I saw the great Christy Moore again on Sunday night at the Colston Hall in Bristol. Christy came on stage promptly at 7.30. As usual he was accompanied on guitar by Declan Sinnott. To help out he also had Jimmy Higgins on percussion and Vicki Keating on backing vocals. I had never seen Vicki before so that was a nice addition. The show began with Jackson Browne's great song Before The Deluge Christy is a great interpreter of other peoples songs as he proved with the next one which was Richard Thompson's beeswing. Jimmy Macarthy's Missing You followed and then the very moving On Morecambe Bay written by Kevin Littlewood. Christy started singing I'm A Bogman next but it all went wrong and he said to Declan "I'm making a balls of this one", much to the amusement of the audience. This changed into Motherland from his 2003 album Burning Times.
Then Christy paid tribute to the great Ewan McColl whose 100th anniversary is this year with three songs Go, Move, Shift,The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Companeros. City Of Chicago and Shane McGowan's A Pair Of Brown Eyes were followed by a John Spillane song Gortatogort which is the place in West Cork where his mother came from. Then it was Delirium Tremens, Farmer Michael Hayes, Ride On and Viva Le Quinte Brigade. All great songs. North And South Of The River was followed by the beautiful ballad Black Is The Colour and the very moving Does This Train Stop On Merseyside. Declan played some great guitar during Smoke And Strong Whiskey.
Christy then sang a request from somebody right near the front which was The Dalesman's Litany written by Dave Burland). Another request followed for ca So Do I. The hilarious Honda 50 was followed by the classic Nancy Spain. A song from the Graffiti Tongue album Yellow Triangle was very sombre and powerful. They all left the stage but returned to sing Ordinary Man, another song with a powerful political message. A great show of two hours ended with Mandolin Mountain/ Water And The Well.
Thank you very much Christy, Declan, Vicki and Jimmy for a great show and I'll see you again at Glastonbury in a few weeks time.
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Hi Visions of Pat ...its me again Colm I am now 10. I enjoyed that review I have nothing to add this time ,haha
Cheers Colm,
It's great to hear from you again. Hilary nipped in first this time to help out with my mistakes. You can correct my Glastonbury review in a few weeks time.
All the best,
Pat.
By the way Colm, I saw your song about Hilary a while ago. I think it was on youtube. Really good. Also, I told Christy about my review on his website guestbook and he sent me a nice message which was really kind of him.
Dear Pat…just read thru your reviews…thanks for sticking with the songs for over 30 years…I loved that venue in Bath, lovely room….the early Glastos were great too, singing in the rain, flashes of Lennie Kravitz, James Brown and all the other acts I heard there over the years….lots of people knock Glasto for various reasons,some valid ,but my experiences there have been good…I’ve never been there as an audient, only as an act…Michael Eavis has always made me feel welcome at his farm and paid me well for the privilege……
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