Good luck tonight Christy. My young fellah, Finn, at his umpteenth Christy gig tonight but first time he’s had the money to buy his own ticket. Hence he doesn’t need me, his mother, anymore. It’s a lads’ night. 🤣🤣 I’ll be seeing you in January.
Christy's reply
numerous requests for callouts tonight…yours is gone into the callout raffle…
a suggestion….
you gave me “Finn” but nothing else…much better chance if you gave me more info….I need some meat to build a request into my set…a simple christian name is not enough for me to build it into an into….eg My name is Johnny McIldoo, my son is at your gig tonight, we are from Templepatrick in Co Somewhere..his favourite song is Davy Crockett…then I got somethin to work with..as for Ems….is that your name ? CAM….see you in Jan..snowflakes welcome
My CD copy of your new album arrived on Tuesday, and yesterday I had my first opportunity to listen to it. Thank you so much, it is wonderful, with a selection of excellent songs that complement each other perfectly. Thank you, too, for signing the Boy in the Wild lyric sheet. As Moeke has said, it is beautifully prepared. I have framed it and put it on the wall by my desk.
I was also impressed by Claddagh Records distribution handling, with friendly emails and plenty of information. The package was carefully wrapped to protect the contents, and they send me a tracking link via “Shop”, and the An Post tracking reference. I was able to follow the CD’s travels. There was a picture of the album cover moving around Ireland and then England. Did you ever have to write stories in primary school with titles such as “a day in the life of a penny”? It was rather like that! It started in Athlone, apparently in the middle of the Shannon, right next to where we moored the boat when we were holidaying on the river three years ago. Then it travelled to Dublin, where it spent the weekend at the GPO, then suddenly it was in Langley in Essex, and the next day a smiling postman brought it to my door in South London. I was quite jealous of its roving lifestyle, so I’m glad I’ll be journeying to Dublin again in December and January.
Thank you again,
Very much looking forward to your 5th December Vicar Street gig,
All the best,
Anne
Christy's reply
Fair play to you Anne..what a story you weave….. Thanks for sharing..
since Brexit, its become a laborious job, trying to send post over to our closest neighbour.s..I curse Farage,Johnson, Rees-Mogg and all their cronies for selling those three wonderful countries down the swanee..a plague upon their lying houses…
I dreamt last night that we were all re-united, four Independent democratic countries , a free trade area with all 4 countries respectful of each others culture ,language and history….then I woke up to Farage gloating on the Beeb, salivating over Trumps return …In anam Dé und Merde Alors
Ah, I like the old songs and Ive found a bit of luck on the page, but as anyone whose had the misfortune to hear me try will attest, I’m not blessed when it comes to singing. I prefer to leave that to the experts – and I cant argue with the results:
OK Smál…. I’ll have to give your songs a closer listen..great to hear Lankum singing your Palestine song at that big festival..where was it ?….good to hear them having a poke at the BeeB as well…Broadcasting House has lost its MOJO….I always reckoned that the BBC was the foremost Broadcasting Service in the World….not anymore… bigtime took the soup…still a few gallant troopers left but they’re getting scarce
New album is a gem, thank you for releasing it. Every song excellent, though Boy in the Wild and Broomielaw two standouts for me.
In the spirit of Broomielaw… do you reckon you’ll come over to Glasgow to play the new stuff?
With hope,
Erin
Christy's reply
Thank You Erin…
“the lassies ‘o the Broomielaw in their Cuban Heels are dancin
heres our lady ‘o The Clyde and there goes Jinky Johnson
come to rock and roll ate the Church ‘o Céilí
to waltz beneath the Carousel ‘o Healing
to Jitterbug and Boogie the night away”
Hi Christy,
Thought Wally would put the pen down
after writing Duffy’s Cut. Heard a busker sing
it once. He changed the line to …
Duffy’s my name, I cut through mud.
One man’s alligator is another man’s crocodile,
I suppose. But he’s gone and bettered it with
Boy in the Wild – sez he is there anything in it ?
It will join those fine songs you wrote and those
that you have introduced to the national repertoire.
And will be sung a hundred years from now.
Enjoy the Vicar Street run and great to see
that Season 58 continues on into the year.
Hopefully the powers that be will look to the west.
Tabhair Hire
Bourkey
Christy's reply
Morra Bourkey,
Great to see Wally’s “Cut” referenced….its a song I thought might “take off” but it never gained traction…I consider it a classic and often warble it to myself here in the workroom…..If memory serves I think Wally was commissioned to write Duffy’s Cut for a documentary being filmed about the mysterious deaths of 57 navvies….history maintained they died from a cholera outbreak… historic rumour that they were shot down during a labour strike….
reading your post this morning, for some unexplained reason, my mind wandered back to Planxty playing Cotter’s of Inverin 52 years ago….. we drove from Dublin in our Transit..just the four of us …Liam and I shared the driving, Donal and Andy riffing away in the back…..we set up the gear, had the dinner and played our two sets….a lot of the audience were initially indifferent but eventually won over by the enthusiasm of loyal listeners who had travelled out from Galway to hear the band… afterwards we were treated royally by the man of the house ( was he a Rally Driver ?) and away with us back up the Rocky Road to Dublin hunting the hare with a sweet bottle of poitín which served us well as anti freeze
Dear Christy, I was pleasantly surprised when I opened the packet of claddagh and found not only a CD but also a beautiful print of Boy in the wild, signed by you, thank you very much.this song touches me very much, the loss of my father many years ago was heavy, how many times have I stood at his grave, often in tears, when life was difficult for me and I needed him badly. Singing it together with your son Andy makes the song very special. The CD is simply beautiful and the cover is great. I’m going to enjoy it while I wait until I can finally hear you live again next month. Enjoy vicar street and keep energy for us in december.
Christy's reply
Claddagh asked me to sign some lyric sheets….lovely to hear of their arrival in far flung places..
Hi Christy,
Your latest gem arrived via the postie yesterday.
Great collection , a wonderful addition to the catalogue, thank you.
Given that the chat has recently included sniffs, my LP smells like a rainbow.
Rory
Ps Patriot Game tifo at Parkhead was just fantastic on many levels.
Christy's reply
that backdrop is outstanding….The Parkhead Gallery of Living Art
Hi Christy,
Hope you are well.. Great interview on Late Late Show. My Tribute duo to you and Dec, ‘More Christy’ would love to be part of your 80th birthday celebrations next year if possible🙏
Do you know ‘The Beermats’ ? ….
We are supporting them next year over here in Salisbury, England.
Love your new album Christy !!
Take care and God bless
Christy's reply
I’m having second thoughts Dave….I’m gonna wait ’til the 90th
On November 10th 1992, two days after my 8th birthday, my folks brought me to Goff’s to see some fella belt out songs about lads called Joxer and McIllhatton! Fast forward 32 years and I’m nearly forty (Janey Mac!) and the night stays with me still.
Quiet Desperation brings me back to a difficult time after moving to Sydney whenever I hear it – my soul is in the mountains, my heart is in the land, I’m lost here in this city, there’s so much I don’t understand. Almost 10 years later and I’m happily settled Down Under with a family, but the memory of being far from home, alone, will never leave me.
I’ll be bringing my brother, Brian, to Vicar St on Dec 30th for his birthday, a man whose renditions of Joxer and Lisdoonvarna grace every family session. It would make his day, and my year, if we could get a shout out.
Life is a journey and your music has been beside me along the whole way.
Thanks for the company, Campañero!
All the best with the new album.
Your mate,
John
Christy's reply
Thanks for sharing your journey John….have a safe trip back …hope you and Brian have a good time on Dec 30th
I remember those gigs in Goffs…..32 years gone by in an inst
The moderation queue is where naughty messages go – if they have links in them or other red flags like certain keywords they get sent there because your website thinks they might be spam – and often they are, but sometimes there are false positives.
Ill try and post a link to the songs again now and see if it works this time:
And heres one of them now anyway, it seems there’s going to be a great need for songs and singers over the next few years…
The Paytriot Game
(Adapted from the original lyric by Dominic Behan.
To be sung to the air of “The Patriot Game’.)
Come all ye false rebels / and list’ while I sing.
For hate of one’s brethren / is a terrible thing.
On the wretched and weary / you place all the blame.
You’re only pretenders / in the patriot game.
My name is Al-Shawa / and I’ve just turned sixteen.
My land’s been laid low by / imperial schemes.
All my life I’ve known nothing / but terror and pain,
so I came seeking refuge / from the patriot game.
I journeyed for two years / to wander this way,
through trials and torments / by night and by day.
I heard tell of your freedoms / and I wanted the same.
But I won’t be a pawn in / your patriot game.
For your creed it springs not from / the lily’s pale bloom,
the blood on the rose or / the rise of the moon.
You’ve no love for your nation / you seek only fame,
and the pennies you beg from / the patriot game.
Rumour and falsehood / are the tools of your trade,
and fury’s the fuel for / your crooked crusade.
How many homes have / been put to the flame,
in your desecration / of the patriot game?
And our noble chieftains / are lending their hands,
by flying the tricolour / as they sell off our lands.
For our tramps and our beggars / they carry the blame,
and for stoking the embers / of the patriot game.
I don’t mind a bit if / I shoot down the fash,
trample their standards / and shatter their axe.
The Reds drove them back once / and we’ll do the same.
For that’s how it goes in / the patriot game.
Now we’ve not forgotten / brave Connolly’s call,
for the welfare of each in / the happiness of all.
We’ll show Ireland’s heroes / did not die in vain,
by putting an end to / your patriot game.
– S
Christy's reply
These are great ballads….I hope that you are singing them…thanks for sharing Smal
Hello Christy,
Hmmm…., not so much the brown of rejected suits and episodes of Columbo.
More the dark brown of Autumn.
Leaf mulch, peat, fine coffee grounds, chocolate, smoke from my grandad’s armchair and the steam of a good rugby scrum.
“Her brown hair in the howling wind, a-blowing wild and free”
Smells like the dark brown of a bottom F.
Can’t imagine you in a suit. Maybe trying to escape from one?
Christy
Only one thing was able to lift me out of the blues of tonight’s USA election results here (so far at 940pm), and that was the beautiful sound of your voice on your fantastic new album. Thank you! Reminiscing about your great concert last March at UCH Limerick with these familiar tunes. Was there to listen to you with my sister and brother-in-law from the Scilly Isles, as we met at home in Clare. Thanks for the shout out. See you again in Limerick next March. (We’d fly and drive anywhere to hear you, and have been, but when are you ever going to come back and play in Clare again 😉 Hope tomorrow’s final results look better. Up the Banner. xox
Hi Christy, what a joy the new album is to listen to try comprehend the message that come across in some of the the songs especially the song black n amber, will reach deep in to minds of the a lot of adults like myself now, brought me back to my childhood in Sallynoggin where I was born n raised, I remember seeing you live on stage in the Pavilion theatre in Dunlaogaire on a Sunday with Plantxy and the first time Andy Irvine introduced the hurdi gurdi to an audience, think he mentioned he he saw in Bulgaria and got one while busking there, also what a wonderful performance
on the late late last Friday, looking forward to vicar street gig
Reds Jimmy, ps don’t ever stop writing n recording,
Christy's reply
Morra Jimmy….Up The Noggin….home of Barney Rush who bequeated us “Nancy Spain”, “The Crack was 90” and others too….one line went:
“We’re the Fleadh Ceol tinkers
the Pint a Stout drinkers”
I dont have the rest of it
Lovely to read you recall that Planxty gig in the old Pavilion….I recall myself and Liam óg being across the road in an adjacent Hotel bar before the gig…we were both in the jitters and in need of calming lotions….(Brandy & Creme de Menthe, aka “a stinger” ) ….thankfully no longer required
Hi Christy,
congratulation to this great album and the touching video for Boy in the Wild!
Although Essen is not far from Rheinberg and Rheinbach where @Günter and @Pat Darcy already got their albums, I have to wait for another day – or the postman liked it so much that he kept it for himself and you’ve won a new listener😉. Btw, interesting delivery chain: it took less than a day to arrive in Germany, but 3-4 days within Germany – I guess that’s only to keep up my excitement a bit longer…
In the meantime it’s always interesting to read the multinational posts in this guestbook (late late show etc.). And in this case I’m surprised again how small the world is when I read @Ingrid L.’s post. I think we met about eight years ago hiking in Connemara/Burren, chatted about Irish music and now I see her writing in your guestbook again 😊. Unfortunately she chose the first and I the last concert in Vicar St, would have been fun to meet again…
Enjoy your next gig on Thursday, all the best
Birgit
Ah Christy, my Claddagh records post arrived today. I had forgotten that in pre -order I had a couple of LPs and CDs….
And how wonderful on opening the package to find a beautiful parchment with the text of Boy in The Wild printed, and autographed by yourself.
This has very special meaning as I will explain.
Guess where Gabi and I were last night? In Frankfurt, in the Alte Oper, at Mireille Mathieu’s final gig of her farewell and goodbye concert tour. She was magnificent…she is a young 77, can hardly walk, but stood for a two hour set, and followed with a 30 minute EIGHT song encore…..what a lady.
But my mind did stray a bit…..to the great concerts which you performed in that beautiful venue. And to a very special one about 14 years ago when you gave a great shout out to our then 12 year old son Christo, at his first ever Christy gig.
Nine years later you signed your On the Road album for his 21st in Russell’s.
And now his Christmas present is a copy of your new album, A Terrible Beauty. Including an autographed parchment of Wally’s beautiful Boy in The Wild. From father to Son.
“Boy in The Wild World can’t you see
It’s the way it is……
Lift up your heart.”
Thanks Christy for lifting up all our hearts.
Looking forward to my annual pilgrimage to Vicar St 20th January!
Christy's reply
The Claddagh revival continues to blossom….the crew there have created a solid bedrock for this album gain traction…best to You and Family
Good luck tonight Christy. My young fellah, Finn, at his umpteenth Christy gig tonight but first time he’s had the money to buy his own ticket. Hence he doesn’t need me, his mother, anymore. It’s a lads’ night. 🤣🤣 I’ll be seeing you in January.
numerous requests for callouts tonight…yours is gone into the callout raffle…
a suggestion….
you gave me “Finn” but nothing else…much better chance if you gave me more info….I need some meat to build a request into my set…a simple christian name is not enough for me to build it into an into….eg My name is Johnny McIldoo, my son is at your gig tonight, we are from Templepatrick in Co Somewhere..his favourite song is Davy Crockett…then I got somethin to work with..as for Ems….is that your name ? CAM….see you in Jan..snowflakes welcome
Hello Christy,
My CD copy of your new album arrived on Tuesday, and yesterday I had my first opportunity to listen to it. Thank you so much, it is wonderful, with a selection of excellent songs that complement each other perfectly. Thank you, too, for signing the Boy in the Wild lyric sheet. As Moeke has said, it is beautifully prepared. I have framed it and put it on the wall by my desk.
I was also impressed by Claddagh Records distribution handling, with friendly emails and plenty of information. The package was carefully wrapped to protect the contents, and they send me a tracking link via “Shop”, and the An Post tracking reference. I was able to follow the CD’s travels. There was a picture of the album cover moving around Ireland and then England. Did you ever have to write stories in primary school with titles such as “a day in the life of a penny”? It was rather like that! It started in Athlone, apparently in the middle of the Shannon, right next to where we moored the boat when we were holidaying on the river three years ago. Then it travelled to Dublin, where it spent the weekend at the GPO, then suddenly it was in Langley in Essex, and the next day a smiling postman brought it to my door in South London. I was quite jealous of its roving lifestyle, so I’m glad I’ll be journeying to Dublin again in December and January.
Thank you again,
Very much looking forward to your 5th December Vicar Street gig,
All the best,
Anne
Fair play to you Anne..what a story you weave….. Thanks for sharing..
since Brexit, its become a laborious job, trying to send post over to our closest neighbour.s..I curse Farage,Johnson, Rees-Mogg and all their cronies for selling those three wonderful countries down the swanee..a plague upon their lying houses…
I dreamt last night that we were all re-united, four Independent democratic countries , a free trade area with all 4 countries respectful of each others culture ,language and history….then I woke up to Farage gloating on the Beeb, salivating over Trumps return …In anam Dé und Merde Alors
Ah, I like the old songs and Ive found a bit of luck on the page, but as anyone whose had the misfortune to hear me try will attest, I’m not blessed when it comes to singing. I prefer to leave that to the experts – and I cant argue with the results:
https://www.facebook.com/dublinfolkmiscreants/videos/the-rocks-of-palestine-live-on-the-bbc-29th-june/454167987329002/
OK Smál…. I’ll have to give your songs a closer listen..great to hear Lankum singing your Palestine song at that big festival..where was it ?….good to hear them having a poke at the BeeB as well…Broadcasting House has lost its MOJO….I always reckoned that the BBC was the foremost Broadcasting Service in the World….not anymore… bigtime took the soup…still a few gallant troopers left but they’re getting scarce
Thanks Christy, you’re very kind. I wont be singing them though, there’s enough suffering in the world!
Go raibh an ghaoth go brách ag do chúl.
– S
do you not sing ?…you surely can write
Hi Christy
New album is a gem, thank you for releasing it. Every song excellent, though Boy in the Wild and Broomielaw two standouts for me.
In the spirit of Broomielaw… do you reckon you’ll come over to Glasgow to play the new stuff?
With hope,
Erin
Thank You Erin…
“the lassies ‘o the Broomielaw in their Cuban Heels are dancin
heres our lady ‘o The Clyde and there goes Jinky Johnson
come to rock and roll ate the Church ‘o Céilí
to waltz beneath the Carousel ‘o Healing
to Jitterbug and Boogie the night away”
Hi Christy,
Thought Wally would put the pen down
after writing Duffy’s Cut. Heard a busker sing
it once. He changed the line to …
Duffy’s my name, I cut through mud.
One man’s alligator is another man’s crocodile,
I suppose. But he’s gone and bettered it with
Boy in the Wild – sez he is there anything in it ?
It will join those fine songs you wrote and those
that you have introduced to the national repertoire.
And will be sung a hundred years from now.
Enjoy the Vicar Street run and great to see
that Season 58 continues on into the year.
Hopefully the powers that be will look to the west.
Tabhair Hire
Bourkey
Morra Bourkey,
Great to see Wally’s “Cut” referenced….its a song I thought might “take off” but it never gained traction…I consider it a classic and often warble it to myself here in the workroom…..If memory serves I think Wally was commissioned to write Duffy’s Cut for a documentary being filmed about the mysterious deaths of 57 navvies….history maintained they died from a cholera outbreak… historic rumour that they were shot down during a labour strike….
reading your post this morning, for some unexplained reason, my mind wandered back to Planxty playing Cotter’s of Inverin 52 years ago….. we drove from Dublin in our Transit..just the four of us …Liam and I shared the driving, Donal and Andy riffing away in the back…..we set up the gear, had the dinner and played our two sets….a lot of the audience were initially indifferent but eventually won over by the enthusiasm of loyal listeners who had travelled out from Galway to hear the band… afterwards we were treated royally by the man of the house ( was he a Rally Driver ?) and away with us back up the Rocky Road to Dublin hunting the hare with a sweet bottle of poitín which served us well as anti freeze
Dear Christy, I was pleasantly surprised when I opened the packet of claddagh and found not only a CD but also a beautiful print of Boy in the wild, signed by you, thank you very much.this song touches me very much, the loss of my father many years ago was heavy, how many times have I stood at his grave, often in tears, when life was difficult for me and I needed him badly. Singing it together with your son Andy makes the song very special. The CD is simply beautiful and the cover is great. I’m going to enjoy it while I wait until I can finally hear you live again next month. Enjoy vicar street and keep energy for us in december.
Claddagh asked me to sign some lyric sheets….lovely to hear of their arrival in far flung places..
Hi Christy,
Your latest gem arrived via the postie yesterday.
Great collection , a wonderful addition to the catalogue, thank you.
Given that the chat has recently included sniffs, my LP smells like a rainbow.
Rory
Ps Patriot Game tifo at Parkhead was just fantastic on many levels.
that backdrop is outstanding….The Parkhead Gallery of Living Art
Hi Christy,
Hope you are well.. Great interview on Late Late Show. My Tribute duo to you and Dec, ‘More Christy’ would love to be part of your 80th birthday celebrations next year if possible🙏
Do you know ‘The Beermats’ ? ….
We are supporting them next year over here in Salisbury, England.
Love your new album Christy !!
Take care and God bless
I’m having second thoughts Dave….I’m gonna wait ’til the 90th
Christy,
On November 10th 1992, two days after my 8th birthday, my folks brought me to Goff’s to see some fella belt out songs about lads called Joxer and McIllhatton! Fast forward 32 years and I’m nearly forty (Janey Mac!) and the night stays with me still.
Quiet Desperation brings me back to a difficult time after moving to Sydney whenever I hear it – my soul is in the mountains, my heart is in the land, I’m lost here in this city, there’s so much I don’t understand. Almost 10 years later and I’m happily settled Down Under with a family, but the memory of being far from home, alone, will never leave me.
I’ll be bringing my brother, Brian, to Vicar St on Dec 30th for his birthday, a man whose renditions of Joxer and Lisdoonvarna grace every family session. It would make his day, and my year, if we could get a shout out.
Life is a journey and your music has been beside me along the whole way.
Thanks for the company, Campañero!
All the best with the new album.
Your mate,
John
Thanks for sharing your journey John….have a safe trip back …hope you and Brian have a good time on Dec 30th
I remember those gigs in Goffs…..32 years gone by in an inst
Hi Christy,
Here the link for the North Curve twitter link until you catch up with Mick.
https://x.com/ncceltic/status/1854116045998498276?s=46
Scott.
what a great backdrop
I’m reminded that Josephine, ( Dominic’s wife) came from Glasgow
Ah Christy, you’re a gentleman.
The moderation queue is where naughty messages go – if they have links in them or other red flags like certain keywords they get sent there because your website thinks they might be spam – and often they are, but sometimes there are false positives.
Ill try and post a link to the songs again now and see if it works this time:
https://pdfupload.io/docs/fb3d04fb
And heres one of them now anyway, it seems there’s going to be a great need for songs and singers over the next few years…
The Paytriot Game
(Adapted from the original lyric by Dominic Behan.
To be sung to the air of “The Patriot Game’.)
Come all ye false rebels / and list’ while I sing.
For hate of one’s brethren / is a terrible thing.
On the wretched and weary / you place all the blame.
You’re only pretenders / in the patriot game.
My name is Al-Shawa / and I’ve just turned sixteen.
My land’s been laid low by / imperial schemes.
All my life I’ve known nothing / but terror and pain,
so I came seeking refuge / from the patriot game.
I journeyed for two years / to wander this way,
through trials and torments / by night and by day.
I heard tell of your freedoms / and I wanted the same.
But I won’t be a pawn in / your patriot game.
For your creed it springs not from / the lily’s pale bloom,
the blood on the rose or / the rise of the moon.
You’ve no love for your nation / you seek only fame,
and the pennies you beg from / the patriot game.
Rumour and falsehood / are the tools of your trade,
and fury’s the fuel for / your crooked crusade.
How many homes have / been put to the flame,
in your desecration / of the patriot game?
And our noble chieftains / are lending their hands,
by flying the tricolour / as they sell off our lands.
For our tramps and our beggars / they carry the blame,
and for stoking the embers / of the patriot game.
I don’t mind a bit if / I shoot down the fash,
trample their standards / and shatter their axe.
The Reds drove them back once / and we’ll do the same.
For that’s how it goes in / the patriot game.
Now we’ve not forgotten / brave Connolly’s call,
for the welfare of each in / the happiness of all.
We’ll show Ireland’s heroes / did not die in vain,
by putting an end to / your patriot game.
– S
These are great ballads….I hope that you are singing them…thanks for sharing Smal
There weren’t enough Woody devotees in those seven or so ‘battleground states’.
the turkeys vote for Christmas
Hello Christy,
Hmmm…., not so much the brown of rejected suits and episodes of Columbo.
More the dark brown of Autumn.
Leaf mulch, peat, fine coffee grounds, chocolate, smoke from my grandad’s armchair and the steam of a good rugby scrum.
“Her brown hair in the howling wind, a-blowing wild and free”
Smells like the dark brown of a bottom F.
Can’t imagine you in a suit. Maybe trying to escape from one?
Rebecca
thats just about the size of it
Hi Christy
Abandoned a search for sleep…kettle boiling and your version of ‘Deportees’ playing…
More Woody to come today… And thanks to millions of voters who acted in the same spirit…
Dave
some will rob you with a six gun
some with a fountain pen
Christy
Only one thing was able to lift me out of the blues of tonight’s USA election results here (so far at 940pm), and that was the beautiful sound of your voice on your fantastic new album. Thank you! Reminiscing about your great concert last March at UCH Limerick with these familiar tunes. Was there to listen to you with my sister and brother-in-law from the Scilly Isles, as we met at home in Clare. Thanks for the shout out. See you again in Limerick next March. (We’d fly and drive anywhere to hear you, and have been, but when are you ever going to come back and play in Clare again 😉 Hope tomorrow’s final results look better. Up the Banner. xox
Kildimo Corofin Bodyke Ogonolloe Craggaknock Quilty Mullaghmore….
Evening Christy,
The North Curve Bhoys have done it again with another TIFO
“I read of our hero’s, I wanted the same”
[img]https://i.postimg.cc/w7r0YcR8/IMG-5507.jpg[/img]
Ps hope the link works.
Scott
de link dont work but I’ll be getting the low down on the line up from my companero Mick D. who travelled over to Paradise for the match
Hi Christy, what a joy the new album is to listen to try comprehend the message that come across in some of the the songs especially the song black n amber, will reach deep in to minds of the a lot of adults like myself now, brought me back to my childhood in Sallynoggin where I was born n raised, I remember seeing you live on stage in the Pavilion theatre in Dunlaogaire on a Sunday with Plantxy and the first time Andy Irvine introduced the hurdi gurdi to an audience, think he mentioned he he saw in Bulgaria and got one while busking there, also what a wonderful performance
on the late late last Friday, looking forward to vicar street gig
Reds Jimmy, ps don’t ever stop writing n recording,
Morra Jimmy….Up The Noggin….home of Barney Rush who bequeated us “Nancy Spain”, “The Crack was 90” and others too….one line went:
“We’re the Fleadh Ceol tinkers
the Pint a Stout drinkers”
I dont have the rest of it
Lovely to read you recall that Planxty gig in the old Pavilion….I recall myself and Liam óg being across the road in an adjacent Hotel bar before the gig…we were both in the jitters and in need of calming lotions….(Brandy & Creme de Menthe, aka “a stinger” ) ….thankfully no longer required
Hi Christy,
congratulation to this great album and the touching video for Boy in the Wild!
Although Essen is not far from Rheinberg and Rheinbach where @Günter and @Pat Darcy already got their albums, I have to wait for another day – or the postman liked it so much that he kept it for himself and you’ve won a new listener😉. Btw, interesting delivery chain: it took less than a day to arrive in Germany, but 3-4 days within Germany – I guess that’s only to keep up my excitement a bit longer…
In the meantime it’s always interesting to read the multinational posts in this guestbook (late late show etc.). And in this case I’m surprised again how small the world is when I read @Ingrid L.’s post. I think we met about eight years ago hiking in Connemara/Burren, chatted about Irish music and now I see her writing in your guestbook again 😊. Unfortunately she chose the first and I the last concert in Vicar St, would have been fun to meet again…
Enjoy your next gig on Thursday, all the best
Birgit
“Hey Mr. Postman, whats in your Bag”
Ah Christy, my Claddagh records post arrived today. I had forgotten that in pre -order I had a couple of LPs and CDs….
And how wonderful on opening the package to find a beautiful parchment with the text of Boy in The Wild printed, and autographed by yourself.
This has very special meaning as I will explain.
Guess where Gabi and I were last night? In Frankfurt, in the Alte Oper, at Mireille Mathieu’s final gig of her farewell and goodbye concert tour. She was magnificent…she is a young 77, can hardly walk, but stood for a two hour set, and followed with a 30 minute EIGHT song encore…..what a lady.
But my mind did stray a bit…..to the great concerts which you performed in that beautiful venue. And to a very special one about 14 years ago when you gave a great shout out to our then 12 year old son Christo, at his first ever Christy gig.
Nine years later you signed your On the Road album for his 21st in Russell’s.
And now his Christmas present is a copy of your new album, A Terrible Beauty. Including an autographed parchment of Wally’s beautiful Boy in The Wild. From father to Son.
“Boy in The Wild World can’t you see
It’s the way it is……
Lift up your heart.”
Thanks Christy for lifting up all our hearts.
Looking forward to my annual pilgrimage to Vicar St 20th January!
The Claddagh revival continues to blossom….the crew there have created a solid bedrock for this album gain traction…best to You and Family