Hello Christy,
Thankyou for all the tips. It sounds like a fine night last night.
A little searching for Brian Peters, he has a sense of humour, doesn’t he. I’ve ordered his album of Child ballads from bandcamp and a book of Lancashire folk songs from Harry Boardman too.
Colm Keating usually posts photos from the Goilin club on Facebook sometime over the weekend.
I’ll keep at it with the Robin Hood in kirklees song and see where it goes.
Here’s a quick blast from Brian https://youtu.be/96Xuu8yeTFc
Last but not least, good luck to Leinster this afternoon. Should be a great match.
Rebecca
Christy's reply
Busy here on the sporting front….not only do we have Leinster in the European Rugby Final…..we also have to focus on Kildare versus Dublin in the Leinster Gaelic Football Final..I believe there may be a soccer match on as well
Brian Peters sang that “Wild Rover” last night amidst a great selection of songs
Hi Christy, Hope this finds you well. I haven’t been on the guestbook for a while now so I just wanted to check in to say thank you for a couple of recent gigs that I attached. Firstly Mullingar and The Park Hotel and secondly the more intimate surroundings of The Hawkswell Theatre in Sligo. I really enjoyed both gigs, great to see you in such fine form. Great to catch up with some old friends as well along the way. Hope to catch you in Bundoran if not before #YNWA Love & Respect Martin Mac
Christy's reply
Welcome back Martin….I spotted you at a recent gig…there was a grand line of 4711ers across the front row…you were givin it welly….twas a grand auld buzz altogether…..Beautiful Bundoran Beckons
“O adieu to Ballyshannon will I ever see you more
and manys the happy day I spent around Bundoran’s shore
to my wife and family I bid a sad farewell
for I’m going away and I’m bound to stay- in the burning pits of hell”
Now there’s a last verse not easily forgotten…. its from “Father McFadden” …a song I learned from Frank Lunny (senior)when we were all gasúns way back in the 1960s…its on an album I recorded back in 1969 called “Paddy On The Road”….there was a lot of ale involved in the making !
Hazzo2017
May 28, 2022 at 2:10 am
Location: In a house in a street just looking’ at my feet - my Mildura home
Christy, re Barry Humpries: sometimes the characters are more wholesome & likeable than the artist…
Just listened to Sinead O’Connor’s “Three Babies”. Touching challenging sobering confronting but wonderful – when she hits the target she blows it away completely
Your shows seem to be going gang busters – congrats to you – I close my eyes & try to picture the venues & locales
Onwards & upwards CM – the magic of music is forever, one line from one song can affect many people in many different ways – you have the gift
I’d best leave before your ego explodes
Keep up the sorcery (saucery)
Kindest regards
Danny Harris Northern-most spot Vic-bloody-toria
Christy's reply
dont talk to me about ego….I’ll have to get a bigger hat
Hi C. Great to see the setlist evolving and changing, the rendition of Dec 42 last night in UL was spine tingling, well done. I think Ride On and Johnny Boy work so well together, and Motherland is such a powerful song. The bodhran solo and the many standing up songs are now an integral part of the gig. As travel opens up I have met several international visitors recently and so many have high praise for Flying into Mystery, many believe it is one of your finest albums. Leonard Barry & Seamie O Dowd played Tralee tonight, you were mentioned several times as they sang Cliffs of Doneen and Good Ship Kangaroo and by co incidence Seamie sang Foxy Devil, Beir bua agus beannacht. H
Christy's reply
The return to solo singing was daunting at first…but the songs carry me along, the good listeners inspire
I can well imagine Seamie & Leonard …two great players
Speaking of Brian Friel’s Translations, it’s the Abbey’s forthcoming summer production. Starts on 13 June through to 13 August. Check the theatre’s web page for times, dates.
Christy's reply
Thanks Ed….I’ve seen a few different productions…its time to go at it again
Hello Christy,
I’ve been reading it through this morning. Bold and kindly heroes, scheming, murdering prioresses, treachery, blood, loyalty, threats of arson, death.
What a story!
Hope you’re enjoying it as much as I am.
Rebecca
Christy's reply
Last night we heard Brian Peters from Glossop sing two sets at the Góilín Singers Club. It was a wonderful night. He was supported by, at least, 20 floor singers. Everyone left the club buzzing after a stellar night…. Brian’s singing was uplifting and mesmerising…..he brought me right back to hearing Harry Boardman in Manchester many years ago
Hi Christy, Just a note to thank you sincerely for you for writing a lovely note in my son’s, (Nathan) ‘Christy Moore’ book, and also giving him a mention in the concert in UL last night and for giving him your set list. He’s going to get it framed. It made a great gig all the more special. Unfortunately I didn’t get a photo of you and Nathan together, but hopefully I will some time soon to include in his collection.
All the best,
Cormac & Nathan Keppel.
Christy's reply
twas a pleasure Cormac….seeing young Nathan in Limerick reminded me of a night 60 years ago …with a few pals I went to hear The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem ..it changed my life…those old ballads still resound
Hello Christy,
It sounds like last night’s gig was a belter, and Cork has appeared on the front page. Not long and we’ll be exploring that beautiful green land of yours once more.
I read what you said about culture being stripped away. I feel the same about what we had here in this place. I know there’s something there in the deep recesses of old memories, but it can’t be surfaced. The Romans and Christians wiped it away.
The Holy well near Alegar Street in Brighouse.
I had a look through some old maps. It’s there, marked on the map of 1851, at the foot of the Alegar bank wood. The wood is still here, on the left as you drive from Brighouse to junction 25 of the M62, as it is romantically known these days.
The 1851 map shows all the Wells round here and the Alegar well is very clear. It’s now under a load of concrete on the corner of Sherwood Road and Wakefield Road. We have a lot of Robin hood lore in that area of Brighouse. He’s supposed to be buried just there near Kirklees Hall, or the Priory as it was in those days
There’s a ballad from the 1700s about it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood's_Grave
He’s probably buried in 17 other places too but I’m sticking to my story.
Rebecca
Christy's reply
you mention
“theres a 1700’s ballad about it”
curiousity stirred me to look…
no joy…
any pointers ?
has anyone sung it ?
Morning Christy,
Just in from a morning constitutional and happened again upon Scallcrows.
Honestly it is not a song i ‘enjoy’ but has always fascinated me.
It has an occassional jarring guitar like a crow call, in places it buzzes round like those bluebottles and throughout it menaces like those scallcrow reporters.
Fair play.
Rory
Christy's reply
every now and then Rory you manage to pull one out of the hat …to breathe some life into a long forgotten ballad…
this wee song hardly got a mention when it landed….it had an awkward,troubled, difficult birth and fizzled out, soon to be forgotten…..that is, until this morning when you stumbled across it and stirred it back to life….
Limerick was beautiful last night….went “right thru the card”, riding winners all the way….we cleaned out the bookies….there was a steward’s enquiry after we took the selling plate ( by a short head ) but the winner was declared “all right” ( or should that read “alright”- I’ve often wondered )
Big weekend of sport ahead here….Kildare play Dublin in the Leinster Final….our “Lilywhites” face “the Boys in Blue”……we need a miracle against the jackeens but I ‘believes’ in miracles Rory and stranger things have happened…we’ll be there when they take to the field, we’ll support them to the very last….
next week I have a “home”gig…Killashee is but 5 miles “across the fields” to Newbridge (Droichead Nua) where I spent my first 18 years….100 years ago, Killashee was a convent school, 100 years ago my 7 year old Father was placed there by his widowed mother….
Killashee is the anglicisation/bastardisation of Coill na Sí(The Wood of the Faeries)….
not happy with invading,conquering and pillaging this Island, the Colonisers almost succeeded in destroying our language and culture…the hungry hordes did similar destruction in your own fair land with thon Highland Clearances…(the Johnsons and Rees-Moggs have been around for a long long time,savage destroyers that they are), …if you ever get a chance to see “Translations”, its a play by Brian Friel, I heartily recommend it…
We’re under starters orders here Rory… and the going is good
Ps Christy
Poor dave’s computer has gone phut…so he is unable to post just now, i am sure he is , virtual-free, wandering the canals of suffragette city whistling mike harding tunes and sooking on a bag of aniseed humbugs.
Rory
Christy's reply
its the very devil itself how we have become attached to these infernal devices…If I leave home without the old Nokia life appears unbearable until I forget that I dont have it…forget the mac and I’d have to turn back….Dave will survive the withdrawal symptoms..hopefully he’ll steer well clear of Yates Wine Lodge..a few hours in there and a banjaxed computer will be the least of his worries…let us all pray for the return of Dagrab to these green and pleasant pastures….
Hey Christy,
If you are heading for Limerick today head first to their race track, first race 4.50.
My mother tips grey horses with green clad jockeys.
My wife tips pretty horses with kind jockeys.
My son tips horses that make him laugh.
I like the outsider in a 3 runner race.
You would have fancied the one with Frankie or Ruby in the plate.
One of us is bound to win…or maybe the one called Lord Baker ridden by jacko reilly will win today.
Cheers
Rory
Christy's reply
my granny Ellie Power had a daily love affair with Lester Piggott..he could do no wrong in her eyes….she’d lay her last shilling each way on any mount of the Golden Boy
Hi Christy.. all the best for later..familiar territory..
I’d posted about the St. Clare’s orphanage tragedy here previously so hope it’s ok to (again).. a local youth theatre recently composed a 35 minute audio experience that leads the listener through the events of the 23th of February 1943, when a fire raged through St. Clare’s orphanage and took with it the lives of 35 children and 1 elderly woman. Told through the perspectives of those involved in the rescue, the children, and the tribunal witnesses, listeners are guided through the outside spaces that played an essential role on that night. I followed the tour on Sunday..great appreciation for audio tours..like the songs they can take you back in time..the only other I’ve done is on Alcatraz Island..
Here is the link for anyone interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5xx-jaXndg
Kev
Christy's reply
will watch later Kev… in the dressing room in Limerick rubbing in the wintergreen
Hello Christy,
That’s another big gap in my musical knowledge. I’ve never heard Sweeney’s Men. There’s an album flying this way to help me plug the leak. It will be good to listen to them and think of Ye Vagabonds.
A thing that plays Internet radio appeared in our house the other week. I’ve been listening to CeolFM. Fab station with wall to wall pipes, fiddles and songs. Great for exploring. One thing I noticed was there’s some bass and drumkit in there too. I remember you mentioned this linked with PAs a while back. It’s a very different thing and I think it’s a shame to get stuck in loads of 4.4.. I love how it works when it’s led by a voice. The fluidity and freedom of added beats and different length phrases. I love it.
Rebecca
Christy's reply
in retrospect..I’m starting to have doubts about the wisdom of introducing rock ‘n roll rhythm to the raw bar…its a bit like adding red lemonade to top shelf brandy…tobacco to sweet ganja..I’ll leave it at that
Howya!
Desperately looking for two tix for the Killashee gig. Traveling from Colorado home to north Wexford next week. Staying at Killashee the night of the show. Unfortunately though, our tickets fell through, and have not been able to secure any. A fan since the early 80’s, but emigrated to the US, and never been to a live gig.
Christy's reply
say three hail marys and a few glorias
mickredmond
May 25, 2022 at 8:15 pm
Location: Grove Tavern, South Wimbledon - Chrsity Moore Facebook Page
Hi Christy
Thanks for your comments to Dad and the Redmond Family, I’ve found an old photo of yourself from the 80s with Roger Sherlock, Raymond Roland, Liam Farrell in The Grove Tavern, South Wimbledon, I’ve posted it on your facebook page, Raymonds daughter is a good friend of mine and I believe you may have stayed in my friends place, plunkett family in kensal rise in the 60s, All the best Mick Redmond
Christy's reply
You got me there Mick…
I well remember that Sunday Morning Session in Wimbledon
Betimes I gratefully recieved shelter and sustenance in the Homes of Raymond and Rose Roland, of Liam and Margaret Farrell….at a time when I had very little, their kind hospitality and friendship meant a lot to me….
across 6 years in the UK I never once stayed in a B/B or guest house…I stayed in hundreds of houses, on beds,couches and floors,….the name you mention rings a distant bell but I dont have clear recall of Kensal Rise
Hi Christy,
I went a very small wander this morning (and saw a biullfinch) listening to that mix of female music you had suggested.
It starts with the big voice of maria callas and it reminded me of the story you tell in the Box Set.
Pavarotti disappearing for a feed between every song ,and also of the opera house in wexford.
Never really an opera buff myself, once went in Edinburgh …never again.
The Box Set story is brilliant, i bet you have some range of memories…time to grab that mug of tea to hear you tell a few.
Keep on keeping on Christy.
Rory
Christy's reply
I would have pangs of envy when I witness listeners enveloped in the magical mystery of opera…. I recognise the art, talent, passion and technical expertise that goes into creating the phenomenon that is Opera…. my buzz comes from different quarters…John Reilly singing Lord Baker in the quiet corner of a humble pub, Liam O’Flynn playing (to me alone) in a Sandymount bedsit, Jeannie Roberston in Blairgowrie, The Watersons at The Blue Bell in Hull, Annie Briggs in The Scotch House London, The McPeakes at Keele Festival……no production required, no OTT antics, no brouhaha, fur coats nor dress suits, neither bugle bell nor whistle….
Good Man Rory…..heading to Limerick today, have a few dusted off, hoping to re introduce them to the set..
watched the Frankie Dettori on the Sky Docs box last night
Hello Christy,
Thankyou for all the tips. It sounds like a fine night last night.
A little searching for Brian Peters, he has a sense of humour, doesn’t he. I’ve ordered his album of Child ballads from bandcamp and a book of Lancashire folk songs from Harry Boardman too.
Colm Keating usually posts photos from the Goilin club on Facebook sometime over the weekend.
I’ll keep at it with the Robin Hood in kirklees song and see where it goes.
Here’s a quick blast from Brian
https://youtu.be/96Xuu8yeTFc
Last but not least, good luck to Leinster this afternoon. Should be a great match.
Rebecca
Busy here on the sporting front….not only do we have Leinster in the European Rugby Final…..we also have to focus on Kildare versus Dublin in the Leinster Gaelic Football Final..I believe there may be a soccer match on as well
Brian Peters sang that “Wild Rover” last night amidst a great selection of songs
Hi Christy, Hope this finds you well. I haven’t been on the guestbook for a while now so I just wanted to check in to say thank you for a couple of recent gigs that I attached. Firstly Mullingar and The Park Hotel and secondly the more intimate surroundings of The Hawkswell Theatre in Sligo. I really enjoyed both gigs, great to see you in such fine form. Great to catch up with some old friends as well along the way. Hope to catch you in Bundoran if not before #YNWA Love & Respect Martin Mac
Welcome back Martin….I spotted you at a recent gig…there was a grand line of 4711ers across the front row…you were givin it welly….twas a grand auld buzz altogether…..Beautiful Bundoran Beckons
“O adieu to Ballyshannon will I ever see you more
and manys the happy day I spent around Bundoran’s shore
to my wife and family I bid a sad farewell
for I’m going away and I’m bound to stay- in the burning pits of hell”
Now there’s a last verse not easily forgotten…. its from “Father McFadden” …a song I learned from Frank Lunny (senior)when we were all gasúns way back in the 1960s…its on an album I recorded back in 1969 called “Paddy On The Road”….there was a lot of ale involved in the making !
Christy, re Barry Humpries: sometimes the characters are more wholesome & likeable than the artist…
Just listened to Sinead O’Connor’s “Three Babies”. Touching challenging sobering confronting but wonderful – when she hits the target she blows it away completely
Your shows seem to be going gang busters – congrats to you – I close my eyes & try to picture the venues & locales
Onwards & upwards CM – the magic of music is forever, one line from one song can affect many people in many different ways – you have the gift
I’d best leave before your ego explodes
Keep up the sorcery (saucery)
Kindest regards
Danny Harris Northern-most spot Vic-bloody-toria
dont talk to me about ego….I’ll have to get a bigger hat
Hi C. Great to see the setlist evolving and changing, the rendition of Dec 42 last night in UL was spine tingling, well done. I think Ride On and Johnny Boy work so well together, and Motherland is such a powerful song. The bodhran solo and the many standing up songs are now an integral part of the gig. As travel opens up I have met several international visitors recently and so many have high praise for Flying into Mystery, many believe it is one of your finest albums. Leonard Barry & Seamie O Dowd played Tralee tonight, you were mentioned several times as they sang Cliffs of Doneen and Good Ship Kangaroo and by co incidence Seamie sang Foxy Devil, Beir bua agus beannacht. H
The return to solo singing was daunting at first…but the songs carry me along, the good listeners inspire
I can well imagine Seamie & Leonard …two great players
Speaking of Brian Friel’s Translations, it’s the Abbey’s forthcoming summer production. Starts on 13 June through to 13 August. Check the theatre’s web page for times, dates.
Thanks Ed….I’ve seen a few different productions…its time to go at it again
Hello Christy,
I’ve been reading it through this morning. Bold and kindly heroes, scheming, murdering prioresses, treachery, blood, loyalty, threats of arson, death.
What a story!
Hope you’re enjoying it as much as I am.
Rebecca
Last night we heard Brian Peters from Glossop sing two sets at the Góilín Singers Club. It was a wonderful night. He was supported by, at least, 20 floor singers. Everyone left the club buzzing after a stellar night…. Brian’s singing was uplifting and mesmerising…..he brought me right back to hearing Harry Boardman in Manchester many years ago
Hi Christy, Just a note to thank you sincerely for you for writing a lovely note in my son’s, (Nathan) ‘Christy Moore’ book, and also giving him a mention in the concert in UL last night and for giving him your set list. He’s going to get it framed. It made a great gig all the more special. Unfortunately I didn’t get a photo of you and Nathan together, but hopefully I will some time soon to include in his collection.
All the best,
Cormac & Nathan Keppel.
twas a pleasure Cormac….seeing young Nathan in Limerick reminded me of a night 60 years ago …with a few pals I went to hear The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem ..it changed my life…those old ballads still resound
Here’s a recording of part of it
https://youtu.be/FNV-Y3tAtmw
He starts halfway through verse 120B.1
Thank You….
Robin Hood’s Death is number 120 in the Child’s ballads. All good stuff…
Hello Christy,
It sounds like last night’s gig was a belter, and Cork has appeared on the front page. Not long and we’ll be exploring that beautiful green land of yours once more.
I read what you said about culture being stripped away. I feel the same about what we had here in this place. I know there’s something there in the deep recesses of old memories, but it can’t be surfaced. The Romans and Christians wiped it away.
The Holy well near Alegar Street in Brighouse.
I had a look through some old maps. It’s there, marked on the map of 1851, at the foot of the Alegar bank wood. The wood is still here, on the left as you drive from Brighouse to junction 25 of the M62, as it is romantically known these days.
The 1851 map shows all the Wells round here and the Alegar well is very clear. It’s now under a load of concrete on the corner of Sherwood Road and Wakefield Road. We have a lot of Robin hood lore in that area of Brighouse. He’s supposed to be buried just there near Kirklees Hall, or the Priory as it was in those days
There’s a ballad from the 1700s about it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood's_Grave
He’s probably buried in 17 other places too but I’m sticking to my story.
Rebecca
you mention
“theres a 1700’s ballad about it”
curiousity stirred me to look…
no joy…
any pointers ?
has anyone sung it ?
Morning Christy,
Just in from a morning constitutional and happened again upon Scallcrows.
Honestly it is not a song i ‘enjoy’ but has always fascinated me.
It has an occassional jarring guitar like a crow call, in places it buzzes round like those bluebottles and throughout it menaces like those scallcrow reporters.
Fair play.
Rory
every now and then Rory you manage to pull one out of the hat …to breathe some life into a long forgotten ballad…
this wee song hardly got a mention when it landed….it had an awkward,troubled, difficult birth and fizzled out, soon to be forgotten…..that is, until this morning when you stumbled across it and stirred it back to life….
Limerick was beautiful last night….went “right thru the card”, riding winners all the way….we cleaned out the bookies….there was a steward’s enquiry after we took the selling plate ( by a short head ) but the winner was declared “all right” ( or should that read “alright”- I’ve often wondered )
Big weekend of sport ahead here….Kildare play Dublin in the Leinster Final….our “Lilywhites” face “the Boys in Blue”……we need a miracle against the jackeens but I ‘believes’ in miracles Rory and stranger things have happened…we’ll be there when they take to the field, we’ll support them to the very last….
next week I have a “home”gig…Killashee is but 5 miles “across the fields” to Newbridge (Droichead Nua) where I spent my first 18 years….100 years ago, Killashee was a convent school, 100 years ago my 7 year old Father was placed there by his widowed mother….
Killashee is the anglicisation/bastardisation of Coill na Sí(The Wood of the Faeries)….
not happy with invading,conquering and pillaging this Island, the Colonisers almost succeeded in destroying our language and culture…the hungry hordes did similar destruction in your own fair land with thon Highland Clearances…(the Johnsons and Rees-Moggs have been around for a long long time,savage destroyers that they are), …if you ever get a chance to see “Translations”, its a play by Brian Friel, I heartily recommend it…
We’re under starters orders here Rory… and the going is good
Ps Christy
Poor dave’s computer has gone phut…so he is unable to post just now, i am sure he is , virtual-free, wandering the canals of suffragette city whistling mike harding tunes and sooking on a bag of aniseed humbugs.
Rory
its the very devil itself how we have become attached to these infernal devices…If I leave home without the old Nokia life appears unbearable until I forget that I dont have it…forget the mac and I’d have to turn back….Dave will survive the withdrawal symptoms..hopefully he’ll steer well clear of Yates Wine Lodge..a few hours in there and a banjaxed computer will be the least of his worries…let us all pray for the return of Dagrab to these green and pleasant pastures….
Ride On Rory ( claiming 7 lbs)
Hey Christy,
If you are heading for Limerick today head first to their race track, first race 4.50.
My mother tips grey horses with green clad jockeys.
My wife tips pretty horses with kind jockeys.
My son tips horses that make him laugh.
I like the outsider in a 3 runner race.
You would have fancied the one with Frankie or Ruby in the plate.
One of us is bound to win…or maybe the one called Lord Baker ridden by jacko reilly will win today.
Cheers
Rory
my granny Ellie Power had a daily love affair with Lester Piggott..he could do no wrong in her eyes….she’d lay her last shilling each way on any mount of the Golden Boy
Hi Christy.. all the best for later..familiar territory..
I’d posted about the St. Clare’s orphanage tragedy here previously so hope it’s ok to (again).. a local youth theatre recently composed a 35 minute audio experience that leads the listener through the events of the 23th of February 1943, when a fire raged through St. Clare’s orphanage and took with it the lives of 35 children and 1 elderly woman. Told through the perspectives of those involved in the rescue, the children, and the tribunal witnesses, listeners are guided through the outside spaces that played an essential role on that night. I followed the tour on Sunday..great appreciation for audio tours..like the songs they can take you back in time..the only other I’ve done is on Alcatraz Island..
Here is the link for anyone interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5xx-jaXndg
Kev
will watch later Kev… in the dressing room in Limerick rubbing in the wintergreen
Hello Christy,
That’s another big gap in my musical knowledge. I’ve never heard Sweeney’s Men. There’s an album flying this way to help me plug the leak. It will be good to listen to them and think of Ye Vagabonds.
A thing that plays Internet radio appeared in our house the other week. I’ve been listening to CeolFM. Fab station with wall to wall pipes, fiddles and songs. Great for exploring. One thing I noticed was there’s some bass and drumkit in there too. I remember you mentioned this linked with PAs a while back. It’s a very different thing and I think it’s a shame to get stuck in loads of 4.4.. I love how it works when it’s led by a voice. The fluidity and freedom of added beats and different length phrases. I love it.
Rebecca
in retrospect..I’m starting to have doubts about the wisdom of introducing rock ‘n roll rhythm to the raw bar…its a bit like adding red lemonade to top shelf brandy…tobacco to sweet ganja..I’ll leave it at that
Howya!
Desperately looking for two tix for the Killashee gig. Traveling from Colorado home to north Wexford next week. Staying at Killashee the night of the show. Unfortunately though, our tickets fell through, and have not been able to secure any. A fan since the early 80’s, but emigrated to the US, and never been to a live gig.
say three hail marys and a few glorias
Hi Christy
Thanks for your comments to Dad and the Redmond Family, I’ve found an old photo of yourself from the 80s with Roger Sherlock, Raymond Roland, Liam Farrell in The Grove Tavern, South Wimbledon, I’ve posted it on your facebook page, Raymonds daughter is a good friend of mine and I believe you may have stayed in my friends place, plunkett family in kensal rise in the 60s, All the best Mick Redmond
You got me there Mick…
I well remember that Sunday Morning Session in Wimbledon
Betimes I gratefully recieved shelter and sustenance in the Homes of Raymond and Rose Roland, of Liam and Margaret Farrell….at a time when I had very little, their kind hospitality and friendship meant a lot to me….
across 6 years in the UK I never once stayed in a B/B or guest house…I stayed in hundreds of houses, on beds,couches and floors,….the name you mention rings a distant bell but I dont have clear recall of Kensal Rise
Hi Christy,
I went a very small wander this morning (and saw a biullfinch) listening to that mix of female music you had suggested.
It starts with the big voice of maria callas and it reminded me of the story you tell in the Box Set.
Pavarotti disappearing for a feed between every song ,and also of the opera house in wexford.
Never really an opera buff myself, once went in Edinburgh …never again.
The Box Set story is brilliant, i bet you have some range of memories…time to grab that mug of tea to hear you tell a few.
Keep on keeping on Christy.
Rory
I would have pangs of envy when I witness listeners enveloped in the magical mystery of opera…. I recognise the art, talent, passion and technical expertise that goes into creating the phenomenon that is Opera…. my buzz comes from different quarters…John Reilly singing Lord Baker in the quiet corner of a humble pub, Liam O’Flynn playing (to me alone) in a Sandymount bedsit, Jeannie Roberston in Blairgowrie, The Watersons at The Blue Bell in Hull, Annie Briggs in The Scotch House London, The McPeakes at Keele Festival……no production required, no OTT antics, no brouhaha, fur coats nor dress suits, neither bugle bell nor whistle….
Good Man Rory…..heading to Limerick today, have a few dusted off, hoping to re introduce them to the set..
watched the Frankie Dettori on the Sky Docs box last night
Hope your keeping well i meant .
all good, thanks be…
Looking forward to seeing your gig again soon christy hope your keepung well .