My decision to acquire this album was based on the historic nature of the era rather than the music. Let me say that I was pleasantly surprised by In Person At Carnegie Hall <\/i>by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. It presented not only a nice picture of the times but was extremely entertaining and held my attention for about two hours \u2013 not many albums can make such a statement. <\/p>\n
A vinyl version of this album has been in my collection for decades; I must have picked it up at a garage or tag sale and probably played it once before filing it away.<\/p>\n
This two-disc CD release is nothing like the original issue. The two sets that made up their St. Patrick\u2019s Day concert in 1963 are presented in their entirety. That\u2019s two hours of music here versus less than forty minutes on the original. The dialogue between songs is also presented intact, which give the proceeding a more authentic and intimate feel. <\/p>\n
The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem were stars in their native They were also very Catholic and their jokes and conversation about this fact are interesting given the future political troubles of their country. They also make fun of President John Kennedy about nine months before his assignation, which characterizes the simplicity of the time.<\/p>\n Highlights of the first set include the purity of their vocal harmonies on the traditional \u201cHaulin\u2019 The Bowline,\u201d the musical comedy of \u201cMr. Moses Re – Tooral- I Ay,\u201d and the humorous but pithy political statement of \u201cJohnson\u2019s Motor Car.\u201d The dialogue between many of the tracks is some of the best ever recorded live.<\/p>\n The second set is led off by the brilliant \u201cChildren\u2019s Medley.\u201d It is a mini musical for friends gathered around the fireplace. Songs such as \u201cJolly Prince Charlie,\u201d \u201cThe Whistling Gypsy,\u201d \u201cThe Jolly Tinker\u201d and \u201cThe Parting Glass\u201d still hit the spot over four decades later.<\/p>\n In Person At Carnegie Hall <\/i>finally gives The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem their due as a classic concert is returned to its entirety. The booklet with liner notes presents an excellent history of the group and the concert. A special note by Liam Clancy, who is the only surviving member of the group, is particularly poignant. <\/p>\n While the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem would never gain immense popularity in the United States, they would continue to tour and were a highly influential folk group to many of the artists that would emerge in the 1960\u2019s, including Bob Dylan, who stated that Liam Clancy was the best ballad singer in folk music. The original release reached number sixty on Billboards charts and they would accept an invitation to play at the White House before President Kennedy.<\/p>\n I would recommend In Person At Carnegie Hall <\/i>as a definite buy. Not only is it a glimpse into a musical era long gone, it\u2019s an entertaining way to wile away two hours. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":29895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[8400],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-41516","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-clancy-brothers-and-tommy-makem","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/41516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/41516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41516"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=41516"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=41516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}