Hello Christy,
I’m listening to a couple of different versions of Listen this morning. Loving this version https://youtu.be/9F22FWV-EuA
The sound is quite dry but the interaction is lovely. You both make such a beautiful song of it.
I’m finding this song a challenge. I’m going to do a bit of humming in that guitar thing near the beginning.
I’ve had to draw arrows next to the words at the ends of the lines to help me remember whether it’s up, down or level. I can’t work from music, it’s too glued down.
The last time I was writing arrows next to words was when I was learning Musgrave. Steve commented the other day that he hears that song twice a day. Once from me and once from the planxty 2004 album. I play it when I finish work.
This has got pretty rambly. Just musing on a Sunday morning, I guess.
Rebecca
Christy's reply
I enjoyed that day in The Royal Spa,Lisdoonvarna….sitting there in black and white having a play with the good doctor as snow fell gently on the mining town…and him nonchalantly adjusting his spectacles mid stream….we covered a lot of ground across those 20 years
Good morning Christy,
I am really enjoying the new version of Bord na Mona Man . It sounds like you had fun and enjoyed re working this hidden gem.
Your voice sounds quite different these days to the version on the Box Set but i suppose that plenty of water has flowed under the Liffey bridge since then!
Keep on keeping on.
Rory
Christy's reply
Thanks Rory,
revision continues :
“taking a rib from her ribcage
she carved out a little man
and put him down near Barronstown
thats where it all began”
Hi All. Vicar St on Weds was hopping, the audience were so well up for it, the gig was sold out, there were even people standing up on the balcony such was the demand for tickets. Recent gigs have been in small intimate spaces and have been kinda low key as us audients adjust to being out at a live gig. I bet there is a need for Christy to re adjust also. To play solo after all the years of good comapaneros must be a challenge and to an audience in excess of 1,000 people. Vicar St is so special, it was wonderful to be there on 23rd Sept but even more wonderful to be back last Weds for the first gig of the traditional Christmas run of gigs, with the new backdrop and the new songs. December 1942 was the song of the night for me, so well delivered and in the middle of all the happy clappey songs one could hear the proverbial pin drop. As for the clip that is doing the rounds ,where CM stops in the middle of DTs to admonish some of the more rowdy crowd in the balcony. There is no doubt there was a party atmoshpere at the gig, it was more like a Barrowlands gig than anything else. In fairness very early on in the night Christy said something like ” I think I’m losing the balcony “. However after he finished DTs, he apologised for his outburst, well to a certain extent !!! In fact it was all taken in good part and worked !!. My own personal opinion was that Christy may have been more concerned for the listeners than for his own personal comfort. SO thanks Christy for a mighty start and bring on more lively Vicar St gigs when the migrants and visitors are here for Christmas & Jan le cunamh De, the 32 counties will be represented also. Beir bua agus beannacht. H
Christy's reply
You read it well H…
There was 3 or 4 people up in the Balcony who were at their own gig…singing a quiet song to 1,000 people who are listening carefully while 4 ludermawns talk loudly over the atmosphere is very distracting ….particularly for those listeners sitting around them…I’d asked them politely to cool it..the staff at Vicar St asked them repeatedly to calm down….unfortunately I lost it eventually…. which has resulted in an embarrassing clip doing the rounds…I need to consider the consequences before repeating such an outburst…
Thankfully,It did not seem effect the overall gig..the audience were magnificent…singing beautifully and engaging wholeheartedly ..but also listening when new work was presented…betimes like Barrowland betimes like some great Concert Hall…
Its wonderful to be back in front of the lamps..to experience the satisfaction and joy of singing to good songsters…we can but hope that it continues
Thank you for your feedback and ongoing support..
Really sorry about the Bury gig travels – good that Rebecca and Steve are ok
Going to brave the elements for essential supplies – dragging myself away from a warm record deck – ‘Flying into Mystery’, sounding very mellow this morning – great work, Christy and companeros.
Hello Christy,
It was a bit of a night last night.
We never made it to the gig because of 5 accidents on the roads. We weren’t in them but lots of people were. I hope everyone is ok .
There was a three car shunt on the m62, then we were stationary for ages getting onto the m66. Something had happened as we tried to get off the motorway, everything stopped. Then going into Bury some of the roads had been shut because of a major collision. We were grid locked 3 hours into the journey as the gig started, and we were nowhere near.
After another half an hour we decided to limp home. The m62 had been closed from junctions 22 to 24 by then, so we got off it early and slunk down the back roads to a curry house in Brighouse.
I find motorways in the UK very scary at the best of times but this was something else. I’ve never seen so many ambulances and even a fire engine at one point .
I just hope everyone is ok, and that the gig went well.
Was anyone there?
Rebecca
Christy's reply
Motorways have become even more scary….we dont where we are going yet we have become more intent on getting there quicker
That was a hell of a storm… nearly got up at 3 30!
The High Level Ranters were brilliant. Sadly, I never saw them gig, but have LPs by them and some of their members…saw a magical Johnny Handle night at the MSG on an early night there. Club nights must have been mighty in the North East…some great references in the Alan Hull doc…Lindisfarne’s harmonies were so tight – Alan Hull’s solo LPs get spun here too.
What a gem of a doc on Alan Hull/Lindisfarne… I’m done for today, having seen your 1990 ‘Late Show’ version of ‘Well Below the Valley/ Missing You’… a fine finish and a howling gale outside…
I’ll catch up on John Martyn over the weekend…it’s the TOGWT special. RIP John.
Night all
Dave
Christy's reply
Did you ever hear The High Level Ranters Dave..they were a mighty Band..played their club once..it was quite a challenge, the resident band were just brilliant….Tom Gilfellon, Johnny Handle, Colin Ross, Rae Fisher and Alastair Anderson sure could cook up a storm as the resident Band..such a distinctive city to play….I loved my times upon the Tyne….also developed a fondness for the Blue Star….seemed to twinkle upon every street….
Hello Christy,,
Thankyou for your quick and clear reply. I’m feeling disappointed that I won’t get to have a char with you. I’m usually surrounded by people who want to talk to me. It must be much worse for you.
We’re going to see ushers Island in Bury tonight. Looking forward to it.
Been listening to a few of your live sets on YouTube and just wondering what tuning your guitar is in? Apologies if you get this question a lot!
Myself and a few other lads were fortunate to get tickets for the Vicar St show on 16th December – can’t come quick enough!
-Mick
Christy's reply
I do not recommend my guitar tuning ..
It is very limiting….
I got off on the wrong foot 60 years ago and never managed to get back in step..
the cause of my misfortune !!! my bass string is tuned to f
Hello Christy,
I’m so happy that you like my version of Lagan love. What you said was so beautiful. Thankyou.
I started with the version you posted and struggled to make sense of it. I can’t sing a song I don’t understand, so it changed into something like what I wrote.
I’ve put some gentle and free arpeggios underneath it. It’s such a beautiful song.
We’re in Dublin from 7th to 12th January, if covid, brexit, the weather, the world and fire breathing dragons don’t stop us.
Please, I hope you don’t mind me asking. Would it be possible maybe to get together for a chat, maybe even a cup of tea, a sing sometime if you have a bit of time? Sorry if this is stupid.
Another good call by Rory – and what a great venue name. A rival to ‘King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut’ for sure…
I’m glad you like the Gaughan touches on ‘Snow…’he has such style.A song due a spin later is his take on Ewan MacColl’s ‘ Jamie Foyers’ – masterful words and song. Very poignant about a young Glaswegian ship yard worker killed in the Spanish Civil War. What impacts on me is the detail of who and what the young lad was and, tragically, what was lost.
Dear Christy,
Last night i went to see Belfast’s Joshua Burnside play at Glasgow’s Nice n Sleazy. He is worth a check out and his latest album has sounds from his block of flats during lockdown.
Very good gig and his encore was a class rendition of Hamish’s ‘Cod liver oil and the orange juice’.
Your new CD spinning on the car journey.
A fine night.
Rory
Hi Christy, what a night in Vicar St an amazing atmosphere, great to be able to attend live music again and if that’s a taste of what’s to come it was well worth the wait, some performance from you, put any young up and coming singer/Performer to shame, your energy was astounding and never flagged from flag fall to chequered flag, great to hear both the old and the new, a brilliant rendition of Go, Move Shift and a s stunning unaccompanied version of Spancehill and nice to hear the history of the origin of the song, and of the new one’s December 42 is guaranteed to still being sung in 100 years time, it was lovely to see the effect on an audience, you could hear a pin drop as you sang it, and many moved to near tears, you said it was a hard song to sing and a hard song to listen too, but it needs to be sung and it needs to be listened to, lest we forget, think after last night it will become a staple of your set,, you carried it off brilliantly,, and thank you for “The Honda Fifty” brings back lots of memories as you can imagine,,, all eight of “The Furze” battalion enjoyed every minute of it and some had already booked for going back Jan 3rd (covid allowing) and if any were not converted before last night they certainly are now.
Let the music keep your spirits high!!
Christy's reply
Only when I got the call out for Honda 50 did I remember that there were Yellow Furze in the room…I gave Conor a call out amid the roars.. dont know if it registered in the mayhem !!..then I was trying to get Yellow Furze Woman into the running order but never found a proper gap..before I knew it the curfew was called and I had to drop the curtain….we were down that way a while back visiting the graves…ended up down at The Cotton Mills watching a Heron as it tried to pluck dinner out of The Boyne….ended up in The Snail Box before heading back for The Black Lagoon…
Thanks for your ongoing interest and support…I love my connection with Boyne Valley….all part of where I come from
This is a song about Robert Emmet who has inspired me and who I’ve loved all my life .
I named my first son Emmet. I knew I would name my first Son Emmet when u was 14 years old.
He mixed Revolution with Romance and paid the price
The song is on the link below :
DON’T COME TO MY RESCUE
I’m Leaving tomorrow,
I’m going to ground
Thomas Street is quiet,
I still hear the sound
Of my heart,
my heart is beating.
I sleep in the morning,
travel
by dark
From Marshall Street Lane
where we lit the spark
Oh, I love you,
and I forgive you.
(Chorus)
Ohh aye oh aye oh aye,
don’t come to my rescue
Ohh aye oh aye oh aye, I love you
The voice in our heads tore us apart
The voice in our heads made stones of our hearts
My days are numbered and I shall part
A terrible beauty is born
Ohh aye oh aye oh aye,
don’t come to my rescue
Ohh aye oh aye oh aye,
I’m on the move now
(Bridge)
War is so cruel, cold and obscene
I’ll never go back to where I’ve been
Oh, I love you, and I long to be free
(Chorus)
Ohh aye oh aye oh aye,
don’t come to my rescue
Ohh aye oh aye oh aye, I love you
The voice in our heads tore us apart
The voice in our heads made stones of our hearts
My days are numbered and I shall part
A terrible beauty is born
Having revelled in Lisa O’Neill’s piece on http://www.itma.ie I turned to ‘finding Joseph Sadler’ – fascinating, and a successor to ‘Zozimus…you’re right, ITMA is a fantastic resource. In the days when I wandered Dublin regularly (often in The National Gallery) I wish I’d known about ITMA!
Great listening today – Dick Gaughan’s wonderful 1981 LP ‘ Handful of Earth’ – containing gem after gem, one in particular I wondered if it had ever hit your workroom – ‘The snows they melt the soonest’…a lovely song and melody.
Keep well
Dave
Christy's reply
Such beauty in Dick’s voice..his accompaniments always nurturing the song…I’ve not heard this song before..such a variety of recordings ..many of them from old mates….
Hello Christy,
I’m listening to a couple of different versions of Listen this morning. Loving this version
https://youtu.be/9F22FWV-EuA
The sound is quite dry but the interaction is lovely. You both make such a beautiful song of it.
I’m finding this song a challenge. I’m going to do a bit of humming in that guitar thing near the beginning.
I’ve had to draw arrows next to the words at the ends of the lines to help me remember whether it’s up, down or level. I can’t work from music, it’s too glued down.
The last time I was writing arrows next to words was when I was learning Musgrave. Steve commented the other day that he hears that song twice a day. Once from me and once from the planxty 2004 album. I play it when I finish work.
This has got pretty rambly. Just musing on a Sunday morning, I guess.
Rebecca
I enjoyed that day in The Royal Spa,Lisdoonvarna….sitting there in black and white having a play with the good doctor as snow fell gently on the mining town…and him nonchalantly adjusting his spectacles mid stream….we covered a lot of ground across those 20 years
Good morning Christy,
I am really enjoying the new version of Bord na Mona Man . It sounds like you had fun and enjoyed re working this hidden gem.
Your voice sounds quite different these days to the version on the Box Set but i suppose that plenty of water has flowed under the Liffey bridge since then!
Keep on keeping on.
Rory
Thanks Rory,
revision continues :
“taking a rib from her ribcage
she carved out a little man
and put him down near Barronstown
thats where it all began”
Hi All. Vicar St on Weds was hopping, the audience were so well up for it, the gig was sold out, there were even people standing up on the balcony such was the demand for tickets. Recent gigs have been in small intimate spaces and have been kinda low key as us audients adjust to being out at a live gig. I bet there is a need for Christy to re adjust also. To play solo after all the years of good comapaneros must be a challenge and to an audience in excess of 1,000 people. Vicar St is so special, it was wonderful to be there on 23rd Sept but even more wonderful to be back last Weds for the first gig of the traditional Christmas run of gigs, with the new backdrop and the new songs. December 1942 was the song of the night for me, so well delivered and in the middle of all the happy clappey songs one could hear the proverbial pin drop. As for the clip that is doing the rounds ,where CM stops in the middle of DTs to admonish some of the more rowdy crowd in the balcony. There is no doubt there was a party atmoshpere at the gig, it was more like a Barrowlands gig than anything else. In fairness very early on in the night Christy said something like ” I think I’m losing the balcony “. However after he finished DTs, he apologised for his outburst, well to a certain extent !!! In fact it was all taken in good part and worked !!. My own personal opinion was that Christy may have been more concerned for the listeners than for his own personal comfort. SO thanks Christy for a mighty start and bring on more lively Vicar St gigs when the migrants and visitors are here for Christmas & Jan le cunamh De, the 32 counties will be represented also. Beir bua agus beannacht. H
You read it well H…
There was 3 or 4 people up in the Balcony who were at their own gig…singing a quiet song to 1,000 people who are listening carefully while 4 ludermawns talk loudly over the atmosphere is very distracting ….particularly for those listeners sitting around them…I’d asked them politely to cool it..the staff at Vicar St asked them repeatedly to calm down….unfortunately I lost it eventually…. which has resulted in an embarrassing clip doing the rounds…I need to consider the consequences before repeating such an outburst…
Thankfully,It did not seem effect the overall gig..the audience were magnificent…singing beautifully and engaging wholeheartedly ..but also listening when new work was presented…betimes like Barrowland betimes like some great Concert Hall…
Its wonderful to be back in front of the lamps..to experience the satisfaction and joy of singing to good songsters…we can but hope that it continues
Thank you for your feedback and ongoing support..
Thanks Dave, it wasn’t great. I don’t know when I’ll get another chance to hear them
And well done to Christy
https://www.facebook.com/100020570524561/posts/850438465651830/?d=n
Really sorry about the Bury gig travels – good that Rebecca and Steve are ok
Going to brave the elements for essential supplies – dragging myself away from a warm record deck – ‘Flying into Mystery’, sounding very mellow this morning – great work, Christy and companeros.
Dave
Hello Christy,
It was a bit of a night last night.
We never made it to the gig because of 5 accidents on the roads. We weren’t in them but lots of people were. I hope everyone is ok .
There was a three car shunt on the m62, then we were stationary for ages getting onto the m66. Something had happened as we tried to get off the motorway, everything stopped. Then going into Bury some of the roads had been shut because of a major collision. We were grid locked 3 hours into the journey as the gig started, and we were nowhere near.
After another half an hour we decided to limp home. The m62 had been closed from junctions 22 to 24 by then, so we got off it early and slunk down the back roads to a curry house in Brighouse.
I find motorways in the UK very scary at the best of times but this was something else. I’ve never seen so many ambulances and even a fire engine at one point .
I just hope everyone is ok, and that the gig went well.
Was anyone there?
Rebecca
Motorways have become even more scary….we dont where we are going yet we have become more intent on getting there quicker
Mornin’ Christy
That was a hell of a storm… nearly got up at 3 30!
The High Level Ranters were brilliant. Sadly, I never saw them gig, but have LPs by them and some of their members…saw a magical Johnny Handle night at the MSG on an early night there. Club nights must have been mighty in the North East…some great references in the Alan Hull doc…Lindisfarne’s harmonies were so tight – Alan Hull’s solo LPs get spun here too.
RIP Rae Fisher – ‘ Bonny Birdy’ playing now…
Enjoy the day
Dave
Hi Christy/ all
What a gem of a doc on Alan Hull/Lindisfarne… I’m done for today, having seen your 1990 ‘Late Show’ version of ‘Well Below the Valley/ Missing You’… a fine finish and a howling gale outside…
I’ll catch up on John Martyn over the weekend…it’s the TOGWT special. RIP John.
Night all
Dave
Did you ever hear The High Level Ranters Dave..they were a mighty Band..played their club once..it was quite a challenge, the resident band were just brilliant….Tom Gilfellon, Johnny Handle, Colin Ross, Rae Fisher and Alastair Anderson sure could cook up a storm as the resident Band..such a distinctive city to play….I loved my times upon the Tyne….also developed a fondness for the Blue Star….seemed to twinkle upon every street….
Think you’d enjoy this on your travels !
https://vimeo.com/397047944/0910391ecf
thanks for sharing Joby…lovely to hear your TAK too
Hello. I thought I would share this remix I created of “Ride On”.
https://youtu.be/K8iPICo3aIM
I made it this week, I love the original song and felt like doing a tribute/remix for it.
Hello from Mallow!
Fair play to you
Hi Christy/ all
Bon voyage, with good sounds waiting for travellers to Bury for Usher’s Island – enjoy…
For home birds, there’s a feast on BBC 4 tonight. Starting at 9 00 with Alan Hull – Folk Hibernia – The Folk Revival – John Martyn In Concert…fab!!
Keep well
Dave
The wind is howlin here tonight
Hi Christy
Hope you are well .
Do you have any plans for a UK tour in the near future?
Morra Tony
No further plans at this time
Hello Christy,,
Thankyou for your quick and clear reply. I’m feeling disappointed that I won’t get to have a char with you. I’m usually surrounded by people who want to talk to me. It must be much worse for you.
We’re going to see ushers Island in Bury tonight. Looking forward to it.
Reb
I does all me chattin here Rebecca
Mornin’ Christy,
Been listening to a few of your live sets on YouTube and just wondering what tuning your guitar is in? Apologies if you get this question a lot!
Myself and a few other lads were fortunate to get tickets for the Vicar St show on 16th December – can’t come quick enough!
-Mick
I do not recommend my guitar tuning ..
It is very limiting….
I got off on the wrong foot 60 years ago and never managed to get back in step..
the cause of my misfortune !!! my bass string is tuned to f
Hello Christy,
I’m so happy that you like my version of Lagan love. What you said was so beautiful. Thankyou.
I started with the version you posted and struggled to make sense of it. I can’t sing a song I don’t understand, so it changed into something like what I wrote.
I’ve put some gentle and free arpeggios underneath it. It’s such a beautiful song.
We’re in Dublin from 7th to 12th January, if covid, brexit, the weather, the world and fire breathing dragons don’t stop us.
Please, I hope you don’t mind me asking. Would it be possible maybe to get together for a chat, maybe even a cup of tea, a sing sometime if you have a bit of time? Sorry if this is stupid.
Rebecca
Thank You…it is neither stupid nor possible…
Mornin’ Christy
Another good call by Rory – and what a great venue name. A rival to ‘King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut’ for sure…
I’m glad you like the Gaughan touches on ‘Snow…’he has such style.A song due a spin later is his take on Ewan MacColl’s ‘ Jamie Foyers’ – masterful words and song. Very poignant about a young Glaswegian ship yard worker killed in the Spanish Civil War. What impacts on me is the detail of who and what the young lad was and, tragically, what was lost.
Have a good day.
Dave
Jamie Foyers is a fine song
Dear Christy,
Last night i went to see Belfast’s Joshua Burnside play at Glasgow’s Nice n Sleazy. He is worth a check out and his latest album has sounds from his block of flats during lockdown.
Very good gig and his encore was a class rendition of Hamish’s ‘Cod liver oil and the orange juice’.
Your new CD spinning on the car journey.
A fine night.
Rory
Hi Christy, what a night in Vicar St an amazing atmosphere, great to be able to attend live music again and if that’s a taste of what’s to come it was well worth the wait, some performance from you, put any young up and coming singer/Performer to shame, your energy was astounding and never flagged from flag fall to chequered flag, great to hear both the old and the new, a brilliant rendition of Go, Move Shift and a s stunning unaccompanied version of Spancehill and nice to hear the history of the origin of the song, and of the new one’s December 42 is guaranteed to still being sung in 100 years time, it was lovely to see the effect on an audience, you could hear a pin drop as you sang it, and many moved to near tears, you said it was a hard song to sing and a hard song to listen too, but it needs to be sung and it needs to be listened to, lest we forget, think after last night it will become a staple of your set,, you carried it off brilliantly,, and thank you for “The Honda Fifty” brings back lots of memories as you can imagine,,, all eight of “The Furze” battalion enjoyed every minute of it and some had already booked for going back Jan 3rd (covid allowing) and if any were not converted before last night they certainly are now.
Let the music keep your spirits high!!
Only when I got the call out for Honda 50 did I remember that there were Yellow Furze in the room…I gave Conor a call out amid the roars.. dont know if it registered in the mayhem !!..then I was trying to get Yellow Furze Woman into the running order but never found a proper gap..before I knew it the curfew was called and I had to drop the curtain….we were down that way a while back visiting the graves…ended up down at The Cotton Mills watching a Heron as it tried to pluck dinner out of The Boyne….ended up in The Snail Box before heading back for The Black Lagoon…
Thanks for your ongoing interest and support…I love my connection with Boyne Valley….all part of where I come from
This is a song about Robert Emmet who has inspired me and who I’ve loved all my life .
I named my first son Emmet. I knew I would name my first Son Emmet when u was 14 years old.
He mixed Revolution with Romance and paid the price
The song is on the link below :
DON’T COME TO MY RESCUE
I’m Leaving tomorrow,
I’m going to ground
Thomas Street is quiet,
I still hear the sound
Of my heart,
my heart is beating.
I sleep in the morning,
travel
by dark
From Marshall Street Lane
where we lit the spark
Oh, I love you,
and I forgive you.
(Chorus)
Ohh aye oh aye oh aye,
don’t come to my rescue
Ohh aye oh aye oh aye, I love you
The voice in our heads tore us apart
The voice in our heads made stones of our hearts
My days are numbered and I shall part
A terrible beauty is born
Ohh aye oh aye oh aye,
don’t come to my rescue
Ohh aye oh aye oh aye,
I’m on the move now
(Bridge)
War is so cruel, cold and obscene
I’ll never go back to where I’ve been
Oh, I love you, and I long to be free
(Chorus)
Ohh aye oh aye oh aye,
don’t come to my rescue
Ohh aye oh aye oh aye, I love you
The voice in our heads tore us apart
The voice in our heads made stones of our hearts
My days are numbered and I shall part
A terrible beauty is born
https://www.jobyfox.com/music
Also the song “no home” is about the Famine
Thanks for sharing your songs with us Joby..will be having a listen
Hi Christy/ all
Having revelled in Lisa O’Neill’s piece on http://www.itma.ie I turned to ‘finding Joseph Sadler’ – fascinating, and a successor to ‘Zozimus…you’re right, ITMA is a fantastic resource. In the days when I wandered Dublin regularly (often in The National Gallery) I wish I’d known about ITMA!
Great listening today – Dick Gaughan’s wonderful 1981 LP ‘ Handful of Earth’ – containing gem after gem, one in particular I wondered if it had ever hit your workroom – ‘The snows they melt the soonest’…a lovely song and melody.
Keep well
Dave
Such beauty in Dick’s voice..his accompaniments always nurturing the song…I’ve not heard this song before..such a variety of recordings ..many of them from old mates….