Hello Christy,
This guestbook feels like an oasis right now.
I’m a bit lost. Full of fluey aches and pains. I completed the sale on my Dad’s house yesterday. New people in, all done. All my focus has gone. What now.
Back to the guitar I think. And,a few songs.
After a few hours sleep Christy,
Keep her lit ,I was listening to you for the car ride home from Sligo hospital visiting my 95 year old Dad were we got a call yesterday to come up and see him just in case 🙏Your
A great source of comfort and peace and I know your some craic aswell .
I’m 51 now ,love you since I seen you first in 85 Astoria Ballroom ,look forward to seeing you again. Storm Dara is outside 👍🎸🎸🎸
Christy's reply
Anyone here recall gigs in The White Strand Hotel in Buncrana….in the mid 70s there were great Sunday Night gigs there run by Pat Barron…. I loved those gigs, always packed and exciting..I used to stay with Pat’s Family nearby…later on in the early 80s I used to play and stay in The Lake of Shadows Hotel with Moving Hearts….what a great name for a Hotel…so much so that a tune of that name was written by the Band on the first Moving Hearts album….s
Greetings from the antipodes, Christy.
A quick one. Will there be shows in August/September next year when I am in your part of the world?
Greatly enjoying ‘Terrible Beauty.’ Thank you.
Christy's reply
August is always down time here
the crew disperses for rest and recreation…
if spared,we’ll hit the road again come September
but nothing pencilled in yet
give us a shout again in a few months
We might be able to mark your card by then
Dia dhuit Christy, I hope you’re well. I’m seeing videos and pictures of your current Vicar Street run and can’t wait for Wednesday 11th Dec to see it in the flesh once again. Myself and the lads (Brian, Brian, Gary and Gary) are on our annual pilgrimage up, and I’m hoping you might do Sail On Jimmy as a small gift to the above mentioned men. Understandably you’re inundated with requests and such, so no problem if not. Thanks for all the fantastic memories over the years and hoping you’ve a happy healthy Christmas.
Go raibh míle maith agat agus Nollaig Shona Duit.
Ben
Christy's reply
Fair enough Ben…..I’m in serious training here for next Wednesday….
As many will know there was a tribute to Johnny Moynihan last April in Galway. Fender Jackson was there and recorded bits, into his phone I think, and now has it up as a podcast. Sound quality isn’t great but it’s a lovely tribute to Johnny, both touching and sad it sums the man up beautifully! Johnny didn’t lay much down on tape and wasn’t fond of the road but what he did was exquisite, Sweenys Men, and his turns with Planxty and De Dannan to The Fleadh Cowboys!
Johnny Moynihan….
the very sound of his name redolent of the raw bar…
of sweet music , of notes carefully chosen,
delivered with the utmost attention to detail,
hear his “Rattlin Roarin Willie”
the beautiful bounce of his “Forty Two Pound Cheque”
A sporting man of high degree
competitive and inventive
we once hand a two handed league
Subbuteo (Dalymont Rules), Handball-Football, Tennis-Squash and Darts
all played up on the Castlecomer Plateau
with plentiful wine, capers and the finest bottled stout from James’s Gate
I think we played in two Bands together
Planxty and ( I think) The Early Grave Band ( As Down The Foyle The Waters Boil)
P Stands for Paddy, Stick to The Craythur
Hear his “The Night Before Larry Was Stretched” from “O’Donoghue’s Opera”
A cartoonist like no other, he could’nt give a Tinker’s Curse, always a good judge of a VW Camper Van
I’m sure twas Johnny I first heard sing “Morrisey & The Russian Sailor”
Hi Christy, I’m back again.I remember seeing you in the Hidden Inn Kilmanahan. I have an earlier memory of you doing The Ragg up near Thurles, and you didn’t let us down. Despite there being only about 15 of us at the gig you sat yourself down on the edge of the stage and treated us to an almost private accoustic gig for an hour and a half. I remember the windy night in the marquee behind the Minella too.Never missed a night in The Park Hotel( now The Talbot) . Great memories too of a night in Killarney some 30 or so years ago when you made the time after the gig to chat to us and our two kids outside your minibus before you hit the road. to travel up to Co Clare. Anyway to get back to me original question…….when are you coming back to the Vale of Honey????.
Loving your album….Take care a while..Best wishes ..John
Christy's reply
Thats a right one John…great your recall of those far off nights , those ballad sessions…
I’ll tell you a good one about The Ragg…
I was struggling in the mid 70’s….after leaving Planxty I found it hard to get work..someone told me about a new Ballad Lounge in Tipp….The Ragg…I got the number and rang…I spoke to the Fear an Tí about a gig….he asked me my name and said…”sorry but never heard tell of you ” then he said ‘I’ll go out and ask the lads in the bar” a while later he came back sayin…”none of them ever heard tell of you either….sorry I cant hire you”
roll on 10 years and my star had risen a bit…I got booked for The Ragg….by this time I had PA and Crew and all that….the place was rammed ( twas around the time of “The Shovel” ) I did the gig. had a great response, left the stage and there was Fear an Tí ….”you never sang the National Anthem”…..I told him I’d never done that at a gig before…. he said “well you’d better do it tonight or you’ll not get paid” !!
I feckin sang it that night…fair play to Mr Kennedy…he had worked hard,come back from America, built The Ragg and he wanted The Soldier’s Song sung in his venue and ……….it was a great end to a great night….and we got our wages
Hello Christy,
I’m hoping some day I’ll have 13 chords. You’re making me think of the four yorkshiremen sketch! It’s not just the 13 chords though, is it. You also have a mean right hand and accuracy in spades in the left. Wonderful stuff to see and hear. Working working working. I think I’ve got 2 1/2 chords now. Plus a capo! So that’s at least 30 chords in my maths…
Thankyou for pointing me to Hamish’s early recordings. Hamish Imlach from 1966 should be landing here soon.
Hi Christy
Today i am working straight across the Clyde from the Broomielaw, what a vision it conjurs up, of the woman washing/bleaching there a century or more ago.
Thanks Rory
Christy's reply
I heard many version of that song over the years..Owen Hand, Dick Gaughan (I think), Archie Fisher (I think)….
I think the full version indicates it to be a “Broken Token” ballad…same story as “The Dark Eyed Sailor” on the 1971 Prosperous album
You are indeed a precious listener..you keep the old songs alive by listening and referencing….
Christy, Thanks so much for a FANTASTIC night in HQ! The energy was something else. Lovely to hear Wind River Man make the cut, my favorite off the Lily album, I love the melody of it and the words make you stop and think. Magic!
Thank you and happy Christmas to yourself, Valerie and all the family.
Christy's reply
Yes Aisling….Declan O’Rourke’s “Bird Wind River” is a classic song… a beauty to sing….Id love a big music outro at the end…would have been a brilliant song for Planxty to cover…God Be With The Days…
Hope all well upon the Plains and Bogs of Sweet Kildare…..if you bump into Mickey Carroll, Tom Tuohy, Johnny Doyle or St Brigid Herself, wish ’em all a Happy Stephen’s Day….I’m goin to Leopardstown….got a few hot tips from Ted Walsh
Hi Christy, I hope your keeping well. I know you’r a bit of a film buff so after catching the Kneecap film a while back I have just watched Colm Baireads (Irish Language) film The Quiet Girl. It was ninety minutes we’ll spent. Keep her lit John
Christy's reply
The Quiet Girl ( An Cailín Ciúin) may be my favourite film of last year….beats any of the auld blockbuster shite
What a fantastic gig tonight, Christy! Thank you so much. A wonderful selection of songs old and new, and Spancil Hill and Back Home in Derry in one evening! And to hear the entire audience singing, especially Fairytale of New York…
It wasn’t until I saw your retweet of Martin Leahy at the Dáil that I realised today was his weekly protest, I wish iI’d had the sense to realise earlier that today was Thursday, I could have gone along. Next month…
Thanks again for a brilliant evening,
Anne
Christy's reply
the crowd were leppin last night..what a glorious choir assembled…they sang hearts out….yet when silence was appropriate they delivered…Magdalen Laundry, Lemon 7s and Spancilhill all heard in silence…Duende descended…..sitting there singing those songs it was hard to believe that 1100 people were listening so intently…the power and beauty of those songs written by Joni Mitchell, Brian Brannigan and Michael Considine…I feel utterly priviliged to sing them
Dear Christy,
A bit late, but deeply heartfelt : Thank you for the wonderful gig last Thursday.
I am truly impressed and very happy to have been part of that great audience that evening, who showed you their love and admiraton so clearly…
The atmosphere and energy, during the whole concert, was impressive and delightful. So well deserved, dear Christy!
My highlight was of course your personal greeting..
Thanks again…
Now, of course, Barbara and I want to have that experience again..
But the gig at the Marquee in June wich we would like to attend, is already fully booked..
Please advice, if there is a chance for a waitinglist maybe…
Dear Christy, for tonight I wish you another great audience…
Barbara sends her warmest regards as well..
All the best to you…
Love and Peace..
Trudy
Christy's reply
Thank You Barbara and Trudy for travelling so far to hear the songs…I spotted you in the room when the lights went up…did you get the song list ??
Fortunately, I checked the weather forecast and abandoned my plan to finally attempt the walk along the South Wall to Poolbeg Lighthouse, so I have been sitting in my hotel room, doing some study for my Open University course, and watching the rain lashing down in front of a fine view of St. Auden’s Church and the Four Courts. Maybe when my husband Mike is with me for your 20th January gig we’ll do the walk then! Oh, the sky is starting to clear and there is some sunlight now!
Recently reorganising books,I decided to keep ‘ One Voice’ nearer to hand…so,it’s a regular read/ dip in….
It’s always struck me as being such a personal act of writing….that it’s not chronological adds to the power.
In support of the book’s publication,you were due to do an evening of signing,conveniently near where I was working….a few days before it,a sign appeared and the event was cancelled. An enquiry revealed that you weren’t well..
I bought ‘One Voice’ as soon as it came out and was absorbed. I wrote to the publisher and asked for my congratulations and best wishes to be passed on to you …A few weeks later,I was surprised and delighted to receive a hand written postcard from you …it’s treasured and takes pride of place inside the cover of ‘One Voice’…an early indication (before this forum) of the way you interact with fans…now,mainly via cyberspace.
The sight of hand writing, the feel of paper and vinyl always remains special .
Enjoy tonight’s gig
Thanks
Dave
Christy's reply
That book signing time was a happy time….sorry it did not happen in Suffragette City…don’t know why that happened
Hi Christy
Despite the foggy weather and the evil in the world I feel fine. This month is a good one for me, my grandson Pelle is coming home for Christmas (he is currently studying in Kopenhagen) and at the end of this month a flight to Dublin to see you. You know, I have something special with Ireland. The very first time I came to Ireland, as we were landing we saw the green island below us, I became very emotional. I felt tears welling up because of a overwhelming feeling I was coming home. At that moment I was sure it would be very hard to leave. Since then this feeling hits me every time I come back to Ireland. Strange, isn’t it. Would reincarnation really exist? I’ll think about it…
In the meantime I wish you a nice evening in Vicar st, I’ll see you there on December 30
Hello Christy,
Lots of different ways to harden up nails for guitaring. I saw a thing that said Hamish Imlach used to use dental cement?
Saw sn interview with him. He wasctakiing about a book called “play guitar in 24 hours”.
It gave you five minutes to learn the D chord. He said it was more like 5 weeks.
I empathise…
Rebecca
Christy's reply
I think I have 13 chords ( and a Capo)
13 chords in 65 years..I was 16 when it began
that works out at one every 13 years
Hamish’s guitar playing, particularly on his early recordings, is very special
He influenced many young players who went on to become guitar playing-legends,….among them Bert Jansch and John Martyn..
he was the most generous mentor…helped legions of players to gain a foothold…not all of them chose to remember
he took me on the road in 1966, got me floor spots, encouraged clubs to give me supporting gigs, took me into his Family and Home …I still meet Hamish and Wilma’s Kids…now with their own families…
Diageo diageo have mounted a crusade…..against women and youngsters it is said.
Diagean converts are now being put on strict rations as their success outstrips their cooking up ability.
Not sure if any of us should give out a primal scream of despair at the news, or manicly preach in the street about the shortage….
Well Christy at least Santa’s day/ Christ’s day will be less of an Arthur’s day it seems this year.
Great album….its where i come from, must delve and post later.
Rory
Christy's reply
Thank you Rory..you constantly delve where few dare to venture…I take great satisfaction when you refer back to older work …
That particular song was thrown together rapidly.. it was slagged by some, derided by others….~One singer (from a famous Irish Band) announced to the Press that it was a stunt to promote an album ….ironically he played for Diageo every year on “Arthur’s Day”
I believe it had an impact …I got to play it on the Political Programme on RTE TV.
Its another song I wrote with Wally Page….I’d like to revisit it some time if only as an historical reference to the cynical antics of DIAGEO
That Flan’s gig in Paris was for James and Paul, way back in the 80’s.
Long, long time ago…
Thank you for telling me I could post my song on your guestbook.
It’s a long song so please feel free to edit it, or just remove it if it’s taking up too much space.
Also, I’m putting a SoundCloud link to the song at the bottom of the lyrics, in case you want to listen to it.
I imagine you don’t want links on your website. But it’s just so you can hear it.
You can remove that too.
Ain’t It Time That The Times Were A-Changin’ Again?
(Words & music by Paddy Sherlock)
Come sisters and brothers and put down your phones.
For the world is still hungry, can’t you hear the groans?
We are the workers and they are the drones.
But they’ll never have enough Dollars or Yen.
They take all the meat and they leave us the bones.
Ain’t it time that the times were a-changin’ again?
They’re burning each barrel of oil they can get
We’re trillions in debt. We ain’t seen nothing yet
They say that they’ll “Drill, Baby, drill“ if they’re let.
We’ve let lunatics lose in a gambling den.
And they’re blowing their wads on an all-in fools bet.
Ain’t it time that the times were a’ changing again?
The people of Gaza, are all blown to bits.
By the IDF soldiers, the wee, little shits.
Some would say Genocide, wear it if it fits.
For your country was born down the barrel of a Bren.
After forty-five thousand, could you not call it quits?
Ain’t it time that the times were a’ changing again?
We in the West, we have sent all our funds.
And our drones and our planes and our tanks and our guns.
And they’re murdering mothers and daughters and sons.
Over who says “Salam” or “Shalom” or “Amen”.
And sure what can you do when it’s stones against guns?
Ain’t it time that the times were a’ changing again?
Women still get the short end of the stick.
The way they are treated would just make you sick.
And a change may be coming, but it ain’t coming quick.
In a world that’s ruled by men, for men.
We’ll have to pull that wall down brick by brick.
Aint it time that the times were a’ changing again?
Come bosses, directors and presidents all.
Your days, they are numbered, your night’s gonna’ fall.
You may be blind but you must hear the call,
Of a whole generation that’s crying out, when?
And an all you can do is sit there and stall.
Ain’t it time that the times were a’ changing again?
In a world that is ruled by the bull and the bear.
There’s still those who believe, there are still those who care.
So tell us how long you’ll just stand by and stare?
For all this could change at the stroke of a pen.
Come down on the street and join us if you dare.
For it’s time that the times were changing again.
Hello Christy,
This guestbook feels like an oasis right now.
I’m a bit lost. Full of fluey aches and pains. I completed the sale on my Dad’s house yesterday. New people in, all done. All my focus has gone. What now.
Back to the guitar I think. And,a few songs.
Rebecca
After a few hours sleep Christy,
Keep her lit ,I was listening to you for the car ride home from Sligo hospital visiting my 95 year old Dad were we got a call yesterday to come up and see him just in case 🙏Your
A great source of comfort and peace and I know your some craic aswell .
I’m 51 now ,love you since I seen you first in 85 Astoria Ballroom ,look forward to seeing you again. Storm Dara is outside 👍🎸🎸🎸
Anyone here recall gigs in The White Strand Hotel in Buncrana….in the mid 70s there were great Sunday Night gigs there run by Pat Barron…. I loved those gigs, always packed and exciting..I used to stay with Pat’s Family nearby…later on in the early 80s I used to play and stay in The Lake of Shadows Hotel with Moving Hearts….what a great name for a Hotel…so much so that a tune of that name was written by the Band on the first Moving Hearts album….s
Greetings from the antipodes, Christy.
A quick one. Will there be shows in August/September next year when I am in your part of the world?
Greatly enjoying ‘Terrible Beauty.’ Thank you.
August is always down time here
the crew disperses for rest and recreation…
if spared,we’ll hit the road again come September
but nothing pencilled in yet
give us a shout again in a few months
We might be able to mark your card by then
Dia dhuit Christy, I hope you’re well. I’m seeing videos and pictures of your current Vicar Street run and can’t wait for Wednesday 11th Dec to see it in the flesh once again. Myself and the lads (Brian, Brian, Gary and Gary) are on our annual pilgrimage up, and I’m hoping you might do Sail On Jimmy as a small gift to the above mentioned men. Understandably you’re inundated with requests and such, so no problem if not. Thanks for all the fantastic memories over the years and hoping you’ve a happy healthy Christmas.
Go raibh míle maith agat agus Nollaig Shona Duit.
Ben
Fair enough Ben…..I’m in serious training here for next Wednesday….
Hope it’s OK to post this here Christy.
As many will know there was a tribute to Johnny Moynihan last April in Galway. Fender Jackson was there and recorded bits, into his phone I think, and now has it up as a podcast. Sound quality isn’t great but it’s a lovely tribute to Johnny, both touching and sad it sums the man up beautifully! Johnny didn’t lay much down on tape and wasn’t fond of the road but what he did was exquisite, Sweenys Men, and his turns with Planxty and De Dannan to The Fleadh Cowboys!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/51-thank-you-johnny-a-tribute-to-johnny-moynihan/id1703569456?i=1000654180276
Johnny Moynihan….
the very sound of his name redolent of the raw bar…
of sweet music , of notes carefully chosen,
delivered with the utmost attention to detail,
hear his “Rattlin Roarin Willie”
the beautiful bounce of his “Forty Two Pound Cheque”
A sporting man of high degree
competitive and inventive
we once hand a two handed league
Subbuteo (Dalymont Rules), Handball-Football, Tennis-Squash and Darts
all played up on the Castlecomer Plateau
with plentiful wine, capers and the finest bottled stout from James’s Gate
I think we played in two Bands together
Planxty and ( I think) The Early Grave Band ( As Down The Foyle The Waters Boil)
P Stands for Paddy, Stick to The Craythur
Hear his “The Night Before Larry Was Stretched” from “O’Donoghue’s Opera”
A cartoonist like no other, he could’nt give a Tinker’s Curse, always a good judge of a VW Camper Van
I’m sure twas Johnny I first heard sing “Morrisey & The Russian Sailor”
I was sorry to miss his Galway Tribute
Hi Christy, I’m back again.I remember seeing you in the Hidden Inn Kilmanahan. I have an earlier memory of you doing The Ragg up near Thurles, and you didn’t let us down. Despite there being only about 15 of us at the gig you sat yourself down on the edge of the stage and treated us to an almost private accoustic gig for an hour and a half. I remember the windy night in the marquee behind the Minella too.Never missed a night in The Park Hotel( now The Talbot) . Great memories too of a night in Killarney some 30 or so years ago when you made the time after the gig to chat to us and our two kids outside your minibus before you hit the road. to travel up to Co Clare. Anyway to get back to me original question…….when are you coming back to the Vale of Honey????.
Loving your album….Take care a while..Best wishes ..John
Thats a right one John…great your recall of those far off nights , those ballad sessions…
I’ll tell you a good one about The Ragg…
I was struggling in the mid 70’s….after leaving Planxty I found it hard to get work..someone told me about a new Ballad Lounge in Tipp….The Ragg…I got the number and rang…I spoke to the Fear an Tí about a gig….he asked me my name and said…”sorry but never heard tell of you ” then he said ‘I’ll go out and ask the lads in the bar” a while later he came back sayin…”none of them ever heard tell of you either….sorry I cant hire you”
roll on 10 years and my star had risen a bit…I got booked for The Ragg….by this time I had PA and Crew and all that….the place was rammed ( twas around the time of “The Shovel” ) I did the gig. had a great response, left the stage and there was Fear an Tí ….”you never sang the National Anthem”…..I told him I’d never done that at a gig before…. he said “well you’d better do it tonight or you’ll not get paid” !!
I feckin sang it that night…fair play to Mr Kennedy…he had worked hard,come back from America, built The Ragg and he wanted The Soldier’s Song sung in his venue and ……….it was a great end to a great night….and we got our wages
Hello Christy,
I’m hoping some day I’ll have 13 chords. You’re making me think of the four yorkshiremen sketch! It’s not just the 13 chords though, is it. You also have a mean right hand and accuracy in spades in the left. Wonderful stuff to see and hear. Working working working. I think I’ve got 2 1/2 chords now. Plus a capo! So that’s at least 30 chords in my maths…
Thankyou for pointing me to Hamish’s early recordings. Hamish Imlach from 1966 should be landing here soon.
Rebecca
good stuff
Hi Christy
Today i am working straight across the Clyde from the Broomielaw, what a vision it conjurs up, of the woman washing/bleaching there a century or more ago.
Thanks Rory
I heard many version of that song over the years..Owen Hand, Dick Gaughan (I think), Archie Fisher (I think)….
I think the full version indicates it to be a “Broken Token” ballad…same story as “The Dark Eyed Sailor” on the 1971 Prosperous album
You are indeed a precious listener..you keep the old songs alive by listening and referencing….
you have me reconsidering “Arthur’s Day”
Christy, Thanks so much for a FANTASTIC night in HQ! The energy was something else. Lovely to hear Wind River Man make the cut, my favorite off the Lily album, I love the melody of it and the words make you stop and think. Magic!
Thank you and happy Christmas to yourself, Valerie and all the family.
Yes Aisling….Declan O’Rourke’s “Bird Wind River” is a classic song… a beauty to sing….Id love a big music outro at the end…would have been a brilliant song for Planxty to cover…God Be With The Days…
Hope all well upon the Plains and Bogs of Sweet Kildare…..if you bump into Mickey Carroll, Tom Tuohy, Johnny Doyle or St Brigid Herself, wish ’em all a Happy Stephen’s Day….I’m goin to Leopardstown….got a few hot tips from Ted Walsh
Hi Christy, I hope your keeping well. I know you’r a bit of a film buff so after catching the Kneecap film a while back I have just watched Colm Baireads (Irish Language) film The Quiet Girl. It was ninety minutes we’ll spent. Keep her lit John
The Quiet Girl ( An Cailín Ciúin) may be my favourite film of last year….beats any of the auld blockbuster shite
Can I ask for a pre-salw code for Castlebar please, thanks again
Just checked with promoter..there is no pre-salw for that gig…first up, best dressed
Just left vicar street we had the best night fantastic tks soo much for request made our night
Black is The Colour
What a fantastic gig tonight, Christy! Thank you so much. A wonderful selection of songs old and new, and Spancil Hill and Back Home in Derry in one evening! And to hear the entire audience singing, especially Fairytale of New York…
It wasn’t until I saw your retweet of Martin Leahy at the Dáil that I realised today was his weekly protest, I wish iI’d had the sense to realise earlier that today was Thursday, I could have gone along. Next month…
Thanks again for a brilliant evening,
Anne
the crowd were leppin last night..what a glorious choir assembled…they sang hearts out….yet when silence was appropriate they delivered…Magdalen Laundry, Lemon 7s and Spancilhill all heard in silence…Duende descended…..sitting there singing those songs it was hard to believe that 1100 people were listening so intently…the power and beauty of those songs written by Joni Mitchell, Brian Brannigan and Michael Considine…I feel utterly priviliged to sing them
Dear Christy,
A bit late, but deeply heartfelt : Thank you for the wonderful gig last Thursday.
I am truly impressed and very happy to have been part of that great audience that evening, who showed you their love and admiraton so clearly…
The atmosphere and energy, during the whole concert, was impressive and delightful. So well deserved, dear Christy!
My highlight was of course your personal greeting..
Thanks again…
Now, of course, Barbara and I want to have that experience again..
But the gig at the Marquee in June wich we would like to attend, is already fully booked..
Please advice, if there is a chance for a waitinglist maybe…
Dear Christy, for tonight I wish you another great audience…
Barbara sends her warmest regards as well..
All the best to you…
Love and Peace..
Trudy
Thank You Barbara and Trudy for travelling so far to hear the songs…I spotted you in the room when the lights went up…did you get the song list ??
Hi Christy,
I’m very much looking forward to tonight’s gig.
Fortunately, I checked the weather forecast and abandoned my plan to finally attempt the walk along the South Wall to Poolbeg Lighthouse, so I have been sitting in my hotel room, doing some study for my Open University course, and watching the rain lashing down in front of a fine view of St. Auden’s Church and the Four Courts. Maybe when my husband Mike is with me for your 20th January gig we’ll do the walk then! Oh, the sky is starting to clear and there is some sunlight now!
See you in Vicar Street later,
All the best,
Anne
it went very well
Hi Christy
Recently reorganising books,I decided to keep ‘ One Voice’ nearer to hand…so,it’s a regular read/ dip in….
It’s always struck me as being such a personal act of writing….that it’s not chronological adds to the power.
In support of the book’s publication,you were due to do an evening of signing,conveniently near where I was working….a few days before it,a sign appeared and the event was cancelled. An enquiry revealed that you weren’t well..
I bought ‘One Voice’ as soon as it came out and was absorbed. I wrote to the publisher and asked for my congratulations and best wishes to be passed on to you …A few weeks later,I was surprised and delighted to receive a hand written postcard from you …it’s treasured and takes pride of place inside the cover of ‘One Voice’…an early indication (before this forum) of the way you interact with fans…now,mainly via cyberspace.
The sight of hand writing, the feel of paper and vinyl always remains special .
Enjoy tonight’s gig
Thanks
Dave
That book signing time was a happy time….sorry it did not happen in Suffragette City…don’t know why that happened
Hi Christy
Despite the foggy weather and the evil in the world I feel fine. This month is a good one for me, my grandson Pelle is coming home for Christmas (he is currently studying in Kopenhagen) and at the end of this month a flight to Dublin to see you. You know, I have something special with Ireland. The very first time I came to Ireland, as we were landing we saw the green island below us, I became very emotional. I felt tears welling up because of a overwhelming feeling I was coming home. At that moment I was sure it would be very hard to leave. Since then this feeling hits me every time I come back to Ireland. Strange, isn’t it. Would reincarnation really exist? I’ll think about it…
In the meantime I wish you a nice evening in Vicar st, I’ll see you there on December 30
how do you pronounce your name ????
Hello Christy,
Lots of different ways to harden up nails for guitaring. I saw a thing that said Hamish Imlach used to use dental cement?
Saw sn interview with him. He wasctakiing about a book called “play guitar in 24 hours”.
It gave you five minutes to learn the D chord. He said it was more like 5 weeks.
I empathise…
Rebecca
I think I have 13 chords ( and a Capo)
13 chords in 65 years..I was 16 when it began
that works out at one every 13 years
Hamish’s guitar playing, particularly on his early recordings, is very special
He influenced many young players who went on to become guitar playing-legends,….among them Bert Jansch and John Martyn..
he was the most generous mentor…helped legions of players to gain a foothold…not all of them chose to remember
he took me on the road in 1966, got me floor spots, encouraged clubs to give me supporting gigs, took me into his Family and Home …I still meet Hamish and Wilma’s Kids…now with their own families…
Diageo diageo have mounted a crusade…..against women and youngsters it is said.
Diagean converts are now being put on strict rations as their success outstrips their cooking up ability.
Not sure if any of us should give out a primal scream of despair at the news, or manicly preach in the street about the shortage….
Well Christy at least Santa’s day/ Christ’s day will be less of an Arthur’s day it seems this year.
Great album….its where i come from, must delve and post later.
Rory
Thank you Rory..you constantly delve where few dare to venture…I take great satisfaction when you refer back to older work …
That particular song was thrown together rapidly.. it was slagged by some, derided by others….~One singer (from a famous Irish Band) announced to the Press that it was a stunt to promote an album ….ironically he played for Diageo every year on “Arthur’s Day”
I believe it had an impact …I got to play it on the Political Programme on RTE TV.
Its another song I wrote with Wally Page….I’d like to revisit it some time if only as an historical reference to the cynical antics of DIAGEO
Hi Christy,
That Flan’s gig in Paris was for James and Paul, way back in the 80’s.
Long, long time ago…
Thank you for telling me I could post my song on your guestbook.
It’s a long song so please feel free to edit it, or just remove it if it’s taking up too much space.
Also, I’m putting a SoundCloud link to the song at the bottom of the lyrics, in case you want to listen to it.
I imagine you don’t want links on your website. But it’s just so you can hear it.
You can remove that too.
Ain’t It Time That The Times Were A-Changin’ Again?
(Words & music by Paddy Sherlock)
Come sisters and brothers and put down your phones.
For the world is still hungry, can’t you hear the groans?
We are the workers and they are the drones.
But they’ll never have enough Dollars or Yen.
They take all the meat and they leave us the bones.
Ain’t it time that the times were a-changin’ again?
They’re burning each barrel of oil they can get
We’re trillions in debt. We ain’t seen nothing yet
They say that they’ll “Drill, Baby, drill“ if they’re let.
We’ve let lunatics lose in a gambling den.
And they’re blowing their wads on an all-in fools bet.
Ain’t it time that the times were a’ changing again?
The people of Gaza, are all blown to bits.
By the IDF soldiers, the wee, little shits.
Some would say Genocide, wear it if it fits.
For your country was born down the barrel of a Bren.
After forty-five thousand, could you not call it quits?
Ain’t it time that the times were a’ changing again?
We in the West, we have sent all our funds.
And our drones and our planes and our tanks and our guns.
And they’re murdering mothers and daughters and sons.
Over who says “Salam” or “Shalom” or “Amen”.
And sure what can you do when it’s stones against guns?
Ain’t it time that the times were a’ changing again?
Women still get the short end of the stick.
The way they are treated would just make you sick.
And a change may be coming, but it ain’t coming quick.
In a world that’s ruled by men, for men.
We’ll have to pull that wall down brick by brick.
Aint it time that the times were a’ changing again?
Come bosses, directors and presidents all.
Your days, they are numbered, your night’s gonna’ fall.
You may be blind but you must hear the call,
Of a whole generation that’s crying out, when?
And an all you can do is sit there and stall.
Ain’t it time that the times were a’ changing again?
In a world that is ruled by the bull and the bear.
There’s still those who believe, there are still those who care.
So tell us how long you’ll just stand by and stare?
For all this could change at the stroke of a pen.
Come down on the street and join us if you dare.
For it’s time that the times were changing again.
Listen to the song here:
https://on.soundcloud.com/W8MHsov8zxFZgGkNA
Thanks again, Paddy
Thanks for sharing…..hope all goes well…we often talk about that time in Paris…those two gigs well remembered,….