PRIOR TO RECORDING GRAFFITI TONGUE I DID PREPRODUCTION WORK WITH NIGEl ROLFE ON INNIS MAAN. AT PASSAGE EAST. IN MONKSTOWN AND INCHICORE.

WHEN I HEARD A MELODY AT THE BACK OF INNIS MAAN, WHERE THE MIGHTY BOLILDERS FLY, NIGEL HELPED ME TAKE IT BACK TO THE HOUSE OF SEAN AND MAIRE O'FLAHERTY, HE SINGLE-HANDEDLY RETRIEVED "MINDS LOCKED SHUT" WHEN I FLUNG IT OVER THE CLIFF AT PASSAGE. WE LOCKED HORNS BETWEEN THE YELLOW AND THE PINK TRIANGLES AND UNEARTHED GOD WOMAN IN THE BOG OF ALLEN, MOST OF ALL HE UNDERSTOOD AND ENCOURAGED THE WORK.

MY THANKS TO, NIGEL ROLFE. JOHN GRIMES, SHEELAGH MORRIS, AND TO: SHEILA ISAACSON. EAMON MCCANN, PAT RYAN, ALL THE ROLFES. BRIAN MAGUIRE. BONO. THE EDGE. PAUL CHARLES, ELEANOR SHANLEY, ROBBIE OVERSON. GUS DENNIS. MICHEAL TRAYNOR, PETER AIKEN, PADDY NUGENT. JOHN MCHALE. PALIDGE FITZGERALD, CHRIS ROCHE, SEAN MCKIERNAN. THANKS TO, MALACHY KEARNS OF ROUNDSTONE INSTRUMENTS, DEREK NELSON OF DANVAL MUSIC, PETER CLARKE OF SUPERMICIK. LIGHTING, MICK OGORMAN OF MIKAM SOUND, NIGEL KINMOTH OF MUSICIANS INC

I DEDICATE THIS ALBUM TO MATTIE FOX FOR HIS COMRADESHIP AND TO VAL. ANDY, ILINO. PADRAIC FOR BEING WITH ME ON EVERY STEP ALONG THE WAY.

CHRISTY MOORE