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Thursday March 16th, 2017 with Chris Sharp
March 17 is St. Patrick's Day-tonight's show features musicians native to Ireland and Northern ireland
| Opening set features Belfast's Van Morrison who formed Them in 1964 before going solo in 1966 at American producer Bert Bern's urging. Kenny McDowell was brought in to replace Morrison on vocals but lack of further success doomed the band |
| Call My Name Them - Them featuring Van Morrison(1990) |
| Bent Over You Them - Time Out! Time In For Them(1968) |
| When The Evening Sun Goes Down Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey(1971) |
| The Eternal Kansas City Van Morrison - A Period of Transition(1977) |
| Bright Side of The Road Van Morrison - Into The Music(1979) |
| Dweller On The Threshold Van Morrison - Beautiful Vision(1982) |
| Psychedelic band Eire Apparent (their lone l.p. produced by Jimi Hendrix) was a kind of crossroads of Irish musicians in the late 60's. Henry McCullough (guitar) went on to play with The Grease band and Wings (and many other things), Ernie Graham (guitar, vocals) later formed pub rockers Clancy and retired from music by the early 80's, Mick Cox (guitar, vocals) had played with The End and later formed Magnet, Chris Stewart (bass) worked extensively with Frankie Miller and many others, Steve Jolly (keys) went on to play with Freedom and drummer Davy Lutton went on to play with Heavy Jelly and Marc Bolan. |
| Rock And Roll Band Eire Apparent - Sunrise(1969) |
| Blues To Snowy Ernie Graham - Ernie Graham(1971) |
| Back On Love Clancy - Seriously Speaking(1974/2004) |
| Something To Remember Me By Magnet - 7 inch single(1969) |
| Yes I Need Someone Eire Apparent - Sunrise(1969) |
| Troubadour Chris de Burgh was born in Argentina but grew up in Ireland (in his family's castle), The Boomtown Rats were formed in Dublin by Bob Geldof and had a fair degree of late 70's new wave success and Stiff Little Fingers were Ireland's most famous punk export. U2 were formed in 1976 in Dublin , releasing their debut l.p. in 1980 before moving on to huge international success. |
| Spanish Train Chris de Burgh - Spanish Train and Other Stories(1975) |
| When The Night Comes The Boomtown Rats - The Fine Art of Surfacing(1979) |
| Up All Night The Boomtown rats - Mondo Bongo(1981) |
| Alternative Ulster Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material(1979) |
| I Will Follow U2 - Boy(1980) |
| Patricia The Stripper Chris de Burgh - Spanish Train and Other Stories(1975) |
| Rory Gallagher, armed with his '61 Stratocaster formed Taste in the late 60's before going solo and becoming a blues rock guitar legend. Northern Ireland born Dave Lewis formed Andwellas Dream in the late 60's, releasing the remarkable Love and Poetry in 1969 as well as a few more Andwella l.p.'s and a solo album. |
| Bought and Sold Rory Gallagher - Against The Grain(1975) |
| Rue The day Rory Gallagher - Notes From San Francisco(2011) |
| High On A Mountain Andwellas Dream - Love and Poetry(1969/2004) |
| Man Without A name Andwellas Dream - Love and Poetry(1969/2004) |
| Sunday Andwellas Dream - Love and Poetry(1969/2004) |
| We end tonight's show with bassist/vocalist Phil Lynott and his hard rock band Thin Lizzy (and some post Jailbreak tracks). Black Rose is basically a medley of traditional Irish songs (with the late great guitarist Gary Moore taking his turns) |
| Ode To A Black man Philip Lynott - Solo In Soho(1980) |
| Rocky Thin Lizzy - Johnny The Fox(1976) |
| Dancing In The Moonlight Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation(1977) |
| Roisin Dubh (Black Rose) A Rock Legend Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend(1979) |
| Thank you for listening. next show broadcasts March 30. |
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