''Christy Moore and Friends'' is an album produced by RTÉ and

Christy Moore Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore (born 7 May 1945) is an Irish folk singer, songwriter and guitarist. In addition to his significant success as an individual, he is one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts. His first album, ...

, which contained recordings by various

Irish music Irish music is music that has been created in various genres on the island of Ireland. The indigenous music of the island is termed Irish traditional music. It has remained vibrant through the 20th and into the 21st century, despite globalis ...

ians, namely Stockton's Wing,

Mary Black Mary Black (born 23 May 1955) is an Irish folk singer. She is well known as an interpreter of both traditional folk and modern material which has made her a major recording artist in her native Ireland. Background Mary Black was born into a m ...

and Christy's former band

Planxty Planxty were an Irish folk music band formed in January 1972, consisting initially of Christy Moore (vocals, acoustic guitar, bodhrán), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitars ...

. Christy had produced a similar album a year earlier, 1980's ''

H Block ''H Block'' is an album recorded by various Irish folk artists, and produced by Christy Moore in 1978. The album's title refers to the "H blocks" at Maze Prison (also known as "Long Kesh") in Northern Ireland, where Irish republican prisoners we ...

'', which contained songs of a political matter.

Track listing

# "

John O'Dreams The actual tune first appeared in the 1943 film The Outlaw, as the film's main theme. John O'Dreams was written by an Englishman, Bill Caddick, (1944-2018), and later became famous in Irish Traditional music. Caddick was born in Wolverhampton, ...

" (

) # "The Maid Behind The Bar" ( Stockton's Wing) # " Trip to Jerusalem" (Christy Moore) # " Streets of London" (

Ralph McTell Ralph McTell (born Ralph May, 3 December 1944) is an English singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar player who has been an influential figure on the UK folk music scene since the 1960s. McTell is best known for his song " Streets of London" (19 ...

) # "Patrick Was a Gentleman" (Christy Moore) # "East of Glendart" (

) # " The Good Ship Kangaroo" (Planxty) # "

From Clare to Here "From Clare to Here" is a ballad about Irish emigration written by Ralph McTell. It has also been recorded by The Furey Brothers & Davey Arthur on the 1977 album ''Emigrant''; by Nanci Griffith and Pete Cummins on the 1993 album '' Other Voices, O ...

" (Ralph McTell) # "Sonny Brogan's" (Stockton's Wing) # " Anachie Gordon" (

) # " Cliffs of Dooneen" (Christy Moore) # "The Crack Was Ninety in the Isle of Man" (Christy Moore)

References

External links

Set List at Discogs

RTE Archives
{{Authority control Christy Moore albums 1981 albums