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Tommy Makem's legend will live on (IrishCentral)

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:15:08 PST

Published Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 6:22 PMEvery Irish American who has ever listened to a note of Irish music probably has their defining moment when they realized what a hold the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem had on them, conscious or otherwise Mine came decades after they first blazed a trail on the scene destroying all notions of what Irish folk music was and would be Like the Beatles, they impacted a generation of us Irish boomers who moved from radio to TV in the 1960s and made us proud to be Irish when these four lads splashed across the screen on The Ed Sullivan Show and launched a highly successful career on their 15 minutes of fame on the popular show that was the American Idol of its day, giving rise to so many wonderful performers But it took a reunion concert in 1984 at Lincoln Center by the Clancys and Makem to make me realize how much they touched us, informed us and entertained us as 3,000 devoted audience members sang virtually the entire program with Liam, Paddy, Tom and Tommy that night after a performing hiatus of 15 years as troupe READ MORE

The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem (IrishCentral)

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:40:35 PST

By: Published Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 6:22 PM

Clancy Brothers' Liam - the last man standing (IrishCentral)

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:22:30 PDT

By: PAUL KEATING