Jimmy McCarthy wrote Ride On and Bright Blue Rose which Christy Moore covered and made famous. It is so nice to hear "The Man Himself" singing these Beautiful Songs which so many persons have covered. I knew his brother Ted when he lived in Macroom and he used to sing Beatles songs to us.
Great song, great singer, great composer, great man, great.....everything great!!!, but much better alive. Would it be possibel to get more of the interview from the late late show?? Come on Jim...we want to see the whole interview. Do something to let us see you!!!
Letting go of a beloved woman who died, i hink. But as often with good lyrics written by talented people, the story of the songs can be slightly different from person to person. And i think that depends on ones live experience. For me it is about a Cambodian boy i grew up with and who lost his life into a traffic accident back in 1980 at the age of 12. He was a good horse rider and talented young musician.
@elenayoutubification It was on the RTE player, 24th december. Not sure if its still there but sometimes they have the interviews on the late late show archive on the rte site i think
Is he using standard tuning or an open tuning? I play this and can play the instrumental OR the chord arpeggios but not boith so would love to learn it played this way.
I don't play it the same way as it is on this video but there is another way of accommodating the 'riff' and the arpeggio based around Am, F & G (capo'd wherever you're comfortable singing it but still in standard EADGBE tuning). I came looking for this video as I might learn this version, too but playing around Am, F & G sounds closer to the way it was played on Christy Moore's version although that was 2 separate guitar parts, I think. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XfufObm3wAE.html&lc=UgzdNoXkYFzOXA7d0C14AaABAg This is how I play it, currently. Or at least it was back in 2011. :)
@@woldsweather I've just worked it out. 3rd fret capo playing Em, C and D. That slide is on the A string (2nd from top) starting in 2nd fret (relative to the capo) where the 1st finger in an Em chord position would go. He then slides up from 2nd to the 7th on the string which is an octave above the open E (1st) string. The two strings are played together as the slide reaches the 7th fret and the other incidental arpeggio notes are made of the open 3 strings, filling out the Em chord. The rest of the melody is closer to the standard chord positions. I hope that helps a little.
I love Christy Moore but this man is a much more talented Lyricist and songwriter. Can’t even compare this to Joxer or Lisdonvarna. The Contender as well, just right’s beautiful Irish ballads.
