Hi C. Great to see the TV Premiere of ” Christy’s Live on The Road ” on RTE 1 tomorrow at 9.35, here is a link to the promo https://www.rte.ie/culture/2021/0810/1240055-christy-moores-life-on-the-road-inside-the-new-documentary/?fbclid=IwAR0tx6jyy8lI57q_67SW21tRFpNFHH_Gy6udike5yOAGNlCY-Y1QZ724dnQ.. It will surely be available on Playback for those who can’t watch it live. On the other side of the world life is very tough for the people in Afghanistan right now and we can only hope that they will receive the support they need and that countries will welcome their refugees, at the very least. Another unfortunate downside of Covid restrictions in the impossibility of doing Benefit gigs. Beir bua agus beannacht. H
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its 5 years since we had the pleasure of working with Mark McLoughlin and his crew.we had a good time criss crossing the nation.Mark filmed every aspect of our working schedule..always unobtrusively,always allowing the work to continue,
Hello Christy,
That is such a beautiful list of songs. They are all precious jewels.
If the gigs in the UK start again I’d love to hear Sweet Thames Flow Softly.
I’ve looked at Away you broken heart a few times. Haven’t had the courage to jump in yet.
Stand me somewhere near the ocean
Such a great line.
I think singing a song is the best way to find out about it.
I saw something on twitter about a folk festival at the pavilion theatre in Dun Laoghaire. I’m so happy things are happening. I wish I could be there.
I finally worked out what you meant when you said Cecil would turn in his grave. He sounds like a bit of a wonker to me, may I never be struck by lightening…. Where’s the raw purity?
Thankyou to Dave for the book mention. I’ve got a big pile of books flying here from amazon, that one among them.
“The Little Musgrave” is so bittersweet….gentle & cruel at the same time
It’s come to be a real favourite of mine.
Christy, I know I posted previously of Clifford T Ward’s “Waiting for the Guardia” – I am unable to add the video here – but gee I reckon you’d do a darn good job of interpretation
Maybe some tech-savvy friend could post? If not, no drama.
Best wishes to all as we grapple with not just the virus but also the ramifications of sheer stupidity by governments & businesses.
Here we go Christy, just about to get out of the scratcher and drive to manchester.
Envisaging the journey it will be a musical one.
Nick Cave, Matt McGinn, Declan McLaughlin and Los Lobos cds for the car.
Out of Scottish Borders of Eric Bogle’s homeland and Green Fields of France , down through wee bit of Burns’ dumfriesshire and my love is like a red red rose, into cumbria past appleby horse fair songs perhaps like spancil hill, beyond signs for Heysham ferry and giuseppe, on again and Morecambe where the cockle pickers so sadly died, heading for manchester ( so much to answer for sang morrisey before he became a far right disaster) and his song America, you are not the world.
Must dash, where are the car keys?
Rory
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Whatever Morrissey might reflect upon Suffragette City I remember it with affection and appreciation…. I was only there for 3 years, twas there I got “the start”….
This gloomy Monday has been cheered by a re visit to ‘Irish folk, trad and blues – a secret history’ – a wonderful book by Colin Harper and Trevor Hodgett.
The intro describes the extensive content as ‘a celebration of free spirits – musical priests who came from or to Ireland, and mostly did so during a loosely defined golden age of music…’
Great to see you and Planxty featuring throughout… there’s a very apt quote from you that sums up how times changed, as folk clubs emerged. You’d heard Anne Briggs in ‘The Scot’s Hoose’, London and were impressed by the attentive nature of the audience, in contrast to your gigs in noisy pubs…next thing, you headed North, played folk clubs – the rest is history!
Not sure if the book is still available, but it would be well received by many here, if tracked down..it was published by Cherry Red Books in 2004
Dave
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One evenin fair as I took the air
down by Blackwater side
crossed over Blackwater today .. east of Fermoy
I’m gobsmacked that its 17 years since that book was published…I’d have guessed 5 years
Hello Christy,
You mention of P W Joyce has set me off on a treasure hunt.
There’s loads of stuff rescued and even online these days.
When you find a song what is it about it that makes it jump into your heart? A feeling with the words? Intuition? Something else? I suppose what I’m asking is do you know? And, if you do, what it that knowing? Sorry, I don’t think I’m putting this across very well.
Rebecca
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The Well below The Valley
Away You Broken heart
Dalesman’s Litany
Beeswing
Sweet Thames Flow Softly
Gortatagort
Ancient rain
The Gardener
Spancilhill
Inchicore Wake
Rosalita & Jack Cambell
Little Musgrave
Lord Baker.
Bright Blue Rose
Companeros
Hattie Carroll……….
I dont know what happens..it may be personal but its still a mystery
Shout out to Hilary for sorting me out with what I was looking for…you’re a star, Hilary, thanks so much! And Christy, class act, as always. Hup the Banner! 😉
Dear christy,
I was just thinking of the questions music throws at us.
What becomes of the broken hearted?……………………….they stand somewhere near the ocean
Who put the bop in the bop shoowop shu wop?………………..Ewan MacColl
Is this the way to amarillo?……………………………..Peter Kay will tell us when he gets back (soon I hope)
Are you going to scarborough fair?………………………..Gonna stay in Robin Hood’s Bay
How many wives did the aga khan?………………………….9 including Rita Hayworth
Who cares?……………………………………………..not Boris
Should i stay or should i go?…………………………….god only knows
Does this train stop on merseyside?……………………….all change at crew except passengers for Tranmere
And of course everyones favourite…………………………Mr What 18/1
Anyone for the last few choc ices?………………………..apples oranges & bananas,get your ripe fruit here
Well that was a bit random but it might help getting over to the land of nod…..zzzzzzz
Cheers
Rory
Christy, my son…Sail on Jimmy lyrics…sent me a screenshot of the premier of RTE’s Christy’s Life on the Road. Recording set for Wednesday’s viewing. Should be some show!
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all set Mary…we’ll get the milkin done early, get the rosary said and gather round the bosca in our sunday best….
and while I’m here…what about the Red & Green on Saturday ….were they not magnificent …to all our Mayo correspondants we offer congratulations on this achievement….to our Dublin friends we commend your team’s demeanour in defeat…ye have enjoyed complete dominance these past years…the rest of Leinster standing idly by as ye toyed with us…
Adelante…ar aghaidh linn
Thanks for that Rebecca..
when I was a young lad growing up in Kildare there was a schoolteacher living down by the River Liffey..his name was Mr Partridge and I think his name was Joe..looking atthe music sheet you linked there is a definite family resemblance…Mr Partridge was a fine gentle man.. himself and his wife always very friendly people…thank you for the memory
from the P.W.Joyce collection. Donal Lunny and I set this ball rolling back in 1964. Some say it was written by Rabbie Burns, others maintain it was adapted from an earlier song….either way it has revived this past half century and is still a beautiful song to sing….The Johnstons version crossed it over into the main stream with their 1967 recording..since then there have been hundreds of covers
Many years since I first heard her mentioned by Nanci Griffith, I finally got round to hitting youtube for Kate Wolf songs – wow… If anyone is similarly inclined, I think ‘Redtail Hawk’ is a good starter…
Hi C. Great to see the TV Premiere of ” Christy’s Live on The Road ” on RTE 1 tomorrow at 9.35, here is a link to the promo https://www.rte.ie/culture/2021/0810/1240055-christy-moores-life-on-the-road-inside-the-new-documentary/?fbclid=IwAR0tx6jyy8lI57q_67SW21tRFpNFHH_Gy6udike5yOAGNlCY-Y1QZ724dnQ.. It will surely be available on Playback for those who can’t watch it live. On the other side of the world life is very tough for the people in Afghanistan right now and we can only hope that they will receive the support they need and that countries will welcome their refugees, at the very least. Another unfortunate downside of Covid restrictions in the impossibility of doing Benefit gigs. Beir bua agus beannacht. H
its 5 years since we had the pleasure of working with Mark McLoughlin and his crew.we had a good time criss crossing the nation.Mark filmed every aspect of our working schedule..always unobtrusively,always allowing the work to continue,
For Hazzo2017
https://youtu.be/P_4QNoAgo14
Waiting for the Garda
Hello Christy,
That is such a beautiful list of songs. They are all precious jewels.
If the gigs in the UK start again I’d love to hear Sweet Thames Flow Softly.
I’ve looked at Away you broken heart a few times. Haven’t had the courage to jump in yet.
Stand me somewhere near the ocean
Such a great line.
I think singing a song is the best way to find out about it.
I saw something on twitter about a folk festival at the pavilion theatre in Dun Laoghaire. I’m so happy things are happening. I wish I could be there.
I finally worked out what you meant when you said Cecil would turn in his grave. He sounds like a bit of a wonker to me, may I never be struck by lightening…. Where’s the raw purity?
Thankyou to Dave for the book mention. I’ve got a big pile of books flying here from amazon, that one among them.
Rebecca
“The Little Musgrave” is so bittersweet….gentle & cruel at the same time
It’s come to be a real favourite of mine.
Christy, I know I posted previously of Clifford T Ward’s “Waiting for the Guardia” – I am unable to add the video here – but gee I reckon you’d do a darn good job of interpretation
Maybe some tech-savvy friend could post? If not, no drama.
Best wishes to all as we grapple with not just the virus but also the ramifications of sheer stupidity by governments & businesses.
Here we go Christy, just about to get out of the scratcher and drive to manchester.
Envisaging the journey it will be a musical one.
Nick Cave, Matt McGinn, Declan McLaughlin and Los Lobos cds for the car.
Out of Scottish Borders of Eric Bogle’s homeland and Green Fields of France , down through wee bit of Burns’ dumfriesshire and my love is like a red red rose, into cumbria past appleby horse fair songs perhaps like spancil hill, beyond signs for Heysham ferry and giuseppe, on again and Morecambe where the cockle pickers so sadly died, heading for manchester ( so much to answer for sang morrisey before he became a far right disaster) and his song America, you are not the world.
Must dash, where are the car keys?
Rory
Whatever Morrissey might reflect upon Suffragette City I remember it with affection and appreciation…. I was only there for 3 years, twas there I got “the start”….
Good afternoon Christy,
I came across this song earlier and thought the lyric had a real Christy Moore vibe!
Worth a share: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQLU2sqv6VE
Hope you’re having a good one and thanks for years of powerful and beautiful music.
All the best,
Dev
currently in Limbo Dev…
Hi Christy
This gloomy Monday has been cheered by a re visit to ‘Irish folk, trad and blues – a secret history’ – a wonderful book by Colin Harper and Trevor Hodgett.
The intro describes the extensive content as ‘a celebration of free spirits – musical priests who came from or to Ireland, and mostly did so during a loosely defined golden age of music…’
Great to see you and Planxty featuring throughout… there’s a very apt quote from you that sums up how times changed, as folk clubs emerged. You’d heard Anne Briggs in ‘The Scot’s Hoose’, London and were impressed by the attentive nature of the audience, in contrast to your gigs in noisy pubs…next thing, you headed North, played folk clubs – the rest is history!
Not sure if the book is still available, but it would be well received by many here, if tracked down..it was published by Cherry Red Books in 2004
Dave
One evenin fair as I took the air
down by Blackwater side
crossed over Blackwater today .. east of Fermoy
I’m gobsmacked that its 17 years since that book was published…I’d have guessed 5 years
Old songs, old local songs feel like this to me
http://www.hudsonclaypotter.co.uk/calder-valley-wares/4583569801
John hudson digs up the clay a few miles from here.
I have some of this stuff in my kitchen.
It feels beautiful when you hold it in you hands.
I always find local songs tantalising. And the older the better. Connection to people?
Hello Christy,
You mention of P W Joyce has set me off on a treasure hunt.
There’s loads of stuff rescued and even online these days.
When you find a song what is it about it that makes it jump into your heart? A feeling with the words? Intuition? Something else? I suppose what I’m asking is do you know? And, if you do, what it that knowing? Sorry, I don’t think I’m putting this across very well.
Rebecca
The Well below The Valley
Away You Broken heart
Dalesman’s Litany
Beeswing
Sweet Thames Flow Softly
Gortatagort
Ancient rain
The Gardener
Spancilhill
Inchicore Wake
Rosalita & Jack Cambell
Little Musgrave
Lord Baker.
Bright Blue Rose
Companeros
Hattie Carroll……….
I dont know what happens..it may be personal but its still a mystery
Shout out to Hilary for sorting me out with what I was looking for…you’re a star, Hilary, thanks so much! And Christy, class act, as always. Hup the Banner! 😉
tis only the Shannon that separates ye
Dear christy,
I was just thinking of the questions music throws at us.
What becomes of the broken hearted?……………………….they stand somewhere near the ocean
Who put the bop in the bop shoowop shu wop?………………..Ewan MacColl
Is this the way to amarillo?……………………………..Peter Kay will tell us when he gets back (soon I hope)
Are you going to scarborough fair?………………………..Gonna stay in Robin Hood’s Bay
How many wives did the aga khan?………………………….9 including Rita Hayworth
Who cares?……………………………………………..not Boris
Should i stay or should i go?…………………………….god only knows
Does this train stop on merseyside?……………………….all change at crew except passengers for Tranmere
And of course everyones favourite…………………………Mr What 18/1
Anyone for the last few choc ices?………………………..apples oranges & bananas,get your ripe fruit here
Well that was a bit random but it might help getting over to the land of nod…..zzzzzzz
Cheers
Rory
Christy, my son…Sail on Jimmy lyrics…sent me a screenshot of the premier of RTE’s Christy’s Life on the Road. Recording set for Wednesday’s viewing. Should be some show!
all set Mary…we’ll get the milkin done early, get the rosary said and gather round the bosca in our sunday best….
and while I’m here…what about the Red & Green on Saturday ….were they not magnificent …to all our Mayo correspondants we offer congratulations on this achievement….to our Dublin friends we commend your team’s demeanour in defeat…ye have enjoyed complete dominance these past years…the rest of Leinster standing idly by as ye toyed with us…
Adelante…ar aghaidh linn
Thank you Rebeccah, that’s 100%. Great memory restored.
Hello Roseberry Rose,
I hope you don’t mind me answering.
There’s a copy of My little thatched home in Kildare in the National library of Australia
Here’s the link (I hope it works)
https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2844713717/view?partId=nla.obj-2844713891#page/n0/mode/1up
Rebecca
Thanks for that Rebecca..
when I was a young lad growing up in Kildare there was a schoolteacher living down by the River Liffey..his name was Mr Partridge and I think his name was Joe..looking atthe music sheet you linked there is a definite family resemblance…Mr Partridge was a fine gentle man.. himself and his wife always very friendly people…thank you for the memory
And this
https://youtu.be/ddRTztL6V4w
from the P.W.Joyce collection. Donal Lunny and I set this ball rolling back in 1964. Some say it was written by Rabbie Burns, others maintain it was adapted from an earlier song….either way it has revived this past half century and is still a beautiful song to sing….The Johnstons version crossed it over into the main stream with their 1967 recording..since then there have been hundreds of covers
I love this
https://youtu.be/nL7sxg6BQSE
Liam & Arty…two of the finest….Rod still to the good
I was going to ramble and praise Fairport, but Lizzy is right – so thinking of John Condon (via a FC song) war dead – Haiti and all struggling now… D
Listening with sadness to your song “Haiti” and wondering just how much suffering one country can take.
Hi Christy/ all
Many years since I first heard her mentioned by Nanci Griffith, I finally got round to hitting youtube for Kate Wolf songs – wow… If anyone is similarly inclined, I think ‘Redtail Hawk’ is a good starter…
Just getting a brew on before Fairport…
Dave