Dear Christy,
All thrown spanners welcome, together with Irish ( though never been too keen on dogs myself) and white South Africans.
All curve balls gratefully recieved, up and unders too,as well as the odd penalty shootout.
Cats chucked into pigeon flocks, bulls in china shops and even sleekit couerin timerous beasties, all taken.
Not a problem, i stand corrected, unabashed and wiser.
Keep on keeping on Christy.
Rory
Ps You mentioned ‘the banner’ recently. ‘Hail to the Banner’ is one of Hawick’s most famous Common Riding songs
Christy's reply
you’ll have to sing that one for me when we have that pot of tea
The sun is burning in the sky…(well, not exactly burning – but good to see it…)Just had good emails with Kerry at Ewan MacColl’s website – who sends best wishes to you and all here.
Also,a link to http://www.redgrapemusic.com MacColls related,plus artists such as Boo Hewerdine and others who sound intriguing.What a dynasty…
Dave
Christy's reply
I met Kerry at Peggy and Calum’s gig in Dún Laoire last year…exceptional gig
Hello Christy,
The last time I saw Jimmy White on the TV he was chatting in the interval between sessions. He was sober and really interesting and knowledgeable. And you got to play a frame with him. I’d love to hear more if you ever get time.
I’m just at that stage with The Peacock’s Feather where my fingers and brain seem to be connecting up. I can imagine new synapses being born. Maire has chosen a cracker for me. I wish my keyboard did those little things above the letters.
How are you doing today, if you don’t mind me asking.
Rebecca
Christy's reply
Jimmy was playing and exhibition in a local Pub about 20 years ago….I was invited as a kind of local token celeb to play a frame..the place was rammed with all the local wizards, craic merchants, box-hoppers, cattle drovers, councilors, a senator, a member of parliament, many drunks, loud people, a plain clothes nun and 2 priests….
I was the 3rd up . Jimmy broke off, I potted a red, a pink, a red and then missed the blue, the crowd were impressed….Jimmy came back to the table and scored one hundred and twenty one..shaking my hand he said….”that was a nice pink you got mate”….never saw him again..
Today has been good….. Thank You…very busy..contentedly so….
As so often, I followed one of Rory’s tips(not the horses or jogging), but tea and checking out wonderful words and songs via http://www.gerwolfe.com a rich find indeed.
I’ve always enjoyed Ger via youtube, but further investigation will be well rewarded, for sure.Class…
So,salutes to the North and West – have a good day
Dave
Christy's reply
I just love the way Ger throws his head back and sings to the Heavens
Good morning Christy,
I write in praise of the fine Cork singer and songwriter Ger Wolfe.
I confess to not knowing of his talent until your Burning Times album ( dedicated to brave Rachel).
Reference to The Lark of Mayfield is buried in the Magic Nights song but still it took me a few years to uncover Ger’s music.
His simple, lilting, passion shines through whatever he does and he has a lovely new album out including the ‘single’ titled Hello Gorgeous, it is braw.
I marvel at his Lark of Mayfield, which is worth a view on Balcony tv with backdrop of Cork city.
Though i understand little i enjoy the sound of his whole album Freamh Root ( sung mostly in Irish) but especially Fairday in Macroom in the 50s and The Promised Bride.
I recall buying one of his albums in Derry’s Cool Discs and the shopkeeper telling me i had bought something far greater than anything in the top 40.
Can i give a wee plug also for a collaboration album he is on called SomeriseSomefall which promotes mental ill health, and given the tough time so many have suffered with mental illness this year ,and probably more so at this Christmas time, it is worth checking out (one of my daughters works for Rethink Mental Illness).
I think a jog and then a mug of tea to toast Mr Wolfe is in order.
Cheers
Rory
Christy's reply
Rory, not wishing to put a cat among the pigeons..I’ve been reflecting upon your post..as far as I know Brendan Ring was playing “Madam Bonaparte” in Verse 1….Ricky Lynch was singing “Autumn in Mayfield” in Verse 2 , Ger Wolfe sang “Winter hung her coat on a hanger of dark”in Verse 3…..on the outro John himself returned to Mayfield for the last part which may cause the bit of confusion….
Not that any of the above matters a halfpennyworth to the overall majesty of this great song….I bring it up in case you were setting a test for me….maybe checking do I read everything carefully !!
Coincidentally, last night I spoke with Ricky Lynch for the first time..he sent me a very good song which I am attempting to cover…it is most challenging , I’ll have my work cut out to cover it…..just the way I like it
that said,I also enjoy the easy ones…the ones I can learn in an inst and lash them out in no time
The one positive I have from this horrid year is my reinvigorated interest in Christy Moore. Always a fan but I have really been listening more intently and even researching song subjects. Contacting friends and family in Ireland asking questions that I’m sure they are rolling their eyes when they answer me. Could you imagine, messaging a friend asking “WHO IS JOXER”?!
When we return to normal I will return and catch you live again. Best wishes
Tom
Christy's reply
Good Man Tom….I wish you well…..greetings to all songsters in that Island City
Hi Christy hope all is well under the current circumstances,we are in a strange and uncharted waters,restrictions being changed weekly,at least we have the music to keep us going,Lost another of my brothers a few months ago,Fishing has been a life saver when I could get out on the water ,keep safe Christy and hopefully see you along the way.
Christy's reply
we’re hangin in here Geraint…. sorry to read of your loss…keep coming back
This crowd probably knows Kirsty McColl’s survivors eventually discovered the reckless boater who raced through dive area and bashed her poor head was a wealthy owner of Mexican markets. A crew member took the fall, but it was yer man at wheel. My heart still aches for her children, who where there. I was on a cruise moored nearby years ago and sent an email to Patty Griffin that she might remember the redhead during her set. We heard Miss Otis Regrets that night.
Can I say thanks Hilary too, I agree with Dave, a great song and tribute to Kirsty MacColl she had a unique voice, her version of ‘Days’ has special memories for me. Pam
Following on from riffing here/ thinking of the MacColl family dynasty. Did you record many songs with the MacColl lads? I’ve asked them a few tunings/tech things over the years and always had great replies. Brilliant players as well…
Just checked and on Friday, it’s 20 years since Kirsty was killed. For various reasons, she’s never far from thoughts – esp at this time of year. Her wonderful singing is brightening the bunker now. There’s also an excellent website about her – a real celebration of her tragically short life – http://www.kirstymaccoll.com
Greatly looking forward to hearing the results of your workroom toil -‘happiness is a warm Atkin’?
Hello Christy,
Betwixt is a lovely word, feels like Christmas’s and chocolate. Nice to see an x too.
So the poor bugger missed the reds completely and potted the white.
I’ve no idea how the pink got next to the green, I think it was Ted Lowe who said it. I need luck to hit the white.
Rebecca
Christy's reply
I got 51 once….another time playing with my Son, he got an 82….both occasions we were in The Premier Snooker Hall in Dun Laoghaire (prop Eugene Hughes, an Irish Snooker Legend)…..we celebrated with mugs of strong tea and Kit-Kat bars…I still have my own cue but its not been out of the case for 10 years….and a pair of Dennis Taylor spectacles….I once played a single frame with Jimmy White but thats another story
Just when I thought this fecking year couldn’t get any worse,, we loose one of our finest country singers ,Mr Charley Pride died yesterday from covid.. Like yourself his portfolio of great material will. Sustain our ears for years to come. RIP,Mr Pride.
Christy's reply
I met Charley once..it was in a lift in the Southern Cross Hotel in Sydney Australia… we spoke briefly about his fondness for playing in Ireland….Charley is a favourite singer of the Irish Travelling Community….his Crystal Chandelier brings light to The Pavees
A day admiring the work of Ewan MacColl has been a welcome diversion from villainous politics…
A bonus has just landed – a newsletter blog from Midlands folkie – Jon Wilks… choc full of interesting info and extracts from 2020 releases inc Martin Simpson, Eliza Carthy, Kris Drever + + + It’s a fine piece of work that I’d be very happy to share with anyone who contacts me on d_g_burrows@hotmail.com
Dave
Christy's reply
Just got a great song in the post ….there will be no surfing today…the Atkin bekons
On the 10 of October I lost my best friend of 40 years, Jim Healy. One of the things that bound our friendship all down the years was our love of Christy Moore’s songs and singing. Jim was a wonderful singer and I with not a note in me head.
In those early years of our friendship we literally went to every Christy Moore and Moving Hearts gig we could. One of my fondest memories is the time Jim and I followed Christy and Moving hearts around Ireland one summer. We were pure groupies! Nowadays we might be accused of being stalkers.
As the years went on Jim and I went about our lives, emigrated, had families, careers, grew enterprises, developed new interests we always, at least once a year, made it to a Christy gig together.
There was Washington DC when Jim followed my emigrant footsteps for a few years in the late 80s. That was a gig I’m sure Christy would want to forget. It was a Sunday night summertime gig and all the recent Irish immigrants in the area went on the piss in the early afternoon. By the time Christy came on about 9:00pm, let’s just say it got fairly messy.
One time when I was living in the US but in the UK on a quick business trip I popped over to Enniscorthy for a Christy gig with Jim.
Since returning to Ireland in the noughties, although we both had very different lives by then, we religiously went to Christy gigs in Vicar Street.
It’s uncanny that Christy would release his latest album, the Early Years, which includes Jim’s and my party pieces, Little Musgrave and Johnny Jump (no prises for guessing which party piece was which) a month after Jim’s all too early passing. Jim used to do a beautiful rendition of Little Musgrave at every after-the-pub session. Of course we didn’t tell him that but instead in our drunken states would go “oh no not the 47 verses of Little Musgrave again” and pretend to fall asleep. The last time I heard Jim sing it was in Biarritz, France, at Aisling (Jim’s fabulous daughter and my god daughter) and Tim’s wedding last year.
Thank you Christy for the great songs and singing down the years and for providing the canvas for Jim and my friendship. We are all heartbroken at the loss of Jim from our lives and this new album provides us with comfort and fond memories of that great man.
Christy's reply
Thank You BPW for sharing with us..May the good man Jim Healy rest in Peace…may the coming times help heal the pain of loss…
just reading of you both traversing the Island after Moving Hearts brings back those heady days of 40 years ago….we had a big white Van ( the White Ghost) that carried all 10 members of Band and Crew ….Donal, Declan, Keith, Davy, Eoghan, Brian, Norman, Cid, Matt and yours truly….betimes we were augmented by Mister Clarke, Terry , Jimmy, John, …….The Baggott Inn, Hillview in Dingle, Woody’s in Castleisland, Half Moon in Putney,Lake of Shadows in Buncrana come to mind….
you have great memories of decades with your Old Pal..they will never leave you
Good morning Christy,
I am sitting doing paperwork ,like manys a sunday into the infinite past, listening in the background to your Yellow disc.
The beauty of ‘Mullaghmore’ just caught my attention, so i put her on repeat, and in the silence just listened and let her flow over the silence.
I will have listened to the Yellow disc hundreds of times but this song has captured me today. Gentle wonder and anger subtly combined in a song, sung so understatedly and understandingly.
I heard an angry voice behind a drystone wall
We all belong here
All alone along the Wicklow Way
Minister ,minister pause for reflection
Miracles of nature
Carparks to be levelled
Nature took 2 million years
Can anybody tell me this…
Thanks as always Christy
Rory
Christy's reply
few, if any,have ever mentioned this song….
recording it was very special,
I spent a day in Wool Hall Studio near Bath……
with Calum and Neil MacColl I recorded “In Praise of Mullaghmore”(The Box Set 1964-2004 version)………
I wrote it for my Nephew Donnacha Rynne…
He was involved with the collective that sought to protect the sacred Mountain from the greedy paws of gombeen developers and their allies in crooked corridoors…
You might ask what makes the song so special to me……Mullaghmore is a sacred place…..the MacColls are Sons of Ewan and Peggy….Donnacha Rynne is among the bravest and most inspirational, he is at the heart of our extended Family…
You sometimes reference songs that have gained little little or no traction….this always gladdens the heart of the ageing balladeer ….also drives him on to seek new verses…to try and write more and “cover`” less…..
Morning Christy from a dark and dank Southport. Just purchased our ticket for your live stream in January- can’t wait. Mind yourself well during these strange days and live in hope for brighter days around the corner.
Bernie
Christy's reply
Sure will Bernie…I’m all wrapped up in cotton wool here….getting ready for NCH in Jan…that’s my next gig
Hello Christy,
When I was young my grandmother taught me to watch snooker. She was housebound in her last years and snooker took a long time. In my very early years she watched in black and white. She always seemed to know what was going on.
and for those of you who are watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green.
She had a great singing voice during Songs of Praise and loved Benny Hill and Carry On films.
Rebecca .
Christy's reply
even in black and white the pink is betwixt the blue and black….but maybe not in West Yorkshire …..foul stroke, four and a miss…free ball
Dear Christy,
All thrown spanners welcome, together with Irish ( though never been too keen on dogs myself) and white South Africans.
All curve balls gratefully recieved, up and unders too,as well as the odd penalty shootout.
Cats chucked into pigeon flocks, bulls in china shops and even sleekit couerin timerous beasties, all taken.
Not a problem, i stand corrected, unabashed and wiser.
Keep on keeping on Christy.
Rory
Ps You mentioned ‘the banner’ recently. ‘Hail to the Banner’ is one of Hawick’s most famous Common Riding songs
you’ll have to sing that one for me when we have that pot of tea
Hi Christy
The sun is burning in the sky…(well, not exactly burning – but good to see it…)Just had good emails with Kerry at Ewan MacColl’s website – who sends best wishes to you and all here.
Also,a link to http://www.redgrapemusic.com MacColls related,plus artists such as Boo Hewerdine and others who sound intriguing.What a dynasty…
Dave
I met Kerry at Peggy and Calum’s gig in Dún Laoire last year…exceptional gig
Hello Christy,
The last time I saw Jimmy White on the TV he was chatting in the interval between sessions. He was sober and really interesting and knowledgeable. And you got to play a frame with him. I’d love to hear more if you ever get time.
I’m just at that stage with The Peacock’s Feather where my fingers and brain seem to be connecting up. I can imagine new synapses being born. Maire has chosen a cracker for me. I wish my keyboard did those little things above the letters.
How are you doing today, if you don’t mind me asking.
Rebecca
Jimmy was playing and exhibition in a local Pub about 20 years ago….I was invited as a kind of local token celeb to play a frame..the place was rammed with all the local wizards, craic merchants, box-hoppers, cattle drovers, councilors, a senator, a member of parliament, many drunks, loud people, a plain clothes nun and 2 priests….
I was the 3rd up . Jimmy broke off, I potted a red, a pink, a red and then missed the blue, the crowd were impressed….Jimmy came back to the table and scored one hundred and twenty one..shaking my hand he said….”that was a nice pink you got mate”….never saw him again..
Today has been good….. Thank You…very busy..contentedly so….
Slán go fóill
Mornin’ Christy
As so often, I followed one of Rory’s tips(not the horses or jogging), but tea and checking out wonderful words and songs via http://www.gerwolfe.com a rich find indeed.
I’ve always enjoyed Ger via youtube, but further investigation will be well rewarded, for sure.Class…
So,salutes to the North and West – have a good day
Dave
I just love the way Ger throws his head back and sings to the Heavens
Good morning Christy,
I write in praise of the fine Cork singer and songwriter Ger Wolfe.
I confess to not knowing of his talent until your Burning Times album ( dedicated to brave Rachel).
Reference to The Lark of Mayfield is buried in the Magic Nights song but still it took me a few years to uncover Ger’s music.
His simple, lilting, passion shines through whatever he does and he has a lovely new album out including the ‘single’ titled Hello Gorgeous, it is braw.
I marvel at his Lark of Mayfield, which is worth a view on Balcony tv with backdrop of Cork city.
Though i understand little i enjoy the sound of his whole album Freamh Root ( sung mostly in Irish) but especially Fairday in Macroom in the 50s and The Promised Bride.
I recall buying one of his albums in Derry’s Cool Discs and the shopkeeper telling me i had bought something far greater than anything in the top 40.
Can i give a wee plug also for a collaboration album he is on called SomeriseSomefall which promotes mental ill health, and given the tough time so many have suffered with mental illness this year ,and probably more so at this Christmas time, it is worth checking out (one of my daughters works for Rethink Mental Illness).
I think a jog and then a mug of tea to toast Mr Wolfe is in order.
Cheers
Rory
Rory, not wishing to put a cat among the pigeons..I’ve been reflecting upon your post..as far as I know Brendan Ring was playing “Madam Bonaparte” in Verse 1….Ricky Lynch was singing “Autumn in Mayfield” in Verse 2 , Ger Wolfe sang “Winter hung her coat on a hanger of dark”in Verse 3…..on the outro John himself returned to Mayfield for the last part which may cause the bit of confusion….
Not that any of the above matters a halfpennyworth to the overall majesty of this great song….I bring it up in case you were setting a test for me….maybe checking do I read everything carefully !!
Coincidentally, last night I spoke with Ricky Lynch for the first time..he sent me a very good song which I am attempting to cover…it is most challenging , I’ll have my work cut out to cover it…..just the way I like it
that said,I also enjoy the easy ones…the ones I can learn in an inst and lash them out in no time
Shine On Rory
The one positive I have from this horrid year is my reinvigorated interest in Christy Moore. Always a fan but I have really been listening more intently and even researching song subjects. Contacting friends and family in Ireland asking questions that I’m sure they are rolling their eyes when they answer me. Could you imagine, messaging a friend asking “WHO IS JOXER”?!
When we return to normal I will return and catch you live again. Best wishes
Tom
Good Man Tom….I wish you well…..greetings to all songsters in that Island City
Hi Christy hope all is well under the current circumstances,we are in a strange and uncharted waters,restrictions being changed weekly,at least we have the music to keep us going,Lost another of my brothers a few months ago,Fishing has been a life saver when I could get out on the water ,keep safe Christy and hopefully see you along the way.
we’re hangin in here Geraint…. sorry to read of your loss…keep coming back
This crowd probably knows Kirsty McColl’s survivors eventually discovered the reckless boater who raced through dive area and bashed her poor head was a wealthy owner of Mexican markets. A crew member took the fall, but it was yer man at wheel. My heart still aches for her children, who where there. I was on a cruise moored nearby years ago and sent an email to Patty Griffin that she might remember the redhead during her set. We heard Miss Otis Regrets that night.
This crowd do know the awful story
Can I say thanks Hilary too, I agree with Dave, a great song and tribute to Kirsty MacColl she had a unique voice, her version of ‘Days’ has special memories for me. Pam
Hi Christy
and, very many thanks,H – that’s a brilliant song about Kirsty – what a wonderful tribute.
Keep well all D
Hi All here is a link to a new song remembering Kirsty, Martin Leahy is no stranger here https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2020/1208/1183085-cork-singer-releases-tribute-to-kirsty-maccoll/?fbclid=IwAR3vAV-_D08igKBe7oAjrgFn9jMCxacczde1DtXyeDOMfbQpW2hY69PXle8 Beir bua agus beannacht. H
Thanks H…..
Hi Christy
Following on from riffing here/ thinking of the MacColl family dynasty. Did you record many songs with the MacColl lads? I’ve asked them a few tunings/tech things over the years and always had great replies. Brilliant players as well…
Just checked and on Friday, it’s 20 years since Kirsty was killed. For various reasons, she’s never far from thoughts – esp at this time of year. Her wonderful singing is brightening the bunker now. There’s also an excellent website about her – a real celebration of her tragically short life – http://www.kirstymaccoll.com
Greatly looking forward to hearing the results of your workroom toil -‘happiness is a warm Atkin’?
Dave
just that one song
I don’t know about the travellers,but he was huge in ireland.very distinct voice.he will be missed..rip,
Thats fair enough…if you dont know you dont know
Hello Christy,
Betwixt is a lovely word, feels like Christmas’s and chocolate. Nice to see an x too.
So the poor bugger missed the reds completely and potted the white.
I’ve no idea how the pink got next to the green, I think it was Ted Lowe who said it. I need luck to hit the white.
Rebecca
I got 51 once….another time playing with my Son, he got an 82….both occasions we were in The Premier Snooker Hall in Dun Laoghaire (prop Eugene Hughes, an Irish Snooker Legend)…..we celebrated with mugs of strong tea and Kit-Kat bars…I still have my own cue but its not been out of the case for 10 years….and a pair of Dennis Taylor spectacles….I once played a single frame with Jimmy White but thats another story
Just when I thought this fecking year couldn’t get any worse,, we loose one of our finest country singers ,Mr Charley Pride died yesterday from covid.. Like yourself his portfolio of great material will. Sustain our ears for years to come. RIP,Mr Pride.
I met Charley once..it was in a lift in the Southern Cross Hotel in Sydney Australia… we spoke briefly about his fondness for playing in Ireland….Charley is a favourite singer of the Irish Travelling Community….his Crystal Chandelier brings light to The Pavees
Hi Christy
A day admiring the work of Ewan MacColl has been a welcome diversion from villainous politics…
A bonus has just landed – a newsletter blog from Midlands folkie – Jon Wilks… choc full of interesting info and extracts from 2020 releases inc Martin Simpson, Eliza Carthy, Kris Drever + + + It’s a fine piece of work that I’d be very happy to share with anyone who contacts me on d_g_burrows@hotmail.com
Dave
Just got a great song in the post ….there will be no surfing today…the Atkin bekons
On the 10 of October I lost my best friend of 40 years, Jim Healy. One of the things that bound our friendship all down the years was our love of Christy Moore’s songs and singing. Jim was a wonderful singer and I with not a note in me head.
In those early years of our friendship we literally went to every Christy Moore and Moving Hearts gig we could. One of my fondest memories is the time Jim and I followed Christy and Moving hearts around Ireland one summer. We were pure groupies! Nowadays we might be accused of being stalkers.
As the years went on Jim and I went about our lives, emigrated, had families, careers, grew enterprises, developed new interests we always, at least once a year, made it to a Christy gig together.
There was Washington DC when Jim followed my emigrant footsteps for a few years in the late 80s. That was a gig I’m sure Christy would want to forget. It was a Sunday night summertime gig and all the recent Irish immigrants in the area went on the piss in the early afternoon. By the time Christy came on about 9:00pm, let’s just say it got fairly messy.
One time when I was living in the US but in the UK on a quick business trip I popped over to Enniscorthy for a Christy gig with Jim.
Since returning to Ireland in the noughties, although we both had very different lives by then, we religiously went to Christy gigs in Vicar Street.
It’s uncanny that Christy would release his latest album, the Early Years, which includes Jim’s and my party pieces, Little Musgrave and Johnny Jump (no prises for guessing which party piece was which) a month after Jim’s all too early passing. Jim used to do a beautiful rendition of Little Musgrave at every after-the-pub session. Of course we didn’t tell him that but instead in our drunken states would go “oh no not the 47 verses of Little Musgrave again” and pretend to fall asleep. The last time I heard Jim sing it was in Biarritz, France, at Aisling (Jim’s fabulous daughter and my god daughter) and Tim’s wedding last year.
Thank you Christy for the great songs and singing down the years and for providing the canvas for Jim and my friendship. We are all heartbroken at the loss of Jim from our lives and this new album provides us with comfort and fond memories of that great man.
Thank You BPW for sharing with us..May the good man Jim Healy rest in Peace…may the coming times help heal the pain of loss…
just reading of you both traversing the Island after Moving Hearts brings back those heady days of 40 years ago….we had a big white Van ( the White Ghost) that carried all 10 members of Band and Crew ….Donal, Declan, Keith, Davy, Eoghan, Brian, Norman, Cid, Matt and yours truly….betimes we were augmented by Mister Clarke, Terry , Jimmy, John, …….The Baggott Inn, Hillview in Dingle, Woody’s in Castleisland, Half Moon in Putney,Lake of Shadows in Buncrana come to mind….
you have great memories of decades with your Old Pal..they will never leave you
Good morning Christy,
I am sitting doing paperwork ,like manys a sunday into the infinite past, listening in the background to your Yellow disc.
The beauty of ‘Mullaghmore’ just caught my attention, so i put her on repeat, and in the silence just listened and let her flow over the silence.
I will have listened to the Yellow disc hundreds of times but this song has captured me today. Gentle wonder and anger subtly combined in a song, sung so understatedly and understandingly.
I heard an angry voice behind a drystone wall
We all belong here
All alone along the Wicklow Way
Minister ,minister pause for reflection
Miracles of nature
Carparks to be levelled
Nature took 2 million years
Can anybody tell me this…
Thanks as always Christy
Rory
few, if any,have ever mentioned this song….
recording it was very special,
I spent a day in Wool Hall Studio near Bath……
with Calum and Neil MacColl I recorded “In Praise of Mullaghmore”(The Box Set 1964-2004 version)………
I wrote it for my Nephew Donnacha Rynne…
He was involved with the collective that sought to protect the sacred Mountain from the greedy paws of gombeen developers and their allies in crooked corridoors…
You might ask what makes the song so special to me……Mullaghmore is a sacred place…..the MacColls are Sons of Ewan and Peggy….Donnacha Rynne is among the bravest and most inspirational, he is at the heart of our extended Family…
You sometimes reference songs that have gained little little or no traction….this always gladdens the heart of the ageing balladeer ….also drives him on to seek new verses…to try and write more and “cover`” less…..
Thanks Rory…”Up The Banner”
Morning Christy from a dark and dank Southport. Just purchased our ticket for your live stream in January- can’t wait. Mind yourself well during these strange days and live in hope for brighter days around the corner.
Bernie
Sure will Bernie…I’m all wrapped up in cotton wool here….getting ready for NCH in Jan…that’s my next gig
Hello Christy,
When I was young my grandmother taught me to watch snooker. She was housebound in her last years and snooker took a long time. In my very early years she watched in black and white. She always seemed to know what was going on.
and for those of you who are watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green.
She had a great singing voice during Songs of Praise and loved Benny Hill and Carry On films.
Rebecca .
even in black and white the pink is betwixt the blue and black….but maybe not in West Yorkshire …..foul stroke, four and a miss…free ball