Maureen Thanks for that info. Tommy Makem was a Brilliant singer. Sad to know he is gone. Nancy Maureen wrote: > > >*DOVER, New Hampshire (AP) *-- Irish singer, songwriter and storyteller >Tommy Makem, who teamed with the Clancy Brothers to become stars during >the folk music boom, has died of cancer. He was 74. > >Tim > > >
Born Nov 4 1942 Co. Armagh He was voted along with Joan Baez as one of the two most promising acts Newport Folk Festival 1961. He linked up with Liam Clancy from Co Tipperary. Appeared Ed Sullivan show 1961 and shot to national prominence to the Careige Hall . He ran a club called Tommy Makem's Irish pavilion on the corner of Lexington Avenue New York. Dylan adapted his version of Dominic Beahans The Patriot Game to become With God on our Side. Dylan acknowledge his debt to Clancy's musical influence at Dylan's 30th Anniversary gala in 1992 at Madison Square Garden. He with Clancy became the godfathers of modern Irish music with a huge influence on the US folk scene. iaran Colgan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Mazzeo Reeb" <nreeb@comcast.net> To: "Maureen" <mcshelly2@msn.com>; <mayo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 10:50 PM Subject: Re: [MAYO] Tommy Makem, Irish Singer, Song Writer, Storyteller > Maureen > > Thanks for that info. Tommy Makem was a Brilliant singer. Sad to know he > is gone. > > Nancy > > Maureen wrote: > >> >> >>*DOVER, New Hampshire (AP) *-- Irish singer, songwriter and storyteller >>Tommy Makem, who teamed with the Clancy Brothers to become stars during >>the folk music boom, has died of cancer. He was 74. >> >>Tim >> >> >> > > ====MAYO Mailing List==== > Add your name in the County Mayo Surname Registry at: > http://www.connorsgenealogy.net/Mayo/ > Do you have a County Mayo website you would like to see in this space? > Send an email to Mayo-admin@rootsweb.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAYO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >