Liam Clancy: Memoirs of an Irish Troubadour

by Liam Clancy (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2002

  $3.49

  On St Patrick's Night, 1961, Liam Clancy, with his brothers, Paddy and Tom, and their friend Tommy, made their debut musical appearance on the American television programme, the Ed Sullivan Show , playing to over 50 million viewers. Their overnight success made the four young folk singers from rural Ireland a part of musical history, selling millions of records in the forty following years and earning them the title of the Beatles of Irish music . Liam Clancy's autobiography describes his journey from being raised as the eleventh child of a provincial Irish family in the 1930s, to living in the heart of the New York music scene of the late 50s and early 60s, at a time when Greenwich Village was the mecca for aspiring artists. The wine, the women, the songs and the stories are recounted in this book, along with tales of his encounters with celebrities and up-and-coming stars, including Bob Dylan, Maya Angelou, Robert Redford, Lenny Bruce, Pete Seeger and Barbra Streisand.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2003

  $3.49

  On St Patrick's night 1961, Liam Clancy, along with his brothers, Paddy and Tom, and their great friend Tommy, four fiery and passionate young folk singers from rural Ireland, made their appearance on America's most influential television programme, the Ed Sullivan Show . They entranced 50 million viewers coast to coast. This sensational overnight success led to the Clancy brothers and Tommy Makem becoming a major part of musical history, selling millions of records over the last 40 years. In these memoirs, Liam clancy describes his evetful journey from being raised as the 11th child of a provincial Irish family in Carrick-on-Suir, county Tipperary, in the 1930s, to living an upraorious life in the heart of the New York City music scene of the late '50s and early '60s, at a time when Greenwich Village was the undoubted Mecca for aspiring artists of every ilk. His life was a party filled with music, women and more than a few pints of Guinness. This memoir also remembers his nightly encounters with other soon to be famous writers, actors and musicians on the Greenwich Village scene - among them bob Dylan, Robert Redford, Walther Matthau, Lenny Bruce, Maya Angelou, Pete Seeger and Barbra Streisand.