Tommy Makem in concert, 1973. 01. In That Land I Loved So Well. 02. Come By The Hills. 03. Lord of The Dance. 04. Farewell To Carlingford. 05. The Cobbler. 06. William Bloat. 07. The Leaving of Liverpool. 08. The Liar.
Tommy lost one of His biggest Fans last night. Jim & I were huge Makem & Clancy fans for over 45+ yrs. He was one of my BEST FRIENDS. He loved to sing and play the Celtic ballads. Will miss you James ............."Holy Mo, mee Father loved Nikita Kruschev " !
Magnificent!! Especially "Lord of the Dance". (I had never heard it before...well, it's all great) Tommy, you may be gone from this world...you will never ever really die!! God Bless to you... and all of your Brothers Clancy.
hes my uncle and a legend, i wish for the days of drinking in derrynoose to return again./ he used to bring bus loads of americans over with him, was good times drinking Poitín fresh from the cauldrin. . singing above i know
Joe - I'm a 7th Generation Irish-American.... my 4X Great Grandfather, Patrick Rafferty, Sr., was from Derrynoose! Small world.... If I didn't live so far away... I'd buy you pint or two of Guinness!
Joe top man. Great man I met paddy reilly and all original dubs fado. Luke at that time i met him in mass in whitehall church. Half nine mass. Unfortunately all our IRISH CULTURE AND HERITAGE BEING GRADUALLY ERODED AWAY. TOMMYS MOTHER SARAH. GREAT WOMAN. HIMSELF AND LIAMS VOICES SUITED DIFFERENT TUNES. NOT TO FORGET TOM AND PADDY CLANCY
Just simply that “Four Green Fields” was written by Tommie in the 1960’s, it not a traditional song written in the 1860’s. Many fans of the music don’t realize this is a Makem composition. It matters little now, Tommie has been gone so long, and missed.
I didn't know Tommy wrote four green fields. I also agree he didn't get enough recognition for it. Fantastic song so well written on Ireland struggle. RIP Tommy
They were the best of the best My man was from Thurles Co. TIPPERARY I I SEEN THEM TWICE IN Liverpool in the 60's only now realise how privileged I was they were were special R I P lads you were the best.
My father played his album "The Bard of Armagh" till it crackled. I would never say that I loved the song ERIE CANAL. I came to love Tommy. In this video., I especially love THE LIAR.
What a marriage,it must have been made in heaven,an old celtic air ,the words of a scotsman and the voice of Makem: gives us the perfect Come by the hills.
this man ,them that they havent discovered yet..was as a big as any entertainer with a decent voice and song--a very talented man and voice--you are just hooked by his presence and music--good bless him..
I have a mere smidgen of Celtic blood..yet this music tugs hard at my soul.I can only hope someday I can "come by the hills."A longing comes over me that no other music can do.I have a pretty eclectic taste in music but this...this is home.
Just found this and watched it thru. Greatly enjoyed the music and song. Just superb singing. A little look back perhaps to when times were easier. Thanks for posting this.
I had the good fortune of meeting Tommy one morning at the Celtic colors festival at the Gaelic College in St. Ann's Cape Breton... It was and is a memory I will hold close for ever.
0:31 - In That Land I Loved So Well 2:46 - Come By The Hills 6:45 - Lord of The Dance 9:37 - Farewell To Carlingford 13:01 - The Cobbler 15:49 - William Bloat 18:26 - The Leaving of Liverpool 22:05 - The Liar
i heard about Tommy makem died at Dover Neuwhampsire and he wrote and Sung Four Green fields just Before he died i loved him so much he was a good man a good true Irish men from Ireland i love all his songs and other songs and Poetry he was good player i love Everything about him if i was Tommy makem i would sing like him and perform like him and Poetry it made me cry when he Died it broke my heart i was a bit upset dying like that it made me sad so i thought I'm going sing in his memory eh is some where here with me
Tonight has been the first I've ever heard of this man, and it makes me sad to think of all the years I've gone without his music. Thank you for posting this! :-)
Sorry if I ask you but why does the public look so bored???? God, if had the privilege of being amongst them I would have been excited!!! They didn't certainly know how lucky they were!!!
Some Clancy brothers voices went more naturally with his. That may be a matter of taste, but I get where you're coming from. He is less of a,tenor perhaps?
I've been looking for this performance for some time (specifically for this particular rendition of "Lord of the Dance," which was removed earlier this year, much to my chagrin. Do you happen to know where I could get either the video or the audio of this performance? Please let me know, if you do. Thank you for posting this wonderful video!
I notice he is playing a 5 string long neck bluegrass banjo, made popular by the late great Pete Seeger. I always thought Irish folk was 4 string tenor banjo?
On one of the Clancy Brother lp's you can see Tommy with a 4 string open back but none of this is really traditional. American vaudevillian performers came to Ireland last century with banjos doing black face performances. The Irish were amused and adopted the banjo. Still note Tommy is capo'ing up. He has a far greater range than Seeger. I think people like Tommy played the long neck because it looked more impressive. Even one of his counterparts Luke Kelly capo'd up on his long neck. I think it's an appearance thing.
Malcolm M I'm only theorizing. When you capo up on the 3rd fret I believe it turns back into a regular banjo. I'd suggest the longer scale would feel different too. I'm not a banjo player but for example my acoustic guitar has 14 frets in front of the body and my classical has only 12 and has a much different attack. I know they're different kinds of guitars but just think of Liam Clancy in the early days with the 12 fret Martin. He used to make that top explode with his passionate strumming. I watch a lot of videos with Maken, Kelly, etc and don't recall them not using a capo. Dare I say Kelly used to talk communism quite a bit and Seeger was certainly no stranger to the idea. So maybe it had some kind of symbolic meaning? Vocalwise Seeger sung much lower. That's why he had the long neck invented.
Mmm different tuning. Regular tenor banjo is same as fiddle & mandolin GDAE. 5 Banjo usually 1st string = D 2nd string = B 3rd string = G 4th string = D 5th string = G (small string on the side of the neck) Cheers MAL
方翊 strong ties to American bluegrass and country.Many Irish and Welsh immigrants settled in the mountains of Appalachia in the 1800's...bringing their music with them.Thank goodness.
In reply to your comment a year ago regarding US country music being similar to Irish music: You might be surprised to know that Irish music is the ancestor of US country music, brought into your country by Irish people fleeing famine and tyranny.
Mr Blake- I.disagree .I congratulate Ed on his success.I've heard a couple interesting sings by him-plus that insipid o.o piece of s--t that was played as nauseam. But his voice is squeaky and nowhere near the quality of Tommy's