Black 47 Review by Joel Brown Friday, March 11, 2005 Good news for those planning to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Irish-American rockers Black 47 at the Middle East on Sunday. The New York band's new album is the catchiest, most accessible thing it has made in ages. It is not as insular and literary as 2004's ``New York Town,'' even though it's the companion album to bandleader Larry Kirwan's new memoir, ``Green Suede Shoes.'' It's first and foremost a collection of excellent songs. ``Far Side of the Wall'' is a melodic hymn to ``bleary days,'' ``blazin' years'' and ``breakin' through'' - like a Springsteen lyric, but with pipes as well as sax and Stratocaster. ``Downtown Baghdad Blues'' is a gritty soldier's lament that dares to rhyme ``land of Giuliani'' with ``Ayatollah Sistani.'' ``Elvis Murphy'' tells of young Larry's rock 'n' roll awakening. And the potent ``Liverpool Fantasy'' imagines the thoughts that might have boiled in J...