Thursday, August 02, 2007

Tommy Makem

Anthony sent out an email about the passing of Tommy Makem.

World-Acclaimed Irish Singer Tommy Makem Dies
DOVER, N.H. — A world renowned Irish singer, songwriter and storyteller has died. Tommy Makem, 74, had been battling lung cancer, according to a message on his Web site.
Armed with his banjo, tinwhistle, poetry, stagecraft and baritone voice, Makem helped spread stories and songs of Irish culture.
Makem was best known while performing with
The Clancy Brothers in the late 1950's and 1960's. Liam Clancy, his life-long music partner, led the tributes, telling RTE Radio in Ireland that Makem was "a man of high integrity" whose "courage really shone through towards the end."
Makem and Clancy teamed up after emigrating to America from Ireland in the late 1950's. They began their careers in acting, before they turned to music
.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

God bless him. He'll be much missed!
SB

BostonMaggie said...

Thank you Jennifer (not my sister). I will bump this up to a post in the next day or two. i would love to go myself, but I am away that weekend. Good luck with your event!