Liam Clancy RIP
Jim Carroll
Legendary folk singer Liam Clancy died yesterday evening after a long illness. More reading: Donald Clarke’s interview with him from September (to tie-in with the release of The Yellow Bittern, Alan Gilsenan’s film on Clancy’s life and times), Siobhan Long’s overview on his career and obituary of the man Bob Dylan called “the best ballad singer I ever heard in my life” .
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“Back in the Days”. I have always loved the story that while the rest of the “artistic” world were outraged that Bob Dylan should go electric, the articulate wing of the Irish national inferiority complex were outraged that he should express his love and admiration for the music of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.
Comment by Brian Carroll