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Let the People Sing

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Next to "Live Alive-Oh" this is the finest Wolfe Tones CD available. A must have for any fan of the group, and for anyone who enjoys Irish rebel music. This is the only CD I could find with a decent version of "The Men Behind the Wire" as well. The 'Tones also have several excellent non-rebel tracks on this CD as well.

For those of you interested in the history behind these songs: The cover photos of this album were taken inside Long Kesh concentration camp with a camera that was smuggled in and out. The Wolfe Tones mean what they say. For more regarding James Connoly and the 1916 Easter Rising, check out a book by Peter De Rosa called "Rebels: The Irish Rising of 1916" (also available at Amazon!)

Several of the songs on this album were very good - Men Behind the Wire, Longkesh, Gallyowen (you'll recognize the tune as Roddy McCorley but different words are sung to it). But "Come Out Ye Black and Tans" sent chills up my spine. It's one of the most powerful Irish Rebel songs I've ever heard. The Wolfe Tones sing with sincerity and conviction. A very enjoyable CD.

This is a truly great album.
The cover is a picture smuggled from Long Kesh concentration camps in 1972.
Yes BOBDOG, a concentration camp.

You mentioned "Omagh".

I watched Tommy Byrne condemn this attrocity
from the stage, indeed they held a minutes silence.
If you are going to write on the net, get your facts right.

Indeed, thats why the Tones appealed to so many in Ireland, with 3 number 1's and last year a double plat album.
Because they highlighted the true facts, and not the revisionist blinkered partisan opinion that you have clearly displayed.

You say "Shame that these filth can't read..."

Thats the sort of comment one equates with NAZI germany. I for one certainly can, what a shame your rant isn't worth reading.

Check out the wolfe tones official site, and phone the venue'e, see whether they sell out or not.

And by the way folks a similar attrocity to Omagh happened in Dublin in May 1974, when loyalists assisted by British SS slaughtered the innocent in Dublin.

The families involved have formed a group called "justice for the forgotten" because our Government is afraid to push the Brits to admit their involvement.

And which group gave their services free to assist publicising the issue, thats right, the Wolfe Tones...........

Bet that keeps you awake at night BOBDOG !

The pure essence of the Irish spirit, the Wolfe Tones have managed to capture what the Irish have gone through the past 800 years. I have all their CD's and cannot stop listening to them! Whether you are Irish or not, if you love good, wholesome music the Wolfe Tones are for you!

Rousing, thought provoking, emotional, and absolutely enjoyable. You don't have to be Irish to appreciate these songs from the heart or to identify with Ireland's lengthy struggle for freedom. Until we won our independence from the English over 200 years ago, we Americans suffered the same forms of injustice as the Irish do still today. Similar experiences create strong bonds.

The Wolfe Tones will raise your spirits; they'll make you laugh and shed a tear for those oppressed; and they'll make those of us who enjoy freedom today appreciate it even more.

"Come Out Ye Black and Tans" describes well the character of the English military in a rousing, hand-clapping style; "Twice Daily" is an upbeat and happy song that'll have you singing along from the start; "Sean South of Garryowen" is a beautiful and moving ballad of doomed struggle and individual sacrifice for freedom's sake. "On the One Road" is yet another rousing and upbeat song of comraderie that'll have you singing along from the beginning; "Long Kesh" is a moving story about the concentration camp in Northern Ireland created by the English to punish the Irish who fought for their people's freeedom; and if the ballad of James Connolly does not bring a lump to the throat, you are either English or totally incapable of compassion and vision. The entire CD is filled with great songs such as these. Each tells a moving, powerful story of struggle, love and hope. Unlike many other musical groups in the world today, the Wolfe Tones really have something important to say,and they say it with style, conviction and bravado.

If you want some absolutely outstanding Irish folk music with a lot of heart, you need look no further than the Wolfe Tones.

The poster below made my thoughts perfectly clear. Bobdog should really get his facts right when he starts condemning people telling the truth. Now, if you want to know my thoughts, read the post below.