Hi Christy, thanks so much for doing “Brendan’s voyage” for Jessica and Dave . That meant so much to them. Little did you know that morning when Charlie’s chopper didn’t turn up , you would end the day writing a song in a pub in Brandon!
Christy's reply
Charlie’s Chopper turning up Brendy…not a pleasant sight
Christy, Judy Small had a “pop song hit” here in Oz with “4 million 3 thousand 2 hundred & 22 Tears From Now” as I recall – probably sang it at your gig
Warrnambool is on the pretty South West Coast of Victoria, as you’d remember – a large Irish community- Port Fairy was originally named Belfast – my ancestors from Ireland (Murphy – Cork) & England (Harris – Devon) settled in the area in 1847/48
Mildura is in far North West corner of the State of Victoria, on the Murray River bordering the States of New South Wales & South Australia.
Hot and dry here – air conditioning a must
Yes this is a great platform – heart warming & interesting & entertaining & all..
May the love in your heart guide you
Bestest Wyshes
Danny Harris – 6 hours north of the ‘Bool
Christy's reply
someone mentioned that Judy Small is a Judge now….true or false
Hi Christy,
As John O’ Dreams hides from me, i wondered about festivals.
Did you enjoy playing them?
Obviously Lisdoonvarna sounds like the pinnacle, with Glastonbury ( with Camilla) on the Traveller album not far behind?
I imagine there were more festivals in the early days, they have become so huge now it is almost becoming a place for youngsters to be seen at i feel, like a badge of honour almost for some.
I went to some Glasgow Fleadhs and other day festivals , plus T in the Park a couple of times but many camping weeks in Perthshire would be the only other times i enjoyed music in a field , and that was just from the transistor radio on staffing a youth club’s holidays.
Did you love the smell of ghadaffi’s tent, the itch of the midge, the wet socks and the rasher sandwich cooked on a fire, or rubbing shoulders with Beyonce and Elton?
Cheers and hopefully goodnight
Rory
Christy's reply
Blairgowrie was great in the 60s….Keele too…..in the 70s Ballisodare was special ..then came Lisdoonvarna and Carnsore….Finsbury Park was memorable..where I first heard The Cranberries….Cambridge revives some good early memories..listening to Diz Dizley at dawn around the embers of a camp fire….Carlsberg Specials with Bert Jansch in a quiet corner of a noisy Artists Bar..did 5 Glastonurys..memory my first one stands out..a Bodhrán solo on the main stage that caught the attention and swelled the ranks of listeners…I think it may be on the “Traveller” album….other schimmozzels spring to mind…Ballyshannon in the rain…Ballyconneely when the marquee blew into the Atlantic…Leeds with Fairport…Randalls Island in new York was a great event…
…but at the end of the day I gotta root for Lisdoonvarna..the first one still buzzes me up..I’m still singing about it
Dranouter was very good…a mad one in Rome (in Mussolini’s back garden)…Kertalg in Brittany was soused in Pernod and Pastis…Red Ken’s Save The GLC was a damp squib with a few Naziz lurking in the bushes…Casement Park had a female marching band over from Glasgow…the Platt Fields in Manchester ran out of Eccles Cake….
I gotta call a halt here Rory or the feckin day will be gone on me
What a terrific gig tonight – and what a choir. I have been to many Christy gigs in many venues since the first in the Chariot Inn Ranelagh in 1979. Tonight’s gig will live long in the memory.
Christy's reply
The Chariot ….that was a quare spot back in the day…I often spent my fee in the “lock-in”
Aah Christy… what can I say Míle Buióchas for the January Man tonight. Thanks to the Rose for informing you about my love of it.
I did make the Bus on time😂, stopped at Mother Hubbards to refuel. Another cracker in HQ; really loved the new Songs. There’s something special about that room, great choir brilliantly led by your good self. See you at the back end of this run.
Best regards
Patsy
Imagine Greta Thurnberg only turned 20 yesterday ? Amazing what she has achieved, some role model , long may she continue to challenge .Beir bua. H
Christy's reply
OOO AH Great Thurnberg
I say OOO AH Greta Thurnberg
“I see the children take to the streets
when they hear Greta Thunberg speak
I see the young warriors climb down from the trees
and chain themselves to machinery”
Can you play a request for Dave and Jess who are back from Australia with baby Noah. The last time they seen you was 2019 when they got married in killorglin co kerry. Can you please play St Brendans Voyage. Thank you
Did you ever come across the singer Ted Hawkins in your tours and travels ? He had done some hard traveling before becoming a kinda overnight sensation in the eighties.
Still had some hard traveling to do after that.
Used to open his gigs with There Stands The Glass.
You had your money’s worth right there. The rest of the show was free I guess. Ted passed on in January of 95 and I thought The Guestbook was a good spot to remember him.
I still remember Donal showing me how to shape the first chords I learned back around 1961….C,F & G….10 years later we formed Planxty and he taught me how to batter out the beat on my first Bodhrán…10 years after that we formed Moving Hearts and subsequently we worked together on many different projects including The Companeros with Declan Sinnott ….in between times Donal played with The Liffeysiders, The Rakes of KIldare,Parnell Folk, Emmet Spiceland,We Four, Bugle,The D.L.Orchestra and Coolfin….he produced numerous albums across the decades (and genres)….60 years on from our early balladeering he continues to produce,arrange and play his music… he holds a Doctorate from Trinity College,works from both University College Dublin and UCL Limerick and is a member of Aosdána here in Ireland….Donal Lunny…”the one and only”
The posts here are a real eye opener to me: a veritable school of good things Irish.
History, Geography, Social Studies, Political Science, Musical Appreciation, Absurdist Humour & just damn good crack…
I belong to Ireland.
Christy’s concerts continue to receive wholesome positive reception & that carries the mood
I love to read the thoughts & rambles & strong opinions though I don’t post all the time
I’m thinking of you all & your collective intellect & wit that you add to us here
I’ll return one day & my heart will swell & lift even more
Go well friends
Danny Harris
Christy's reply
G’day Danny,you’ve given our platform here a rattlin good thumbs up, fair play to you…I open my ancient device here every morning wondering what awaits…its a regular part of my working day now…in the main its uplifting and encouraging…I hear new music, discover songs,read interesting perspectives and experience quare hawks betimes….
I’ve played your neck of the woods a few times, a few different venues in Melbourne, also out in Vinegar Hill,in Geelong, also gigged a few RAOB clubs…is Warnambool out your direction ?..played there once with the Australian singer Judy Small
How’s the form ‘Sir’? Just writing to you from Dungiven (Francie Brolly and Joe Brolly) country. A few of us going to see you tomorrow night in Dublin (Wed 4th). I wrote to you a few years ago prior to a brilliant night in the Great Northern Hotel in Bundoran, one of the best gigs in the copious amounts of times I’ve seen you. The reason I write is that my younger sister Eimear and her boyfriend Paul (Kilkenny man) are seeing you for the first time after arriving home from Perth Australia for the holidays and they head back next week. They are really looking forward to tomorrow night, so if you could do a shout out to them I’d greatly appreciate it, even better if it was around the time of Beeswing/Butterfly/Yellow Furze etc. whatever suits you of course. Were having a trad session up in Dungiven on Friday night for them, so this would be some kick start to 2023.
Many thanks for all the brilliant nights and memories to date.
Here we go again – Dungiven, Derry to Vicar Street – and 3 years on, the ma, the daughter and granddaughter will be there again tomorrow night, Wed and we’re bringing the boyfriend this time to his first ever Christy gig and would love a wee ‘shout out.’ A wee mention as well, to Dungiven’s, Eimear M, home from Oz for Christmas with her Kilkenny boyfriend. She will be there on Wed night with her family too.
Wishing you and all your fans, a Happy and Healthy New Year, Christy.
Nana Mary (aka 4711er Valentine since Feb 14th fada ó shin)
I knew nothing at all about Martin Chilton. Hadnt ever heard of him. So take a bow C, on becoming ‘discovered’. Glance at my 1 January post and a reader can gauge how long ago you got discovered; by me and a good few more.
Christy a chara,
Bhain mé an sult as do gig aréir. A truly memorable experience for my first time in Vicar St. Wishing you all the best for 2023. Maith thú agus Beir Bua
Hello Christy.A very happy 2023 to yurself and all concerned.It was a privilage and an honour to spend 3 nights watching you treating us to musical masterpiece after another,It is amazing to see the young the old the brave and the bold wwatching and listening to you night after night.Long may it continue.im looking forward to seeing you later in yhe year.The new songs are superb.heres to a great 2023 Christy.Let the music keep our spirits high.Slan leat a chara
Hi Christy ,
Wishing you all the best for 2023 . Would you please say Hi to my daughter Jessica and her husband Dave who are back from Sydney , and Dave’s mom Rose , back from London , all booked in for Wednesday night at Vicar street. Jess and Dave are spending the holidays with us overlooking Brandon bay in Kerry and would love to hear “Brendan’s voyage” . We looking forward to seeing you ourselves in Killarney when there’s a bit of a stretch in the day! Is it right or Left for Gibraltar?
That’s a good and nice piece. I dont know anything about that guy at all from undiscovered music. D, you’ll have to purchase a new computer. Any webcafes in Manchester? Now am going back to sup my Guinness and blackcurrant.
Hi Christy, what a fantastic start to the gig year , the craic was only mighty , loved the new songs ,it was great to meet up with Hilary and Dave again , best wishes to you and the family ,and all the crew have a wonderful year .. safe travels , Tony , fiona
Hi Christy, thanks so much for doing “Brendan’s voyage” for Jessica and Dave . That meant so much to them. Little did you know that morning when Charlie’s chopper didn’t turn up , you would end the day writing a song in a pub in Brandon!
Charlie’s Chopper turning up Brendy…not a pleasant sight
Christy, Judy Small had a “pop song hit” here in Oz with “4 million 3 thousand 2 hundred & 22 Tears From Now” as I recall – probably sang it at your gig
Warrnambool is on the pretty South West Coast of Victoria, as you’d remember – a large Irish community- Port Fairy was originally named Belfast – my ancestors from Ireland (Murphy – Cork) & England (Harris – Devon) settled in the area in 1847/48
Mildura is in far North West corner of the State of Victoria, on the Murray River bordering the States of New South Wales & South Australia.
Hot and dry here – air conditioning a must
Yes this is a great platform – heart warming & interesting & entertaining & all..
May the love in your heart guide you
Bestest Wyshes
Danny Harris – 6 hours north of the ‘Bool
someone mentioned that Judy Small is a Judge now….true or false
Hi Christy,
As John O’ Dreams hides from me, i wondered about festivals.
Did you enjoy playing them?
Obviously Lisdoonvarna sounds like the pinnacle, with Glastonbury ( with Camilla) on the Traveller album not far behind?
I imagine there were more festivals in the early days, they have become so huge now it is almost becoming a place for youngsters to be seen at i feel, like a badge of honour almost for some.
I went to some Glasgow Fleadhs and other day festivals , plus T in the Park a couple of times but many camping weeks in Perthshire would be the only other times i enjoyed music in a field , and that was just from the transistor radio on staffing a youth club’s holidays.
Did you love the smell of ghadaffi’s tent, the itch of the midge, the wet socks and the rasher sandwich cooked on a fire, or rubbing shoulders with Beyonce and Elton?
Cheers and hopefully goodnight
Rory
Blairgowrie was great in the 60s….Keele too…..in the 70s Ballisodare was special ..then came Lisdoonvarna and Carnsore….Finsbury Park was memorable..where I first heard The Cranberries….Cambridge revives some good early memories..listening to Diz Dizley at dawn around the embers of a camp fire….Carlsberg Specials with Bert Jansch in a quiet corner of a noisy Artists Bar..did 5 Glastonurys..memory my first one stands out..a Bodhrán solo on the main stage that caught the attention and swelled the ranks of listeners…I think it may be on the “Traveller” album….other schimmozzels spring to mind…Ballyshannon in the rain…Ballyconneely when the marquee blew into the Atlantic…Leeds with Fairport…Randalls Island in new York was a great event…
…but at the end of the day I gotta root for Lisdoonvarna..the first one still buzzes me up..I’m still singing about it
Dranouter was very good…a mad one in Rome (in Mussolini’s back garden)…Kertalg in Brittany was soused in Pernod and Pastis…Red Ken’s Save The GLC was a damp squib with a few Naziz lurking in the bushes…Casement Park had a female marching band over from Glasgow…the Platt Fields in Manchester ran out of Eccles Cake….
I gotta call a halt here Rory or the feckin day will be gone on me
What a terrific gig tonight – and what a choir. I have been to many Christy gigs in many venues since the first in the Chariot Inn Ranelagh in 1979. Tonight’s gig will live long in the memory.
The Chariot ….that was a quare spot back in the day…I often spent my fee in the “lock-in”
Aah Christy… what can I say Míle Buióchas for the January Man tonight. Thanks to the Rose for informing you about my love of it.
I did make the Bus on time😂, stopped at Mother Hubbards to refuel. Another cracker in HQ; really loved the new Songs. There’s something special about that room, great choir brilliantly led by your good self. See you at the back end of this run.
Best regards
Patsy
ceart go leor agus fáilte romhat mo cara
Imagine Greta Thurnberg only turned 20 yesterday ? Amazing what she has achieved, some role model , long may she continue to challenge .Beir bua. H
OOO AH Great Thurnberg
I say OOO AH Greta Thurnberg
“I see the children take to the streets
when they hear Greta Thunberg speak
I see the young warriors climb down from the trees
and chain themselves to machinery”
as the Clock Winds Down… ( Jim Page)
Hey Christy
Can you play a request for Dave and Jess who are back from Australia with baby Noah. The last time they seen you was 2019 when they got married in killorglin co kerry. Can you please play St Brendans Voyage. Thank you
I recall Ted Hawkins.
Did you ever come across the singer Ted Hawkins in your tours and travels ? He had done some hard traveling before becoming a kinda overnight sensation in the eighties.
Still had some hard traveling to do after that.
Used to open his gigs with There Stands The Glass.
You had your money’s worth right there. The rest of the show was free I guess. Ted passed on in January of 95 and I thought The Guestbook was a good spot to remember him.
The link will work whether you use Facebook or not.
Hello Christy and All,
Here’s another bit of brilliance from the boxset list.
Donal Lunny doing something unbelievable with a bodhran…
https://www.facebook.com/HedwitschakDrums/videos/3029815747300010/
Rebecca
I still remember Donal showing me how to shape the first chords I learned back around 1961….C,F & G….10 years later we formed Planxty and he taught me how to batter out the beat on my first Bodhrán…10 years after that we formed Moving Hearts and subsequently we worked together on many different projects including The Companeros with Declan Sinnott ….in between times Donal played with The Liffeysiders, The Rakes of KIldare,Parnell Folk, Emmet Spiceland,We Four, Bugle,The D.L.Orchestra and Coolfin….he produced numerous albums across the decades (and genres)….60 years on from our early balladeering he continues to produce,arrange and play his music… he holds a Doctorate from Trinity College,works from both University College Dublin and UCL Limerick and is a member of Aosdána here in Ireland….Donal Lunny…”the one and only”
G’day you lot:
The posts here are a real eye opener to me: a veritable school of good things Irish.
History, Geography, Social Studies, Political Science, Musical Appreciation, Absurdist Humour & just damn good crack…
I belong to Ireland.
Christy’s concerts continue to receive wholesome positive reception & that carries the mood
I love to read the thoughts & rambles & strong opinions though I don’t post all the time
I’m thinking of you all & your collective intellect & wit that you add to us here
I’ll return one day & my heart will swell & lift even more
Go well friends
Danny Harris
G’day Danny,you’ve given our platform here a rattlin good thumbs up, fair play to you…I open my ancient device here every morning wondering what awaits…its a regular part of my working day now…in the main its uplifting and encouraging…I hear new music, discover songs,read interesting perspectives and experience quare hawks betimes….
I’ve played your neck of the woods a few times, a few different venues in Melbourne, also out in Vinegar Hill,in Geelong, also gigged a few RAOB clubs…is Warnambool out your direction ?..played there once with the Australian singer Judy Small
Christy
How’s the form ‘Sir’? Just writing to you from Dungiven (Francie Brolly and Joe Brolly) country. A few of us going to see you tomorrow night in Dublin (Wed 4th). I wrote to you a few years ago prior to a brilliant night in the Great Northern Hotel in Bundoran, one of the best gigs in the copious amounts of times I’ve seen you. The reason I write is that my younger sister Eimear and her boyfriend Paul (Kilkenny man) are seeing you for the first time after arriving home from Perth Australia for the holidays and they head back next week. They are really looking forward to tomorrow night, so if you could do a shout out to them I’d greatly appreciate it, even better if it was around the time of Beeswing/Butterfly/Yellow Furze etc. whatever suits you of course. Were having a trad session up in Dungiven on Friday night for them, so this would be some kick start to 2023.
Many thanks for all the brilliant nights and memories to date.
Best of luck tomorrow night, no bother to ye!!
Eunan Murphy
Here we go again – Dungiven, Derry to Vicar Street – and 3 years on, the ma, the daughter and granddaughter will be there again tomorrow night, Wed and we’re bringing the boyfriend this time to his first ever Christy gig and would love a wee ‘shout out.’ A wee mention as well, to Dungiven’s, Eimear M, home from Oz for Christmas with her Kilkenny boyfriend. She will be there on Wed night with her family too.
Wishing you and all your fans, a Happy and Healthy New Year, Christy.
Nana Mary (aka 4711er Valentine since Feb 14th fada ó shin)
I knew nothing at all about Martin Chilton. Hadnt ever heard of him. So take a bow C, on becoming ‘discovered’. Glance at my 1 January post and a reader can gauge how long ago you got discovered; by me and a good few more.
Christy a chara,
Bhain mé an sult as do gig aréir. A truly memorable experience for my first time in Vicar St. Wishing you all the best for 2023. Maith thú agus Beir Bua
Hello Christy.A very happy 2023 to yurself and all concerned.It was a privilage and an honour to spend 3 nights watching you treating us to musical masterpiece after another,It is amazing to see the young the old the brave and the bold wwatching and listening to you night after night.Long may it continue.im looking forward to seeing you later in yhe year.The new songs are superb.heres to a great 2023 Christy.Let the music keep our spirits high.Slan leat a chara
Hi Christy ,
Wishing you all the best for 2023 . Would you please say Hi to my daughter Jessica and her husband Dave who are back from Sydney , and Dave’s mom Rose , back from London , all booked in for Wednesday night at Vicar street. Jess and Dave are spending the holidays with us overlooking Brandon bay in Kerry and would love to hear “Brendan’s voyage” . We looking forward to seeing you ourselves in Killarney when there’s a bit of a stretch in the day! Is it right or Left for Gibraltar?
That’s a good and nice piece. I dont know anything about that guy at all from undiscovered music. D, you’ll have to purchase a new computer. Any webcafes in Manchester? Now am going back to sup my Guinness and blackcurrant.
Hi Christy, what a fantastic start to the gig year , the craic was only mighty , loved the new songs ,it was great to meet up with Hilary and Dave again , best wishes to you and the family ,and all the crew have a wonderful year .. safe travels , Tony , fiona