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The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - In Person At Carnegie Hall: The Complete 1963 Concert
Rebel-rousing, carousing influence on the Village folkies
Covering two discs, this is the complete Carnegie Hall concert by Ireland’s Clancy Brothers (Tom, Paddy and surviving Liam) and Tommy Makem on St Patrick’s Day 1963 – a stunning, often delightfully raffish document of Irish folk music. In vaudeville/music hall fashion, the quartet deftly blend theatre, poetry, music and hipster repartee as they lustily reinvent the intrinsically mythical, timeless sounds of their grand homeland traditions. Their in-your-face approach to deeply textured songs of rebels, outlaws, lovers and rovers profoundly influenced various 60s Greenwich Village musicians, including Bob Dylan, Odetta and countless others. Highlights encompass their 19-minute Children’s Medley, a rousing revival of the IRA anthem Kelly, The Boy From Killane, the spirited cover of the traditional Wild Colonial Boy, a swashbuckling redo of Brendan Behan’s classic Patriot Game and the haunting history lesson titled The West’s Awake. Other thumbs-uppers include an invigorating WB Yeats medley and all the drinking songs, especially a tin whistle-spiced The Moonshiner and the deservedly lusty homage to A Jug Of Punch. For fans there are three additional Clancy Brothers live recordings from the early 60s, now available for digital download. Still eye-opening, even 45 years on.
Columbia/Legacy | 88697425712 (2-CD)
Reviewed by Gary von Tersch
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