Cliffs of Moher today, then Dublin and possibly the Wicklow mountains, returning to Germany on Thursday. I will come back and probably schedule my next visit around one of your concerts again. Looking forward to the new album
Christy's reply
Way up in the Wicklow Mountais…’tis easier hide than you think….
That’s exactly how I’m feeling, Christy; still emotionally high from last night’s concert. I can lead the singalong in air today but it will be with a smaller crowd, heading to London first for 3 nights before going home. I can’t just cross the pond to attend a concert, that would be crazy, I need a life. And I think that shimmy shammy song is going to play in my head all day… Warbling out of orbit… Flying into Mystery… Later
Christy's reply
tell Keir I was asking for him..greetings to the Corbanistas
Hello Christy,
Oh it sounds like it was a great gig last night. Your talk of crocodiles sent me wandering and I ended up with Ruby Walsh. For me, its words are right up there with Lisdoonvarna, brilliance!
I thought I’d got a sneaky video that I’d captured live but I can’t find it. Here’s another one, pretty recent. Love the way they evolve over time.
Extra Munction is a bit of a gem. https://youtu.be/gwf4Kzevh3U?si=TKEbRuIvdpPh5OZB
I’ve got a couple of partial lines going round my head.
“…Lay down with the alligator…
…Will we ever see the likes of him again….”
It’s driving me nuts! Does anyone have any ideas what it is?
I know Joni’s first four albums well but had not heard of this beautiful Magdalene song until last night, will check it out. I also started listening to Planxty. Humming to tune of Tuam Beat on way to airport… Shimmy Shammy … 🙂
Christy's reply
I love the image….Petel at 32,000 feet winging it back to CA…all the passengers transfixed as he warbles;
“O the Tuam Beat goes Sugar Sugar
and the heart speaks Hows Your Mother
‘n The Tuam Beat goes shimmy shammy
and the heart beats Hows your Mammy”
Christy
The sunset up here was just stunning last night.
Made me want to blast out Knopfler’s theme from Local Hero but that would have disturbed the peace.
This morning it is just as stunning and the wife has already told me to forget playing music this early to accompany the view.
Eagles and midges what more could i need?
Not the musical Eagles ( never a fan) nor a Midge Ure devotee.
Thinking of Joxer’s in-laws and Pat D all girding their loins for an inglerland defeat and the ensuing carnage.
Love and wishes from the North
Rory
Christy's reply
Way Up North
North to Alaska
goin North when the rush is on
until this very morning I always thought Johnny Horton was singin North of the Russian Zone
Christy, I have no idea how you manage to consistently outdo yourself from gig to gig. You made me think, laugh, ponder, chuckle, jubilate, and having a good ol’ time while doing all of the above. Another Magical Night indeed. Thank you for doing Voyage, it was special. Motherland was exquisite, it ranks up there with Beeswing. And what an outstanding setlist to remind us the harsh realities conveyed in Palestine and Hattie Carroll/Natasha O’Brien. I still want to be a fly on your wall despite your spider threat. For now, until my next trip, thank you and be well. (And thank you, Pat D., Ed C.)
Christy's reply
Petel, one of my fave venues in this land..Drogheda has always welcomed the songs.Going way back to 1972 when Planxty rolled into Town….last night the audience in the TLT carried me along for 28 songs…great listening, intersting requests, beautiful singing coming back at me…one of those specail nights for me….my cousin was in the room all the way from Stackallen in County Meath, you were there from Northern California, I got to do 3 songs from a forthcoming album …that request for Joni’s “Magdalen Laundry” was special, good call outs from right around the room….would love to have sung them all …safe journey back over the ocean
Type in ‘Planxty Barbican’ in Mister Google and a great Robert Deneslow review of that January 2005 Barbican gig comes up, as does one other lovely review.
To make up for earlier error – this is the ‘later’ Planxty.
Middle Planxty and early Hearts! I think yourself and Donal used to just leave your gear in the Stadium at one stage Christy, 81-83? I went to the National boxing Champs in 82 and there was a Bodhran and a Bouzouki at the side of the ring! At that stage was it the biggest venue? I think it was about 2000 seats, I think the Olympia and the Gaiety were about 1500?
Going back to time dance I love this tweeked version from that gig in the Stadium 82! There’s a bit of the Hearts in it!
I enjoyed that…never heard it before… we were hopping along there….42 years on it has aged well….( if there was a multi track master available I’d love to have a crack remixing that recording )
Planxty was cookin that long-ago night
Thanks for sharing
Indeed. The ‘later’ Planxty, that would have been the one, 2003 – 2005 edition, basically the original quartet. The London Barbican gig, unsure was it 2004 or 5? A great review of that somewhere, I recall reading it. Powerful.
Paradoxically, yez ended up with the same lineup as ye started with.
There’s stalwarts of music in here, between uileann pipes arriving and folk off to Skye (‘seven-hour drive’, I thought you could fly to those isles), sounds lovely and a trad session may well be found.
I recall Bill Whelan and his keyboard contribution to the ‘later Planxty’.
Christy's reply
no Ed..that was a “middle” Planxty line-up..we reverted to the original for the ‘later’
Hello Christy,
A beautiful 3 quarter set of uillean pipes is now in our house. A tenor and a baritone regulator are nestling among the drones, chanter, bag and bellows. Sensitive little things they are. They didn’t enjoy the journey back from Manchester, it sent them way out of tune. A gentle out of tune play, and they were in a humour to cooperate and settle down..
Hope it’s a great gig tonight, looking forward to 19th July when we’ll be in the same room.
Happy holidays to Rory and his crew. I spent some very happy times on the Isle of Skye 40 years ago. Dunvegan.
Hi christy
We are about to pile in the car for the 7 hour drive to Uig on Skye for a week of music, scenery, ambling, reading and sites.
My wife ran a pony tecking centre there around 30 years ago so great for her to go back.
Hoping for 10mph winds to keep the midges away and to find a fiddle session somewhere.
Great to hear Decie McLaughlin getting airtime in the south of ireland too.
Will be in touch from the island….who will only declare the natiin’s last election result today as the pony and trap bringing the postie to ross shire got delayed behind some sheep rustlers by truss, reesmogg and shapps trying to hold up a stagecoach on its way to inversneggie……..’old red eyes ( and rosette) is back, they can never be blue’ as the ever wonderful paul heaton sang.
Rory
Christy's reply
remember to collect your green shield stamps…
we are camped here on the northern bank of the River Boyne… we’re hoping to have Ian Paisley Jnr at the gig tonight…terrible shock for the poor lad but I’m sure he will have offers of employment…bouncing for Farage..humping for Van….endless possibilities including more time in his (rumoured) Donegal Gaeltacht Holiday Home ..
“according to all accounts, they never go to Mass” ( Pierce Turner)
Alright Christy, how you getting on? I hope all is well. I see Declan McLaughlin from Derry is gigging in Dublin at the Four Provinces, Kimmage on August 3. Might have to give the heads up to my relatives out that way.
I discovered him on here a few years ago, along with a few other artists. A superb storyteller, I think his new work is outstanding. You managed to hear it?
Christy's reply
that will be a great night in Kimmage…a great gig room..(even better with a squirt of oil on the hinges of the toilet door)
Meant to say the other day Christy, a great interview with Bill Whelan on Marty in the Morning on Wednesday morning. He always comes across a lovely fella. He mentions all the Planxty crew with great respect and goes on to say there’d have been no riverdance without “Timedance” And gives a great line (to fits of laugher) where you used to introduce “Timedance” as a piece that was written for “The Eurovision Dressmaking Competition” and as Bill says “You turned out to be right!”
PS, never knew Bill wrote the music for the ad where yer man stays up on the surfboard after 14 pints of stout!
Christy's reply
I still recall the sweep of Bill’s Fender Rhodes during his time in Planxty….Nollaig Casey was also in the Band at the time, alongside the original line up of Liam, Donal Andy and Myself.. (rehearsals often tinged with Steely Dan chatter)..The Timedance suite emerged and subsequently led to the Riverdance phenomenon ( who does’nt recall Flatley exploding from the wings like an almighty Celtic orgasm)….my only contribution to Timedance was a few taps on the Bodhrán….my outstanding memory was the filming of the Timedance suite for the Eurovision intermission ( when 600 million people left into their couches to go and put the kettle on )….Planxty were on a nine inch riser (alongside “The Dads”,the RTE session heads)..we were seated inches away from the Irish Ballet Company…there was dry ice, a set borrowed from Spinal Tap and Ballet Dancers cavorting with legs akimbo……..the Timedance suite ages really well… It’s kinda cool to have had a tiny part to play….ps the Bodhrán I played was built by Nicky Kelly in Portlaoise Prison…I subsequently gifted it to Floyd Westerman…..my thanks to “The Heavy Gang”
Cliffs of Moher today, then Dublin and possibly the Wicklow mountains, returning to Germany on Thursday. I will come back and probably schedule my next visit around one of your concerts again. Looking forward to the new album
Way up in the Wicklow Mountais…’tis easier hide than you think….
Saw you in Albert hall late 70’s.you modelled a new string vest.
had to pack that in…my nipples were getting sunburnt
Fantastic show in TLT. A fine wine getting finer
fine as long as we dont get corked….thanks for feedback
That’s exactly how I’m feeling, Christy; still emotionally high from last night’s concert. I can lead the singalong in air today but it will be with a smaller crowd, heading to London first for 3 nights before going home. I can’t just cross the pond to attend a concert, that would be crazy, I need a life. And I think that shimmy shammy song is going to play in my head all day… Warbling out of orbit… Flying into Mystery… Later
tell Keir I was asking for him..greetings to the Corbanistas
Regards to Keir…best wishes to the Corbynistas
Hello Christy,
Oh it sounds like it was a great gig last night. Your talk of crocodiles sent me wandering and I ended up with Ruby Walsh. For me, its words are right up there with Lisdoonvarna, brilliance!
I thought I’d got a sneaky video that I’d captured live but I can’t find it. Here’s another one, pretty recent. Love the way they evolve over time.
Extra Munction is a bit of a gem.
https://youtu.be/gwf4Kzevh3U?si=TKEbRuIvdpPh5OZB
I’ve got a couple of partial lines going round my head.
“…Lay down with the alligator…
…Will we ever see the likes of him again….”
It’s driving me nuts! Does anyone have any ideas what it is?
Rebecca
Thank you for your wonderful show yesterday, it will be another great memory we take from our holiday in Ireland.
where you heading today ?
Keep coming back
I’m going in to (hopefully ) finish mixing the forthcoming album
I know Joni’s first four albums well but had not heard of this beautiful Magdalene song until last night, will check it out. I also started listening to Planxty. Humming to tune of Tuam Beat on way to airport… Shimmy Shammy … 🙂
I love the image….Petel at 32,000 feet winging it back to CA…all the passengers transfixed as he warbles;
“O the Tuam Beat goes Sugar Sugar
and the heart speaks Hows Your Mother
‘n The Tuam Beat goes shimmy shammy
and the heart beats Hows your Mammy”
Christy
The sunset up here was just stunning last night.
Made me want to blast out Knopfler’s theme from Local Hero but that would have disturbed the peace.
This morning it is just as stunning and the wife has already told me to forget playing music this early to accompany the view.
Eagles and midges what more could i need?
Not the musical Eagles ( never a fan) nor a Midge Ure devotee.
Thinking of Joxer’s in-laws and Pat D all girding their loins for an inglerland defeat and the ensuing carnage.
Love and wishes from the North
Rory
Way Up North
North to Alaska
goin North when the rush is on
until this very morning I always thought Johnny Horton was singin North of the Russian Zone
Christy, I have no idea how you manage to consistently outdo yourself from gig to gig. You made me think, laugh, ponder, chuckle, jubilate, and having a good ol’ time while doing all of the above. Another Magical Night indeed. Thank you for doing Voyage, it was special. Motherland was exquisite, it ranks up there with Beeswing. And what an outstanding setlist to remind us the harsh realities conveyed in Palestine and Hattie Carroll/Natasha O’Brien. I still want to be a fly on your wall despite your spider threat. For now, until my next trip, thank you and be well. (And thank you, Pat D., Ed C.)
Petel, one of my fave venues in this land..Drogheda has always welcomed the songs.Going way back to 1972 when Planxty rolled into Town….last night the audience in the TLT carried me along for 28 songs…great listening, intersting requests, beautiful singing coming back at me…one of those specail nights for me….my cousin was in the room all the way from Stackallen in County Meath, you were there from Northern California, I got to do 3 songs from a forthcoming album …that request for Joni’s “Magdalen Laundry” was special, good call outs from right around the room….would love to have sung them all …safe journey back over the ocean
Type in ‘Planxty Barbican’ in Mister Google and a great Robert Deneslow review of that January 2005 Barbican gig comes up, as does one other lovely review.
To make up for earlier error – this is the ‘later’ Planxty.
Thanks Ed
Middle Planxty and early Hearts! I think yourself and Donal used to just leave your gear in the Stadium at one stage Christy, 81-83? I went to the National boxing Champs in 82 and there was a Bodhran and a Bouzouki at the side of the ring! At that stage was it the biggest venue? I think it was about 2000 seats, I think the Olympia and the Gaiety were about 1500?
Going back to time dance I love this tweeked version from that gig in the Stadium 82! There’s a bit of the Hearts in it!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uj1Mf1vQskhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uj1Mf1vQsk
I enjoyed that…never heard it before… we were hopping along there….42 years on it has aged well….( if there was a multi track master available I’d love to have a crack remixing that recording )
Planxty was cookin that long-ago night
Thanks for sharing
Indeed. The ‘later’ Planxty, that would have been the one, 2003 – 2005 edition, basically the original quartet. The London Barbican gig, unsure was it 2004 or 5? A great review of that somewhere, I recall reading it. Powerful.
Paradoxically, yez ended up with the same lineup as ye started with.
good man Ed…fair play to you
There’s stalwarts of music in here, between uileann pipes arriving and folk off to Skye (‘seven-hour drive’, I thought you could fly to those isles), sounds lovely and a trad session may well be found.
I recall Bill Whelan and his keyboard contribution to the ‘later Planxty’.
no Ed..that was a “middle” Planxty line-up..we reverted to the original for the ‘later’
Hello Christy,
A beautiful 3 quarter set of uillean pipes is now in our house. A tenor and a baritone regulator are nestling among the drones, chanter, bag and bellows. Sensitive little things they are. They didn’t enjoy the journey back from Manchester, it sent them way out of tune. A gentle out of tune play, and they were in a humour to cooperate and settle down..
Hope it’s a great gig tonight, looking forward to 19th July when we’ll be in the same room.
Happy holidays to Rory and his crew. I spent some very happy times on the Isle of Skye 40 years ago. Dunvegan.
Rebecca
wrestling with the crocodile
Hi christy
We are about to pile in the car for the 7 hour drive to Uig on Skye for a week of music, scenery, ambling, reading and sites.
My wife ran a pony tecking centre there around 30 years ago so great for her to go back.
Hoping for 10mph winds to keep the midges away and to find a fiddle session somewhere.
Great to hear Decie McLaughlin getting airtime in the south of ireland too.
Will be in touch from the island….who will only declare the natiin’s last election result today as the pony and trap bringing the postie to ross shire got delayed behind some sheep rustlers by truss, reesmogg and shapps trying to hold up a stagecoach on its way to inversneggie……..’old red eyes ( and rosette) is back, they can never be blue’ as the ever wonderful paul heaton sang.
Rory
remember to collect your green shield stamps…
we are camped here on the northern bank of the River Boyne… we’re hoping to have Ian Paisley Jnr at the gig tonight…terrible shock for the poor lad but I’m sure he will have offers of employment…bouncing for Farage..humping for Van….endless possibilities including more time in his (rumoured) Donegal Gaeltacht Holiday Home ..
“according to all accounts, they never go to Mass” ( Pierce Turner)
Alright Christy, how you getting on? I hope all is well. I see Declan McLaughlin from Derry is gigging in Dublin at the Four Provinces, Kimmage on August 3. Might have to give the heads up to my relatives out that way.
I discovered him on here a few years ago, along with a few other artists. A superb storyteller, I think his new work is outstanding. You managed to hear it?
that will be a great night in Kimmage…a great gig room..(even better with a squirt of oil on the hinges of the toilet door)
Meant to say the other day Christy, a great interview with Bill Whelan on Marty in the Morning on Wednesday morning. He always comes across a lovely fella. He mentions all the Planxty crew with great respect and goes on to say there’d have been no riverdance without “Timedance” And gives a great line (to fits of laugher) where you used to introduce “Timedance” as a piece that was written for “The Eurovision Dressmaking Competition” and as Bill says “You turned out to be right!”
It’s about 2 hours in to the podcast!
https://www.rte.ie/radio/lyricfm/marty-in-the-morning/2024/0703/1457895-marty-in-the-morning-wednesday-3-july-2024/
PS, never knew Bill wrote the music for the ad where yer man stays up on the surfboard after 14 pints of stout!
I still recall the sweep of Bill’s Fender Rhodes during his time in Planxty….Nollaig Casey was also in the Band at the time, alongside the original line up of Liam, Donal Andy and Myself.. (rehearsals often tinged with Steely Dan chatter)..The Timedance suite emerged and subsequently led to the Riverdance phenomenon ( who does’nt recall Flatley exploding from the wings like an almighty Celtic orgasm)….my only contribution to Timedance was a few taps on the Bodhrán….my outstanding memory was the filming of the Timedance suite for the Eurovision intermission ( when 600 million people left into their couches to go and put the kettle on )….Planxty were on a nine inch riser (alongside “The Dads”,the RTE session heads)..we were seated inches away from the Irish Ballet Company…there was dry ice, a set borrowed from Spinal Tap and Ballet Dancers cavorting with legs akimbo……..the Timedance suite ages really well… It’s kinda cool to have had a tiny part to play….ps the Bodhrán I played was built by Nicky Kelly in Portlaoise Prison…I subsequently gifted it to Floyd Westerman…..my thanks to “The Heavy Gang”
” Junior ” will have plenty of time to get to Van gigs now…..
Not that it’s much of an improvement in the Victor
Almost a better result in East Derry too.
Gregory nosed it
Ah Rory, Labour cant win them all!
ah ed
Ah, Petel. You’ve landed. Just make sure you can get that right bus to Drogheda.
Unsure about this ‘orange face’…. Must check one’s colour vision.