Reunion [Live]

Tommy Makem, The Clancy Brothers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Shanachie
• ASIN: B000000E1A
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #117,527 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A reunion well worth waiting for..., February 25, 2001

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Francis King "Frank King" (Calgary, AB, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reunion (Audio CD)

After 16 years apart, the group that first brought Irish folk music to North America reunited in 1984 for a tour that reminded everybody why they were so great. All the energy of 20 years before was present...in fact, it sounds like Liam, Pat and Tom Clancy, plus Tommy Makem, were performing like they'd never get a chance to sing again. The song selection is fabulous, Tom Clancy sounds *great* on Red-Haired Mary and Haul-Away Joe (if, as some reviewers have written, he was dying of cancer at this stage, he sure hid it well) and the musicianship is superb. Before there was a Chieftains, before there was a Wolfe Tones, even before there was a Dubliners...there was the Clancys and Makem. This may just be the single finest Irish folk album ever made.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Performance!, March 7, 2001

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F. Lowell "Midnightdj" (Highland Mills, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reunion (Audio CD)

I had the privilege of attending this great event back in 1984, at Avery Fisher Hall, in Lincoln Center NY...it was an electrifying performance and it has been well recorded in this album! The Clancy Brothers were never the same without Tommy Makem, and quite frankly, Mr. Makem was never the same without the Clancys.

Theirs was a partnership made in Irish heaven and their reunion, 15 years after they split up, was a concert to be remembered to be sure...their best albums were always live performances. Their studio albums never were on the same par as the live ones...

If you never had the chance to see them perform, this CD will serve as the next best thing!

I strongly recommend this CD!!

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finest Live Recording in Folk History, June 30, 1999

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This review is from: Reunion (Audio CD)

Perhaps the most important folk band in history, The Clancy's and Makem reformed after a break of sixteen years with a spectacular performance never equalled by any live band. By this stage - with almost 60 albums behind them - Tom Clancy was dying of cancer and plays a sad, quiet role in proceedings. But brothers Paddy and Liam are at their brilliant best, as is Makem. Never will you hear such vibrant, energetic talent. The death of Tom in 1990 and Paddy in 1998 brought to an end the reign of the greatest folk band in history. Listen to their rousing rendition of "The Holy Ground" and dare tell me I'm wrong. Guthrie may have been the inspiration, but without the Clancy Brothers there would have been no Dylan. Superb.