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ænm,Wish I had the time, this article needs serious expansion. A massive, massive player in Irish music for over 30 years.

I agree, he makes me feel my Irishness, a marvelous signer. Transcends Genres, much like Johnny Cash.

  16:07, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

I added an expansion template, hopefully someone can fill in the history of this brilliant signer, his career has spanned countless decades. Duey Finster 23:20, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stuck a bit more in there, will do more when time allows. Christy is the undisputed king of Irish music. (DMC Jan 18 2006)

I am not certain how to work it in personally, but if someone is doing a big update it would be worth mentioning Declan Sinnot somewhere in the article, he has long been Christy's recording and touring partner and, I believe, deserves a mention in the article - I am pretty sure he played lead/electric guitar on the Ride On album and many of the records after that, but perhaps someone who has access to the CD notes can confirm that and add it - don't wanna add anything to the article I am not certain of!

Countless decades? Really? --Coil00 23:29, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Removed a broken link Kimknits 00:45, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It does not seem broken to me, though the site linked to is very badly organised. --Simon Speed 12:37, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Song Credits

I love this page and am a huge fan but El Salvador was written by Johnny Duhan. Biko Drum was written by Wally Page. Thanks. Badwolf500 18:05, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I removed those 2 songs from the list, but instead of just commenting on it in the discussion you could have done this. Wikipedia is the encyclopedia anyone can edit:-)))) --Simon Speed 19:17, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They could still go in that section since they are political songs, it was just that it said he wrote them. I'm new to this and don't want to step on anyones toes. Cheers Badwolf500 22:05, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Christy's guitar tuning

Christy always seems to have a capo on the first fret of his guitar, but it sounds in standard tuning - does he tune down a halfstep and just use a capo to bring it back up again? Maybe someone who knows could add this info, I've searched the web and haven't found anything.

AnTreasach (talk) 23:37, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Songs Christy has written?

Does anybody have a list of them? Who wrote 'natives' and what inspired it? It's a very powerful song- 'A touch of a stranger's hand, innocence turns to shame'. I went looking for 'Before the Deluge' on YouTube and up came Jackson Browne. There are a lot of his songs influenced by American folk, most especially the great Prosperous which had a very strong Woody Guthrie influence. So I suppose I'm wondering what songs Christy has written himself. Anybody? 86.42.71.111 (talk) 23:43, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

'Veronica', 'The ballad of Ruby Walsh', 'They never came home' and 'Joxer goes to Stuttgart' off the top of my head. There are many others he wrote or co-wrote.95.45.36.171 (talk) 17:13, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well below the valley

The article says Christy Moore is creditted with saving the tune from oblivion, yet this is not what is on the wiki page about the song: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Well_Below_the_Valley Also, as a Child Ballad, it was in print already. Scarcely 'lost'. (83.9.78.149 (talk) 10:55, 23 March 2009 (UTC))[reply]

I have removed the section. There was no reference and it started "It is claimed". If anyone can find a reference they can replace it (perhaps with an explanation as to it being a Child Ballad). --Simon Speed (talk) 14:53, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Moore is also a fan of Kildare GAA

This could be included in the article if reliable citation was added.--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 15:06, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Back Home In Derry

I have editted the 'politics' section, to point out the song Back Home In Derry is the song based on Lightfoots song. However, the text is a little unclear as to whether it was Christy or Bobby Sands who first used the tune. The phrase "he wrote it" suggests it was sands. If it was CM, perhaps "put it to the tune of" (37.30.65.254 (talk) 19:25, 13 May 2013 (UTC))[reply]

Yes, that's a little unclear. According to Moore's book, One Voice, p. 37, he (Moore) first heard the song sung by a recently-released prisoner in Derry. Moore wrote that he had received poems, under a pseudonym, from an inmate of H-Blocks but he did not know the name of the author until he heard the song being sung and put two and two together. Hohenloh⁺ 22:49, 14 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting! Thanks (46.204.48.254 (talk) 07:54, 17 May 2013 (UTC))[reply]

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