Hi Christy
Just back from Cropredy – great 3 days – You may remember I asked if you ever contemplated playing at the Fairports annual bash and you replied that it had winked at you a couple of times and FC were a strong influence
Well anyway heres hoping you will give North Oxfordshire a visit some time.
By the way you were there n the sense that they played Planxty’s Raggle Taggle Gypsy in between acts and Mike Scott and the Waterboys did their version in their set.
See you in Carlow in September. up the scallion aters
Christy's reply
I heard them circa 1970 in The Free Trade Hall Manchester.I’d never heard anything like Fairport before.I have loved that early sound ever since.I imagined the smell of the fire about them…Sandy’s singing was so very special, Richard layered it on, Swarb rozzined the bow….they were tight and loose, they were loud and gentle betimes…..the memory of that night has stayed with me
Thanks for the reply.
Interesting that in listening to this song when I hear a rendition of it again that you’re quoting lines from that master of words: Joyce.
Currently embarking on some research which has me reading the ‘Hades’ chapter in Joyce’s Ulysses. I was surprised to come across the lines, practically the exact lines of Phil Chevron’s song Faithful Departed: ‘ as you are now so once were we’ in the book.
So, do I presume that Chevron himself was quoting Joyce…….
C, can you put any light on it?
I’d personally reckon from a basic search the lines maybe from (originally) a psalm.
It’s still a great song however, shades of a past that the one institution had massive sway over us.
And remembering the great late Phil Chevron.
Christy's reply
my own interest in song has never been scholarly. I never discussed this lyric with dear Philip but he would have well known his Joyce.Many songwriters dip into poetry and literature when constructing their own verse just as many others quote psalms and ancient ballads. Chevron, and Joyce before him, would quote anything that suited their purpose. Pete Seeger (apparently) claimed that plagiarism was an important tool in any songwriter’s toolbox.
It is heartening to see so many people at home out on the streets and exhibiting in so many other ways their solidarity with Palestine at this terrible time. This is in sharp contrast to here in the US where support for Israel is a given, from the halls of Congress to the completely one-sided reporting on events. There are people here who are horrified at what is happening in Gaza, but they are in the minority and are given scant attention by media.
The situation in Palestine would not be happening if it weren’t for support from the US which provides the arms and the money that allow Israel, with complete impunity, to act the way it does. I have been drawn recently to the words of the late Harold Pinter, who, in his Nobel acceptance speech in 2005 describes how the US manipulates power while “masquerading as a force for universal good”. He states, and I agree: “The crimes of the United States have been systematic, constant, vicious, remorseless, but very few people have talked about them.” The sheer hypocrisy of the US talking about negotiating a resolution in Palestine is mind-boggling considering it is the country that enables the intolerable situation in Gaza and the West Bank to continue.
I am attaching a copy of Pinter’s speech which has, near the end, an extract from Pablo Neruda’s poem about civilian bombing during the Spanish Civil War. It could have been written about Gaza.
I am lost for words.This morning I feel powerless in the face of American-backed- Israeli-state terrorism against the people of Palestine.I am shamed by the silence of the Irish Government…..
Hi Christy, just a quick one, the song “Back home in Derry” most artists vary between ‘a rebel I came and I’m still the same’ and ‘a rebel I came, I’ll die the same” I thought you would be the best person to know the correct lyrics.
Thanks
Christy's reply
I got the original lyrics from Bobby…he wrote” I’m still the same”….he used a variant of the the melody from Gordon Lightfoot’s song “The Wreck of The Edward Fitzgerald”…………Reportedly, when Gordon Lightfoot was told of this he replied that he always felt that the tune to be derived from an old Irish Air. I have no way of checking this story but I love to believe that its true.
Hi Christy, I hope all is well in your world. Just a quick note to say thanks so much for the Yoke, it has pride of place in the gaff and Mrs McShaz was over the moon when it winged its way from the lovely Maryline. Take care , baz
Christy's reply
morra Baz….whatever thon yoke might be..fáilte romhat mo cara..MaryLIne and Rose are a mighty pair for dispensing the ballads….hope you are singing writing and chording yourself
My name is May from Chiang Mai. It’s in the north of Thailand. I know you and your songs from my husband. He is a German. He really loves you. Today he is wearing a T-shirt with your name on and it makes me so eager to watch your live DVD concert again. (We watch it many times and never get bored.) It was a live in Dublin 2006. Once my husband had a lot of the DVD about your live, but during moving to Thailand, he lost nealy all of them.
The way you sing, and speak to the audience, the way you perform really touch my heart deeply. Now it’s not only my husband who adores you but only his wife who knows you through him does.
If you’ve got a chance to visit Thailand, especially Chiang Mai, we hope to meet you once.
Greetings from a couple in Thailand to the one we love,
May and Rudi
Christy's reply
Greetings to you and your husband.Shine on May & Rudi…see you along the road
Hiya, CM,
To answer the fella’s question on “Ride On”. Jimmy said that it has to do with approaching hard things in life and just soldiering through it, basically. When he used to ride exercise horses, they would put the young, fretful ones behind a more sensible horse and just “Ride On”. That is where the title came from, anyway. That is how he explained it once. However, it is such an evocative song and everyone brings their own story to it…including myself.
I think the song is anything anyone wants to make it out to be.. But I remember asking you once about “Mad Lady And Me” because I was convinced the woman just drifted out to sea and was never seen again. You were adamant that no one died in the song! Must ask Jimmy about that one some time.
So this just makes me want to ask the question…have you ever had a song that you thought you knew the story on and found out it was completely different???
Christy's reply
some songs are forever changing their minds….they can be ambivalent betimes… or a sudden event can change their flow…. some that I knew in the 60s now mean nothing to me…songs that I once loved to sing can now cause me an embarrassed wince…..I stopped seeking “the meaning” many years ago..I’m happy to accept whatever pictures come my way…
Hi Christy,
Many thanks for the beautiful and inspirational music! Times being tough, I’m having to eBay a very fine LP of Paddy on the Road. I received a message through 4711ers from a pretty special 9 year old fan of your called Colm Seoighe asking whether he would mind me sending him a copy of a recording of the LP. I said that I’d try to get permission and that it might be ok if he gives a donation to a homeless charity. Would that be ok with you? The last thing I want to do is share your property without your permission, but Google tells me this lad is a proper fan!
Thanks again, kind regards
Geoff
Christy's reply
please share with Colm…he is a fine singer, dancer and musician…from Dorset to Galway the songs will fly….good luck with your auction, hope it goes well…
Just a little thanks for the fantastic gig in Lough Rynn on 19th July- to echo what the lads said a few weeks again on here. Between yourself, Declan & Jimmy we had a ball & we didn’t want it to end. I love how you had no set and just went with what you thought on the night, as well as the few requests. I would have loved to hear you sing one of your newer songs live, Listen, but I’ll have to wait for another time for that I guess 🙂 … Thanks also for accepting the yellow package at the end of the show (it was actually for friends of mine about Anti-fracking), a cd which they’ve written.
Poetry through song- you’re a legend!
Ursula
Christy's reply
Always a pleasure to play in Leitrim, dont happen often enough…I recall nights in Drumshambo, Manorhamilton, Carrick, Dromahair and Mohill….best of all was a gig in Ballinamore (circa 1978) when I met another ballad singer called Christy Moore..often wonder what became of him…we shared a few bottles of stout and I never met him again
I never say never J. but its unlikely at this time….there are so many towns in Ireland I have yet to play ……………..Athy,Belcoo,Corofin,Eadestown,Falcarragh,Gort,Headford,Inch,Jerpoint, Kilcash,Leitrim Village,Moneypoint, The Naul, Oola, Pallaskenry, Quin, Rathkeale, Shanagolden, Tipper,Urlingford, The Vee, Wicklow, Xmolina, Youghal, …I do miss my trips over but lost my head for heights in 1998
Greetings from the north eastern countryside of Bulgaria in the tiny little village of Mirovets.
Was rambling round the internet and checked in on your website to see what’s going on. Great to see all the gigs lined up, read the stories, watch the videoclips. Hope all is well with you, Declan and the whole crew.
Last week my wife and I joined in for a folkseminar in the city of Plovdiv. A week of trying to learn bits and pieces playing on a tambura (wee bit similar to a bouzouki)
People from all over the world were there and you could feel the power and essence of music. Connecting people! There was a small intimate concert of woman called Kalinka Velchukova. I never heard of her before but she’s famous around here. She sang in a language I couldn’t understand but I could feel the power of the emotions in the songs. Inspiring. Next season will see the first leg of a theatretour around the lowlands which Ed, new member Danny Guinan (originally from Ferban) and myself will undertake under the name “O’DREAMS”
“Irish ways & Irish laws” in which we try to give our interpretation & images of Ireland in sings (old & new)
Just recorded one of them written by Albert Niland: “kings of kilburn high road”
With the new approach, the recordings, the visit to Bulgaria, the efforts of trying to get a hold of the tambura 🙂 it gives a lot of energy to make music and try to improve myself.
When you sing “When I first heard Tommy Makem and The Clancy’s my future it was sealed” I can tell you that my musical adventures started when I heard you sing back in the 1980’s in the IJsselhal in Zwolle on the folkfestival with a.o. Stocktons Wing.
Christy, thank you for that moment! Without it I may never have written this comment on a balcony in the little village of Mirovets, North East Bulgaria. Enjoy the Summer and good luck with the gigs next season. Hope to be there at one of them.
“Home comes the rover………”
John
Christy's reply
hard to beat Plovdiv for the old Tambura…always good to hear from you John.. to know that you are still out there making music and spreading your magic in distant lands…as another Summer ends I am happy to report that the songs are flowing here..a few new ones on the way…. ( covers and Trad but also a few on the page) Wally is away in Spain raving with the Fishermen..hopefully wjhen he gets back we might rustle up a few hits for the winter evenings…Shine On me auld Companero
Hi Christy! When I came to Ireland for the first time in 1985 I bought by chance one of your tapes, your songs accompanied me throughout my stay.
I also met an Irishman that same great summer – we are married for 26 years now! Because we live in Switzerland we never got round to seeing you live – until two weeks ago in Westport! Great gig and very special to us!
Back in Switzerland again… back to listening to tapes and CDs 😉
Take care and keep up the good work!
Christy's reply
greetings to our CH listeners…. its time for a trip to Berne
I have a feeling, you maybe can do something with a song I have going in my head, since I am not a songwriter. Its about changing your life totally and follow your dreams and heart. Moving to a new place/country there you really feel you are home and have friends and your heart. Its not the place there you are born or have roots in, just your heart and some friends. I call the song “coming home”, but I cant do anything more than that. But I think you can if you will
For me its about Ireland and of course Doolin, but that can gp for every place there people feeling they have theirs heart. Your home os not were you are born or there you live.Its there your heart is. Let me know if you can do something. The song will of course be totally yours, but I hope to hear then on a gig or a CD, sometime
Christy's reply
My own head is tormented with unfinished songs and totally clogged up with ideas not yet started….try getting words from your head down on to some paper…maybe you are a songwriter
Christy, for the honorable gentleman that you are, I thank you. This is the last post for a long while. Until that is, I have something musical really good to share.
Really, I have appreciated how you have put up with me when I have pushed things a little too far sometimes.
So, last post, sorry that it is one of the only traditional Irish songs that I know. I know, I know, educate yourself. I agree.
Anyway, here it is the Christy kind man.
Oh, and by the way “Ride On” was inspired by Luke moving to America wasn’t it?
“Ride On” was written by Jimmy MacCarthy who shared it with me in 1984.I have a vague idea of what inspired it..nothing to do with Luka going Stateside….”Raglan Road” was written by Patrick Kavanagh and Luke Kelly was the first to sing it…they say that a song becomes Traditional after 50 years so it would qualify using that methodology…personally, I feel a song to becomes Traditional when the song outlives the memory of who wrote it….your recent post recorded two ends of what appeared to be a long day….towards the end I got many flashbacks to earlier years…. (smoking the shirt)….. hope you are having a good day
Hi All…. Fair play for doing the gig for the Locked Out workers,,,,, it would be good to hear more details ? le do thoil…..Summer sunshine has finally arrived san Riocht,,,after lots of cloudy days… H
Hi Christy
Just back from Cropredy – great 3 days – You may remember I asked if you ever contemplated playing at the Fairports annual bash and you replied that it had winked at you a couple of times and FC were a strong influence
Well anyway heres hoping you will give North Oxfordshire a visit some time.
By the way you were there n the sense that they played Planxty’s Raggle Taggle Gypsy in between acts and Mike Scott and the Waterboys did their version in their set.
See you in Carlow in September. up the scallion aters
I heard them circa 1970 in The Free Trade Hall Manchester.I’d never heard anything like Fairport before.I have loved that early sound ever since.I imagined the smell of the fire about them…Sandy’s singing was so very special, Richard layered it on, Swarb rozzined the bow….they were tight and loose, they were loud and gentle betimes…..the memory of that night has stayed with me
Thanks for the reply.
Interesting that in listening to this song when I hear a rendition of it again that you’re quoting lines from that master of words: Joyce.
Currently embarking on some research which has me reading the ‘Hades’ chapter in Joyce’s Ulysses. I was surprised to come across the lines, practically the exact lines of Phil Chevron’s song Faithful Departed: ‘ as you are now so once were we’ in the book.
So, do I presume that Chevron himself was quoting Joyce…….
C, can you put any light on it?
I’d personally reckon from a basic search the lines maybe from (originally) a psalm.
It’s still a great song however, shades of a past that the one institution had massive sway over us.
And remembering the great late Phil Chevron.
my own interest in song has never been scholarly. I never discussed this lyric with dear Philip but he would have well known his Joyce.Many songwriters dip into poetry and literature when constructing their own verse just as many others quote psalms and ancient ballads. Chevron, and Joyce before him, would quote anything that suited their purpose. Pete Seeger (apparently) claimed that plagiarism was an important tool in any songwriter’s toolbox.
It is heartening to see so many people at home out on the streets and exhibiting in so many other ways their solidarity with Palestine at this terrible time. This is in sharp contrast to here in the US where support for Israel is a given, from the halls of Congress to the completely one-sided reporting on events. There are people here who are horrified at what is happening in Gaza, but they are in the minority and are given scant attention by media.
The situation in Palestine would not be happening if it weren’t for support from the US which provides the arms and the money that allow Israel, with complete impunity, to act the way it does. I have been drawn recently to the words of the late Harold Pinter, who, in his Nobel acceptance speech in 2005 describes how the US manipulates power while “masquerading as a force for universal good”. He states, and I agree: “The crimes of the United States have been systematic, constant, vicious, remorseless, but very few people have talked about them.” The sheer hypocrisy of the US talking about negotiating a resolution in Palestine is mind-boggling considering it is the country that enables the intolerable situation in Gaza and the West Bank to continue.
I am attaching a copy of Pinter’s speech which has, near the end, an extract from Pablo Neruda’s poem about civilian bombing during the Spanish Civil War. It could have been written about Gaza.
” Come and see the blood in the streets ”
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2005/pinter-lecture-e.html
I am lost for words.This morning I feel powerless in the face of American-backed- Israeli-state terrorism against the people of Palestine.I am shamed by the silence of the Irish Government…..
Marching time on Sat in Dub…
FATHER:
“It’s not the being at sea
It’s the shore we’d want to watch out for
Through every frontier
Crusaders pour”
SON:
“But what if we drift too far
& what if we’re too late?”
FATHER:
“That’s going to depend on
What you’re hoping to save
As the sea it rises
& the sun it sets
There are no compromises
Let us not forget”
SON:
“Have you figured out
What we’re out here for?
Cause we’re not helping anymore”
FATHER:
“What can you free
when nobody believes in that shit anymore?”
SON:
“Guess I’ve got it in my gut
That we can still do more…”
FATHER:
“You know what the wars are for
You know the money they make?!”
SON:
“Let’s give them something to think about
Before we let them take!”
FATHER:
“As the sea it rises
& the sun it sets
There are no compromises
Let us not forget”
SON:
“But there’s no use in saying
‘that’s the way it is
& the way it will always be’
Have you figured out
What we’re out here for?
Cause we’re not helping anymore…”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MPc3y0lpfI
sounds like you got the bit between your teeth Dylan…keep up the good work..thanks for sharing
Hi Christy, just a quick one, the song “Back home in Derry” most artists vary between ‘a rebel I came and I’m still the same’ and ‘a rebel I came, I’ll die the same” I thought you would be the best person to know the correct lyrics.
Thanks
I got the original lyrics from Bobby…he wrote” I’m still the same”….he used a variant of the the melody from Gordon Lightfoot’s song “The Wreck of The Edward Fitzgerald”…………Reportedly, when Gordon Lightfoot was told of this he replied that he always felt that the tune to be derived from an old Irish Air. I have no way of checking this story but I love to believe that its true.
Hi Christy, I hope all is well in your world. Just a quick note to say thanks so much for the Yoke, it has pride of place in the gaff and Mrs McShaz was over the moon when it winged its way from the lovely Maryline. Take care , baz
morra Baz….whatever thon yoke might be..fáilte romhat mo cara..MaryLIne and Rose are a mighty pair for dispensing the ballads….hope you are singing writing and chording yourself
Hello Christy,
My name is May from Chiang Mai. It’s in the north of Thailand. I know you and your songs from my husband. He is a German. He really loves you. Today he is wearing a T-shirt with your name on and it makes me so eager to watch your live DVD concert again. (We watch it many times and never get bored.) It was a live in Dublin 2006. Once my husband had a lot of the DVD about your live, but during moving to Thailand, he lost nealy all of them.
The way you sing, and speak to the audience, the way you perform really touch my heart deeply. Now it’s not only my husband who adores you but only his wife who knows you through him does.
If you’ve got a chance to visit Thailand, especially Chiang Mai, we hope to meet you once.
Greetings from a couple in Thailand to the one we love,
May and Rudi
Greetings to you and your husband.Shine on May & Rudi…see you along the road
hello
Hiya, CM,
To answer the fella’s question on “Ride On”. Jimmy said that it has to do with approaching hard things in life and just soldiering through it, basically. When he used to ride exercise horses, they would put the young, fretful ones behind a more sensible horse and just “Ride On”. That is where the title came from, anyway. That is how he explained it once. However, it is such an evocative song and everyone brings their own story to it…including myself.
I think the song is anything anyone wants to make it out to be.. But I remember asking you once about “Mad Lady And Me” because I was convinced the woman just drifted out to sea and was never seen again. You were adamant that no one died in the song! Must ask Jimmy about that one some time.
So this just makes me want to ask the question…have you ever had a song that you thought you knew the story on and found out it was completely different???
some songs are forever changing their minds….they can be ambivalent betimes… or a sudden event can change their flow…. some that I knew in the 60s now mean nothing to me…songs that I once loved to sing can now cause me an embarrassed wince…..I stopped seeking “the meaning” many years ago..I’m happy to accept whatever pictures come my way…
Hi Christy,
Many thanks for the beautiful and inspirational music! Times being tough, I’m having to eBay a very fine LP of Paddy on the Road. I received a message through 4711ers from a pretty special 9 year old fan of your called Colm Seoighe asking whether he would mind me sending him a copy of a recording of the LP. I said that I’d try to get permission and that it might be ok if he gives a donation to a homeless charity. Would that be ok with you? The last thing I want to do is share your property without your permission, but Google tells me this lad is a proper fan!
Thanks again, kind regards
Geoff
please share with Colm…he is a fine singer, dancer and musician…from Dorset to Galway the songs will fly….good luck with your auction, hope it goes well…
Hi Christy,
Just a little thanks for the fantastic gig in Lough Rynn on 19th July- to echo what the lads said a few weeks again on here. Between yourself, Declan & Jimmy we had a ball & we didn’t want it to end. I love how you had no set and just went with what you thought on the night, as well as the few requests. I would have loved to hear you sing one of your newer songs live, Listen, but I’ll have to wait for another time for that I guess 🙂 … Thanks also for accepting the yellow package at the end of the show (it was actually for friends of mine about Anti-fracking), a cd which they’ve written.
Poetry through song- you’re a legend!
Ursula
Always a pleasure to play in Leitrim, dont happen often enough…I recall nights in Drumshambo, Manorhamilton, Carrick, Dromahair and Mohill….best of all was a gig in Ballinamore (circa 1978) when I met another ballad singer called Christy Moore..often wonder what became of him…we shared a few bottles of stout and I never met him again
Any chance of any North American shows?
I never say never J. but its unlikely at this time….there are so many towns in Ireland I have yet to play ……………..Athy,Belcoo,Corofin,Eadestown,Falcarragh,Gort,Headford,Inch,Jerpoint, Kilcash,Leitrim Village,Moneypoint, The Naul, Oola, Pallaskenry, Quin, Rathkeale, Shanagolden, Tipper,Urlingford, The Vee, Wicklow, Xmolina, Youghal, …I do miss my trips over but lost my head for heights in 1998
Hi Christy,
Greetings from the north eastern countryside of Bulgaria in the tiny little village of Mirovets.
Was rambling round the internet and checked in on your website to see what’s going on. Great to see all the gigs lined up, read the stories, watch the videoclips. Hope all is well with you, Declan and the whole crew.
Last week my wife and I joined in for a folkseminar in the city of Plovdiv. A week of trying to learn bits and pieces playing on a tambura (wee bit similar to a bouzouki)
People from all over the world were there and you could feel the power and essence of music. Connecting people! There was a small intimate concert of woman called Kalinka Velchukova. I never heard of her before but she’s famous around here. She sang in a language I couldn’t understand but I could feel the power of the emotions in the songs. Inspiring. Next season will see the first leg of a theatretour around the lowlands which Ed, new member Danny Guinan (originally from Ferban) and myself will undertake under the name “O’DREAMS”
“Irish ways & Irish laws” in which we try to give our interpretation & images of Ireland in sings (old & new)
Just recorded one of them written by Albert Niland: “kings of kilburn high road”
With the new approach, the recordings, the visit to Bulgaria, the efforts of trying to get a hold of the tambura 🙂 it gives a lot of energy to make music and try to improve myself.
When you sing “When I first heard Tommy Makem and The Clancy’s my future it was sealed” I can tell you that my musical adventures started when I heard you sing back in the 1980’s in the IJsselhal in Zwolle on the folkfestival with a.o. Stocktons Wing.
Christy, thank you for that moment! Without it I may never have written this comment on a balcony in the little village of Mirovets, North East Bulgaria. Enjoy the Summer and good luck with the gigs next season. Hope to be there at one of them.
“Home comes the rover………”
John
hard to beat Plovdiv for the old Tambura…always good to hear from you John.. to know that you are still out there making music and spreading your magic in distant lands…as another Summer ends I am happy to report that the songs are flowing here..a few new ones on the way…. ( covers and Trad but also a few on the page) Wally is away in Spain raving with the Fishermen..hopefully wjhen he gets back we might rustle up a few hits for the winter evenings…Shine On me auld Companero
Hi Christy! When I came to Ireland for the first time in 1985 I bought by chance one of your tapes, your songs accompanied me throughout my stay.
I also met an Irishman that same great summer – we are married for 26 years now! Because we live in Switzerland we never got round to seeing you live – until two weeks ago in Westport! Great gig and very special to us!
Back in Switzerland again… back to listening to tapes and CDs 😉
Take care and keep up the good work!
greetings to our CH listeners…. its time for a trip to Berne
I have a feeling, you maybe can do something with a song I have going in my head, since I am not a songwriter. Its about changing your life totally and follow your dreams and heart. Moving to a new place/country there you really feel you are home and have friends and your heart. Its not the place there you are born or have roots in, just your heart and some friends. I call the song “coming home”, but I cant do anything more than that. But I think you can if you will
For me its about Ireland and of course Doolin, but that can gp for every place there people feeling they have theirs heart. Your home os not were you are born or there you live.Its there your heart is. Let me know if you can do something. The song will of course be totally yours, but I hope to hear then on a gig or a CD, sometime
My own head is tormented with unfinished songs and totally clogged up with ideas not yet started….try getting words from your head down on to some paper…maybe you are a songwriter
Thanks Christy for doing the gig for locked out Greyhound workers.
Liberty Hall, Sat. August16th. Plus Don Baker
Christy, for the honorable gentleman that you are, I thank you. This is the last post for a long while. Until that is, I have something musical really good to share.
Really, I have appreciated how you have put up with me when I have pushed things a little too far sometimes.
So, last post, sorry that it is one of the only traditional Irish songs that I know. I know, I know, educate yourself. I agree.
Anyway, here it is the Christy kind man.
Oh, and by the way “Ride On” was inspired by Luke moving to America wasn’t it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2wqdjWG280&list=UUnsUaXejSLQrfjyszAaOGcA
“Ride On” was written by Jimmy MacCarthy who shared it with me in 1984.I have a vague idea of what inspired it..nothing to do with Luka going Stateside….”Raglan Road” was written by Patrick Kavanagh and Luke Kelly was the first to sing it…they say that a song becomes Traditional after 50 years so it would qualify using that methodology…personally, I feel a song to becomes Traditional when the song outlives the memory of who wrote it….your recent post recorded two ends of what appeared to be a long day….towards the end I got many flashbacks to earlier years…. (smoking the shirt)….. hope you are having a good day
Hi All…. Fair play for doing the gig for the Locked Out workers,,,,, it would be good to hear more details ? le do thoil…..Summer sunshine has finally arrived san Riocht,,,after lots of cloudy days… H
aug 16th Liberty Hall..details asap…..
Fair Play to You Christy! A major boost for the Locked Out Greyhound workers.