''Live 2004'' is an album recorded live by the Irish folk 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 ...

Recording

This live album was recorded during Planxty's third reunion (dubbed "The Third Coming"), which unfolded in late 2003 and into early 2004. Initial rehearsals at the Royal Spa Hotel in

Lisdoonvarna Lisdoonvarna () is a spa town in County Clare in Ireland. The town is famous for its music and festivals. Although the music festival was discontinued in the 1980s, Lisdoonvarna still hosts its annual matchmaking festival each September. The pop ...

County Clare County Clare ( ga, Contae an Chláir) is a county in Ireland, in the Southern Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council is the local authority. The county had a population of 118,81 ...

were followed by a gig there on Saturday, 11 October 2003 in front of 200 people. Planxty then played a series of concerts at the Glór Theatre in Ennis,

(on 23 & 24 January 2004) and at

Vicar Street Vicar Street is a concert, performing arts centre and events venue in Dublin, Ireland. Located on Thomas Street, Dublin 8, Vicar Street has capacity for 1,050 people for seated performances and 1,500 people for standing gigs. The venue is own ...

in Dublin (on 30 & 31 January and on 4 & 5, 11 & 12 February 2004), which were recorded and from which selected material was released on the present CD and its associated DVD. Another round of concerts took place in late 2004 and early 2005 in Galway, Belfast, Dublin and London.

Track listing

#"The Starting Gate" – 4:38 #"The Good Ship Kangaroo" – 4:31 #"The Clare Jig" – 3:14 #" Arthur McBride" – 3:59 #"Little Musgrave" – 9:20 #"The Vicar St. Reels (2004)" – 4:21 #" The Blacksmith" (trad.)/"Black Smithereens" ( A. Irvine) – 5:03 #"The Dark Slender Boy" – 4:37 #"As Christy Roved Out" – 4:01 #"As Andy Roved Out" – 5:17 #"The Kildareman's Fancy" – 4:15 #" Raggle Taggle Gypsy"/" Tabhair Dom Do Lámh" – 5:46 #"The West Coast of Clare" ( A. Irvine) – 6:05 #"O'Dwyer of The Glen" – 2:02

Personnel

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, ...

- vocals, guitar,

bodhrán The bodhrán (, ; plural ''bodhráin'' or ''bodhráns'') is a frame drum used in Irish music ranging from in diameter, with most drums measuring . The sides of the drum are deep. A goatskin head is tacked to one side (synthetic heads or oth ...

, keyboard * Andy Irvine - vocals, mandolin,

mandola The mandola (US and Canada) or tenor mandola (Ireland and UK) is a fretted, stringed musical instrument. It is to the mandolin what the viola is to the violin: the four double courses of strings tuned in fifths to the same pitches as the viola ...

bouzouki The bouzouki (, also ; el, μπουζούκι ; alt. pl. ''bouzoukia'', from Greek ), also spelled buzuki or buzuci, is a musical instrument popular in Greece. It is a member of the long-necked lute family, with a round body with a flat top and ...

Dónal Lunny Dónal Lunny (born 10 March 1947) is an Irish folk musician and producer. He plays left-handed guitar and bouzouki, as well as keyboards and bodhrán. As a founding member of popular bands Planxty, The Bothy Band, Moving Hearts, Coolfin, Mozai ...

- bouzouki, guitars, bodhrán, vocals *

Liam O'Flynn Liam Óg O'Flynn ( ga, Liam Ó Floinn, 15 September 1945 – 14 March 2018) was an Irish uilleann piper and Irish traditional musician. In addition to a solo career and as a member of Planxty, O'Flynn recorded with: Christy Moore, Dónal Lun ...

uilleann pipes The uilleann pipes ( or , ) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland. Earlier known in English as "union pipes", their current name is a partial translation of the Irish language terms (literally, "pipes of the elbow"), from thei ...

tin whistles The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is a type of fipple flute, putting it in the same class as the recorder, Native American flute, and other woodwind instruments that meet such criteria. ...

References

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