Sunday, December 6, 2009

The passing of Liam Clancy

UBLIN, Ireland — Irish balladeer Liam Clancy, last of the Clancy Brothers troupe whose feisty, boozy songs of old Ireland struck a sentimental chord worldwide, died Friday in a Cork hospital. He was 74.

This news from  last week, December 4th,,,, Liam was the Last surviving member of the Clancy Brothers ,.... and along with Tommy Maken put their kind of music in the forefront of the world stage,,,,, Dylan once said  that Liam was the best Ballad singer he ever heard,,,,    so .,.. a couple from them,,, and one goin way back with Pete, when he actually had a TV show !!

I encourage you to go get a few of the Clancy Brothers.....  and Tommy Maken,,,

Rocky Road to Dublin,,,, please sing along








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