Just saw your post there Dave thanks for that! Have to say I miss your regular posts here, they sent me down some great rabbit holes over the years!
Rebecca, that Early Music Shop link took me back. The irony being exactly 10 years later after being introduced to Bowed Psaltrys, Spinets, etc on Words and Music I found myself living in London and employed for a short time in Cecil Sharpe House. The library there is an amazing place, anyone that finds themselves around that neck of London it’s well worth a visit. However, in the basement of the building is the Folk Shop run by the EFDSS. And in the corner of that shop, back in the day, the Early Music Shop had a type of concession or franchise that was stuffed to the gills with the affore mentioned and other delights like hurdy gurdys, lutes, harps, Dulcimers and all other types of weird and wonderful stuff so I got indulge myself. It was a great spot to work. Orchestras and other musicians used to come in to rehearse in the auditorium so you’d get free entertainment. There was a chap, Gerry, I think, would come in and open the kitchen and sell tea coffee and sandwiches for next to nothing. It was a great spot.
Speaking of which Christy, did I read here or somewhere else that Planxty played in that auditorium in the early days? Never knew that!
Also congratulations to the lady Flour Bags and commiserations with our friends from the Kingdom, A Doublin Double! Great days in the Capital for the big ball!
Christy's reply
Yes GIpp…we did a Sat Night gig in Cecils back in 1972..then made straight for The Balloon in Chelsea where the afters continued til morning
Hi christy,
Erin Sands not only sings Grace beautifully, but
I see she lifted the junior all Ireland for Down at Croke Park….our revenge will be the laughter of our children.
Well done Erin and her team mates, singing on the bus home no doubt.
Rory
Comhgairdeas do mná Cill Dara, showing the men the way ! wonder did you sing for them C ? And maybe mná na Riocht will show the men how to do it, like they did in previous years. Best of luck as you return to gigging this week. Beir bua agus beannacht. H
Christy's reply
Luka did the honours this time…I had the pleasure a few years back
HI Chrisy
( and Rebekah)
Todmorden has a really interesting history.
You are right that it is now in West Yorkshire but used to ” belong” to Lancashire.
The magnificent town hall was said to have a line through it and one side was said to be in Yorkshire and one in Lancashire.
In fact, the wonderful Stone carvings on the top of the building are separated into rural scenes representing Yorkshire and Industrial scenes representing Lancashire
Christy's reply
must take the old road next time I need to cross thon Pennines
Hello Christy,
Thanks for telling us about working through all your musical treasures, and the thing with the ITMA. Did you find the cable and have a listen? I’d love to hear some of it. I hope that it will be made accessible at some point, it sounds like it could take some time. When The Merriman at Scariff had its auction I managed to buy a black and white photo of you with a guitar. It lives like a king in my workroom now.
I’ve only ever met one Yorkshire terrier. It lived with my Dad’s mum. I love animals but it was an awful dog. It used to bite anyone who went anywhere near its toys(!). My grandma doted on it. That was the problem I guess. It would have been much more useful as a bodhran.
The rugby was on Amazon yesterday. We got a red and two yellow cards. The red was Owen Farrell….
Rebecca
Christy's reply
I’ve located the cable…still seeking the courage to listen..
hard at it here at the mo…I’m in serious training lest Andy Farrell runs out of tight head options….I’m number 4,786 in the tight head list in the 32 counties… but stranger things have happened (not too often but nevertheless,should the call come its better to be prepared…in my very last game with Galway Corinthians we won three scrums against the head)
Great posts from Gippworld and further East… Sounds like a ‘band of brothers’ spirit with our affections for your early work/Planxty. Your discovery of the Planxty rehearsal tape is great news. Fab if anything ever reaches an eager audience.
Gipp also references Andy Irvine and ‘dulcimer’…so,that’s my sunny Sunday listening decided…’Summer Solstice’ by your old muckers, Tim Hart (RIP) and Maddy Prior (Andy Irvine on some songs)…Tim’s dulcimer work led me to start playing in 1970. His skill and generosity of time by post and in dressing rooms will never be forgotten here…
All the best to you and fellow songsters in this parish.
Dave
Christy's reply
the pot continues to bubble….greetings to you in Suffragette City
Thanks to TG4 for a bit of coverage of the Fleadh. I think this presentation of ‘Where have all the flowers gone’ from Dolores Keane is just beautiful. Great to see Dolores looking so well and singing beautifully. The pipes really supplement this song, much to my surprise. Now regulars at home, please excuse my ignorance, but who is the fella singing with Dolores, and more importantly, who is the Piper? https://fb.watch/mnN1Lrxgwd/
Christy's reply
great to see her sing among such talented and sensitive players who appreciate her presence among them
it is that I see You as a moral authority and I feel really sorry that the media just ignore the fact that julian assange as an innocent journalist is in prison since years now, I feel that publicity is necessary these days, sorry that I wished you to do so.
zhanks for your reply klaus
Christy's reply
Dear Klaus….all I do is sing songs ..many are sent to me , some I write, some I uncover…”moral authority” exists with the listener….I have no sense of such…thanks for listening and for your feedback…happy monday
Hi Christy,
I’m already counting the days to come back to Dublin at the beginning of December for my now “traditional” visit to Vicar St and couldn’t be any happier to return in January (7th) with my brother Thomas and his wife Christina who took me to my first concert of you in Dusseldorf in 1996. That somehow feels like ages ago and the more impressive that you started your career even another three decades before.
Looking forward to listening to your new songs and your perfect mixture of funny songs and all the others that remind us of brave people, sad events or that tell stories, send out warnings, encourage people and are so powerful that listeners feel the energy and can take it home.
Is there a chance that you publish another songbook like the one from the 80’s? It’s such a beautiful collection of songs and it would be great to get a new edition with all your new(er) ballads. As I try to play a couple of your songs on guitar myself it would be of great help with the notes and especially the chords :-).
@Pat Darcy: Thank you! One day I’ll make it to the Coach House and hope to meet you there 🙂
All the best
Birgit
Christy's reply
Birgit…I sometimes think of a song book but then a new song arrives to sweep me away…its almost 40 years since the last song book….recently I signed a copy that was battered,torn and very well used ( a bit like myself)….the owner has had it for 40 years and still dips in and out…maybe its time to “go at it again”
Janey Mac Christy! Ye just cant afford to go off the grid here! So much to catch up on!
Bowed Psaltrys! That takes me back! Vividly remember early ’83, Golden Discs North Earl St! Reading the sleeve notes on the bus home! The excitement! Thinking, What the fuck is a Bowed Psaltry! A Spinnet, A Dulcimer, (one did appear on Cold Blow), A Phrophet Synthesizer, Also says you were playing Martin and Yamaha guitars and Donal played a “Jurion” Guitar? Typo for Junior? (I’m reading the actual original purchased vinyl sleeve notes as I type this), £6,99 price tag still stuck on it, not cheap for 40 years ago! I remember the wait from that purchase to the Stadium gig that was recorded in August 83 was like a lifetime!, was that thae last gig with the fab 4 till ’03 ) All of this created me obsession with musical instruments, infact, Mrs Gipp is currently threatening “Industrial Action” if any more instruments come into the gaff!
Actually all this segways nicely into a question I’ve always meant to ask you!
On The Iron Behind The Velvet, Andy Irvine is credited with playing a “Valdolin”!?
Then when I read, “A rehearsal recording from Prosperous”! Me jaw dropped! I think the only person that listens to that album more that I do is DAGRAB Dave! Throw us a bone. Hasn’t Andy Irvine being doing it with his Old Dog series, fascinating stuff. From a Planxty perspective its incredible to hear his solo home recordings of Bonny Light Horeseman and the Blacksmith and how they then became the finished articles!
Anyway, as Eric Bogle wrote and Liam Clancy sang! “It’s time you stopped rambling, there’s work to be done”!
Christy's reply
that was a Gurian Guitar that Donal played….
Andy’s Valdolin was always perfectly in tune eventually….
Donal had one of the original Moog Synths…his Prophet Synth graced a thousand albums from Dublin to Geelong via San Francisco….
I once had a Bodhrán that was made from the skin of a Yorkshire Terrier…the smell off it would empty a Folk Club
That Sean Moylan play sounds interesting. I managed to get to see Druid’s Shadow of a Gunman in Galway. It would take you right back, what times they were and people getting sucked into and enveloped into things not of their own making.
You told us one time that your then manager booked you into a New York gig the same evening as Ireland beat England in Stuttgart.
Christy's reply
First time I went to New York I heard Odetta, purely by chance…I was in a lift once with Dame Edna in Melbourne.. I nearly got Ronnie Delaney’s autograph in 1957…I stood beside Lou Reed checking into a London Hotel once… I met two Roses of Tralee.. also Miss Kildare in 1961….my Godfather was from Athlone..I once knew a man who’s first cousin was married to a woman whose Uncle used to fill hot water bottles for the Aga Khan in The Baroda Stud in Newbridge ..ah the poor auld Aga was a dacent auld skin..he’d give you the steam off his piss if you were gaspin….we used to see them all back in the 50s in Newbridge..Bing Crosby, Rita Hayworth, Otmar Arthur Remy, Jimmy Eddery, Boiler White, Mrs Bullett-Biddle, Liam Ward, Jimmy Ba Dowling, Billy Burke (Santa Claus Fame) Lester Piggott, Darky Prendergast…..we had a good boxing club with two Irish Champions Joe Cox and Tommy Connolly…two Orchestras, Jimmy Dunny & Bobby Rogers, a Brass band, two Ceili Bands The Gallowglass and Tom Wilmots….we never had a TD..a few narrow misses..back then we had Sweetman, Norton and Harris, not a string to be pulled in the town…
still feel sorry for shouting out twice “julian assange” in the middle of the waterford concert 19/7, when you answered “haven’t got a clou what is meant”…somehow I thought you would add a political comment, as you are some kind of moral hero for me (besides the musical gift)…it was right after the h-blocks song – anyway, thanks again, it was the 13th concert I was able to attend… wish you all the best, klaus
Christy's reply
no need for you to feel pangs of sorrow Klaus…it often happens that I cannot hear clearly what comes to the stage from the audience…..I do recall the the recent Theatre Royal Gig in Waterford…..I remember your call out and my reply…”I have’nt got a clue what you are saying”….what caused you to call out Julian Assange..was it the song that preceeded ??
Dear christy, thanks for the heads up about the Sean Moylan play, it lookslike it will have been terrific. I hope it hangs around the theatres long enough for a trip over.
Perhaps it might inspire a return to the gig set for the Galtee Mountain Boy….which i’d be very grateful for a rendition of at Kilkenny as am bringing Dinny Lacy’s grand niece Louise Moloney to the show with husband Paul….i shall give it a call out again on here closer to the gig.
Our now 2yo future racing filly was foaled and reared at Paul and Louise’s in the Golden Vale so we have called her The Galtee Mountain Girl.
Rory
Christy's reply
fair play Rory…I’ve taken note..
as far as I know The Sean Moylan play continuing to different locations ..would be great if it was around for your coming visit…
back in 1964 I added a fourth verse to the Galtee Mountain Boy…I have re-written it..I may have shared this already
“I’ll bid farewell to Old Clonmel in The Vale of The Honey Bee
the safe houses of Tipperary that oft times sheltered me
to our Flying Column that kept the flag flying high
may our cause be ne’er forgotten, said The Galtee Mountain Boy “
A city bathed in welcome sunshine as I’m playing a decades old anthem…’ The Weight’ has a timeless quality and an atmosphere.Now,with added poignancy with the sad news of Robbie Robertson’s passing…
Also,reading the latest copy of Uncut mag. Always a good read and fascinating CD with it. There’s an excellent tribute to Sinead O’Connor,with a quote from President Higgins’ obituary to her. Excellent words and sentiments. But what hits home for me is that the head of state is involved with the arts and cares enough to always hit the right tone.
That must have been fun,sorting the workroom. If you have a sec to comment, I’d love to know an item you found that sent you off on a nostalgic few minutes…in my case it was recently finding concert tickets for Joni Mitchell in the 70s and 80s Ry Cooder. Autographed after stage door stalking! Following on from previous chats here,the online malarkey definitely removes the simple pleasure of a retained ticket stub. One look at my tickets and I’m back in the rooms…
All the best
Dave
Christy's reply
Dave….I found an interesting 1971 recording of Donal, Andy Liam and I in rehearsal for the Prosperous album, I also uncovered two cassettes from New York.. one a 1984 solo gig in Symphony Space, another the 1988 solo gig in Carnegie Hall….when I find the lead I’ll plug in the cassette player..truth be told I’m expecting the quality to be poor but , hopefully, I’m wrong !
We are very fortunate in Ireland that our President is a man for all people….right across his life and career he has been a progressive thinker , has constantly campaigned for human rights, has mainained an interest in the Arts with Poetry being his primary interest….
old ticket stubs always bring back memories of happy times past..same with posters….I have a few precious posters here that I will soon surrender to a National Archive who are taking in my various bits and pieces..its an interesting and enjoyable process
Christy's reply
I found an interesting 1971 (pre Planxty) recording of Donal, Andy Liam and I in rehearsal for the Prosperous album, I also uncovered two cassettes from New York.. one a 1984 solo gig in Symphony Space, another the 1988 solo gig in Carnegie Hall….when I find the connection I’ll plug in the cassette player..truth be told I’m expecting the quality to be poor but , hopefully, I’m wrong !
We are very fortunate in Ireland that our President is a man for all people….right across his life and career Michael D. has been a progressive thinker , has constantly campaigned for human rights, has maintained an interest in the Arts with Poetry being his primary interest….
old ticket stubs always bring back memories of happy times past..same with posters….I have a few precious posters here that I will soon surrender to a National Archive who are taking in my various bits and pieces..its an interesting and enjoyable process
Hello Christy,
It’s a beautiful verse you added. It gives the ending that the song feels it needs, and it fits perfectly. Almost like you were remembering something that was already there but had been lost somewhere along the way. The same with the other lines. I’d have to go back to John Reilly to work out which they are.
Talking of what songs do to us. When I sing Wandering Aeongus all my hair stands on end. The energy of it…
When I was at school we learned The Red River Valley. I loved it but I’d no idea what it was about. I saw something on TV yesterday. The song is based on real events near Winnipeg in Canada where a group of people was founded by First Nation women and European settler men. Their music centres around the fiddle. https://youtu.be/cTSfkeD3mQs
you are right, still had the anti nuclear power show og´f the seventies in my mind… moral authority indeed arises within the own mind… all the best
Just saw your post there Dave thanks for that! Have to say I miss your regular posts here, they sent me down some great rabbit holes over the years!
Rebecca, that Early Music Shop link took me back. The irony being exactly 10 years later after being introduced to Bowed Psaltrys, Spinets, etc on Words and Music I found myself living in London and employed for a short time in Cecil Sharpe House. The library there is an amazing place, anyone that finds themselves around that neck of London it’s well worth a visit. However, in the basement of the building is the Folk Shop run by the EFDSS. And in the corner of that shop, back in the day, the Early Music Shop had a type of concession or franchise that was stuffed to the gills with the affore mentioned and other delights like hurdy gurdys, lutes, harps, Dulcimers and all other types of weird and wonderful stuff so I got indulge myself. It was a great spot to work. Orchestras and other musicians used to come in to rehearse in the auditorium so you’d get free entertainment. There was a chap, Gerry, I think, would come in and open the kitchen and sell tea coffee and sandwiches for next to nothing. It was a great spot.
Speaking of which Christy, did I read here or somewhere else that Planxty played in that auditorium in the early days? Never knew that!
Also congratulations to the lady Flour Bags and commiserations with our friends from the Kingdom, A Doublin Double! Great days in the Capital for the big ball!
Yes GIpp…we did a Sat Night gig in Cecils back in 1972..then made straight for The Balloon in Chelsea where the afters continued til morning
Hi christy,
Erin Sands not only sings Grace beautifully, but
I see she lifted the junior all Ireland for Down at Croke Park….our revenge will be the laughter of our children.
Well done Erin and her team mates, singing on the bus home no doubt.
Rory
great day for all…..Bobby smiling down
Comhgairdeas do mná Cill Dara, showing the men the way ! wonder did you sing for them C ? And maybe mná na Riocht will show the men how to do it, like they did in previous years. Best of luck as you return to gigging this week. Beir bua agus beannacht. H
Luka did the honours this time…I had the pleasure a few years back
Howdy All, Pat D’Arcy, the singer is Emmet Cahill and the piper is Tara Howley. There’s some amazing young female piper’s coming up!
sound Gipp
HI Chrisy
( and Rebekah)
Todmorden has a really interesting history.
You are right that it is now in West Yorkshire but used to ” belong” to Lancashire.
The magnificent town hall was said to have a line through it and one side was said to be in Yorkshire and one in Lancashire.
In fact, the wonderful Stone carvings on the top of the building are separated into rural scenes representing Yorkshire and Industrial scenes representing Lancashire
must take the old road next time I need to cross thon Pennines
Wandered across this this morning.
https://www.theballadeers.com/cm_1978_cmfc.htm#c1
Rebecca
that was a solo run by Tara records…..I had three albums with them back in the 70s ..they repackaged them together in this 3 cassette box….
Hello Christy,
Thanks for telling us about working through all your musical treasures, and the thing with the ITMA. Did you find the cable and have a listen? I’d love to hear some of it. I hope that it will be made accessible at some point, it sounds like it could take some time. When The Merriman at Scariff had its auction I managed to buy a black and white photo of you with a guitar. It lives like a king in my workroom now.
I’ve only ever met one Yorkshire terrier. It lived with my Dad’s mum. I love animals but it was an awful dog. It used to bite anyone who went anywhere near its toys(!). My grandma doted on it. That was the problem I guess. It would have been much more useful as a bodhran.
The rugby was on Amazon yesterday. We got a red and two yellow cards. The red was Owen Farrell….
Rebecca
I’ve located the cable…still seeking the courage to listen..
hard at it here at the mo…I’m in serious training lest Andy Farrell runs out of tight head options….I’m number 4,786 in the tight head list in the 32 counties… but stranger things have happened (not too often but nevertheless,should the call come its better to be prepared…in my very last game with Galway Corinthians we won three scrums against the head)
Hi Christy
Great posts from Gippworld and further East… Sounds like a ‘band of brothers’ spirit with our affections for your early work/Planxty. Your discovery of the Planxty rehearsal tape is great news. Fab if anything ever reaches an eager audience.
Gipp also references Andy Irvine and ‘dulcimer’…so,that’s my sunny Sunday listening decided…’Summer Solstice’ by your old muckers, Tim Hart (RIP) and Maddy Prior (Andy Irvine on some songs)…Tim’s dulcimer work led me to start playing in 1970. His skill and generosity of time by post and in dressing rooms will never be forgotten here…
All the best to you and fellow songsters in this parish.
Dave
the pot continues to bubble….greetings to you in Suffragette City
Thanks to TG4 for a bit of coverage of the Fleadh. I think this presentation of ‘Where have all the flowers gone’ from Dolores Keane is just beautiful. Great to see Dolores looking so well and singing beautifully. The pipes really supplement this song, much to my surprise. Now regulars at home, please excuse my ignorance, but who is the fella singing with Dolores, and more importantly, who is the Piper?
https://fb.watch/mnN1Lrxgwd/
great to see her sing among such talented and sensitive players who appreciate her presence among them
it is that I see You as a moral authority and I feel really sorry that the media just ignore the fact that julian assange as an innocent journalist is in prison since years now, I feel that publicity is necessary these days, sorry that I wished you to do so.
zhanks for your reply klaus
Dear Klaus….all I do is sing songs ..many are sent to me , some I write, some I uncover…”moral authority” exists with the listener….I have no sense of such…thanks for listening and for your feedback…happy monday
Hi Christy,
I’m already counting the days to come back to Dublin at the beginning of December for my now “traditional” visit to Vicar St and couldn’t be any happier to return in January (7th) with my brother Thomas and his wife Christina who took me to my first concert of you in Dusseldorf in 1996. That somehow feels like ages ago and the more impressive that you started your career even another three decades before.
Looking forward to listening to your new songs and your perfect mixture of funny songs and all the others that remind us of brave people, sad events or that tell stories, send out warnings, encourage people and are so powerful that listeners feel the energy and can take it home.
Is there a chance that you publish another songbook like the one from the 80’s? It’s such a beautiful collection of songs and it would be great to get a new edition with all your new(er) ballads. As I try to play a couple of your songs on guitar myself it would be of great help with the notes and especially the chords :-).
@Pat Darcy: Thank you! One day I’ll make it to the Coach House and hope to meet you there 🙂
All the best
Birgit
Birgit…I sometimes think of a song book but then a new song arrives to sweep me away…its almost 40 years since the last song book….recently I signed a copy that was battered,torn and very well used ( a bit like myself)….the owner has had it for 40 years and still dips in and out…maybe its time to “go at it again”
One of the best place to go and play and drool over the weird and wonderful in the musical thing is here
https://earlymusicshop.com/?gad=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw29ymBhAKEiwAHJbJ8jJwy7XmWdbhkpeGIjib9vDS-x2TitWCEL12MPC3Hy6wvS-KLD32DxoCsqYQAvD_BwE
A fantasy for us. They are also reliable suppliers of harp strings.. Not easily found….
no point in going in there for a pick-up or a tremolo bar
Janey Mac Christy! Ye just cant afford to go off the grid here! So much to catch up on!
Bowed Psaltrys! That takes me back! Vividly remember early ’83, Golden Discs North Earl St! Reading the sleeve notes on the bus home! The excitement! Thinking, What the fuck is a Bowed Psaltry! A Spinnet, A Dulcimer, (one did appear on Cold Blow), A Phrophet Synthesizer, Also says you were playing Martin and Yamaha guitars and Donal played a “Jurion” Guitar? Typo for Junior? (I’m reading the actual original purchased vinyl sleeve notes as I type this), £6,99 price tag still stuck on it, not cheap for 40 years ago! I remember the wait from that purchase to the Stadium gig that was recorded in August 83 was like a lifetime!, was that thae last gig with the fab 4 till ’03 ) All of this created me obsession with musical instruments, infact, Mrs Gipp is currently threatening “Industrial Action” if any more instruments come into the gaff!
Actually all this segways nicely into a question I’ve always meant to ask you!
On The Iron Behind The Velvet, Andy Irvine is credited with playing a “Valdolin”!?
Then when I read, “A rehearsal recording from Prosperous”! Me jaw dropped! I think the only person that listens to that album more that I do is DAGRAB Dave! Throw us a bone. Hasn’t Andy Irvine being doing it with his Old Dog series, fascinating stuff. From a Planxty perspective its incredible to hear his solo home recordings of Bonny Light Horeseman and the Blacksmith and how they then became the finished articles!
Anyway, as Eric Bogle wrote and Liam Clancy sang! “It’s time you stopped rambling, there’s work to be done”!
that was a Gurian Guitar that Donal played….
Andy’s Valdolin was always perfectly in tune eventually….
Donal had one of the original Moog Synths…his Prophet Synth graced a thousand albums from Dublin to Geelong via San Francisco….
I once had a Bodhrán that was made from the skin of a Yorkshire Terrier…the smell off it would empty a Folk Club
Wales have a player called Bashem.
Love it…
shite and onions..its not on the box
That Sean Moylan play sounds interesting. I managed to get to see Druid’s Shadow of a Gunman in Galway. It would take you right back, what times they were and people getting sucked into and enveloped into things not of their own making.
You told us one time that your then manager booked you into a New York gig the same evening as Ireland beat England in Stuttgart.
First time I went to New York I heard Odetta, purely by chance…I was in a lift once with Dame Edna in Melbourne.. I nearly got Ronnie Delaney’s autograph in 1957…I stood beside Lou Reed checking into a London Hotel once… I met two Roses of Tralee.. also Miss Kildare in 1961….my Godfather was from Athlone..I once knew a man who’s first cousin was married to a woman whose Uncle used to fill hot water bottles for the Aga Khan in The Baroda Stud in Newbridge ..ah the poor auld Aga was a dacent auld skin..he’d give you the steam off his piss if you were gaspin….we used to see them all back in the 50s in Newbridge..Bing Crosby, Rita Hayworth, Otmar Arthur Remy, Jimmy Eddery, Boiler White, Mrs Bullett-Biddle, Liam Ward, Jimmy Ba Dowling, Billy Burke (Santa Claus Fame) Lester Piggott, Darky Prendergast…..we had a good boxing club with two Irish Champions Joe Cox and Tommy Connolly…two Orchestras, Jimmy Dunny & Bobby Rogers, a Brass band, two Ceili Bands The Gallowglass and Tom Wilmots….we never had a TD..a few narrow misses..back then we had Sweetman, Norton and Harris, not a string to be pulled in the town…
still feel sorry for shouting out twice “julian assange” in the middle of the waterford concert 19/7, when you answered “haven’t got a clou what is meant”…somehow I thought you would add a political comment, as you are some kind of moral hero for me (besides the musical gift)…it was right after the h-blocks song – anyway, thanks again, it was the 13th concert I was able to attend… wish you all the best, klaus
no need for you to feel pangs of sorrow Klaus…it often happens that I cannot hear clearly what comes to the stage from the audience…..I do recall the the recent Theatre Royal Gig in Waterford…..I remember your call out and my reply…”I have’nt got a clue what you are saying”….what caused you to call out Julian Assange..was it the song that preceeded ??
Dear christy, thanks for the heads up about the Sean Moylan play, it lookslike it will have been terrific. I hope it hangs around the theatres long enough for a trip over.
Perhaps it might inspire a return to the gig set for the Galtee Mountain Boy….which i’d be very grateful for a rendition of at Kilkenny as am bringing Dinny Lacy’s grand niece Louise Moloney to the show with husband Paul….i shall give it a call out again on here closer to the gig.
Our now 2yo future racing filly was foaled and reared at Paul and Louise’s in the Golden Vale so we have called her The Galtee Mountain Girl.
Rory
fair play Rory…I’ve taken note..
as far as I know The Sean Moylan play continuing to different locations ..would be great if it was around for your coming visit…
back in 1964 I added a fourth verse to the Galtee Mountain Boy…I have re-written it..I may have shared this already
“I’ll bid farewell to Old Clonmel in The Vale of The Honey Bee
the safe houses of Tipperary that oft times sheltered me
to our Flying Column that kept the flag flying high
may our cause be ne’er forgotten, said The Galtee Mountain Boy “
Hi Christy
A city bathed in welcome sunshine as I’m playing a decades old anthem…’ The Weight’ has a timeless quality and an atmosphere.Now,with added poignancy with the sad news of Robbie Robertson’s passing…
Also,reading the latest copy of Uncut mag. Always a good read and fascinating CD with it. There’s an excellent tribute to Sinead O’Connor,with a quote from President Higgins’ obituary to her. Excellent words and sentiments. But what hits home for me is that the head of state is involved with the arts and cares enough to always hit the right tone.
That must have been fun,sorting the workroom. If you have a sec to comment, I’d love to know an item you found that sent you off on a nostalgic few minutes…in my case it was recently finding concert tickets for Joni Mitchell in the 70s and 80s Ry Cooder. Autographed after stage door stalking! Following on from previous chats here,the online malarkey definitely removes the simple pleasure of a retained ticket stub. One look at my tickets and I’m back in the rooms…
All the best
Dave
Dave….I found an interesting 1971 recording of Donal, Andy Liam and I in rehearsal for the Prosperous album, I also uncovered two cassettes from New York.. one a 1984 solo gig in Symphony Space, another the 1988 solo gig in Carnegie Hall….when I find the lead I’ll plug in the cassette player..truth be told I’m expecting the quality to be poor but , hopefully, I’m wrong !
We are very fortunate in Ireland that our President is a man for all people….right across his life and career he has been a progressive thinker , has constantly campaigned for human rights, has mainained an interest in the Arts with Poetry being his primary interest….
old ticket stubs always bring back memories of happy times past..same with posters….I have a few precious posters here that I will soon surrender to a National Archive who are taking in my various bits and pieces..its an interesting and enjoyable process
I found an interesting 1971 (pre Planxty) recording of Donal, Andy Liam and I in rehearsal for the Prosperous album, I also uncovered two cassettes from New York.. one a 1984 solo gig in Symphony Space, another the 1988 solo gig in Carnegie Hall….when I find the connection I’ll plug in the cassette player..truth be told I’m expecting the quality to be poor but , hopefully, I’m wrong !
We are very fortunate in Ireland that our President is a man for all people….right across his life and career Michael D. has been a progressive thinker , has constantly campaigned for human rights, has maintained an interest in the Arts with Poetry being his primary interest….
old ticket stubs always bring back memories of happy times past..same with posters….I have a few precious posters here that I will soon surrender to a National Archive who are taking in my various bits and pieces..its an interesting and enjoyable process
Hello Christy,
It’s a beautiful verse you added. It gives the ending that the song feels it needs, and it fits perfectly. Almost like you were remembering something that was already there but had been lost somewhere along the way. The same with the other lines. I’d have to go back to John Reilly to work out which they are.
Talking of what songs do to us. When I sing Wandering Aeongus all my hair stands on end. The energy of it…
When I was at school we learned The Red River Valley. I loved it but I’d no idea what it was about. I saw something on TV yesterday. The song is based on real events near Winnipeg in Canada where a group of people was founded by First Nation women and European settler men. Their music centres around the fiddle.
https://youtu.be/cTSfkeD3mQs
Rebecca