Hello Christy,
I’m kind of surprised that no-one has mentioned you book, One Voice, in connection with songs and essays…
I left it out because I thought someone would jump in
I bet your folders of songs are fascinating. You don’t keep it all in your head , do you?
Hi christy,
Up doing training in Dundee so went to watch Lochee Utd v Forfar west end.
An easy romp for the Chee , 4 up at ht.
Anyway, great singers from Dundee, beautiful voice of Billy MacKenzie, fine songwriter Gary Clarke , paul Quinn, kyle falconer and michael marra of course.
Rory
Hello Christy,
The essay thing is interesting. I’m not organised enough to do something so formal, but I keep the words of songs I have learnt, and hope to learn in folders. I add the chords as I play them at the time and notes, tips, hints, word changes (!), things to help me remember what I did with the accompaniment (seems to be getting more and more minimal as time goes on), how the tune works with tge words, etc…
It’s interesting when you go back to a song that you haven’t visited for a while. My changes may revert, chords might change, my understanding develops. It’s a kind of workbook I guess.
Some pages look like a spider has been at work there.
Runners and riders, and how they relate to setlists is something else…
Hello Christy just a quick thank you for the shout out last Tuesday night at vicar st.special thanks to David and Hillary for getting the tix for my dad and I.fantastic show younger your getting.God bless and good luck with up coming shows.hope to you again in 24.Mick n Boston
Christy's reply
greetings to all Boston songsters..great that you three brothers came to Vicar Street together..thanks for feedback
I believe there is a certain way to sing every song Christy, exploring the lyrics and history has become a joyful experience.
Considine delivered a great piece of poetry, often passed by his two verses are, “Delighted by the Novelty, enchanted by the scene, where in my early boyhood so often i had been”. Powerful.
I began to write a personal songbook for any song i can tip away at and it brings the lyrics to life , I’m enjoying this experience. All the best- Matty
Christy's reply
thats a good idea..to build an ongoing collection of essays about every song that you gather along the way
Hello Christy.As the season of gigs in Vicar st has ended.I would just like to thank you for brilliant music and song.I was lucky to be there four nights. Each one better than the other
.Thanks again Christy.Sweet music roll on.
Christy's reply
Sound Timoleague…it was a good run..over the 11 nights I got to sing 276 times and covered 67 different songs….5 songs were performed all 11 nights….21 songs were performed once….
as you’ll gather from this info I’m a bit of a setlist nerd !!! but I love having this freedom of repertoire …in earlier decades I had different situations where the set was identical every night….that became labourius..
still one more to go in Vicar..the Gig for MSF in Gaza will be a stand up which makes for a very different atmosphere….my last stand-up was in Barrowland 6 years ago
a few stand-ups pending this year…Iveagh Gardens Dublin and Botanic Gardens Belfast….thinking about those sets already….outdoors in daylight..a different ball game altogether….hard to beat 4 walls and a roof but ,that said, I’ve had some great outdoor experiences over the years…most memorable was Vince Power’s London Fleadh in Finsbury Park… his Fleadh Mór in Tramore was mighty too….Siamsa Cois Laoi was good as was Trip to Tipp…all those gigs were part of Festival line-ups..this time round its different… solo outdoors, but I am relishing the challenge
Hi. It seems that Jan is a good month for Re Unions, I was delighted to see the Bothy Band in Glasgow last night, a very lively gig that delighted the sold out audience, with Davey on the desk ! Twenty years ago on Jan 23 & 24th 2003 were the first public re union Planxty gigs. I have a clear memory of the morning the tickets went on sale the previous Nov, direct from the box office, a very wise decision. I left the house at 5.30am and when I got to Glor there about 20 people in the Q before me, the excitement on that cold morning was palpable but nothing compared to the buzz before the actual gigs and they did n’t disappoint. I really could not believe that I was getting to see Planxty live for 2 nights, my only regret is that I did nt catch more gigs that year !! It was an honour to be present that weekend and wonderful to have the DVD from Vicar St to enjoy since then. The never ending tour is a joy to behold, your music in whatever band or solo has been the soundtrack to my life for over five decades now, I am indeed grateful. Beir bua agus beannacht. H
Christy's reply
It was great that we got to do those Planxty gigs back in 2004. It all happened on the back of Leagues O’Toole’s Planxty film on RTE. All four of us enjoyed it and we decided to give it a go…” to go at it agin”. We took a lot of time and care…the rehearsals in The Royal Spa, Lisdoonvarna brought us back tight together….4 months later we did our Final gig in The Barbican Theatre, London….Philip King’s Film captured the essence of the band….. I rejoice that it happened…..
sending best wishes to The Kingdom
Hello Christy,
I think you might have beaten technology with a pair of glasses. Respect!
Sorry to keep harping on about the acapella thing. It’s so back to the heart of the matter, a big love of mine. Hard to leave alone. The concentrated humanness, purity and depth of it. And you’ve no bandmates to rile or be riled by, by excluding them..
Rebecca
Christy's reply
I dont hear any “harping” here…I appreciate your interest and feedback
Dia Duit, My names Alisha. I have been trying hard to get in contact with you yourself christy or a member of your management. There’s a very heart written letter that we would like you to get and read but don’t want it getting lost along the way in the post. Maybe if I could send you my email someone could point me in the right direction. I’m hoping you may remember my dad who passed 25 years ago and my granda busby so the letter might make some sense to you. Hope to hear from you soon. All the best
Re acapella album: there may be at least one pitfall
I believe that Scott McKenzie (San Francisco, etc) was incensed by his label’s title for his LP: “The Voice of Scott McKenzie”
He supposedly said: “what’s the next album’s title: The Nose of Scott McKenzie”??!!
“The Tonsils of Christy Moore” just somehow doesn’t sound right…
Hey, found my goggles : pity they’re not rose coloured…
Christy's reply
Your posts are better without the goggles….I’m away to San Francisco
I love your recollections of gigs & giggers Christy – you have a keen memory
I’d be rapt to hear an acapella album: the voice as the sole instrument can concentrate attention to the song’s message & yet still hold a musical air
I know you covered Redgum’s Diamiantina Drover – reckon you’d also adapt TheLong Run well too
Pardon spelling – specs are hiding from me
Always good to jump into this site
Lotsa best things hoped for the lot of ye
Danny Harris aka Blind Pew
well Christy, with your advice I’m moving between the chords Am, G, D and C. By god i tell you my fingers are rightly tattered but that’s the nature of it as I’m told. I’m finding Shane provides great songs to practice, the brown eyes and dirty old town. i gave sands a chance with back home in Derry but maybe a later time will i play that to good tune. Even with me leaving cert this year I’m dedicating myself some short time every day. Thanks for the advice again.
Christy's reply
thats the way to go Matty…those tattered fingers will soon come right..the chords will get easier to find …when you have those 4 chords you’ll be equipped for “Back Home In Derry”..its a great song to play…Bobby based the tune on Gordon Lightfoot’s “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”
its 60 years since I did the Leaving Cert, I scraped thru…..I’m glad I did it ..but the chords have served me better…hope it goes well for you…let the music keep your spirits high
Evening Christy,
I was intrigued by David, jean-rene’s post for a couple of reasons.
Firstly because my last 2 summer holidays have been in Carnac, near to his home in Vannes. Both times i visited Vannes, a glorious, historic port where i saw an enthralling photographic exhibition from photojournalist called Reza in Le Kiosk gallery ( his work is worth a look). Also my friend’s son is playing professional rugby for RCV Vannes ( rudi brown) this season and loving it, the first instruction he got from his coach was that if one man gets into a fight on the pitch, all 14 others must join in !
Secondly because he gave us an artistic link to Bobby Sands and made me wonder if you had ever performed Rodai MacCorlai as poem or song? When over in November i took a slight detour to the village of Toomebridge to pay respect.
Rory
Christy's reply
Played Vannes-Rennes-Brest-Quimper 40 years ago….toured there with Planxty and later with Jimmy Faulkner I can still hear the Bombardes, taste the Ricard and Pernod…
Hi Christy,
I wish you a very Happy New Year and good health
Two years ago,after a gig in Killarney at Watergate Theatre on may 21th 2022,I give you a book….the Ballad of Bobby Sands….LONG KESH,I hope you enjoyed this book which was written and drawn by a friend of mine..Stéphane Heurteau
Normally I come for the gig on june 21st in KIllarney
I’m looking forward to see you again
All the Best
DAVID Jean-René
Christy's reply
I think that gig was in Kilkenny..
Yes..I remember the book..thank you for sharing…I sent it on to a friend of mine who was “On The Blanket” with Bobby Sands in the H Blocks…
Plus working copies of songs you write. A goldmine!
Hello Christy,
I’m kind of surprised that no-one has mentioned you book, One Voice, in connection with songs and essays…
I left it out because I thought someone would jump in
I bet your folders of songs are fascinating. You don’t keep it all in your head , do you?
Rebecca
Hi christy,
Up doing training in Dundee so went to watch Lochee Utd v Forfar west end.
An easy romp for the Chee , 4 up at ht.
Anyway, great singers from Dundee, beautiful voice of Billy MacKenzie, fine songwriter Gary Clarke , paul Quinn, kyle falconer and michael marra of course.
Rory
It made me think of this
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0qcLPF6nz3DoXt9bWY8hQ6tRtrpMJpMvrZ2CztBkT6aM7ViLg2RVPWgXGySGagFCPl&id=847680135
Hello Christy,
The essay thing is interesting. I’m not organised enough to do something so formal, but I keep the words of songs I have learnt, and hope to learn in folders. I add the chords as I play them at the time and notes, tips, hints, word changes (!), things to help me remember what I did with the accompaniment (seems to be getting more and more minimal as time goes on), how the tune works with tge words, etc…
It’s interesting when you go back to a song that you haven’t visited for a while. My changes may revert, chords might change, my understanding develops. It’s a kind of workbook I guess.
Some pages look like a spider has been at work there.
Runners and riders, and how they relate to setlists is something else…
Rebecca
Hello Christy just a quick thank you for the shout out last Tuesday night at vicar st.special thanks to David and Hillary for getting the tix for my dad and I.fantastic show younger your getting.God bless and good luck with up coming shows.hope to you again in 24.Mick n Boston
greetings to all Boston songsters..great that you three brothers came to Vicar Street together..thanks for feedback
I believe there is a certain way to sing every song Christy, exploring the lyrics and history has become a joyful experience.
Considine delivered a great piece of poetry, often passed by his two verses are, “Delighted by the Novelty, enchanted by the scene, where in my early boyhood so often i had been”. Powerful.
I began to write a personal songbook for any song i can tip away at and it brings the lyrics to life , I’m enjoying this experience. All the best- Matty
thats a good idea..to build an ongoing collection of essays about every song that you gather along the way
Hello Christy.As the season of gigs in Vicar st has ended.I would just like to thank you for brilliant music and song.I was lucky to be there four nights. Each one better than the other
.Thanks again Christy.Sweet music roll on.
Sound Timoleague…it was a good run..over the 11 nights I got to sing 276 times and covered 67 different songs….5 songs were performed all 11 nights….21 songs were performed once….
as you’ll gather from this info I’m a bit of a setlist nerd !!! but I love having this freedom of repertoire …in earlier decades I had different situations where the set was identical every night….that became labourius..
still one more to go in Vicar..the Gig for MSF in Gaza will be a stand up which makes for a very different atmosphere….my last stand-up was in Barrowland 6 years ago
a few stand-ups pending this year…Iveagh Gardens Dublin and Botanic Gardens Belfast….thinking about those sets already….outdoors in daylight..a different ball game altogether….hard to beat 4 walls and a roof but ,that said, I’ve had some great outdoor experiences over the years…most memorable was Vince Power’s London Fleadh in Finsbury Park… his Fleadh Mór in Tramore was mighty too….Siamsa Cois Laoi was good as was Trip to Tipp…all those gigs were part of Festival line-ups..this time round its different… solo outdoors, but I am relishing the challenge
Sorry that should read 2004 !! H
whats another year
Hi. It seems that Jan is a good month for Re Unions, I was delighted to see the Bothy Band in Glasgow last night, a very lively gig that delighted the sold out audience, with Davey on the desk ! Twenty years ago on Jan 23 & 24th 2003 were the first public re union Planxty gigs. I have a clear memory of the morning the tickets went on sale the previous Nov, direct from the box office, a very wise decision. I left the house at 5.30am and when I got to Glor there about 20 people in the Q before me, the excitement on that cold morning was palpable but nothing compared to the buzz before the actual gigs and they did n’t disappoint. I really could not believe that I was getting to see Planxty live for 2 nights, my only regret is that I did nt catch more gigs that year !! It was an honour to be present that weekend and wonderful to have the DVD from Vicar St to enjoy since then. The never ending tour is a joy to behold, your music in whatever band or solo has been the soundtrack to my life for over five decades now, I am indeed grateful. Beir bua agus beannacht. H
It was great that we got to do those Planxty gigs back in 2004. It all happened on the back of Leagues O’Toole’s Planxty film on RTE. All four of us enjoyed it and we decided to give it a go…” to go at it agin”. We took a lot of time and care…the rehearsals in The Royal Spa, Lisdoonvarna brought us back tight together….4 months later we did our Final gig in The Barbican Theatre, London….Philip King’s Film captured the essence of the band….. I rejoice that it happened…..
sending best wishes to The Kingdom
Hello Christy,
I think you might have beaten technology with a pair of glasses. Respect!
Sorry to keep harping on about the acapella thing. It’s so back to the heart of the matter, a big love of mine. Hard to leave alone. The concentrated humanness, purity and depth of it. And you’ve no bandmates to rile or be riled by, by excluding them..
Rebecca
I dont hear any “harping” here…I appreciate your interest and feedback
Be sure to wear some flour in your hair
Dia Duit, My names Alisha. I have been trying hard to get in contact with you yourself christy or a member of your management. There’s a very heart written letter that we would like you to get and read but don’t want it getting lost along the way in the post. Maybe if I could send you my email someone could point me in the right direction. I’m hoping you may remember my dad who passed 25 years ago and my granda busby so the letter might make some sense to you. Hope to hear from you soon. All the best
Re acapella album: there may be at least one pitfall
I believe that Scott McKenzie (San Francisco, etc) was incensed by his label’s title for his LP: “The Voice of Scott McKenzie”
He supposedly said: “what’s the next album’s title: The Nose of Scott McKenzie”??!!
“The Tonsils of Christy Moore” just somehow doesn’t sound right…
Hey, found my goggles : pity they’re not rose coloured…
Your posts are better without the goggles….I’m away to San Francisco
I love your recollections of gigs & giggers Christy – you have a keen memory
I’d be rapt to hear an acapella album: the voice as the sole instrument can concentrate attention to the song’s message & yet still hold a musical air
I know you covered Redgum’s Diamiantina Drover – reckon you’d also adapt TheLong Run well too
Pardon spelling – specs are hiding from me
Always good to jump into this site
Lotsa best things hoped for the lot of ye
Danny Harris aka Blind Pew
an app to help us find our glasses would help
well Christy, with your advice I’m moving between the chords Am, G, D and C. By god i tell you my fingers are rightly tattered but that’s the nature of it as I’m told. I’m finding Shane provides great songs to practice, the brown eyes and dirty old town. i gave sands a chance with back home in Derry but maybe a later time will i play that to good tune. Even with me leaving cert this year I’m dedicating myself some short time every day. Thanks for the advice again.
thats the way to go Matty…those tattered fingers will soon come right..the chords will get easier to find …when you have those 4 chords you’ll be equipped for “Back Home In Derry”..its a great song to play…Bobby based the tune on Gordon Lightfoot’s “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”
its 60 years since I did the Leaving Cert, I scraped thru…..I’m glad I did it ..but the chords have served me better…hope it goes well for you…let the music keep your spirits high
Evening Christy,
I was intrigued by David, jean-rene’s post for a couple of reasons.
Firstly because my last 2 summer holidays have been in Carnac, near to his home in Vannes. Both times i visited Vannes, a glorious, historic port where i saw an enthralling photographic exhibition from photojournalist called Reza in Le Kiosk gallery ( his work is worth a look). Also my friend’s son is playing professional rugby for RCV Vannes ( rudi brown) this season and loving it, the first instruction he got from his coach was that if one man gets into a fight on the pitch, all 14 others must join in !
Secondly because he gave us an artistic link to Bobby Sands and made me wonder if you had ever performed Rodai MacCorlai as poem or song? When over in November i took a slight detour to the village of Toomebridge to pay respect.
Rory
Played Vannes-Rennes-Brest-Quimper 40 years ago….toured there with Planxty and later with Jimmy Faulkner I can still hear the Bombardes, taste the Ricard and Pernod…
Yes, the gig was in Kilkenny
Thanks for the answer
Hi Christy,
I wish you a very Happy New Year and good health
Two years ago,after a gig in Killarney at Watergate Theatre on may 21th 2022,I give you a book….the Ballad of Bobby Sands….LONG KESH,I hope you enjoyed this book which was written and drawn by a friend of mine..Stéphane Heurteau
Normally I come for the gig on june 21st in KIllarney
I’m looking forward to see you again
All the Best
DAVID Jean-René
I think that gig was in Kilkenny..
Yes..I remember the book..thank you for sharing…I sent it on to a friend of mine who was “On The Blanket” with Bobby Sands in the H Blocks…
Hello Christy,
Loving all your acapella songs right now. Back to the heart of the matter.
Have you considered an acapella album?
Rebecca
I have indeed considered it…came to mind again a few days ago