However Christy, we all plug on, enjoying the time we are given, enjoying the music and keeping on smiling….in the recent album PROTEST SONGS, The Specials and Terry Hall reworked the song ‘aint gonna let nobody turn us round’ very apt message, great song.
keep on keeping on Christy.
Love and wishes
Rory
Christy's reply
sad but inevitable..we’re all bound for the same conclusion..its good to be reminded…may their loved ones find peace
Sad news about Terry Hall Christy, he got one thing right The Lunatics (Trump, Putin, Johnson, Bolsonaro etc) have definatly taken over the Asylum. R.I.P. Terry,
Hello Christy,
Sometimes you really make me chuckle.
“until I came back out and messed up the last verse”
No wonder I love hanging about here.
You describe it so beautifully.
I kind of do something similar.
My head wanders off and the song gets on with it.
The last few days I’ve been getting to grips with the new harp, so I’ve been humming through Musgrave as the harp does its thing with hopefully less and less interference from me. It’s not the same without the words. I keep losing my place. I love singing, it’s so weird.
If anyone is dreaming of a copy of the withdrawn ordinary man vinyl there are one or two copies on discogs (along with loads of the replacement ones). The original version is marked “LP Wit” plus the tracks are listed in the description.
Rebecca
Christy's reply
we gets off on it..we loses ourselves between the verses and melodies…we loves Cork grammar like
Greetings from the antipodes, Christy. How we wish you still toured down here. Perhaps you could get a ride with St Brendan?
I last saw you in concert in 2018. A magical evening in Ballybunion.
I will be in Ireland in October 2023. I note that Tuesday 26 September at Bundoran is the final show listed. Are further shows planned for October? Please keep safe and well.
Hi Christy,
Hope you caught the fecker. You can’t be eating that nut roast shite (Once is enough, It’s one time too many… )
Anyways thanks for all the reading and replying that you do on this site. It’s been educational and you have some patience.
Hope you and yours enjoy the crimbo. And have a happy and healthy new year. Looking forward to Vicar St on the 15th.
Until then take it easy but take it.
Bourkey
Well Christy, another year of gigs comes to a close with HQ hopping every night, each one different than the previous.Hope you have a wonderful Christmas break, and if that Turkey escapes in the Yellow Furze, give us a shout and a prime specimen can be dispatched from the middle of the island.
Thanks so much for all you do for us the listeners throughout the years……we will all come together again when the January Man appears, le cúnamh Dé.
Best Regards,
Patsy
Christy's reply
Morra Patsy…all good, thanks be, thanks for all your support,Sail On…
Beckett/Joyce… have to admit I wouldn’t have known either way…..
Making our way northwest again…. maybe a bite in the Highlands Hotel … give the cook an evening off.
Some Fairytale last night in Dublins own Barras….
Christy's reply
Fairytale was flyin last night until I came back out and messed up the last verse !!!
what a great end to the year !..Shine on Marty & Ger
Hi Christy
Fair play to the lads in NASA for doing what they did last week.
But I think they missed a trick. If they could harness the energy
of a run of your Vicar St. gigs sure there would be no need for Putin’s gas, Arab oil or Nuclear power (still no thanks)
Tabhair Aire
Bourkey
Christy's reply
my head was buried so deep in the ballads I heard nothing about NASA..I’ll have to try and catch up when I catch my breath…I’m trying to catch the Turkey at the moment..she was last seen heading out the haggert gate and making towards the Yellow Bog…she feckin does this on me every year… looks like we’ll be reduced to nut loaf again this year…
“O Turkey Bold had one only daughter
as Fair a Lady as the eye could see
She stole the keys to her Dado’s Harbour
and swore Lord Baker she would set free”
‘Lord Baker”from album “The Bonny Green Tree” by John (Jacko) Reilly on the Topic Label..recorded by Tom Munnelly over 50 years ago.
Hello Christy,
Thanks for talking about two new songs you’ve started singing. After a quick shuftie I found Lemon 7s on the A Lazarus Soul album, the D they put between the R & L. Made me think about Hurt and Ringing that Bell, Beeswing, but it’s all its own. Another one for a deep dive… I couldn’t find the other one, the one about Lya Mckee, hope they both appear in January, I’m so looking forward to hearing what they’ve become with you.
I’ve seen a few posts from people saying they’d be at the gigs on 9th or 11th January. Maybe some of us will bump into each other.
Rebecca
Christy's reply
” I said a quiet prayer, I would’nt bump into anyone from Kildare”
What a fantastic finale to the gigs of 22 , the best gig in Vicar street of my visits there.
The two new songs sound great …. look forward to hearing them again . Lemon Sevens is one that needs to be heard a few times to get to know it fully I think.
Happy Christmas to you and all your folks , roll on 23….
Christy's reply
well Marty, no one noticed my “deliberate’ mistake…..
last night I attributed the following words to Sam Beckett
“The French !..Dancing masters !..never worth a Roasted Fart to Ireland ”
I got told later that twas Jimmy Joyce himself that wrote this line in Ulysses (Cyclops /Citizen)
Hope ye got back to The Glens in one piece..Ye were in mighty voice last night
Dear C. I wish to express my deep appreciation to you for the energy you expand to ” entertain ” us, but also to inform us and bring on such a great journey at each and every unique gig. They are all so individual and memorable, there is no doubt that you are beloved by so many people here on the Island but also around the Globe. I trust you will have a Happy Christmas in good company. I hope Santa delivers all your wishes. Many thanks & Happy Christmas also to your great crew. GRMMA agus beir bua agus beannacht. H
Christy's reply
The band wagon rolls on…thankfully,gratefully…the annual Vicar st run now at the half-way mark as we pause for reflection…its been a great year after the enforced down-time,everyone relieved and happy to be “goin at it agin”……..
the audience last night was a hum dinger…such a choir of angels, rapscallions, headbangers,foot-tappers ,rappers,show-stoppers….I could have sung to ye all night..so many unfulfilled requests….I heard calls for Scapegoats, Two Island Swans,Motherland,Sacco & Vanzetti, Tamlaghtduff, Stardust,Veronica, Tyrone Boys, it was coming at me from all sides and I loved every moment of it all…having two songwriters in the room and singing their songs made it very special…..Brian Brannigan’s “Lemon Sevens” & James Cramer’s “Lyra” were so well recieved by that great gathering of listeners….the way the room descended into utter silence for those songs made for two very special song debuts……then back up and “at it” again as the juke box got switched back on for another bout of ballad karaoke….
The crew all in great order as we parted last night, Cian, Johnny,David, Dickon,Jeff, Mick and Paddy all haring off in different directions to their respective cabins after a year of great work…
the gaggle dispersed in a thousand different directions, the room empty and quiet by 11 pm last night…
Hopefully we’ll all gather again in a few weeks time..in the meantime, I wish everyone a happy and peaceful Nollaig…..agus míle maith agat tú freisin….marcaidh ar aghaidh go dtí 2023
Just home from yet another outstanding night in Vicar Street. Christy, what a show, best one yet, fair play to ya. The craic was mighty and the songs were never better. The new songs were fantastic especially the song for Lyra McKee. Hope you have a rest after that and enjoy the Christmas. Best wishes for 2023, might even see you in NCH. Best wishes
Frank
Christy's reply
Its early the morning after…still buzzing from last nights session…great end to the year’s work…thanks for listening and feedback
Hi Christy,
The record fair was in town yesterday and I found myself some treasure. A mint copy of the Ordinary Man LP with OIS and one of your finest compositions They Never Came Home.
Also included are live favorites like the title track, Continental Ceili, The Reel in the Flickering Light, St. Brendan’s Voyage and DTs. Two of Johnny Mulhearn’s best Matty and one of my all time favorites – Hard Cases. And hidden away at the end of side one, a little gem – The Diamondtina Drover by Hugh Mc Donald.
“I sometimes think I’ll settle back in Sydney
It’s been so long and it’s hard to change your mind
For the cattle trail rolls on and on and the fences last forever
and I won’t be back when the drovin’s done “
Backing vocals by Enya
Long may you run
Bourkey
Christy's reply
Thats a rare bit of Vinyl… that album was “recalled” after Judge Frank Murphy’s ruling in the High Court when he banned the song “They Never Came Home”…
Judge Frank long since gone to his heavenly bench, requiescent in pace…..the song still reverberates and I hope to sing it again at the next Stardust Memorial come Feb…
that album also featured Arty McGlynn, Liam Óg O’Flynn and Nollaig Bridgeman (amongst others)).. three great musicians recently departed….it was produced by Donal Lunny and recorded by Nicky Ryan over 30 years ago…..I have fond memories of those sessions
Hi Christy,
great to read that you added new songs to your set list – looking forward to hearing them live next year.
Seems that I was one of the last to get a ticket for your gig in Cavan in June, lucky me :-). First time for me to attend a concert in a hotel, curious what it will be like.
Enjoy your last gig for this year!
Cheers, Birgit
Christy's reply
Hey Birgit…that Cavan gig always rocks…there are 6 Crystal Chandeliers hanging in the room..the crystals have a hypnotic effect upon the balladeer and fill the audience with a powerful love of song….usually ends up like a transcendental céilí…we do hotels different here in Ireland….
Making our way from the hills to Vicar street….. wet and windy, but easier to travel at least. The songs keep calling us back…..
Great memories of Gigs and gatherings around the vicar st gigs …. old friends , some who have passed to the other side , songs and seisunna….
You keep singing and we will keep travelling… Hup.
Christy's reply
we appreciate our long haul listeners….from The Glens, from The Kingdom and from further afield…we even have a few spacers comin in tonight….
Just popped in to say thanks to Christy for the music & gracious patience in replying to bods like me – it helps me understand.
& thanks to you all for making this funny, serious, informative & ridiculous all at the same time
I wish you all a happy, safe & peaceful finish to 2022 & a noisy, full throttle start to 2023
Smile on, sail on…
Danny Harris
a small community here..we keep each other entertained …but also gain some new sounds and sights and perspectives..
Wilko johnson
Jet black
Terry hall
Depressing stuff, heroes of my youth and beyond.
However Christy, we all plug on, enjoying the time we are given, enjoying the music and keeping on smiling….in the recent album PROTEST SONGS, The Specials and Terry Hall reworked the song ‘aint gonna let nobody turn us round’ very apt message, great song.
keep on keeping on Christy.
Love and wishes
Rory
sad but inevitable..we’re all bound for the same conclusion..its good to be reminded…may their loved ones find peace
Sad news about Terry Hall Christy, he got one thing right The Lunatics (Trump, Putin, Johnson, Bolsonaro etc) have definatly taken over the Asylum. R.I.P. Terry,
any one for the last few choc ices ?
Hello Christy,
Sometimes you really make me chuckle.
“until I came back out and messed up the last verse”
No wonder I love hanging about here.
You describe it so beautifully.
I kind of do something similar.
My head wanders off and the song gets on with it.
The last few days I’ve been getting to grips with the new harp, so I’ve been humming through Musgrave as the harp does its thing with hopefully less and less interference from me. It’s not the same without the words. I keep losing my place. I love singing, it’s so weird.
If anyone is dreaming of a copy of the withdrawn ordinary man vinyl there are one or two copies on discogs (along with loads of the replacement ones). The original version is marked “LP Wit” plus the tracks are listed in the description.
Rebecca
we gets off on it..we loses ourselves between the verses and melodies…we loves Cork grammar like
Greetings from the antipodes, Christy. How we wish you still toured down here. Perhaps you could get a ride with St Brendan?
I last saw you in concert in 2018. A magical evening in Ballybunion.
I will be in Ireland in October 2023. I note that Tuesday 26 September at Bundoran is the final show listed. Are further shows planned for October? Please keep safe and well.
Echo Live reporting this morning that the Cork Life Centre’s future has been secured.
Well done to all concerned – a great Christmas present.
Good morning. I see talk in here on that ‘recalled’ Ordinary Man LP. I’ll be back.
Hi Christy,
Hope you caught the fecker. You can’t be eating that nut roast shite (Once is enough, It’s one time too many… )
Anyways thanks for all the reading and replying that you do on this site. It’s been educational and you have some patience.
Hope you and yours enjoy the crimbo. And have a happy and healthy new year. Looking forward to Vicar St on the 15th.
Until then take it easy but take it.
Bourkey
Well Christy, another year of gigs comes to a close with HQ hopping every night, each one different than the previous.Hope you have a wonderful Christmas break, and if that Turkey escapes in the Yellow Furze, give us a shout and a prime specimen can be dispatched from the middle of the island.
Thanks so much for all you do for us the listeners throughout the years……we will all come together again when the January Man appears, le cúnamh Dé.
Best Regards,
Patsy
Morra Patsy…all good, thanks be, thanks for all your support,Sail On…
Beckett/Joyce… have to admit I wouldn’t have known either way…..
Making our way northwest again…. maybe a bite in the Highlands Hotel … give the cook an evening off.
Some Fairytale last night in Dublins own Barras….
Fairytale was flyin last night until I came back out and messed up the last verse !!!
what a great end to the year !..Shine on Marty & Ger
Hi Christy
Fair play to the lads in NASA for doing what they did last week.
But I think they missed a trick. If they could harness the energy
of a run of your Vicar St. gigs sure there would be no need for Putin’s gas, Arab oil or Nuclear power (still no thanks)
Tabhair Aire
Bourkey
my head was buried so deep in the ballads I heard nothing about NASA..I’ll have to try and catch up when I catch my breath…I’m trying to catch the Turkey at the moment..she was last seen heading out the haggert gate and making towards the Yellow Bog…she feckin does this on me every year… looks like we’ll be reduced to nut loaf again this year…
“O Turkey Bold had one only daughter
as Fair a Lady as the eye could see
She stole the keys to her Dado’s Harbour
and swore Lord Baker she would set free”
‘Lord Baker”from album “The Bonny Green Tree” by John (Jacko) Reilly on the Topic Label..recorded by Tom Munnelly over 50 years ago.
Hello Christy,
Thanks for talking about two new songs you’ve started singing. After a quick shuftie I found Lemon 7s on the A Lazarus Soul album, the D they put between the R & L. Made me think about Hurt and Ringing that Bell, Beeswing, but it’s all its own. Another one for a deep dive… I couldn’t find the other one, the one about Lya Mckee, hope they both appear in January, I’m so looking forward to hearing what they’ve become with you.
I’ve seen a few posts from people saying they’d be at the gigs on 9th or 11th January. Maybe some of us will bump into each other.
Rebecca
” I said a quiet prayer, I would’nt bump into anyone from Kildare”
What a fantastic finale to the gigs of 22 , the best gig in Vicar street of my visits there.
The two new songs sound great …. look forward to hearing them again . Lemon Sevens is one that needs to be heard a few times to get to know it fully I think.
Happy Christmas to you and all your folks , roll on 23….
well Marty, no one noticed my “deliberate’ mistake…..
last night I attributed the following words to Sam Beckett
“The French !..Dancing masters !..never worth a Roasted Fart to Ireland ”
I got told later that twas Jimmy Joyce himself that wrote this line in Ulysses (Cyclops /Citizen)
Hope ye got back to The Glens in one piece..Ye were in mighty voice last night
Dear C. I wish to express my deep appreciation to you for the energy you expand to ” entertain ” us, but also to inform us and bring on such a great journey at each and every unique gig. They are all so individual and memorable, there is no doubt that you are beloved by so many people here on the Island but also around the Globe. I trust you will have a Happy Christmas in good company. I hope Santa delivers all your wishes. Many thanks & Happy Christmas also to your great crew. GRMMA agus beir bua agus beannacht. H
The band wagon rolls on…thankfully,gratefully…the annual Vicar st run now at the half-way mark as we pause for reflection…its been a great year after the enforced down-time,everyone relieved and happy to be “goin at it agin”……..
the audience last night was a hum dinger…such a choir of angels, rapscallions, headbangers,foot-tappers ,rappers,show-stoppers….I could have sung to ye all night..so many unfulfilled requests….I heard calls for Scapegoats, Two Island Swans,Motherland,Sacco & Vanzetti, Tamlaghtduff, Stardust,Veronica, Tyrone Boys, it was coming at me from all sides and I loved every moment of it all…having two songwriters in the room and singing their songs made it very special…..Brian Brannigan’s “Lemon Sevens” & James Cramer’s “Lyra” were so well recieved by that great gathering of listeners….the way the room descended into utter silence for those songs made for two very special song debuts……then back up and “at it” again as the juke box got switched back on for another bout of ballad karaoke….
The crew all in great order as we parted last night, Cian, Johnny,David, Dickon,Jeff, Mick and Paddy all haring off in different directions to their respective cabins after a year of great work…
the gaggle dispersed in a thousand different directions, the room empty and quiet by 11 pm last night…
Hopefully we’ll all gather again in a few weeks time..in the meantime, I wish everyone a happy and peaceful Nollaig…..agus míle maith agat tú freisin….marcaidh ar aghaidh go dtí 2023
.
Just home from yet another outstanding night in Vicar Street. Christy, what a show, best one yet, fair play to ya. The craic was mighty and the songs were never better. The new songs were fantastic especially the song for Lyra McKee. Hope you have a rest after that and enjoy the Christmas. Best wishes for 2023, might even see you in NCH. Best wishes
Frank
Its early the morning after…still buzzing from last nights session…great end to the year’s work…thanks for listening and feedback
Hacking warning. Something strange happpening in here.
so far, so good, thanks for being there Ed
Hi Christy,
The record fair was in town yesterday and I found myself some treasure. A mint copy of the Ordinary Man LP with OIS and one of your finest compositions They Never Came Home.
Also included are live favorites like the title track, Continental Ceili, The Reel in the Flickering Light, St. Brendan’s Voyage and DTs. Two of Johnny Mulhearn’s best Matty and one of my all time favorites – Hard Cases. And hidden away at the end of side one, a little gem – The Diamondtina Drover by Hugh Mc Donald.
“I sometimes think I’ll settle back in Sydney
It’s been so long and it’s hard to change your mind
For the cattle trail rolls on and on and the fences last forever
and I won’t be back when the drovin’s done “
Backing vocals by Enya
Long may you run
Bourkey
Thats a rare bit of Vinyl… that album was “recalled” after Judge Frank Murphy’s ruling in the High Court when he banned the song “They Never Came Home”…
Judge Frank long since gone to his heavenly bench, requiescent in pace…..the song still reverberates and I hope to sing it again at the next Stardust Memorial come Feb…
that album also featured Arty McGlynn, Liam Óg O’Flynn and Nollaig Bridgeman (amongst others)).. three great musicians recently departed….it was produced by Donal Lunny and recorded by Nicky Ryan over 30 years ago…..I have fond memories of those sessions
Hi Christy,
great to read that you added new songs to your set list – looking forward to hearing them live next year.
Seems that I was one of the last to get a ticket for your gig in Cavan in June, lucky me :-). First time for me to attend a concert in a hotel, curious what it will be like.
Enjoy your last gig for this year!
Cheers, Birgit
Hey Birgit…that Cavan gig always rocks…there are 6 Crystal Chandeliers hanging in the room..the crystals have a hypnotic effect upon the balladeer and fill the audience with a powerful love of song….usually ends up like a transcendental céilí…we do hotels different here in Ireland….
Making our way from the hills to Vicar street….. wet and windy, but easier to travel at least. The songs keep calling us back…..
Great memories of Gigs and gatherings around the vicar st gigs …. old friends , some who have passed to the other side , songs and seisunna….
You keep singing and we will keep travelling… Hup.
we appreciate our long haul listeners….from The Glens, from The Kingdom and from further afield…we even have a few spacers comin in tonight….