Live 2004 (Planxty album) explained

Live 2004
Type:	Live
Artist:	Planxty
Cover:	Live 2004 (Planxty).jpg
Released:	2004
Recorded:	Glór Theatre, Ennis, County Clare Vicar Street, Dublin
Genre:	Irish folk
Length:	67:09
Label:	Sony
Producer:	Dónal Lunny
Prev Title:	Words & Music
Prev Year:	1983
Next Year:	2016

Live 2004^[1] is an album recorded live by the Irish folk band Planxty.

Recording

This live album was recorded during Planxty's third reunion (dubbed "The Third Coming"^[1]), which unfolded in late 2003 and into early 2004.^[1]

Initial rehearsals at the Royal Spa Hotel in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare were followed by a gig there on Saturday, 11 October 2003 in front of 200 people.^[1]

Planxty then played a series of concerts at the Glór Theatre in Ennis, County Clare (on 23 & 24 January 2004) and at Vicar Street in Dublin (on 30 & 31 January and on 4 & 5, 11 & 12 February 2004),^[1] 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.^[1]

Track listing

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

Personnel

• Christy Moore - vocals, guitar, bodhrán, keyboard
• Andy Irvine - vocals, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki
• Dónal Lunny - bouzouki, guitars, bodhrán, vocals
• Liam O'Flynn - uilleann pipes, tin whistles

Notes and References

1. Book: O'Toole, Leagues . 2006. The Humours of Planxty. Dublin. Hodder Headline. 03-4083-796-9.