to procrastinate further on me efforts by writing all of this as a way of showing you how little actual work ive done so far, comparatively.
This land is your land
Don’t feel much like my land
Exiled upon Van Diemens land
Via ancient Ireland
They stole all you’d to eat
Chained us to the first fleet
Singing this land was made for you and me
Hope you’re feeling better me aul flower..
Bruce has released a version of Shane McGowans ‘Rainy Night In Soho’. I think it’s a beautiful gentle version….here it is…(hopefully)
https://open.spotify.com/track/04dQoUrmSfFxoD00GiMO51?si=0ZFH6elvSTW8lwcbl6RTJA
Hello Christy,
Good luck to everyone today on Super Saturday.
Into the lion’s den we go…
Rebecca
Hi christy,
In the depature lounge.
Breakfast awaits at the intercontinental with your team.
Big game day
Triple crown
Time will come on headphones
Athenry in the crowd
English wooden spoon
Night in naas
Almost heaven….not west virginia
May the best team win
Rory
Ah you poor dote
Get yourself well soon lots of Vit.C and rest.
Rainy Day 😁
Hi Christy,
Missed a few posts, busy live lots of sick people to take care of but I hope you are feeling better ! Otherwise if you need a nurse let me now and I’ll come over.
Hope to see you alive and kicking in Castlebar.
Take care xxx
Chris
Hope you’re feeling better Christy.. we’re giving out about the weather here but it’s a sign everything else is grand.. Galway bound for a gig tonight in Monroes.. never played it but heard good things.. I see Bruce released his version of Shane’s “Rainy Night in Soho”.. did you ever sing it? https://youtu.be/r_Z3JL42L5Q?is=5sv3mgf1HH3SkWyt