The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem: In Person at Carnegie Hall [Legacy]

by The Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem

Overview

Irish folk music isn't for everyone, but if you're the slightest bit interested in the genre, the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem are required listening. While both the Clancys and Makem have produced some fine solo albums, their best work remains their collaborative recordings. Particularly on live records like this one, their love for the music and culture of Ireland comes across loud and clear, delighting the audience and the listener. Thanks to an above-average collection of tunes and the lively performance of the musicians, In Person at Carnegie Hall is a great starting point for the uninitiated. It also serves as a good tolerance test for listeners who are uncertain whether Irish music is really for them; if you don't like what you hear on this album, chances are you won't care for anything else the genre has to offer. Of course, it's hard to imagine anyone not being drawn in by the opening one-two punch of "Johnson's Motorcar" and "The Juice of the Barley." And it just gets better from there. Not only are all the songs fun to listen to, but each one represents a particular type of Irish tune. There's the drinking song ("A Jug of Punch"), the protest song ("Patriot Game"), and the rollicking singalong ("Reilly's Daughter"). But the standout here is the 12-and-a-half-minute track "The Children's Medley," in which the musicians string together more than a dozen different songs and poems from their childhood. The result is beautiful pastiche of old-old-school Irish folk music that makes you appreciate the history and beauty of the form. ~ Ethan Alter

Product Details

Release Date:	03/03/2009
Label:	Columbia/Legacy / Legacy
UPC:	0886974257127
Rank:	7963

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Intro
2. Bold O'Donahue
3. Dialogue
4. My Johnny Lad
5. Dialogue
6. Shoals of Herring
7. Haulin' the Bowline
8. Dialogue
9. Irish Rover
10. Dialogue
11. Mr. Moses Re-Tooral-I Ay
12. Dialogue
13. Marie's Wedding
14. The Moonshiner
15. Dialogue
16. Patriot Game
17. Kelly, The Boy from Killane
18. Johnson's Motor Car
19. The West's Awake
20. Medley: O'Driscoll (The Host of the Air/The King of Fairies/Eileen Aroon)
21. Reilly's Daughter

Disc 2

22. Intro
23. Children's Medley: When I Was Young/Shellicky Bookey/Up the Long Ladder/Big Ship Sailing/Ahem! Ahem!/Wallflowers/Mary the Money/F
24. Dialogue
25. Legion of the Rearguard
26. Dialogue
27. Haul Away Joe
28. Dialogue
29. Bonnie Prince Charlie
30. Dialogue
31. Galway Bay
32. Dialogue
33. The Wild Colonial Boy
34. The Cobbler
35. Dialogue
36. The Jolly Tinker
37. Dialogue
38. A Jug of Punch
39. Dialogue
40. Brennan on the Moor
41. Dialogue
42. The Whistling Gypsy
43. Dialogue
44. Port Lairge
45. The Parting Glass
46. The Juice of the Barley
47. Oro Se Do Bheatha Bhaile

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Clancy Brothers   Primary Artist
Tommy Makem   Primary Artist,Banjo,Guitar,Vocals,Tin Whistle,5-string Banjo
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem   Primary Artist
Bill Lee   Bass
Liam Clancy   Guitar,Vocals
Tom Clancy   Vocals
Bruce Langhorne   Guitar
Paddy Clancy   Vocals

Technical Credits

Traditional   Composer
Steven Berkowitz   A&R
Liam Clancy   Liner Notes
Jerry Rappaport   Producer,Reissue Producer
Mark Wilder   Mastering
F McPeake   Composer
Robert Morgan   Producer,Audio Production,Original Recording Producer
Keating   Composer
W. Clancy   Composer
T. Clancy   Composer
T. Makem   Composer
A. Cohahan   Composer
E.M. McColl   Composer
H.S. Roberton   Composer
L. McGuire   Composer
Macmurragh   Composer
P. Clancy   Composer
Howard Fritzson   Art Direction
Jim Parham   Project Director
Adam Farber   Project Director
Randall Martin   Design
P.J. Kennedy   Arranger
William Butler Yeats   Composer
Patrick Pearse   Composer
Don Hunstein   Photography