Tommy Makem in concert, 1973.

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  • Tommy Makem in concert, 1973.
    01. In That Land I Loved So Well.
    02. Come By The Hills.
    03. Lord of The Dance.
    04. Farewell To Carlingford.
    05. The Cobbler.
    06. William Bloat.
    07. The Leaving of Liverpool.
    08. The Liar.

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  • @AbuSayeedMdGani
    @AbuSayeedMdGani 2 роки тому +7

    I think Tommy is the best traditional folk singer, he would be always inside my heart!

  • @Prof321
    @Prof321 3 роки тому +8

    Who could ever not like this sublime music?

  • @Hollcall
    @Hollcall 7 років тому +25

    Tommy lost one of His biggest Fans last night. Jim & I were huge Makem & Clancy fans for over 45+ yrs. He was one of my BEST FRIENDS. He loved to sing and play the Celtic ballads. Will miss you James ............."Holy Mo, mee Father loved Nikita Kruschev " !

  • @michaelfinn1317
    @michaelfinn1317 7 місяців тому +2

    One of the greatest singers and story tellers, we were privileged to enjoy such fine fare.

  • @dweml258
    @dweml258 10 років тому +15

    Magnificent!! Especially "Lord of the Dance". (I had never heard it before...well, it's all great) Tommy, you may be gone from this world...you will never ever really die!! God Bless to you... and all of your Brothers Clancy.

    • @soulbushi9454
      @soulbushi9454 3 роки тому +3

      yeah I love Lord of Dance so much . I live in you and you live in me . touching

  • @janeos01
    @janeos01 10 років тому +18

    One of the true greats of my youth and after, loved his work always, he's sadly missed, may he rest in peace

  • @BlackRaven156
    @BlackRaven156 Рік тому +4

    This is nothing short of sublime and perfect!

  • @malcolmboyce8197
    @malcolmboyce8197 11 років тому +24

    Tommy will always be a true storyteller. Sadly gone but forever alive

  • @patriciathewisher2315
    @patriciathewisher2315 2 роки тому +4

    Very distinctive voice. Very strong voice. Very much a Northerner. Never lost his accent even when singing

  • @1cuhullan
    @1cuhullan 10 років тому +4

    I now live in Australia, since 1968, thanks for the memories , I love the song Carrickfergus, I was born there in 1949.

  • @peteroshea714
    @peteroshea714 6 років тому +4

    They were the best of the best
    My man was from Thurles Co. TIPPERARY
    I I SEEN THEM TWICE IN Liverpool in the 60's only now realise how privileged I was they were were special R I P lads you were the best.

  • @SimonOak
    @SimonOak 12 років тому +13

    Image the joy this still brings to us after almost 40 years!

  • @josephinemills2696
    @josephinemills2696 2 місяці тому +2

    Fabulous…what an entertainer 👏👏👏

  • @soulbushi9454
    @soulbushi9454 3 роки тому +14

    Tommy is the greatest folk singer, I love his songs, his style and the culture heritage and tradition behind him

  • @michaelfinn1317
    @michaelfinn1317 2 роки тому +7

    Just found this and watched it thru. Greatly enjoyed the music and song. Just superb singing. A little look back perhaps to when times were easier. Thanks for posting this.

  • @simthekid9653
    @simthekid9653 2 роки тому +6

    His voice is better than ever i heard

  • @kimberlysmith8299
    @kimberlysmith8299 6 років тому +8

    I have a mere smidgen of Celtic blood..yet this music tugs hard at my soul.I can only hope someday I can "come by the hills."A longing comes over me that no other music can do.I have a pretty eclectic taste in music but this...this is home.

  • @flappityflaps
    @flappityflaps 10 років тому +17

    hes my uncle and a legend, i wish for the days of drinking in derrynoose to return again./ he used to bring bus loads of americans over with him, was good times drinking Poitín fresh from the cauldrin. . singing above i know

    • @dhutch71
      @dhutch71 2 роки тому

      Joe - I'm a 7th Generation Irish-American.... my 4X Great Grandfather, Patrick Rafferty, Sr., was from Derrynoose! Small world.... If I didn't live so far away... I'd buy you pint or two of Guinness!

    • @jimmymalone9139
      @jimmymalone9139 2 роки тому

      Joe top man. Great man
      I met paddy reilly and all original dubs fado. Luke at that time i met him in mass in whitehall church. Half nine mass. Unfortunately all our IRISH CULTURE AND HERITAGE BEING GRADUALLY ERODED AWAY. TOMMYS MOTHER SARAH. GREAT WOMAN. HIMSELF AND LIAMS VOICES SUITED DIFFERENT TUNES. NOT TO FORGET TOM AND PADDY CLANCY

    • @jimmymalone9139
      @jimmymalone9139 2 роки тому

      @@dhutch71 so you are not IRISH. IM 100 PERCENT CATHOLIC IRISH AND KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT

  • @simonm7301
    @simonm7301 10 років тому +15

    this man ,them that they havent discovered yet..was as a big as any entertainer with a decent voice and song--a very talented man and voice--you are just hooked by his presence and music--good bless him..

  • @55vica
    @55vica 11 років тому +3

    What a marriage,it must have been made in heaven,an old celtic air ,the words of a scotsman and the voice of Makem: gives us the perfect Come by the hills.

    • @thomasbrennan819
      @thomasbrennan819 5 років тому +1

      I prefer the original Buachaill ón Éirne version sang in Irish. Clannad do an amazing version worth checking out.

  • @owenlunney6019
    @owenlunney6019 6 років тому +6

    My father played his album "The Bard of Armagh" till it crackled. I would never say that I loved the song ERIE CANAL. I came to love Tommy. In this video., I especially love THE LIAR.

  • @chrismckenna4689
    @chrismckenna4689 3 роки тому +3

    A fine and polite gentleman. His memory live large in my heart.

  • @dorotheemackenbach4808
    @dorotheemackenbach4808 7 років тому +4

    Beautiful singer, lovely songs. Good times when...

  • @johng4250
    @johng4250 9 років тому +36

    I've never thought Tommy got enough credit for writing "Four Green Fields", so many seem to think it's a old traditional song.

    • @goofy79248
      @goofy79248 3 роки тому

      Sorry, what ís meant by this?

    • @johngrosshans1040
      @johngrosshans1040 3 роки тому +3

      Just simply that “Four Green Fields” was written by Tommie in the 1960’s, it not a traditional song written in the 1860’s. Many fans of the music don’t realize this is a Makem composition. It matters little now, Tommie has been gone so long, and missed.

    • @declanlennon7670
      @declanlennon7670 3 роки тому +2

      Very true, I did not realise that either. It is a classic. A prophet is often not recognised in his own country

    • @juliewhelan7743
      @juliewhelan7743 3 роки тому +3

      I didn't know Tommy wrote four green fields. I also agree he didn't get enough recognition for it. Fantastic song so well written on Ireland struggle. RIP Tommy

    • @PM-zu3cz
      @PM-zu3cz 2 роки тому

      @@johngrosshans1040 Not that long, I remember serving him in the 2000's. Good friend of my Grandfather.

  • @jeanvaljeanist
    @jeanvaljeanist 4 роки тому +4

    what a voice. fits the songs perfectly

  • @josieoshea3184
    @josieoshea3184 Рік тому +4

    Tommy had such a fantastic unique voice.they are not making them like that anymore.rip makem and also clancys..

  • @denniswinthers9793
    @denniswinthers9793 8 років тому +5

    I heard the Tommy and his sons at Kennedy High School in Somers, New York with my son, he told tales and sung with abandon till the concerts end.

  • @robertflint2549
    @robertflint2549 2 роки тому +3

    Excellent musician, fine man.

  • @pancreas528
    @pancreas528 3 роки тому +5

    He was a great solo artist. I too liked his version of The Lord of the Dance

  • @joekearns5716
    @joekearns5716 10 років тому +10

    We will never hear a voice like his again. Was lucky enough to have seen him and the Clancy Brothers live - twice

    • @09TheWex
      @09TheWex 10 років тому +4

      Joe , He had no equals , he played the Banjo , whistle & Bodhran and wrote so many songs including the very first one on here.

  • @misssmargo
    @misssmargo 10 років тому +7

    Great music! Wow, what talent.

  • @jime386
    @jime386 8 років тому +6

    I had the privilege of meeting this man in the '90s. Sooo awesome a troubadour

  • @janetoneill4656
    @janetoneill4656 9 років тому +6

    I had the good fortune of meeting Tommy one morning at the Celtic colors festival at the Gaelic College in St. Ann's Cape Breton... It was and is a memory I will hold close for ever.

  • @bernardbrady1926
    @bernardbrady1926 3 роки тому +9

    Only one Tommy makem sadly missed RIP

  • @Hollyrock712
    @Hollyrock712 Рік тому +1

    I e seen him many times…. Always fantastic

  • @maryryan3442
    @maryryan3442 3 роки тому +2

    "Winds of Morning" and "The Good Times (are all gone)" and "Love and Distance" never hear those lovely Tommy songs now, alas!

  • @EnglishwithMsLynn
    @EnglishwithMsLynn 4 роки тому +2

    My all time favourite song by Tommy has to be in the dark green woods

  • @SimonOak
    @SimonOak 12 років тому +21

    0:31 - In That Land I Loved So Well
    2:46 - Come By The Hills
    6:45 - Lord of The Dance
    9:37 - Farewell To Carlingford
    13:01 - The Cobbler
    15:49 - William Bloat
    18:26 - The Leaving of Liverpool
    22:05 - The Liar

  • @marcikeesler6060
    @marcikeesler6060 10 років тому +16

    Tonight has been the first I've ever heard of this man, and it makes me sad to think of all the years I've gone without his music. Thank you for posting this! :-)

    • @jimmynolan3096
      @jimmynolan3096 Рік тому +1

      He was alwàys my fàvourit may hè rest in peast

  • @grizzlybear4
    @grizzlybear4 10 років тому +7

    The BEST. I sure miss him.

  • @Del-yv1qy
    @Del-yv1qy 4 роки тому +3

    Great Tommy Makem,a one off,rip.

  • @tmirek1
    @tmirek1 10 років тому +6

    THE BEST. I love the song.

    • @gretchengilbert1932
      @gretchengilbert1932 4 роки тому

      The love of all my 70long years of singing and playing Irish music!God keep you Tommy, and fairwell.

  • @marleneoc
    @marleneoc 10 років тому +20

    Tough crowd. What an amazing talent Tommy was.

  • @ouradoptedmilitary
    @ouradoptedmilitary 9 років тому +8

    I so miss Tommy.

  • @patriciathewisher2315
    @patriciathewisher2315 2 роки тому +2

    Farewell to you my own true ❤️ love. I’m bound for Calif forn aye ay.

  • @gerardodwyer9693
    @gerardodwyer9693 8 років тому +8

    i heard about Tommy makem died at Dover Neuwhampsire and he wrote and Sung Four Green fields just Before he died i loved him so much he was a good man a good true Irish men from Ireland i love all his songs and other songs and Poetry he was good player i love Everything about him if i was Tommy makem i would sing like him and perform like him and Poetry
    it made me cry when he Died it broke my heart i was a bit upset dying like that it made me sad so i thought I'm going sing in his memory eh is some where here with me

  • @bardaghohio
    @bardaghohio 12 років тому +5

    Thanks so much for sharing this concert!

  • @judithsweeney4982
    @judithsweeney4982 2 роки тому +2

    Thank You very much for posting this! :)

  • @patriciathewisher2315
    @patriciathewisher2315 2 роки тому +1

    The cares of tomorrow etc. lovely lines

  • @bobdacreepable
    @bobdacreepable 10 років тому +2

    thank you

  • @macdeath44
    @macdeath44 10 років тому +9

    LEGEND.

  • @maureenhiggins7341
    @maureenhiggins7341 5 років тому +2

    M'head, Ma. Me & thee coffeehouse. RIP TOM MAKEM.

  • @tungstenkid2271
    @tungstenkid2271 9 років тому +7

    Tommy emigrated to America early on which is why we never heard of him in England more's the pity.

  • @patriciathewisher2315
    @patriciathewisher2315 2 роки тому +2

    Me n Tommy come from same religious diocese in ireland. The arch diocese of Armagh

  • @patriciathewisher2315
    @patriciathewisher2315 2 роки тому +2

    Carlingford is very beautiful place

  • @Wethand
    @Wethand 11 років тому +2

    YES! Cheers for sharing!

  • @patriciathewisher2315
    @patriciathewisher2315 2 роки тому +2

    Lake waters lapping. Where my aunt is from

  • @jime386
    @jime386 8 років тому +5

    Makes me want to listen to Celtic Women.... so I will when Tommy's done here

  • @patriciathewisher2315
    @patriciathewisher2315 2 роки тому +2

    Reminds me of cousin Jim who sounds a bit similar and who also plays the banjo

  • @TheTomhamilton8
    @TheTomhamilton8 12 років тому +3

    great

  • @patriciathewisher2315
    @patriciathewisher2315 2 роки тому +5

    Tommy wrote Four Green Fields which is beautiful

  • @ndrsLttw
    @ndrsLttw 10 років тому +5

    love him...

  • @patriciathewisher2315
    @patriciathewisher2315 2 роки тому +2

    Fare Thee well. That’s right now

  • @TobiEmden
    @TobiEmden 10 років тому +3

    Wow, the audience becomes crazy. you see in every face how much they enjoy the music (irony!!!!!!!)

    • @smittywerbenjaegermanjense7376
      @smittywerbenjaegermanjense7376 7 років тому +2

      You don't attend a folk concert and behave like it's a metal concert. Make no mistake, the audience was there to see Makem.

  • @dermotmahon2008
    @dermotmahon2008 4 роки тому +2

    Love Tommy's 70s sideburns

  • @tommymakem737
    @tommymakem737 11 років тому +12

    Tommy Makem is a legand they dont makem like makem anymore

    • @foggydew3614
      @foggydew3614 5 років тому +1

      Sorry if I ask you but why does the public look so bored???? God, if had the privilege of being amongst them I would have been excited!!! They didn't certainly know how lucky they were!!!

  • @thedale2019
    @thedale2019 3 роки тому +1

    This is Epic! 💯❤ I'm also 10'000 years old and I once won Jesus at connect 4! 👊😂✌

  • @anthonynaughton422
    @anthonynaughton422 3 роки тому +1

    Super

  • @stephenabelsr
    @stephenabelsr Рік тому +1

    That vibrato. I miss that vibrato.

  • @johnneary9211
    @johnneary9211 7 років тому +9

    Such a powerful voice without the gaping open mouth to push the words to the audience. How did he do it? jn

  • @Super241946
    @Super241946 3 роки тому +2

    Adrian "Dick" Barton ex Skyrockets Showband Enniskillen on acoustic guitar.

  • @patriciathewisher2315
    @patriciathewisher2315 2 роки тому +1

    Jfc. Reminds me of Delia’s Gone

  • @tracystone1224
    @tracystone1224 10 місяців тому +2

    Great😂

  • @andrewrossmn
    @andrewrossmn Рік тому +1

    A true bard!

  • @bbbartolo
    @bbbartolo Рік тому +1

    the ultimate Lord of the Dance, for my money.

  • @patriciathewisher2315
    @patriciathewisher2315 2 роки тому +2

    Never heard The Liar before. Hilarious

  • @geoffreyharris5682
    @geoffreyharris5682 8 років тому +13

    I like him better than the Clancy Brothers actually.

    • @johncook7281
      @johncook7281 3 роки тому

      Some Clancy brothers voices went more naturally with his. That may be a matter of taste, but I get where you're coming from. He is less of a,tenor perhaps?

  • @patriciathewisher2315
    @patriciathewisher2315 2 роки тому +1

    Cuid a do means part two

  • @gaelicgirlfilly
    @gaelicgirlfilly 10 років тому +6

    I've been looking for this performance for some time (specifically for this particular rendition of "Lord of the Dance," which was removed earlier this year, much to my chagrin. Do you happen to know where I could get either the video or the audio of this performance? Please let me know, if you do. Thank you for posting this wonderful video!

  • @maltyne1
    @maltyne1 10 років тому +8

    I notice he is playing a 5 string long neck bluegrass banjo, made popular by the late great Pete Seeger. I always thought Irish folk was 4 string tenor banjo?

    • @BillyBogart
      @BillyBogart 10 років тому +2

      On one of the Clancy Brother lp's you can see Tommy with a 4 string open back but none of this is really traditional. American vaudevillian performers came to Ireland last century with banjos doing black face performances. The Irish were amused and adopted the banjo. Still note Tommy is capo'ing up. He has a far greater range than Seeger. I think people like Tommy played the long neck because it looked more impressive. Even one of his counterparts Luke Kelly capo'd up on his long neck. I think it's an appearance thing.

    • @maltyne1
      @maltyne1 10 років тому

      Billy Bogart
      Good to know cheers

    • @BillyBogart
      @BillyBogart 10 років тому +1

      Malcolm M
      I'm only theorizing. When you capo up on the 3rd fret I believe it turns back into a regular banjo. I'd suggest the longer scale would feel different too. I'm not a banjo player but for example my acoustic guitar has 14 frets in front of the body and my classical has only 12 and has a much different attack. I know they're different kinds of guitars but just think of Liam Clancy in the early days with the 12 fret Martin. He used to make that top explode with his passionate strumming. I watch a lot of videos with Maken, Kelly, etc and don't recall them not using a capo. Dare I say Kelly used to talk communism quite a bit and Seeger was certainly no stranger to the idea. So maybe it had some kind of symbolic meaning? Vocalwise Seeger sung much lower. That's why he had the long neck invented.

    • @maltyne1
      @maltyne1 10 років тому +3

      Mmm different tuning. Regular tenor banjo is same as fiddle & mandolin GDAE. 5 Banjo usually 1st string = D
      2nd string = B
      3rd string = G
      4th string = D
      5th string = G (small string on the side of the neck)
      Cheers
      MAL

    • @bettyswollex
      @bettyswollex 10 років тому +4

      Tommy Makem is the best ever...
      The Bard of Armagh.!!!

  • @bcwest56
    @bcwest56 5 років тому +1

    I wish he and Judy Collins could have gotten together.

  • @damo159
    @damo159 6 місяців тому

    13:00 The Cobbler

  • @patriciathewisher2315
    @patriciathewisher2315 2 роки тому +2

    Ah I know Buachaill an Eirinne

  • @patriciathewisher2315
    @patriciathewisher2315 2 роки тому +2

    Cursing the pope is hilarious as Protestant if from shankill road. Shankill means old wood.

  • @sgtgewartsmith7992
    @sgtgewartsmith7992 5 років тому +3

    look at the grumpy looking bastards in back ground at about 7.55

  • @laureenlusby5141
    @laureenlusby5141 2 роки тому +1

    Mg

  • @philipegan1806
    @philipegan1806 5 років тому +3

    Anyone know the name of the tune he plays at the intro to Lord of the Dance please?

  • @tommymakem737
    @tommymakem737 11 років тому +2

    mary is tommy's wife name

  • @benjaminspecht1757
    @benjaminspecht1757 7 років тому +1

    Anybody know which song he plays on the tin whistle as the intro to Lord of the Dance?

    • @machree01
      @machree01  7 років тому +2

      Benjamin Specht O'Carolan's Concerto

    • @virtualgran
      @virtualgran 7 років тому

      Benjamin Specht b. B n

  • @WhoisSupernerd
    @WhoisSupernerd 6 років тому +3

    That is similar to US country music.

    • @kimberlysmith8299
      @kimberlysmith8299 6 років тому +2

      方翊 strong ties to American bluegrass and country.Many Irish and Welsh immigrants settled in the mountains of Appalachia in the 1800's...bringing their music with them.Thank goodness.

    • @thomasbrennan819
      @thomasbrennan819 5 років тому

      @@kimberlysmith8299 I thought it came mainly from Scotland too or Ulster Scots?

    • @noelowens1696
      @noelowens1696 5 років тому

      In reply to your comment a year ago regarding US country music being similar to Irish music: You might be surprised to know that Irish music is the ancestor of US country music, brought into your country by Irish people fleeing famine and tyranny.

  • @roswincloudr2753
    @roswincloudr2753 Рік тому

    santies

  • @Timothydlol
    @Timothydlol 7 років тому +1

    Is he really playing that banjo? Sounds off

    • @thomasbrennan819
      @thomasbrennan819 5 років тому

      Definitely is... Its probably tuned differently

  • @walterblake903
    @walterblake903 9 років тому +2

    Ed sheeran

    • @jeanvaljeanist
      @jeanvaljeanist 6 років тому +1

      Mr Blake- I.disagree .I congratulate Ed on his success.I've heard a couple interesting sings by him-plus that insipid o.o piece of s--t that was played as nauseam. But his voice is squeaky and nowhere near the quality of Tommy's

    • @foggydew3614
      @foggydew3614 6 років тому +1

      @@jeanvaljeanist Ed isn't even dign to lick Tommy's feet

    • @NK73080
      @NK73080 3 роки тому

      @@jeanvaljeanist have you seen Ed Sheeran fans? They look like us but they are going to hell