Clancy Brothers' Liam - the last man standing

The final link to the fabulous Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem

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The historical frame of reference to the sixties of last century often conjures up times of turbulence and upheaval that overshadows the winds of freedom and expression that came out of that time. 

And in the realm of folk music -- music created by the people for the people that give us glimpses of the times we live in -- that was especially true whether you were talking about America or Ireland.

Out of that milieu came the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, who exploded onto the American landscape in the 1950s poised for greatness in the 1960s who realized their own American Dream in the heady formative folk scene that was Greenwich Village in New York City.  

Only Liam Clancy is alive today, “the last man standing” in his own humorous words of the famous quartet that forever changed the landscape of Irish folk music.

As the youngest of those Clancys who lowered the boom on folk music scene, he remains a vital link to those halcyon days when Irish America was feeling its roots. 

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