Christy Moore
Christy Moore was born in Newbridge, Leinster, Ireland on May 7th, 1945 and is the Folk Singer. At the age of 78, Christy Moore biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore (born 7 May 1945) is an Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
Planxty and Moving Hearts' founding members.
In 1969, Paddy on the Road was his first album.
In 2007, he was named Ireland's top living musician in RTÉ's People of the Year Awards.
Early life
Moore was born in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland, and attended Newbridge College. He began as a bank worker who wanted to express himself through traditional music. He went to England during a bank strike in 1966, which lasted for twelve weeks, but didn't return until the war was settled. "I had a wild and wonderful time in England, but no bank manager was looking over my shoulder," he said. He worked in general labouring, frequenting the folk clubs and Irish music bars, where he encountered Seamus Ennis, Margaret Barry, Luke Kelly, Martin Byrnes, and many other traditional performers. The Grehan Sisters, an Irish singing group with whom Moore was previously known, accompanied Moore in 1967 to move north of England from Dublin by giving Moore contacts and support slots on their shows.
Musical career
1973 brought his first major release, Prosperous, which brought together the four musicians who shortly thereafter formed Planxty: Liam O'Flynn, Andy Irvine and Dónal Lunny. For a time they called themselves "CLAD", an acronym of their names, but soon decided on Planxty.
After leaving Planxty in 1975, Moore continued on his solo career, reforming his old band on occasion (which he has been doing ever since). He also formed the band Moving Hearts with Lunny and five other musicians in 1980. In 1987 he appeared on Gay Byrne's The Late Late Show performing with The Dubliners for their 25th anniversary. In 2000, he published his autobiography, One Voice.
Moore's earlier lifestyle resulted in a decline in health and several operations. Moore's battle with alcohol, and subsequent heart operations, have taken their toll. At the end of the 1990s, Moore reduced his workload for medical reasons.
Some of Moore's songs are heavily influenced by drink and the effects of drink, his song "Delirium Tremens" being a good example. Listening to Johnny Mulhern's song "Hard Cases" caused Moore to recall the Galway drinking scene with local musicians Mickey Finn, Pete Galligan, Corky and Terry Smith.
On 17 April 2009, Moore released his first new studio album in four years, entitled Listen, and promoted it through a series of live gigs.
In December 2011, Moore released the album Folk Tale. His next album Where I Come From was released in November 2013 and features a new protest song called "Arthur's Day". The album peaked at number three in the Irish album charts. On the road was released in November 2017, while his most recent album Magic Nights was released in November 2019.