Last night at a Session in Evanston WY at the end of the annual Celtic festival put on by The Arts Inc., one of the guys at the Session stood up and introduced this song to us (saying, in essence, "a lot of Irish music moves from east to west.... This song actually originated in the West and moved east". Then he sang it. Blew our minds. Norman Blake, who wrote this, as I learned, also wrote "You Are My Sunshine." Planxty is one of my wife's favorite bands. She introduced me to them within the last 3 years (we met about 3 years ago). And this Celtic festival that just finished was another outstanding round of musicians.
@davidhardwick3816
2 жыл бұрын
One of my very favorite Irish bands. I've been playing them since the late 70s - they never get old!
@gregfranks2111
11 ай бұрын
that tune is by georgia/alabama boy Norman Blake.
@isolitiignoti1
13 жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful tune of the world. Christy Moore for president!
@edwardmcardle9069
3 жыл бұрын
Planxty just keep tipping the right boxes what a great band.
@dessiediamond5974
5 жыл бұрын
That tin whistle gets me every time. And I have listened to this more times than I care to count
@josephpower8176
4 жыл бұрын
Hits u where it counts
@user-sd8sm5ye7u
6 ай бұрын
This is my campfire Music since ahhh wee teentard such a long time ago Im looking like these rambling oldies
@nbenefiel
4 ай бұрын
Liam Og O’Flynn was a master musician RIP.
@fyuuredhijgfzregjjygtdftyi9129
4 жыл бұрын
That tin whistle.... the musical equivalent of the atomic clock. Created by particle physicists to nano nano nano nano nano tolerances. More perfectly tuned than any other tin whistle ever was or ever will be. The quintessential tin whistle, the benchmark. The final tin whistle. Tin whistle absolut.
@matthewtreacy6994
2 жыл бұрын
Would you say now, that you like the tin whistle?
@noelcorcoran1169
4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant song..and Planxty class, as always..
@Teddyb1939
10 ай бұрын
So together , lovely performance, real musicians.
@michaelpanknien5168
7 ай бұрын
I had the great pleasure to see Planxty in the early eighties in Germany (and later Matt Molloy in his pub in Westport plus Andy Irvine who is one of my favorite singers at Bewleys Cafe in Dublin);true legends of Irish music and this song especially is heartwarming
@paulscott8748
7 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite song of planxtys and i never tire of playing it.
@vansinger36
10 жыл бұрын
I played Planxty constantly 25 years ago and came across this by accident in 2014. I just love this track, an absolutely beautiful song.
@nbenefiel
Ай бұрын
I played them constantly fifty yeas ago. I still do.
@antoniacowan1216
5 жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful songs ive ever heard.
@jonathanbuttle7436
4 жыл бұрын
My friend introduced me to Planxty. I was only 20ish. I was going through a period without a girlfriend thus loneliness I was feeling a lot. I'd go home drunk, stagger into my bedroom, put Planxty on and fall asleep, waking up wondering what shenanigans I'd been up to the night before. Actually I got together with a lapsed Catholic called Bernadette who had Irish roots. She was a beautiful woman in spirit and flesh. God bless her!
@Mandolin1944
3 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear this song in a Celtic setting. You might have mentioned that this song was written by Norman Blake in the 1970s -- the name of the song is Bill Gray.
@adomwarford5941
3 жыл бұрын
Love this song that tin whistle gets me every time for 5:05 minutes I’m in love all over again I come here to listen daily to this version hope it never gets taken down
@nbenefiel
4 ай бұрын
I lived in Dublin for most of the 70’s. Irish music as at its apex with the Chieftains, Planxty, Clannad, DeDanaan. We went to concerts every weekend. If there wasn’t one, we went down to O’Donagues and listened to the sessions.
@laurelsoderholm9480
Жыл бұрын
Oh that eirie whistle. Is life itself
@Horsemarine100
12 жыл бұрын
Beautiful sad song, with echoes of Streets of Laredo, but with so many extra ingredients. Yes it gave me the shivers too!
@robindavidwilliams
2 ай бұрын
What a haunting song.
@windchimerainbow136
7 жыл бұрын
Love this very much. Thank you for such a great job.
@roxken1
13 жыл бұрын
goosebumpy!
@PatRooney59
13 жыл бұрын
these guys are music
@Hughieish
12 жыл бұрын
Love it love it Declan Sinnott and Christy duetting it now at gigs
@Retroscoop
8 жыл бұрын
green.... the isle and its sloping hills blue... the curtains of the concert hall red... the cheeks of the band members mix these colours and obtain elegant thrills
@MrMusicguyma
7 жыл бұрын
A Norman Blake original done nicely by the Lads.
@greggimour6999
7 жыл бұрын
Billy Gray rode into Gantry way back in '83 There he first met with young Sarah Maclane The wild rose of morning, the pale flower of dawning Hurled a springtime into Billy's life that day Sarah she could not see the daylight of reality In her young eyes Billy bore not a flaw Knowing not her chosen one, he was a hired gun Wanted in Kansas City by the law Then one day a tall man came riding from the Badlands That lie to the north of New Mexico He was overheard to say, he was looking for a Billy Gray A wanted man and a danger said law Well the news it came creeping to Billy fast sleeping There in the Clarendon Bar and Hotel He ran to the old church that lies on the outskirts Thinking he'd hide in the old steeple bell But a rifleball came flying, face down he lay dying There in the dust of the road where he lay Sarah ran to him, she was cursing the lawman The poor girl knew no reason, except that he'd been Killed Sarah still lives in that old white frame house Where she first met Billy some forty years ago But the wild rose of morning has faded with the dawning Of each day of sorrow the long years have grown And written on the stone where the dusty winds have Long blown Eighteen words to a passing world say "True love knows no season, no rhyme or no reason Justice is cold as the Granger County clay. " "True love knows no season, no rhyme or no reason Justice is cold as the Granger County clay.
@sneakyam
6 жыл бұрын
"rose of mourning" perhaps? But thanks for posting.
@seafire7701
6 жыл бұрын
First verse; "heralded" not"hurled"
@mikeadams110
5 жыл бұрын
@@seafire7701 Agreed. My lyrics for the song had that same mistake but the lyric is unmistakably ("heralded" a springtime into Billy's life that day) which perfectly fits and makes far more sense. Thanks for the correction and clarification!
@mrbethehokey
14 жыл бұрын
brilliant song! superbly done
@denismurray868
3 ай бұрын
love liams melody on whistle its a piece suggested by the late sheamus ennis about the sound made of a dying swan , also love christys reaction to it
@lukacsm56
9 жыл бұрын
WONDERFUL SONG!!*****
@davesiler4064
4 жыл бұрын
Norman Blake is as good as it gets!!!!!!!
@dessiediamond5974
6 жыл бұрын
One word, Amazing
@andytownboy
14 жыл бұрын
The original version of this song is Billy Gray which was written and recorded by Norman Blake. As brilliant as this remake.
@gregfranks2111
11 ай бұрын
it takes a lot more to come up with
@josefinagarza241
6 ай бұрын
thank you sir
@josefinagarza241
6 ай бұрын
Everyone makes it their own style. This is lovely.
@melanigaster
4 жыл бұрын
This so good that the likes of me aren't even qualified to praise. But HOLY SMOKES this is good!
@deuceman9450
12 жыл бұрын
Nice cover of Norman Blake's song...
@rackpunch4026
Жыл бұрын
Saw them at the Dominion in Tottenham Court Road about a century ago, sadly Christy wasn't with them that night but they were still brilliant.
@user-sd8sm5ye7u
5 ай бұрын
Doesn' get Much better than this ...Folks !!!
@alexdesslin
5 жыл бұрын
MAGIC !
@tomoole
6 жыл бұрын
Great song written by guitar flat-picker NORMAN BLAKE. Robert Earl KEEN Jr. covered it on on "Walking Distance,". He did not write it.
@nbenefiel
4 ай бұрын
No one sings like Christy.
@7s1tlp64
8 жыл бұрын
true song about true love
@shanieleddy8492
6 жыл бұрын
Matthew Byrne's, version is magic,
@__JDR__
10 жыл бұрын
Norman Blake wrote it its called Billy Grey
@Deafpeaches
10 жыл бұрын
No, it was written by Robert Earl Keen.
@raymccraw970
9 жыл бұрын
Jamie Ritchie You are correct. Norman Blake wrote the song. Robert Earl Keen covered it and did it well.
@AnthBod95
5 жыл бұрын
Yes, Norman Blake wrote this song. Billy Grey.
@gregfranks2111
11 ай бұрын
that is "billy Gray" by Norman Blake.
@nickdunbar2967
7 жыл бұрын
beeyootifulll!
@PatRooney59
11 жыл бұрын
brilliant
@shanieleddy8492
6 жыл бұрын
Check out the lead singer with The Darndenells folk band, best version on KZitem,
@MrMusicguyma
7 жыл бұрын
I made my comment before reading previous comments ;)
@peterwickenden3737
Ай бұрын
nice version,,written by the great Nirman Blake....I'm partial to the original
@Teddyb1939
4 жыл бұрын
Lovely,
@Mendezfarriercompany306
4 жыл бұрын
How is it that this Nicaraguan descent american-born Canadian raised boy nose of planxty because my good friend from Ireland
@KingBabyProductions1
2 жыл бұрын
It seems that this version's intro was edited and simplified from an earlier one.
@Txumo69
12 жыл бұрын
Take a look to the original by Norman Blake: /watch?v=yOK9WZtBerU
@eohaver2
9 жыл бұрын
Who is Billy Gray? I'm from here of the US Southwest and really like the old gunslinger.
@Retroscoop
8 жыл бұрын
+eohaver2 probably yet another damned Billy the Kid trying to imitate John Wayne ?
@MacCaskill
7 жыл бұрын
A fictional character in Norman Blake's lyrics. He's not based on a real person.
@thetwoboyos8366
2 жыл бұрын
Ah you wouldnt know him.. He's dead a long time.. He was shot...😱
@peterwickenden3737
Ай бұрын
sorry....that's Norman,not Nirman....I think he's a plumber...
@patrickkelly3415
3 жыл бұрын
What about the rest of the boys in the band all about chisty more
@BrongaeneGriffin
10 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know who wrote this originally?
@Retroscoop
8 жыл бұрын
+Brongaene Griffin Other comment in same thread says "Take a look to the original by Norman Blake: /watch?v=yOK9WZtBerU" another comment specifies: this is a direct cover of Billy Grey - written by Norman Blake.
@Retroscoop
8 жыл бұрын
+Benoit Vanhees Thank you Benoit :)
@BrongaeneGriffin
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@adrianmcgrath574
5 жыл бұрын
Track
@2Granule
11 жыл бұрын
this is a direct cover of Billy Grey - written by Norman Blake. Why change the title if you are honest?
@julliannoble
12 жыл бұрын
I prefe this to Norman Blakes original
@mikeadams110
5 жыл бұрын
I couldn't possibly agree more!
@Teddyb1939
4 жыл бұрын
Both magical, I really can,t see how anyone can choose between them. both in their own way beautiful,.
@DM-eq1fq
Жыл бұрын
What does burning babies burning flags refer to?
@cragrat2310
10 жыл бұрын
Mark Erelli does a better version and better yet is a young Scottish band called Barluath silent "Th" pronunciation.
@Doodles1947
5 жыл бұрын
No, that's not true.
@Teddyb1939
11 ай бұрын
Bold statement indeed.
@freemindthinkerezrapound5071
4 жыл бұрын
Moore before he became a bollox
@gerrycorn321
4 жыл бұрын
How many concerts have you done yourself?
@mcmanustony
4 жыл бұрын
and when did that happen?
@noelcorcoran1169
3 жыл бұрын
Christy is a legend..him and Planxty
@gregfranks2111
11 ай бұрын
I prefer the original kzitem.info/news/bejne/2oWBn4uQrXSWpYo
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