Live in Dublin (Christy Moore album)
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Live in Dublin is a live album by Irish singer/songwriter Christy Moore
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We recorded this album in April 1978, when we did gigs at The Meeting Place, Pat Dowling's of Prosperous, Trinity College
and the Grapevine Arts centre in North Great George's St. One number ' Clydes Bonnie Banks was recorded in Nicholas Ryan's front room. We got great assistance from Ireland's greatest roadcrew, John McFadden and Leon Brennan. I'll dedicate this album to Juno, who arrived as we started
Christy
Produced & Recorded by Nicky Ryan
Christy Moore
Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore is a popular Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is well known as one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts...
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We recorded this album in April 1978, when we did gigs at The Meeting Place, Pat Dowling's of Prosperous, Trinity College
Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin , formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", Extracts from Letters Patent of Elizabeth I, 1592: "...we...found and...
and the Grapevine Arts centre in North Great George's St. One number ' Clydes Bonnie Banks was recorded in Nicholas Ryan's front room. We got great assistance from Ireland's greatest roadcrew, John McFadden and Leon Brennan. I'll dedicate this album to Juno, who arrived as we started
Christy
Track listing
- "Hey Sandy" (Harvey Andrews)
- "The Boys of Barr na SráideThe Boys of Barr na Sráide"The Boys of Barr na Sráide" is a well-known Irish song from a poem written by Irish poet Sigerson Clifford . It is named after a street in Cahersiveen in County Kerry, Ireland. Clifford was born in Cork city, though both his parents came from Kerry.The song was first published in Ballads of a...
" (Sigerson CliffordSigerson CliffordSigerson Clifford was an Irish poet, playwright and civil servant.Clifford was born at #11 Dean St, Cork City, and was christened Edward Bernard Clifford. His parents, Michael Clifford and Mary Anne Sigerson, were from County Kerry, and they returned there in the following year, to Cahersiveen,...
) - "Little Mother" (Traditional)
- "Clyde's Bonnie Belle" (Traditional)
- "Pretty Boy FloydPretty Boy FloydCharles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd was an American bank robber. He operated in the West South Central States, and his criminal exploits gained heavy press coverage in the 1930s. Like most other prominent outlaws of that era, he was killed by law enforcement officers...
" (Woody GuthrieWoody GuthrieWoodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...
) - "Bogey's Bonnie Belle"
- "The Crack Was Ninety in the Isle of Man" (Barney Rush)
- "Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair" (Traditional)
- "One Last Cold Kiss" (Felix PappalardiFelix PappalardiFelix A. Pappalardi Jr. was an American music producer, songwriter, vocalist, and bass guitarist.- Early life :Pappalardi was born in the Bronx, New York...
, Gail Collins)
Personnel
- Christy MooreChristy MooreChristopher Andrew "Christy" Moore is a popular Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is well known as one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts...
- Guitar & Vocals - Dónal LunnyDónal LunnyDónal Lunny is an Irish folk musician. Lunny has been at the forefront of the evolution of traditional Irish music for more than thirty-five years and has participated within the renaissance of traditional Irish music in that time period...
- Bouzuoki, Guitar & Background Vocals - Jimmy FaulknerJimmy FaulknerJimmy Faulkner was one of Ireland's top guitarists, who in a four-decade career played with many of Ireland's leading rock, blues, folk and jazz musicians....
- Lead & Slide Guitars
Produced & Recorded by Nicky Ryan
Nicky Ryan
Nicholas Dominick Ryan is an Irish music producer, recording engineer and manager for the musician Enya. He previously managed the Irish group Clannad, the band with which Enya first performed. In 1982, when Nicky Ryan left Clannad, Enya followed him...